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Guyana: Ground Transportation

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00:51 Well this is our project vehicle it's an Arctic Cat Prowler.
00:55 It was donated to the project when the Wickwires
00:58 came down in 2007. Or I guess it was 2008,
01:01 But, it served okay. We've used it to go back and forth between
01:07 the airstrip and transporting our volunteers to various
01:10 places, but, as you can see it's fairly small. It's actually only
01:13 a two seat-er but we've had as many as thirteen people
01:15 on this thing before.
01:16 The AWA team uses the arctic cat buggy as a work horse
01:20 in their operations. It's invaluable to them since
01:23 it's the only vehicle they have. They use it daily as they load
01:27 it beyond full capacity with people, cargo and supplies.
01:33 Well on our team, this is the only vehicle we have.
01:35 So we have, three families and one vehicle.
01:41 So its... we do our best to share it around as much as we
01:45 can. Basically we just use it when we have, when we need to
01:48 carry something, that's really what we're focused with.
01:51 And the motorcycles we use, just for the, getting around.
01:54 Each family has a dirt bike that they use for general errands.
01:57 However they have gotten very skilled and creative
02:00 with carrying loads on the bikes.
02:02 We use the bikes because they are so much cheaper to get
02:04 around then the vehicle, and are quicker.
02:06 So we use them to run to the market, to go to the airstrip,
02:09 we use them a lot. Just before we felt we were,
02:12 we knew we needed a vehicle down here,
02:13 we didn't know what would be best.
02:15 We'd buy here or something and I just happened to be looking
02:18 the classified and this type of vehicle had just,
02:20 they just started making them. And I had never even seen one
02:22 but I saw it in the ad and thought
02:23 "that would be pretty cool"
02:25 and the guy was asking, it was like a year old.
02:28 He was asking about twelve thousand or something for it.
02:32 Well I'll go look at it. And then I went and looked at it
02:35 and they... He was trying... It's kind of a funny story,
02:39 he was telling me how ... She opens up the front
02:41 and says "look! And you can fill all this up
02:42 with beer and ice, and you can drive around all day and
02:44 have a great time and he's got a stereo in it and everything.
02:46 And then he says " What are you going to use it for?"
02:47 And I told him we wanted to bring it down
02:49 for missions in Guyana; we're Adventists.
02:52 "Oh yah! I grew up Adventist" he says.
02:54 "I'll make you a good deal for it." It was still more money
02:57 then we - - we didn't have the money for it.
02:59 And I told a friend of mine about it. He'd been supporting
03:03 us and he said, "you know, you should go get that".
03:06 they paid for it of course, they picked it up, loaded it in the
03:10 container. and that was like two days before we left.
03:14 Every square inch of this vehicle is utilized
03:16 to transport people, materials, fuel, and cargo.
03:20 This is in essence their make shift pickup truck till they are
03:25 able to raise enough money to purchase a truck of their own.
03:29 The airstrip for our operation is about,
03:31 oh it's probably a ten minute walk from our house.
03:35 But whenever we fly we have to carry jerry cans of fuel.
03:38 We have to bring passengers out, we have to carry out cargo,
03:42 if they have suit cases and things like that.
03:44 Absolutely cannot be done without a vehicle.
03:47 If we don't have a vehicle, we have to do, we have to pay
03:50 somewhere between five and ten dollars every time we take
03:52 a trip out there, which adds up pretty quickly.
03:54 Considering we are flying almost every day here and sometimes
03:56 two flights a day. So without a vehicle it's very difficult
04:00 for us to even operate. We have to have a vehicle.
04:03 We are at that point now where it just has to be done.
04:05 But it's taxed. It's.. all the work that we've given it is way
04:08 beyond what it's meant to do. We've taken it to its limits.
04:12 And we desperately need a vehicle. A larger vehicle,
04:15 such as a Jeep or a 4x4 to transport our team
04:20 to varies places.
04:21 Our team is growing. We now have three families here.
04:23 And we can't transport everybody in the buggy all the time.
04:26 So we are just praying that we can find the funding in order to
04:30 be able to get a vehicle and bring it down here
04:32 to serve in this part of the Lord's vineyard.
04:35 One of the challenges the team faces here in the remote regions
04:38 of Guyana is the upkeep and maintenance of their vehicles.
