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00:01 This is the island I told you about, Jim,
00:02 that I really have a vision. 00:04 If we're going to take the next step 00:06 for a wellness program, 00:08 Kusaie is the island. 00:09 It's the island to do it all. 00:10 Because it has a good infrastructure 00:12 with the churches. 00:36 I want to see more checks spent... 00:41 In Kusaie. In Kusaie. 00:42 That's right. That's right. 00:45 My other colleague is leaving today... 00:48 Oh, doctor leaves here. Okay. 00:50 So we're leaving today, and I'll be back on Sunday. 00:55 Okay. Okay. 00:56 Today, we will have our... 00:59 My purpose of being here 01:00 invited by FAB at the national and state 01:03 to see the final work of the nations, 01:08 everything regarding the IHR, 01:11 International Health Regulation, 01:14 whether we are in possession 01:17 or we work for the... 01:22 Right, right, right. 01:23 Right. 01:25 Well... 01:26 You know, so we have to come up with a plan 01:28 in order to prepare for the crisis. 01:31 So right now we are in dead stage. 01:34 So by invitation, I'm here and, you know, 01:37 coincidently I met a lot of people till now. 01:40 I just want you guys come back. 01:43 We would like to come back, 01:45 Canvasback would like to come 01:46 and be part of your health program. 01:49 May I ask you a question? 01:50 You said prepare for the crisis? 01:52 What crisis if I may ask? 01:54 Health issues. 01:55 Health issue is a big crisis because... 01:57 Zika, Measles, 01:59 all those things, naturally, you know... 02:04 You're the medical expert. 02:07 Medical, emergency, or crisis, 02:12 are we prepared for it? 02:13 Right. 02:15 So it's anything life-threatening 02:17 just, you know... 02:18 And Kusaie is so isolated even more so. 02:21 Only two planes. 02:22 Well, do you realize that we are separated by water, 02:26 not like US continent. 02:28 And, you know, going to remote it's an issue. 02:30 Right. 02:32 Our question is how would you get to the, 02:34 you know... 02:36 If Canvasback come to the Kusaie, 02:39 it is not like Pohnpei. 02:41 Pohnpei or even... 02:43 Yeah. 02:45 Remote. 02:47 They have two planes a week, right? 02:50 Just one. Just one plane! 02:51 One to Kusaie, United Air, not compared to Pohnpei. 02:55 Pohnpei has... 02:59 But how many times this united stop? 03:02 Twice a week. Twice a week. 03:04 Tuesday and Friday. 03:06 Now there is a pilot projects under 03:10 but that will not be continue. 03:12 I certainly... 03:15 If our donors helped Canvasback enough 03:17 because financially, we can't do anything 03:19 without our donors. 03:20 How could we help you, if we had the funding? 03:23 Find more donors to sponsor. 03:26 If we found them, how could we help you? 03:28 What are the needs in Kusaie? 03:32 I mean, it's a lot. It's a lot. 03:34 And I cannot speak for the director. 03:37 But, you know, like I said, when I met with your regiment, 03:41 my director, he should have better plans 03:44 or policies and ideas. 03:45 But when it comes to... 03:50 How can we... 03:52 Lack of interest. 03:54 You know, from... Lack of our personal. 03:56 There's one thing I know about Kusaie 03:59 when you look at the four states, 04:02 Kusaie is the smallest state, 04:04 it has the least amount of population. 04:06 So it gets... Six thousand. 04:07 It gets the smallest piece of the pie 04:10 when they split up the money. 04:12 And so they are in need of specialists. 04:14 They don't... 04:15 It's a stepchild. Yeah. 04:17 They are in need of specialists. 04:20 And one of the most beautiful things about Kusaie 04:24 it's one island, 04:25 the church is very strong 04:29 and that leadership can help in promoting good healthcare. 04:36 We do a lot of social functions 04:39 and church contribute 04:43 to a lot of things. 04:44 Health? Yes. 04:46 That is enough... 04:48 But, you know, 04:50 culturally we have to discipline 04:52 our eating habit that maybe that's already... 