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Series Code: OTG
Program Code: OTG000001
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00:54 Today the missionaries of the AWA Guyana outpost
00:58 begin their day with an activity that is very familiar to them. 01:02 Yet, it might seem a bit strange for many others 01:05 who are accustomed to modern day conveniences. 01:08 They begin the day by rationing fuel and 01:10 making sure that both planes are ready for flight, 01:12 should an emergency med-evac call come in. 01:15 Getting fuel to this area is... 01:17 you know airplanes run on fuel 01:19 we can't do anything if we don't have fuel 01:21 And when we first got to Guyana we were 01:23 exploring how we would handle that. 01:25 We are not allowed to fill barrels with fuel at the airport 01:27 We have to have a really excessive insurance policy 01:29 to be able to do that so that was really not an option for us. 01:32 So actually what we do, is we 01:35 when a pilot flies into town, we fill up all the tanks 01:39 and we fly the airplane back to Mabaruma, 01:42 and then we siphon out the amount of fuel that we don't 01:44 need. We keep the minimum in there to get to Georgetown. 01:47 It's important that the air crafts stand ready because, 01:50 at any given moment, they might need to spring into action 01:53 and launch a flight to rescue someone from the jungle 01:56 and take them into a higher level of medical care 01:58 in the capital city of Georgetown. 02:00 Laura LaBore begins to siphon out the fuel by hand 02:03 into empty jerry cans. 02:05 Its sometimes tricky to get the fuel to begin to siphon, 02:09 but once it does, the fuel flows steadily. 02:12 The crew use the planes as a fuel camel 02:14 Since the white Cessna 206 made the last flight from Georgetown, 02:18 it has the most fuel in it. They will now siphon the extra fuel 02:22 out of it and leave just enough for it to make another flight 02:25 to Georgetown. They will take the extra fuel 02:27 and put it in the Cessna 1182 so it too has enough fuel, 02:31 to make a flight. 02:33 These planes hold their fuel tanks in their wings. 02:35 There are two separate tanks, one in each wing. 02:39 This helps the plane maintain its balance, puts fuel up high 02:43 away from the engine and helps keep the overall size of the 02:46 plane down buy utilizing the empty space in the wings for 02:51 Yah, we're siphoning fuel out so we can store fuel here. 02:54 when we do inter-land flights without going to Georgetown, 02:57 we need to have extra fuel here. 02:58 and we can't... we can't actually ship it in barrels. 03:02 So we have to fly it in the airplane, take it out here. 03:04 We leave the minimum in to get to Georgetown, and then, 03:07 you know, hopefully we can go back to Georgetown and refill. 03:10 and just keep storing it that way until we really need it. 03:13 The Cessna 206 can hold roughly about 92 gallons of fuel 03:17 while the Cessna 182 only carries about 65. 03:21 It takes around 40 gallons to make a round trip flight 03:24 to Georgetown, 03:25 however often times the flights turn into multi-stop trips and 03:29 the mission pilots often stop in other villages along the way 03:32 in order to be most efficient with time fuel and funding. 03:37 Without the luxury of a gas pump this activity is a vital choir 03:41 the missionaries must do in order to ensure that they have 03:44 plenty of fuel so they are able to do their jobs 03:47 in the mission field. 03:49 It's a hassle. 03:50 Sometimes we'll take it off of this plane and then 03:52 just go store it in barrels. And then as we need it, 03:56 we just kind of stock pile it, and then use it as we need it. 04:00 Laura Labore is one of the pilots in Guyana 04:03 but she is also an A&P mechanic. She is very accustomed 04:06 to working on, around, and in these airplanes. 04:09 The missionaries try to keep the amount of fuel even in both 04:12 fuel tanks if one tank is empty and the other full, 04:16 the plane will fly lopsided. So in order to avoid that, 04:19 they try their best to keep the tanks balanced. 04:22 If one is unequal, you're going to fly kind of crooked like that 04:25 So you wanna make sure it is more or less equal. Even when 04:28 you load like say there is a really big person on one side, 04:31 and a lighter one on the other side. 04:33 You going to tend to fly a little bit crooked. 