04:42 They don't have any mechanics or repair shops in the area
04:45 that they can take their vehicles to. They can't even get
04:49 parts for the most part. So regular maintenance and
04:52 prevention is not an option but instead a demand.
04:58 The Arctic Cat is our pickup truck and this is our sports car
05:04 Some of the wear and tear in this vehicle is quite obvious
05:07 as you can see the roof is kind of falling apart here and
05:11 actually we have a new sun roof. And, basically it's
05:14 you know it's on it's last leg.
05:16 We just put a new engine in it, which is great, but so much
05:20 other stuff is wrong with it. I'm afraid it's not going to...
05:22 the engine is going to outlast the vehicle.
05:23 So it, it just really doesn't.... Oh! The other thing
05:28 is that in the last two weeks, it's broken down three times.
05:30 We've seen the breaks over heat on the thing.
05:32 The fuel pump went out. So that was down for a few days
05:36 because of that. Tires are completely bald in the front.
05:40 We can't just buy these tires down in Guyana.
05:42 We have to bring everything down from the States.
05:44 Parts for this vehicle are not available here in the country.
05:48 You know, so when the thing breaks down, if you can imagine
05:50 what it's like to be driving on a jungle road and suddenly
05:52 have it just stop working; it's a challenge.
05:56 We don't have tow trucks around here to tow it back.
05:58 We have to fix it on site. And it just presents a whole
06:02 series of challenges. So we're praying for a bigger vehicle.
06:04 Something that would be more appropriate for our work here.
06:06 So in order to preserve it, and make it last the team uses
06:10 the bikes as much as possible.
06:13 This helps the vehicle to last longer. Because it costs a lot
06:17 more to drive the Arctic Cat the tires and the maintenance.
06:20 We just had to put a new engine in it. And it's so much more
06:22 important to us, as far as accessing the airplanes,
06:25 when we do maintenance, for taking fuel out,
06:26 bring our supplies back.
06:28 So we don't have to pay someone else to do that.
06:30 We have a trailer that we pull out with the Arctic Cat to do
06:33 the service on the airplanes. And if we can't
06:35 pull the trailer out, it really handicaps our ability
06:37 to do the work on the planes...
06:41 Like the motorcycles are locally supported
06:42 so they are pretty inexpensive.
06:46 The Arctic Cat, we can get parts locally as well, what really
06:50 kills us, is time and shipping. If there is something critical
06:55 that we need, unless we have someone flying down
06:59 that can bring it with them we're looking at taking a month
07:03 or more to get something. And then when you do get
07:06 something, the cost of shipping and brokerage is just...
07:09 you know a part that cost one hundred dollars becomes two
07:12 hundred dollars. Or more. Depending on
07:13 how badly you need it.
07:17 We try and think ahead of what we need, and have someone
07:20 bring it down so it doesn't cost us so much.
07:22 Although their vehicles aren't the most high end or luxurious,
07:25 the missionaries are glad to have them.
07:28 Without these forms of transportation, they would be
07:31 extremely limited in the amount of work they could do
07:34 here in Guyana.
07:36 Transpiration is a very necessary tool
07:39 here in the remote region in Guyana.
07:47 While Jud fulfills his mechanic duties, the ladies are busy in
07:51 the kitchen at the VanFossen home. Here, Chandell, the local
07:55 Guyanese Bible worker, is teaching Chrystal how to cook
07:59 a Guyanese staple food, cookup.
08:02 Have you ever hurt your hand? No
08:08 We are going to make cook-up and we're going to make porridge.
08:11 Cook-up is rice and beans cooked in coconut milk.
08:15 And the coconut milk is not the water that is inside the coconut
08:20 It's from grating the coconut and then putting the coconut
08:23 in water and squeezing it, squeezing the water through
08:26 the coconut a couple of times. And then that's the coconut milk
08:30 that we'll use for cooking the rice in.
08:33 The two ladies are preparing food that they will be serving
08:36 at a health fair they are hosting.
08:38 Chrystal has only been in Guyana for 8 months, but she wants to
08:43 immerse herself in the culture, so she is having Chandelle teach
08:46 her everything she needs to know
08:49 So how does this work?
08:51 This is a little grater. It's not real fine.
08:56 And it's rather dull. And then you just put the coconut,
09:01 the bowl of the coconut over it...
09:09 Then you grate it out like that.
09:15 And see, it'll go really deep inside,
09:24 They're really really fast at this.