04:57 This is the island I told you about, Jim, 04:59 that I really have a vision. 05:00 If we're going to take the next step 05:02 for a wellness program, Kusaie is the island. 05:05 It's the island do it all. 05:06 Because 05:08 it has a good infrastructure with the churches. 05:09 We work committee workshops, 05:14 tall, short, concise, 05:17 direct to the point, listen to the... 05:22 Listen to the doctor. 05:24 Why do we actually need to have meals, 05:30 breakfast, lunch, dinner? 05:32 Those kind of things can Canvasback, 05:35 look into the state, educational side. 05:38 Yeah, yeah. Okay. 05:39 That we can actually hear it from the professional people, 05:43 maybe include how to minimize 05:49 diabetes issue and... 05:53 Do you really believe 05:55 that eating contribute impact 05:58 to increase number of diabetics in the nation? 06:03 And there is no cure for diabetes. 06:07 No, I think that... 06:09 I think Kusaie could be a model... 06:11 Kusaie could be a model. 06:13 Increase number of sponsors to fund your program, 06:16 then you can actually, you know... 06:19 Jim and Jacque 06:20 have just been talking about this 06:22 of how to expand and where to expand. 06:23 That's right. 06:25 And we just sent out a letter 06:26 that's actually coming out shortly 06:28 asking folks to participate with us 06:30 to expand wellness centers. 06:31 Fine. Fine. Good supporter for you guys. 06:34 And, you know, email doctor, tell them... 06:37 Okay. 06:38 And make her we'll work with the community, 06:40 support such, you know, teams. 06:44 Really, I'm very small. 06:47 But I like to be effective in my work. 06:50 As a leader in the field of health in Micronesia, 06:53 Canvasback Missions has been helping people 06:56 reverse diabetes for years. 06:58 Yes, you heard correctly. 07:01 Reverse diabetes. 07:03 In addition, we are helping to reduce 07:05 the incident of heart disease. 07:07 At least 34 million people in the US have diabetes. 07:11 Many have no idea they have it until it's almost too late. 07:15 Many children have diabetes. 07:17 It's time to stop it and its tracks. 07:20 What's the key? 07:21 Certain foods, exercise, 07:23 and many other simple yet critical items 07:26 are combined to produce amazing results. 07:29 Log on to Canvasback.org to download your own free copy, 07:33 written by renowned author Brenda Davis. 07:37 Learn from an expert in the field 07:38 how to reverse this dreaded killer. 07:41 Remember, it's completely free. 07:43 Download a copy today for yourself, friend, 07:46 or loved one. 07:47 It will be life-changing. 07:56 You know, while could it be more beautiful 07:59 to just kick back in a hammock on an island. 08:02 You think the doctors at Canvasback 08:05 maybe that's all they do. 08:06 They come to an island to relax 08:07 and just kick back and do nothing. 08:09 But let me tell you, 08:11 that is absolutely not the case, 08:13 as you're going to see in a moment. 08:18 Label that you had me to print today. 08:20 Where was it supposed to be on the board? 08:21 Right here. 08:23 That's it. Okay. 08:24 I just noticed that... 08:26 That he's having surgery. 08:27 Well, he's up there for... 08:30 Now, take that off. 08:32 Yeah, that's what I thought. 08:33 Yeah, that's the one I was looking for. 08:35 I just... I put it up. 08:36 And I just separate it... 08:39 Okay. Yeah. 08:41 So this is our OR schedule board. 08:44 And it represents actually only four days of clinic 08:47 that we had. 08:50 We conduct clinic on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 08:52 So this represents about, 08:56 I would say about 80 surgeries 08:59 that have been completed or will be completed 09:03 by the time the trip is over. 09:04 And we still have today, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 09:09 to do screenings for patients. 