04:34 So, besides that, that's the only reason really. 04:38 You can burn on either side that you want 04:41 on this one it burns equally on both sides for flying stability 04:47 Almost 80 percent of Guyana is covered with thick jungle 04:50 and there are very few roads that lead out to Georgetown. 04:54 Not only that, 70 percent of the country's population 04:57 lives in these hard to reach areas of the jungle. 05:00 Because no one can guess when these emergencies might happen, 05:04 the AWA pilots try to keep their airplanes fueled 05:07 and ready to fly. 05:09 Our agreement or partnership I should say 05:11 with the ministry of health ...what we do with them is 05:15 try and work with the programs that they already have rather 05:19 than trying to create something duplicate or parallel to them. 05:22 So, we allow them to decide what is an emergency; 05:27 and they'll call us and ask us to go as soon as possible 05:31 to wherever the village is, wherever the patient is, 05:34 and... and so we will go and collect them. 05:36 And what we also do is, depending on... like if there is 05:40 only one patient to pick up, we keep like a list of people 05:44 on standby from either the hospital, or the villages, 05:48 that need to go out. Sometimes the reasons are personal, 05:51 sometimes they're medical. And then if we have a seat, 05:53 we just quickly call them, and say 05:54 "Run out the airstrip, we have a flight and come on out with us" 05:58 I think our greatest need for the project is fuel 06:02 for the aircraft. 06:03 A lot of people don't want to give money for fuel, 06:05 because it just seems boring, it's not exciting. 06:08 It's not a house that you can take a picture of and say 06:11 this is the money that... this where our money went. 06:14 But if it weren't for fuel we couldn't fly. 06:17 And without flying, there is many many lives 06:20 that would not be saved. 06:22 And so... and its very expensive. Here fuel costs 06:26 about $9/ gallon and with all the flying we do 06:32 it takes about 500 dollars, US, to fill a tank of gas. 06:36 With a tank of gas, there could be at least, 06:40 30 people who are directly impacted 06:42 with that one tank of gas. With flying into Georgetown and back, 06:46 sometimes with our flights what we are doing 06:48 is flying supplies into peoples houses, or into villages. 06:53 Sometimes we are flying bodies even, if they don't survive. 06:57 And so, the peripheral impact that that fuel has, is really 07:02 really great. And I wish that people would 07:05 understand that more. 07:06 There are times where we are here and we run 07:08 out of money for fuel. 07:10 The community calls, asks us for flights and we have to say no. 07:14 And I get frustrated with that because to me, that's one of the 07:18 main points why we are here. And if we run out of fuel, 07:22 then we're not here to be able to complete the mission, 07:24 that we are here for. 07:25 The airplanes fly 3 to 4 days a week on average I would say; 07:31 if we have...if we launch a flight it may end up being 07:37 an average one would probably 3 to... 3 to 5 legs in a flight 07:43 where we might pick up patients in one place 07:45 another patient somewhere else, and then, after we take them out 07:48 perhaps you take patients back home to another village. 07:51 So it usually involves several stops. So if the plane gets a 07:56 a 10:00 o'clock call to do a medivac, the plane is probably 07:59 not going to be back till about 5 o'clock in the evening 08:01 if it can make it back that same day at all. Usually if you 08:05 get called to do a flight, you'll probably end up flying 08:07 between 3 and 5 hours in order to complete all the things that 08:10 we tie into that flight. 08:11 Shortly after they finish fueling the planes the chief 08:14 pilot, Jud Wickwire gets a call for an emergency medi-vac. 08:18 In situations like these, the pilots don't have a lot of time 08:21 to waste. Since the plane is already fueled, 08:24 all he has to do it grab his pre-packed flight bag. 08:28 Jud now needs to prepare the plane for his patient. 08:31 He removes one of the seats and lays down a foam pad. 08:34 Before every flight, the pilots inspect the plane thoroughly. 