09:28 They call these dry coconuts. Because they don't use the water
09:31 If they want to drink coconut water, which is from the young
09:35 coconut, they call those wet coconuts.
09:39 Almost everybody grows their own. They grow wild too.
09:44 People can just go out in the jungle and find coconut.
09:48 They've got coconut trees in their back yard.
09:52 It's not totally done, but you can see how well it gets
09:55 in there and just gets it right out.
09:58 Chrystal wants to better relate to the locals
10:00 that she lives amongst.
10:01 She feels that if she adopts some of their traditional
10:04 daily ways of life, they will feel more comfortable
10:07 being around her.
10:09 She also wants to convey that she isn't here to change them,
10:12 but instead, to show them Jesus' love.
10:15 The dogs and stuff will even eat coconut.
10:18 They will split a coconut open and dogs will eat,
10:22 they get the rest, the inside. So will the ducks and the
10:24 chickens. That's how they supplement their diets.
10:29 Coconuts are a huge resource for the Guyanese.
10:32 They are quite readily available and inexpensive, so they
10:36 use them for a number of things.
10:38 Not only do the people eat them, but they also feed the coconut
10:42 to their animals. The cats and dogs have even
10:45 have learned to enjoy the coconut scraps.
10:47 The Guyanese can't afford to let any food go to waste,
10:51 so they make the most out of every morsel of food.
10:54 The Guyanese kitchens do not have all the luxuries that
10:57 one can find in North America. In fact, the Guyanese cook
11:01 over open flame so they have the kitchen area
11:04 outside of their homes.
11:05 This keeps the smoke from filling up their small houses.
11:10 Also when cooking, everything has to be done by hand.
11:12 They don't have electric mixers, blenders or graters.
11:16 So they must carefully handle their rustic cooking tools.
11:20 Chandel, do you ever cut yourself? Yah...
11:26 They eat cook-up for everything.
11:30 It's their main dish, that they eat like when they go out
11:32 for picnics, they would take that.
11:34 If you're having a birthday party, you eat cook-up.
11:37 If you have a funeral. A wedding
11:40 Sometimes for like a wedding, mostly they use
11:43 fried rice and chicken.
11:47 Church potluck, cook-up.
11:52 Lunch, cook-up.
11:57 It's just their dish. It's their favorite, favorite food.
12:00 Guyanese favorite food.
12:04 Kind of like bread to an American.
12:07 We have bread at most meals. Or something like that.
12:12 Chrystal and Chandelles' main reason for making cook-up today
12:16 is to alter the recipe and to recreate a healthier version
12:20 of the Guyanese's favorite dish.
12:24 These Guyanese tend to not have a lot of money to spend on
12:27 fresh vegetables, so their meals are often
12:29 unbalanced and un-nourishing.
12:32 The ladies want to educate the villagers about just how
12:36 important it is to have proper nourishment and fiber intake.
12:40 Just like in the States, the inexpensive food is fiber low,
12:45 like cassava. Like cassava bread and stuff.
12:55 It's harder to grow things here, even though you're
12:57 in the tropics, you're always fighting something.
13:00 You're fighting the insects, you're fight poor soil,
13:02 you're fighting the sun.
13:04 You're fighting the lack of water, or too much water.
13:07 So vegetables aren't as plentiful here.
13:11 And you can't just go to the grocery store and buy them.
13:13 They have market day twice a week. Saturday and Tuesday,
13:17 and if market doesn't have it, you're kind of out of luck,
13:21 unless you know someone in Georgetown
13:23 who can send it to you on a boat.
13:25 And the Guyanese don't make a lot of money, typically.
13:29 At least here in region one. A working man's wage,
13:34 if they can find work all day, is twenty thousand
13:40 or two thousand dollars, which is ten US dollars.
13:44 But you can't find work every day.
13:48 And so Guyanese family often needs about thirty thousand,
13:57 I have heard... - They feel pretty comfortable if they
14:01 can make between thirty and forty thousand dollars a month.
14:05 So it's a hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars a month.
14:09 So spending fifty cents or a dollar fifty for one meal
14:17 on vegetables is kind of expensive to them.
14:20 Their goal is to educate the natives on healthier ways to
14:24 prepare their foods; however, the ingredients they can use
14:27 are extremely limited. The average Guyanese family
14:31 doesn't have access to many things other than
14:34 the standard staple goods.