09:12 So we may probably fill up the rest of this. 09:15 Typically, Jackie, how many surgeries 09:18 would you do on a trip? 09:19 Typically, we would do about 200 surgeries. 09:22 So this represents about half of that. 09:25 And you also get cut a day short 09:27 because your plane had to... 09:28 Oh, yeah! 09:30 We were halfway to Majuro 09:32 and we had to turn around and go back to Honolulu 09:35 because the patient got ill on the plane 09:38 and our Canvasback doctors 09:40 actually helped that patient out. 09:43 So, yeah, we lost a day. 09:44 But what the team did, 09:47 we were supposed to have a day off when we got here. 09:50 But instead we got here on Sunday we ate 09:52 and came in work till about 9 o'clock 09:54 unpacking everything so we could start up on Monday. 09:57 And then you got 200 surgeries 09:59 but that you see in a lot more patients 10:00 than that then too, to get that 200 surgeries? 10:02 Yeah, Shery, how many patients have we seen? 10:05 We don't have 200 surgeries, we've seen... 10:08 Normally though. Yeah. 10:09 Oh. 10:11 Oh yeah, we will have by the end of the day. 10:12 Yeah. 10:13 So far we've seen as of 5 o'clock last night, 10:17 we had seen 124 patients, we've done 32 surgeries, 10:23 and including those 32, we scheduled 77 surgeries. 10:28 Okay. 10:29 And some of those people, you end up doing one eye, 10:32 and then they come back and you do another eye. 10:34 That's right. 10:36 And now that you've got a retinal specialist on, 10:38 all of a sudden, you've done retinal surgery, 10:40 that's maybe never happened in the whole Marshall Island. 10:42 Oh, not happened all through Micronesia. 10:45 There's only one retractor in all of Micronesia 10:48 that belongs to Canvasback, 10:50 and we brought that, and a retinal specialist. 10:52 And this is his position is so needed in the islands. 10:56 And, yeah. 11:00 His position is really needed in the islands 11:02 because no one is here 11:06 to treat these retinal patients at all. 11:10 And I had Dr. Rick walk me through yesterday. 11:12 And he took me back into the back 11:14 where all the shipping containers are 11:16 and then he took me to where all the doctors' wheel 11:18 and all the extra luggage that they bring on board. 11:21 But you take months 11:23 ahead of schedule planning all that. 11:25 Can you walk me 11:26 through this whole process of... 11:27 It takes about a year 11:29 to really pull together a great team. 11:31 Because we have to recruit the team members, 11:34 then we have to solicit the donations, 11:36 we have to schedule the surgery, a whole thing. 11:38 So it's about a year. 11:40 And then we have to get all the supplies in 11:43 and for ophthalmology, 11:45 it was about eight crates, I think. 11:48 It was eight crates. 11:50 That includes the equipment... 11:51 Now, sorry, if I can interrupt you 11:53 just for a second. 11:54 So Canvasback has a warehouse in Benicia. 11:56 That's right. 11:58 Where you begin staging all of that. 11:59 That's right. That's right. 12:01 It gets broiled 12:02 because we have a lot of stuff come in, 12:04 not only is it the equipment 12:07 that we know we're going to need 12:09 for the teams and the supplies. 12:11 But, you know, we're in constant contact 12:13 with the local doctor here. 12:15 We say, "Well, what do you need? 12:17 Is there equipment that's broken? 12:18 Is there something that we can help?" 12:20 And indeed, the team brought in an A-scan, B-scan, 12:24 we brought in various items. 12:27 Backup, A-scan, B-scan. 12:29 It's for testing of the health of the eye, 12:33 so we brought in a machine to donate to him. 12:37 We knew that he needed tables that move up and down 12:40 and makes it easier for the doctor. 12:42 We were able to don't get that donated. 12:45 I noticed, the surgery tables are all massage tables. 12:48 That's right. 12:50 Okay. 12:51 We sent in the massage tables 12:52 because that's easier to position our presentation. 