08:38 They look at the prop, the wings, tail, breaks, oil, 08:42 and fuel. 08:43 They want to make certain the plane is in prime condition 08:45 for the skies before they let any passenger climb aboard. 08:49 Next Jud must call in his flight plan. 08:52 He must call air traffic control in Georgetown and inform 08:55 them that he'll be in the skies and that he intends to fly into 08:57 fly into the Ogle airport. This helps keep track of planes 09:01 as well as prevents mid air collisions 09:04 ... that's air traffic control and every flight, you have to 09:08 file a flight plan, simple as that. They need to know that 09:11 you are in the air, so they can advise other traffic. 09:14 With all his preparations finished, Jud is finally ready 09:18 to take off toward Baramita to pick up his emergency patient 09:22 Jud has traveled this route many times, and the AWA mission team 09:25 has been working with the village of Baramita 09:27 for some time now. 09:29 They have developed a trusting relationship together and have 09:32 directly impacted many in this village. 09:34 There is a tischow in a village. A tischow means chief or captain 09:39 or leader in a village and they call them tischows. 09:41 And every village has them. There is a village of Baramita, 09:46 that when we first started coming here, they said, 09:48 You know what? You can come here and you can fly us out, 09:51 but we don't want anything to do with the religion. 09:53 And now that we've been doing...flying for them, and 09:56 some health seminars, they've begged us to come and live there 10:00 And we've even started building a house there. 10:02 Well the other day, the tischow got very very sick. 10:07 Well I learned to fly in British Columbia, in a place called 10:10 Squamish which is a small community, but it's right in the 10:13 mountains. And it's where I learned to fly, in the mountains 10:16 And that's in British Columbia. And that was actually 10:19 30 years ago. And in that 30 years, I've flown every year, 10:25 and I actually don't think I've gone more then 3 or 4 months 10:28 without flying at all in that in that period of time. 10:31 There are a lot of differences flying here to the States, 10:34 but honestly, where I've done most of my flying in northern 10:37 British Columbia, northern Canada, ummm It's actually not 10:39 that much different, obviously its hotter, but its not... 10:42 ... You deal with the same kind of circumstances, with limited 10:47 communication, limited weather reporting remote airstrips, 10:52 a lot of, flying over a lot of inhospitable terrain. 10:55 When you're flying in the continental US for the most part 11:00 if you're flying at a decent altitude, you can almost be 11:02 within flying distance of an airport, almost for the 11:04 entire content, or a decent place to land. Whereas here, 11:07 and for the most part we're used to flying in British Columbia, 11:12 once your airborne, once you're out range of the airport 11:14 that you took off from, there might not be another until you 11:18 reach your destination. 11:19 (Music) 11:22 Very few of these villages have constant reliable electricity, 11:26 or current, as the Guyanese call it. Therefore it is very 11:29 very difficult to medically treat and provide care to 11:32 to someone who has critical needs. 11:35 Often times, in order to save their lives, patients are flown 11:38 to the hospital in Georgetown, where they can receive 11:42 a higher level of care. 11:43 The patient I'm picking up, is the captain, 11:45 or as they call them, the Tischow of the village. 11:47 And I don't know, exactly what happened or why but he's kind of 11:50 elderly, frail man, but he has apparently attacked and beaten. 11:53 And they said this morning he lost consciousness. 11:55 So they call us call us here about an hour ago and said 11:57 we should come up so I don't know exact conditions. 12:00 We are waiting for him. They will bring him 12:01 out of the clinic here in a minute. 12:02 As Jud waits for his patient, he tries to gather more 12:06 information about the patient's condition 12:07 from family members and friends. 12:10 However, no one seems to have very much information 12:12 and the information they do give, seems conflicting. 