14:36 And spending any extra money of additional foods isn't a luxury
14:41 many of the natives can afford to do.
14:44 It's like a coconut flesh. Just taking out the milk from it
14:50 put it in water and just squeeze it out.
14:52 And get the coconut milk.
14:55 After the coconut is grated the ladies wash it out to make
14:58 the coconut milk. They fill the bowl with water
15:01 and coconut and mix it. Then they squeeze out the coconut
15:05 flesh leaving just the coconut milk.
15:08 They will use this milk to cook their rice.
15:10 Traditionally cook-up consists of coconut rice, a small handful
15:15 of peppers and onions and a cup or two of beans.
15:19 Today, Chrystal and Chandelle are tripling the fresh produce
15:23 and the beans to add some substance to the rice dish.
15:27 They don't want to change it too drastically however, they are
15:31 fearful that if it tastes too different, the Guyanese won't
15:34 like it, and wont adapt their our cook-up recipes.
15:37 So once again, they are very limited as to what and how much
15:42 they can alter the recipe.
15:44 Now that they have everything prepared, they can begin cooking
15:47 They again sift out the coconut milk with a strainer.
15:51 Just like everything else, cooking takes much longer
15:54 in third world conditions.
15:56 They don't need the flesh for this recipe but they don't just
16:00 discard it. They save it for the animals to eat.
16:04 We feed it to the chickens.
16:13 Once the milk is heated on the stove,
16:15 Chrystal mixes in the vegetables Once that begins to boil,
16:19 they mix in the rice and allow that to cook together.
16:23 Chrystal enjoys having this time to learn
16:26 and connect with Chandell.
16:28 Often the missionaries have such busy schedules that they don't
16:32 always have time to spend with each other.
16:35 So this morning is a nice treat for Chrystal and Chandelle
16:38 to learn and commune together.
16:40 As the food cooks, the ladies talk about the health fair
16:45 and they try to gage how many people they should cook for.
16:48 They want to have enough food for everyone who attends.
16:51 It's never easy to gage how many people might show up
16:55 to one of these events. But the ladies are being optimistic
16:59 and cooking enough for over one hundred people to eat.
17:02 I told her there is already more vegetables in that then
17:04 what I usually see in cook-up.
17:14 We're going to bless this food and we're going to ask God
17:18 to make up all the deficiencies that we don't have. And help
17:23 the people's taste buds to like whatever it is we've made.
17:34 You know last night, God and I were talking and I said
17:36 "You remember of the feeding of the five thousand story,
17:38 You know, where You satisfied people
17:42 with what they were used to?"
17:44 Rice and bread. Or bread and fish or whatever, we are trying
17:51 to do the same thing here. We are trying to teach people
17:54 how to use the foods that they... are used to.
18:00 I said "we might not do it so perfectly, but You can
18:04 make up the deficiencies."
18:06 Before Chrystal takes the cook-up to the health fair,
18:10 she first tests it out on her neighbors to see what they think
18:14 of the new and improved cook-up recipe.
18:16 We got this white woman that is to sure what she's doing.
18:19 So I need a Guyanese to tell me if it's any good.
18:26 Good. It needs salt? Not plenty. Little more. Little more salt?
18:31 What else? But this would work for me. This would work for you.
18:36 Yah. You can eat it. No. So the salt. It needs more salt?
18:40 No. Its good salt. Oh its good salt? Yah. Just this way? Yah.
18:43 I can feed this to the people in Barabeana? Yah.
18:46 And they won't spit it out? Yah. This good. This is good? Yah.
18:51 Ok. Thank you.
18:56 When I was in the States I had driven on some pretty rough
18:58 roads before, but when I came to Guyana I had my eyes opened to
19:01 what roads are really, how bad roads can really be.
19:03 In Mabaruma we go out sometimes as far as forty five minutes
19:07 to an hour away from Mabaruma. Some of the roads that we've
19:09 been on are...by American standards impassable.
19:12 We have to go on them though because we have to get to some
19:15 of these locations we are going to whether its church or medical
19:17 need or whatever the case may be And when it rains these roads
19:20 get rutted out, very badly. Some of these ruts literally are
19:23 sometimes that deep. And you have to figure out a way to get
19:26 around that in your vehicle.