12:56 And we'll leave that for Dr. Gal. 12:57 Okay. 12:59 So not only do you bring in a team, 13:01 but you leave a lot of additional equipment 13:03 that hospitals never have. 13:04 Right. And supplies. 13:06 The word to all of our teams 13:08 are you must bring in every single item 13:11 you need for in mission and then extra 13:14 because we don't want to deplete 13:16 any of the supplies that they have. 13:17 Okay. 13:19 One patient I was talking to was telling me 13:21 that the average person here maybe makes $30 to $50 a month. 13:25 Now you get a specialist in here who is doing, 13:28 say retinal surgery. 13:29 In the United States, 13:31 you're probably looking at $12,000 surgery 13:33 but because of Canvasback and all you've done 13:36 Jack and the team, it's free. 13:38 That's right. That's right. 13:40 They would never have gone off island 13:43 for that they couldn't afford to be able to do that. 13:45 And you know what's really special 13:46 is these people who've come in here 13:48 who are blind, you know, they have lost quality of life. 13:54 But so as their family members, 13:55 their family members have had to feed them, 13:57 have had to lead them around, 13:59 have had to take care of them. 14:00 And we are able to set them free to, 14:04 they're able to go back to living a healthy life too. 14:09 Now before we... 14:10 So people don't just think, 14:11 I mean, we are here at an eye clinic now, 14:13 but Canvasback does so much more. 14:16 You've got how many other types of specialties do you get into? 14:20 Well, we do orthopedic surgery, 14:22 we do ENT, gynecology, urology, 14:28 so many different kinds. 14:30 And same thing with a person 14:33 who's been in a wheelchair for years 14:36 because they couldn't get around 14:37 they needed a new knee or their hip was broken. 14:40 I've seen patients who've waited two years 14:42 to have their knee repair. 14:44 Tell me one of your favorite stories, 14:46 which just pops off the top of your head. 14:47 I'm sure you've got some of those. 14:48 Oh, I do have a favorite story. 14:50 I have a favorite story of a blind man 14:52 who is blind in both eyes and he came to the clinic. 14:55 And we were excited. 14:58 We did one eye. 15:01 And the next day when he came and we took off his patch, 15:03 we expected him to go, 15:05 "Praise the Lord, I can see again" 15:07 He did nothing. 15:08 That was really depressing for us, you know. 15:10 But we thought, well, 15:11 he's been blind for this many years, 15:14 maybe, you know, something has gone wrong here. 15:17 So we decided to do his second eye. 15:20 Did the second eye, 15:21 and the next day he came back still no response 15:24 when we took the patch off. 15:26 Really broke our hearts, 15:28 but we put him out in the hallway. 15:30 And he was sitting in the hallway. 15:32 And pretty soon a very pretty Marshallese nurse 15:35 walked by. 15:36 And his head popped up. 15:40 And he patted her on the back and he went, 15:42 "Where have you been?" 15:47 That broke up the whole staff. 15:48 It did. It did. 15:50 And from that day on while we had clinics, he came, 15:53 and he sat there and he would... 15:55 People would walk by, go, "Where have you been? 15:57 I haven't seen you for years. 15:59 How's it going?" 16:03 According to the World Health Organization, 16:05 depression is a leading cause of worldwide disability. 16:09 That happens to a lot of people. 16:11 Are you depressed? 16:13 Have you become discouraged lately? 16:15 The list is endless of things 16:16 that can trigger discouragement, 16:18 despair, or even depression. 16:20 If you or someone you know is experiencing 16:22 one or more of these difficulties, 16:24 we have a great little booklet for you. 16:26 It's written by author 16:28 and international speaker Jim Ayer. 16:30 Overcoming The 3Ds contains timely advice, 16:33 set in a light hearted manner, 16:35 meant to help lift you up and out of your problems. 