12:16 It's a puzzling situation and no one seems to have 12:19 a straight answer. 12:20 Alright ummm... He's in the clinic? 12:24 Ok, alright, let's make a space here for him. 12:27 It's a very unusual occurrence for an elder let alone a Tischow 12:31 to be a victim of domestic violence. 12:34 They will sometime have some drinking and between the 12:37 younger men, sometimes they will get out their cutlasses. 12:39 Machetes, and cut each other up. You know that's more 12:42 between the younger guys. 12:44 I don't know why something would happen to an elderly 12:47 You know an elder in a village That's... I don't know if 12:49 I've seen that happen before. 12:51 So I don't know what the explanation is. 12:53 It's important that Jud has the information about the patient's 12:56 condition so he can pass it along to the doctors 12:59 in Georgetown. 13:01 Finally the patient appears from the clinic. He is unable to walk 13:04 and is floating in and out of consciousness. 13:07 So the village members carry him out to the plane. 13:10 It's an uncomfortable transport but in these conditions you have 13:14 to make the best of the situation you are in. 13:16 (Men talking) 13:18 (rumbling noises) 13:29 Alright, we'll bring him right over. How are you doing man? 13:34 Now that the Tischow is in the plane Jud begins to strap him in 13:38 There will be one other person traveling on today's flight. 13:41 He will accompany the patient to the hospital. 13:44 Unfortunately however, since the aircraft is so small, 13:47 often times family members can not travel 13:50 with their injured relatives. 13:52 Before the Tischow leaves, he calls over one of his family 13:55 members, takes off his ring, and gives it to him. 13:58 This action shows that the Tischow himself knows that he is 14:02 very sick and he wants his family to have his ring 14:06 should anything happen. 14:08 The Tischow is an important figure in the village, 14:11 and many people are worried for his well being. 14:13 Many of the villagers come and wish him well while Jud goes 14:16 to the clinic and speaks with the med-ex to get the final word 14:19 on the patient's condition. 14:21 Most villages do not have doctors, but have med-exes 14:25 which are comparable to a nurse practitioner. 14:28 Finally it's time to leave and Jud prepares the plane again. 14:32 But before they can take off, Jud offers a word of prayer 14:35 and asks for a safe flight and healing for the Tischow. 14:39 We ask You especially be wit this patient. May Your healing 14:41 hand be upon him and be with his family too. 14:43 In Jesus name, Amen! 14:46 As Jud taxies and takes off towards Georgetown 14:49 nothing is visible but the jungle canopy. 14:51 It would have been impossible to get this patient out of the 14:54 jungle in time had it not been for the air craft. 14:57 Doing a medical evacuation out the jungle, is important to 15:02 a person that is ill and time is of a critical factor. 15:05 As Jud flies towards Georgetown he must keep 15:08 an eye on the weather. 15:09 Turbulent weather, rain and wind seem to be in the forecast 15:13 for today. All of the added turbulence make this trip 15:16 to the hospital even more uncomfortable 15:18 for the ailing patient. 15:22 However Jud an experienced pilot, still manages 15:26 to safely navigate through the skies. 15:28 Apparently he's been attacked for some reason, 15:30 I can't explain why. I didn't understand how that would happen 15:32 or why that would happen. He'd been beaten to some degree. 15:35 But it had been almost two weeks before, but he had... 15:39 when they called us, he had taken a turn for the worse. 15:43 And he actually, kind of almost lost consciousness 15:46 or gone nearly into unconsciousness. 15:47 So they called us, but of course they don't know what the 15:50 problem is. And that's the difficult part out here. 15:54 How do you decide whether someone just has some other 15:58 passing ailment or something critical that they 16:00 need to go out to get treatment for. 16:01 When they begin to reach the out skirts of Georgetown 16:04 Jud must be in constant communication with Olga 16:07 the airport he intends to land in. 16:10 This air space is the most heavily congested and it's 16:12 important to be aware of your surroundings and share with 16:15 other pilots your exact position to prevent any collisions. 16:19 As he reaches the airport and touches down on the paved runway 16:22 Jud is relieved that he has safely transported 16:24 another patient. 16:26 Now that they have arrived he can transfer the patient to the 16:29 local medical facility and he can focus 16:32 on his next set of patients. 16:34 But as he arrives, Jud looks around and doesn't see anyone 16:37 waiting to pick up the Tischow to take him to the hospital. 16:40 The drop off area is completely empty and there are no 16:44 ambulances or paramedics to be found. 16:46 Communication is a big challenge here in Guyana, and it seems 16:50 that once again, a message did not get delivered to the 16:53 ambulance services. 16:55 So Pilot Jud makes a few phone calls and tries to find his 16:58 patient a safe ride to the hospital. 17:01 Jud can't wait here for too long because he is constantly 17:05 racing against the clock. There is a no fly rule after dark and 17:09 he does not want to be stuck here over night, 17:11 especially since he has 2 other patients lined up for today. 17:15 So he must quickly find a way to get the Tischow to the hospital. 17:21 Finally a taxi arrives and they must carefully pull the patient 17:25 out from the plane and put him in the vehicle. 17:27 The patient is in a lot of pain since he has just spent he past 17:31 hour in turbulent skies, so they must try and be extra gentle 17:35 with him as they try to relocate him into the taxi. 17:39 (Music) 17:49 Unfortunately, since this isn't an ambulance, there is nowhere 17:52 for the Tishow to lie down so he must be placed in a seat 17:56 and sit up from this point on. 17:58 (Music) 18:00 As the Tischow heads off straight for the hospital, 18:03 Jud and the entire AWA team can breathe a prayer of thanks that 18:08 they were again able to safely deliver another patient 18:11 and save another life. 18:13 Jud was able to medi-vac him out, and it turns out he had 18:17 appendicitis and it had ruptured so we were very very 18:21 happy to help with him. 18:23 He's been very instrumental in helping us and very supportive 18:26 of us and so we were very happy that we could help him with that 18:30 Turns out, we got him into the hospital and he needed an 18:33 emergency appendectomy. So certainly left too long, 18:39 he certainly would have died. If left in that community 18:42 without getting the treatment he needed. 18:44 (Music) 18:49 While in Georgetown, Jud must also refuel the plane. 18:52 Since this is their only way of getting fuel, it's important 18:55 that every time he or any of the pilots fly to Ogle, 18:59 they purchase fuel. The amount of fuel they can purchase 19:02 is dependent on the amount of funding they receive from donors 19:05 in North America. They aren't always able to fill up the plane 19:09 but have to keep a watchful eye on their funding. 19:12 So literally we have to use the air plane as a camel. 19:15 We fill it up, we fly it out here, we siphon it out into 19:18 jerry cans and into barrels and then we put it back in 19:21 in as we need it. We always keep a minimum in the plane just to 19:24 get us to Georgetown and that's the way we do it. 19:27 There is just no other option. 19:28 Today they are able to purchase 211 liters of fuel, 19:32 roughly 50 gallons. 19:34 Our return flights or any flights we have extra seats, 19:37 again we have this list of people to call and by priority 19:40 if they called, and of course we prioritize by medical reason 19:44 we will try and place them on the flights 19:48 Nobody pays for these flights of course, there's no charge 19:51 to any of the people who are flying, so they can rely on that 19:55 Jud doesn't have much time. His new patients have arrived 19:58 at the airport. The AWA teams always makes a 20:01 great effort to never waste a flight. 20:04 Anytime they have an emergency flight, they have a standby list 20:07 with patients that are ready and waiting to travel. 20:10 There is a project that was started in Canada that we have 20:14 greatly appreciated. Someone started sending us 20:16 beanie babies. So if we fly a child who is sick unto the 20:21 hospital we give them a little tiny beanie baby. 20:24 They can just take that to the hospital and carry it with them 20:27 It's been a...it's been fun to give those out. 20:30 Because you know that little beanie baby will probably be 20:33 the only stuffed animal that child will ever own. 20:35 And so that's a really special thing. And we alway tell them 20:37 this is a gift from Canada or this is a gift from the States. 