16:38 Understand, we all have problems, 16:40 trials, and troubles. 16:42 But we don't need to focus on them. 16:45 You can obtain your copyright now 16:46 by going to Canvasback.org. 16:49 And for a gift of any amount, that's for any gift amount, 16:52 you will receive your copy of Overcoming the 3DS. 16:56 Get your copy today. 16:59 As Jesus traveled, 17:01 He always was looking for friendships 17:03 and relationships. 17:05 That was key. 17:06 He wanted people to know Him, 17:08 and He wanted to get to know people 17:10 and have that friendship and that relationship. 17:13 Matter of fact, in Matthew 7, Matthew 7, 17:16 He's looking through the books, 17:18 the judgment books, 17:19 the church members come up to Him and say, 17:21 "Lord, we have a right to be in the kingdom. 17:23 We've cast out demons, we've healed the sick. 17:25 We've done all these wonderful things." 17:26 Jesus said, "Who are you?" 17:30 He looks through the book, and said, 17:32 "I can't find your name. I never knew you. 17:34 I never knew you." 17:36 That no is a very personal friendship 17:38 and relationship. 17:40 While He was here on Earth, 17:42 thousands and thousands of people 17:44 pressed in on Him. 17:45 They wanted something from Him. 17:47 They wanted a miracle. They wanted a healing here. 17:49 They wanted something from Him. 17:51 But very few wanted a real friendship with Him. 17:54 There was Martha and Mary and Lazarus, however, 17:57 they wanted a friendship. 17:59 They invited Jesus to their home. 18:01 They spent time with Him. 18:02 It was a place that He could relax 18:04 and simply just get rid of the cares 18:07 of the day. 18:09 He was traveling with His disciples, 18:12 and Lazarus became very sick. 18:15 Mary sent a runner, someone to find Jesus and say, 18:18 "The one you love is sick." 18:21 He got the message, 18:23 and the disciples thought He would just immediately, 18:25 you know, kind of pull up camp and head back but He didn't. 18:28 He lingered day after day. 18:30 And finally, He said, "Okay, it's time." 18:34 Lazarus is sleeping now. 18:36 They thought, "Well, if Lazarus is sleeping, 18:38 you know, the fever has passed, 18:40 he's feeling very good." 18:41 No, no. 18:43 Basically, what Jesus is saying is Lazarus is dead. 18:45 You see, Jesus equates sleep and death 18:48 as the same 18:50 because when we die, we don't go to heaven, 18:51 we don't go anyplace. 18:52 We simply go to sleep and wait for the resurrection. 18:57 Jesus finally got very close to Mary's home. 19:01 And she was waiting. 19:03 She'd been waiting for days. 19:04 You see, four days now had passed. 19:07 And there was Jesus. 19:09 "Lord, it's too late. He's already died." 19:13 "Do you believe, Mary? Do you believe?" 19:16 "Well, yes, Lord. 19:17 I believe that there'll be a resurrection." 19:19 "Oh, do you believe, Mary?" 19:21 "Yes, Lord, I believe in You." 19:24 And they started to head toward the tomb. 19:27 Now Mary had sent word to the Jesus 19:30 was coming to Martha, her sister. 19:32 Martha jumped up 19:34 when she heard the news and she ran out 19:35 and all the professional mourners 19:37 and everybody there thought, 19:39 "Oh, she's going to the tomb." 19:41 Well, she was running to meet Jesus. 19:44 By the time they actually got there, 19:46 Jesus was at the tomb. 19:48 And as He's standing there at the tomb, 19:50 they're saying, "Lord, He's been dead, four days!" 19:53 Yeah, basically he's stinky. 19:57 "You know why Lord, 19:58 would you even want to be here now?" 20:00 And He asked the men to roll away the stone 20:03 of the tomb. 20:04 He could have done it Himself. 20:05 He could have flicked His finger 20:07 and rolled the stone away. 20:08 But He cooperates with humanity also. 20:10 They rolled the stone away. 20:12 And now He stands there. 20:14 He has a prayer to His father. 20:15 And He says, "Lazarus come forth." 20:19 And you could hear a pin drop 20:21 amongst all these people in this desert scene. 20:26 And they here rustling in the tomb. 20:28 Then all of a sudden, out of this tomb, 20:30 here comes Lazarus hopping. 20:32 He's wrapped in grave cloth. 20:34 He's got cloth over his face, he can't see, 20:36 but he's out of the tomb. 20:38 Everybody is standing around in amazement, saying, 20:41 "What's going on?" 20:43 Jesus says, "Has to tell somebody, 20:45 unwrap him. 20:46 Take the cloths off, take the wrappings off." 20:49 And Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. 20:54 Now it's interesting 20:55 because every recorded funeral 20:57 of the Bible that Jesus attended, 21:00 He broke up the funeral by raising the dead. 21:02 He is the Creator God. 21:04 He came down here to Planet Earth 21:06 to sheriff Himself 21:07 to show His personality who He really is. 21:10 He loves us and if we fall asleep in Jesus, 21:15 He wants to resurrect us at that final day 21:17 and take us to eternity with Him. 21:19 But here's the key. 21:21 Now's the time to have a friendship 21:23 and relationship with Him, 21:24 now is the time to get to know Him 21:27 as your very best friend. 21:28 That's what He's looking forward to. 21:30 Will you be today, 21:31 will you be His very best friend? 21:39 Canvasback Missions has been traveling 21:41 to the islands for 38 years. 21:44 Jesus said, "Go into all the world." 21:45 You might say, "Well, islands, 21:47 that's not a very big area." 21:49 You know, I think of a story 21:50 where a fella was walking on the seashore, 21:53 he was picking up starfish 21:55 and throwing them out starfish at a time. 21:58 And a fellow sitting on the porch said, 21:59 "Man, don't you know, 22:00 you can't throw all those starfish back in, 22:02 they're just going to die." 22:03 He says, "But it made a difference 22:05 to this one." 22:06 This young man used to walk his brother 22:08 around into because he was blind. 22:10 He couldn't see. 22:11 This young man has now seen, this family has seen. 22:14 They've had surgery 22:15 because of the Canvasback super teams. 22:17 It's virtually changed their entire family. 22:20 You know, God is working miracles 22:22 through Canvasback one miracle at a time. 22:26 Mighty changes. 22:27 We invite you to partner with Canvasback 22:29 because it makes a difference in one life at a time. 22:33 Please join us. Information is on your screen. 22:35 We thank you so much for your support. 22:39 No, but I'll tell you there was... 22:40 Tell me another story. 22:42 There was a little boy who came to our clinic. 22:44 He was about nine years old. 22:45 And when he... 22:48 As all Marshallese kids do they, you know, 22:51 invent their games to play. 22:53 So he climbed a coconut tree 22:55 and wanted to jump across to the building over there. 23:00 And 'cause he wanted to peek in and see what they were doing. 23:03 So jumped across, and he hit a power line. 23:07 And it obliterated his nose and threw him off the building. 23:13 And this boy was burnt his toes. 23:16 He was not in good condition at all. 23:18 Dalen. 23:20 And when he came to my clinic, he was so frightened. 23:26 He came in the back door 23:28 with a rag over his face like this. 23:32 And when our doctors interviewed, 23:36 did the examination, he would hardly look up. 23:39 And I put a camera to take pictures of him 23:43 and he didn't like that at all. 23:44 And I said, "Dalen, 23:45 if I'm going to have to help you, 23:47 if you want me to help you I need to take some pictures." 23:50 And he said, "Okay." 23:52 Well, after two visits, two different teams, 23:55 we finally found an ENT doctor from New York, Tal Dagan, 23:59 who got his hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, 24:03 to donate the surgery for this little boy 24:06 and he built him a nose. 24:08 So you flew him to... 24:10 We flew him to New York. 24:11 We flew him to New York 24:12 actually three times for three surgeries. 