20:40 Flying can often be a scary event for the Guyanese who 20:44 aren't used to motorized vehicles, So Jud offers a small 20:48 stuffed toy to hopefully comfort the children while in the air. 20:52 This mother has flown in because she had a complication during 20:55 labor, and now she is returning home, back to Mabarauma 20:59 with her new baby boy, who she names Leroy. 21:02 (Music) 21:09 The second patient for this flight is a 3 year old girl with 21:12 a heart defect. She unfortunately was born with 21:15 this condition and must receive medical treatment 21:17 every couple of weeks. 21:19 In order to live, she needs an operation that unfortunately, 21:22 they do not perform in Guyana. 21:24 The AWA team have flown this patient many times before. 21:28 These are going back home to Mabaruma. So we got the new born 21:32 The challenge for them, is that the only option is for them to 21:34 travel on the boat which is a 24 hour travel journey 21:38 on the high seas, which is open sea anyway, 21:41 can be quite rough, for crowded boat. No facilities. 21:44 So it's always nice to get them a one hour trip back 21:47 instead of the boat. 21:49 You were in for some treatment right? Yes. 21:51 For yourself? For the child? Yes 21:55 And what kind of problem is she having? She having a 21:57 heart disease. She need to have actually open heart surgery. 22:01 There is a little girl here who was born 22:03 with a hole in her heart. 22:05 And several weeks ago, I was able to fly her to Georgetown, 22:08 because she was getting worse and so she went to the hospital 22:14 and the doctor said that she needed surgery over in Cuba. 22:18 They have a working relationship with Cuba so a lot of the major 22:21 surgeries are flown out there and the family 22:25 didn't have any money 22:27 to do this because what happens, the government will pay for half 22:30 of that surgery, but the family has to come up 22:31 with the other half. And the other half is about 500 US 22:35 and of course they don't have that much. 22:36 So, the father told the mother, the father was still here in 22:40 Mabaruma, talked to the mother on the phone and said, well just 22:43 bring her back and if she lives she lives, if she dies, she dies 22:45 It was so sad in the end, so we actually have a fund of someone 22:51 who set up some money that could be used for some of these 22:54 medical emergencies. 22:57 And so we called her and we said we would be happy to pay for the 23:00 other half, but then the doctor decided that it wasn't 23:03 proper timing for the girl. She was getting sicker. 23:07 I didn't understand all the details but for whatever reason, 23:10 the daughter, she wasn't ready yet to have that surgery. 23:13 And so just the other day then Jud brought her back here to 23:17 Mabaruma. But the offer is still out there. So as soon she's 23:21 ready for that surgery, then we'll be able to fly to 23:23 Georgetown and then we'll pay to have her surgery. 23:26 As normal protocol for all the AWA pilots, Jud prays before his 23:30 flight. He asks for blessings of safely and healing on their 23:34 return trip home. 23:35 ... This little newborn baby going back to his family 23:37 also most especially this little girl with the problem with her 23:41 heart. Just ask that Your healing hand will be upon her 23:43 provide opportunities for her to heal, in Jesus' name - Amen 23:46 Jud has had a busy day, but it's just halfway through. He must 23:51 now safely navigate the skies again and return everyone home 23:55 to Mabaruma. 23:56 Being here for the longer term, and developing relationships 23:59 with people and that ...that all comes down to trust. 