24:14 And you could see, you know, the first day 24:17 when he got to New York, of course, he was scared. 24:19 But he always wore his hoodie like this. 24:22 Always walked in there like this. 24:25 After his surgery, 24:26 after he recuperated 24:29 he was running through the subways 24:31 and, you know, showing us what he could do. 24:33 He was just feeling so happy. 24:35 He's now living in the states going to school 24:38 and he's doing so much better. 24:40 So yeah, that is a success story for me. 24:43 And it's because of the donors 24:45 that this kind of thing happened. 24:46 That's right. That's right. 24:48 It's because of our donors. 24:49 We just really appreciate the hearts of people 24:52 who have reached out to help. 24:54 People on these little tiny remote islands 24:57 in the Pacific, 24:58 they care about them. 25:00 You know, this is a mission that shares the love of Jesus 25:04 through our healing hands. 25:06 And we have been working out in Micronesia 25:09 for about over 30 years, 25:13 and the people love and trust our doctors. 25:16 Our teams come out not to play, 25:19 they know that they have to work hard 25:22 during the days that the hospitals open. 25:25 And give 110%, 25:29 give the very best care to the people. 25:31 And that's really appreciated. 25:33 The other thing that means a lot 25:37 to the islanders is that we love Jesus, 25:40 and we share that. 25:41 And that really, really touches their hearts. 25:45 I have seen patients who are scared to death. 25:49 And our doctors pray with the patients 25:51 and all of a sudden you could see 25:53 just all the fear going away. 25:55 We followed the senator from the island 25:57 through dental surgery the other day, 26:00 and then we interviewed him 26:01 and he saw that very thing, 26:03 just exactly what you're talking about. 26:05 That is the joy of this work, 26:07 he's being able to share Jesus in a very tangible way. 26:11 We're not just preaching, we're not preaching, 26:13 but we are really sharing this love. 26:16 You know, it's exactly what Jesus did. 26:18 When you think about it, 26:20 Jesus came in and He healed entire villages. 26:22 Before He ever taught 26:24 the gospel, really, He healed. 26:25 That's right. 26:27 And you've got to prepare hearts. 26:28 And, you know, if you're in a sick bed, 26:29 or if you're in trouble, 26:31 you can't think about spiritual things. 26:32 All you're thinking about is just yourself. 26:34 That's right. 26:35 So you relieving their pain and suffering. 26:37 That's right. 26:38 And it's so exciting to see 26:40 our volunteers involved in that 26:43 because, you know, some of them come out 26:45 and they've never been out on a mission 26:47 and just being able to share His love 26:50 and see how great the benefits are. 26:54 I mean, who has ever heard of having 26:57 cataracts for 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 27:00 4 years, maybe even 10 years being blind that long? 27:04 I heard that somebody the other day with 20 years. 27:07 Can't even imagine it. Can you imagine? 27:09 Because in the United States or in the "Western world, " 27:15 it's like a elective surgery. 27:17 "Oh yeah, I can get my surgery done 27:19 maybe in three weeks or six weeks." 27:22 No, here in the islands, 27:23 they have to wait years before a team comes in, 27:27 before these lenses are available." 27:31 You know, if you'd like to be 27:32 a part of this exciting ministry, 27:33 you can write us at Canvasback Missions, 27:35 940 Adams Street, 27:37 Suite R, Benicia, California 94510. 27:42 You can also log on to canvasback.org 27:44 or call us at (707) 746-7828. 27:49 Thank you for watching. 27:50 Please join me again 27:52 for another exciting island adventure. 27:53 Remember Canvasback is making an impact 27:56 on hearts and lives one miracle at a time. |
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