24:04 And they know that we've been here for this many years and 24:08 we're still going to be here when they need us in the future 24:10 so when you have someone with say a chronic condition that 24:13 needs treatment and we could take them back and forth so they 24:16 don't have to spend months and months living away from their 24:18 families. And... trust to know that sometimes things go wrong 24:25 and people, people sometimes go out for treatment and they die. 24:28 And that's a fear that people have, of course and their fear 24:33 is such that they may not send their family members out for 24:36 treatment because they may die, and if they die they may not 24:41 come back. Or if they go for treatment they may not even be 24:43 able to come back come back for months at a time. So knowing 24:45 that we've been here and that we've taken people out, and we 24:49 bring them back and sometimes we bring back people that have died 24:51 but even that, gives them confidence in us because it 24:54 shows that we care enough to bring back even the people who 25:00 died so that they can have a proper burial 25:02 with their families. And that, that's a very meaningful thing 25:06 to people out here something that they don't get 25:08 from anywhere else. 25:11 Another ministry that the team incorporates in their flights is 25:14 offering religious literature for the passengers to read and 25:17 take home with them. On the hour long flight, many pick up the 25:21 magazines and read about the love of our Lord. Soon enough 25:25 the familiar sights of their hometown Mabaruma 25:29 come into view. 25:38 Once on the ground everyone is able to disembark. Now that 25:41 everyone is safely on the ground the AWA team can call this a 25:46 successful day. They balanced fuel, medi-vaced out 25:50 an unconscious village leader and delivered 2 babies back 25:53 to their home village. 25:55 But this isn't anything unusual for this mission team. In fact 25:59 this is a very regular day in the mission field of Guyana. 26:03 And the entire AWA team is thankful that they are able to 26:07 minister and that they had enough fuel funding to make 26:10 these flights today possible. 26:13 Any day that I can come home at the end of the day and know that 26:20 even for one person, adult or child, something that I've been 26:26 able to do because of God given skills to me, that can make a 26:30 difference in their life, then that day is a good day 26:34 and that's fulfilling for me. 26:36 (music) 26:41 Fuel equals saved lives! And a tank of fuel goes a long way 26:45 One tank of fuel gives us 4 hours of flight time 26:48 And in that 4 hour period of time we could evacuate 26:52 somewhere between ten patients. We can transport pastors in for 26:56 meetings. Help the church with local Bible work that needs to 27:00 be done. Four hours of flying is tremendous 27:03 what we can do with an airplane. 27:04 If I can leave you with one thing, after watching this video 27:07 with regard aviation ministry is, fuel equals saved lives. 27:12 If we have fuel we can go out and we can save lives 27:15 not only physically, but for eternity. 27:19 Jesus said in the great Gospel Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 27:22 that we are to go into all the world! 27:25 Well, Adventist World Aviation is dedicated to doing just that! 27:29 There are between six and a half and seven billion people 27:32 now living on planet earth. And two billion of them have never 27:36 heard of Jesus. Of the two billion, eight hundred million 27:40 of them can only be reached like means like aircraft. 27:43 or through aviation support. We go into the un-reached areas 27:48 of the world. 27:49 What we find when we go in there we find death and disease and 27:52 despair. What we bring them is hope, health and life. 27:58 And a great Gospel message that Jesus loves them. That there is 28:01 somebody out there, who does care. 28:04 They often ask, why do you do this? 28:06 We say, because Jesus loves you! 28:09 And so the message that we bring them is absolute hope. 28:12 Since it's inception, 1995, AWA, or Adventist World Aviation 28:17 has been able to relieve over thirty five epidemics. 28:20 We've literally flown millions of missionary miles. 28:24 We are relieving the pain and suffering of those who live 28:26 in these remote parts of the world. Helping them. 28:29 Will you pray for us! We need prayer more than anything else! 28:33 If you like more information please contact this station 28:36 3 Angels Broadcasting Network Or call the number on the screen 28:40 Thanks for watching! 28:41 (Music) |
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