19:27 Now that the Arctic Cat is running nicely again and all the
19:31 food is prepared the team packs everything up and begins their
19:35 trip to Barabeana. The team loads up every available spot
19:40 on the buggy. The roof, the side rails, the floor boards all are
19:45 loaded with supplies and people as they bounce down the road.
19:49 But even still, not everyone can fit on the buggy, so they
19:53 have to take a few of the dirt bikes out to Barabeana as well.
19:57 Barabeana is about probably a ten minute drive from Mabaruma.
20:02 The road is in kind of a bad shape right now, so you know,
20:06 it's not easy to get out here always. Cause when the tide
20:08 comes in the water goes over the roads. Sometimes it can get as
20:11 deep as a couple of feet to drive through, and a lot of
20:13 rocks and all that. So its a little bit of a challenge
20:15 getting out here sometimes but, so it's a little bit isolated in
20:19 that regard you know that it's not always easy to get to.
20:22 It should only be about a fifteen minute trip away,
20:24 however, with the roads in the condition that they are,
20:28 it's going to take them much longer than anticipated.
20:31 The rivers are all tidal waters in this area.
20:34 So as the tides rise, so do all the low lying flood areas.
20:39 This road to Bababeana happens to cross one of these areas.
20:45 But rather than let that stop the team, they push right
20:48 through the murky waters. They aren't going to let getting
20:51 a little muddy, stop them from holding this health fair.
20:54 So they just drive right through the high waters,
20:57 dirt bikes and all.
21:09 Unfortunately there isn't enough transportation for everyone.
21:11 As they reach the top of the hill they pass one of the fellow
21:15 missionaries Anica. She began her day very early and started
21:20 walking to Barabeana for the health fair.
21:22 It isn't an ideal situation, but the mission team is praying that
21:27 it's just temporary and they look forward to the day when
21:30 they can buy a full sized pickup that will be able
21:33 to transport everyone. As soon as they come to a stop,
21:37 people start appearing. It's as if they were waiting for them
21:40 to arrive. So the team quickly unloads and begins
21:44 the afternoon's festivities.
21:47 As the day goes on, more and more people come to
21:51 learn about their health.
21:55 We have a huge need for a vehicle,
21:57 specifically a 4x4 truck.
21:59 We've been managing here for years without it, but it's been
22:04 a huge hassle, as we've been using this little arctic cat
22:08 which we call the buggy and it says, if you look on the panel
22:12 it says maximum 2 people. But we actually have fit on like 13.
22:17 And there is cargo, and we are hanging off there.
22:20 What happens is when we fly back from Georgetown we land
22:23 and usually we have people and or cargo,
22:26 we are flying in our groceries. There is always medicines for
22:29 for the hospital or whatever. And so how are we going to get
22:31 them from the airstrip to our house. And so, we just pile
22:35 everything on to the buggy. As much as we can.
22:37 And motorcycles, I've learned how to, I can ride a motorcycle
22:41 now with a jerry can in between my legs and another on back here
22:44 And it's pretty amazing. So, we need a 4x4 truck.
22:49 The ideal vehicle for us here really would be a Toyota 4x4
22:52 of some kind. Toyota parts are readily available here in Guyana
22:54 And we've identified this need, so we worked with AWA to set up
23:00 an account specifically for a vehicle for Guyana.
23:03 We're here at Barabeana doing the health fair and it's just to
23:06 help the community become more aware of their health status.
23:09 We're specifically focusing on glucose and pressures.
23:12 I think we had some discussions quite some time ago actually
23:15 about just different creative ways to make in roads into this
23:18 community and we just felt that you know, it'd be good to have
23:22 a you know a session or a health fair so to speak to teach people
23:26 about health principles. And to give them tools to
23:29 help them live a better life. You know it's a good way to
23:32 introduce people to who we are, and Adventism as it is you know
23:37 we have a church that we built here so hopefully you know
23:40 people will realize that we're, you know we're to help!
23:42 And we love them and want to do something for them
23:44 and you know it's just a tangible way to show that.
23:46 We decided to do the health fair at Barabeana because we wanted
23:50 a way to start developing relationships with the people
23:54 out here. It's kind of like friendship evangelism.
23:56 You know you get to know someone and then as they get to know you
23:59 they ask you questions and then that gives you
24:01 an opportunity to share.
24:03 And Adventist World Aviation for that matter isn't just about
24:05 aviation. You know it's about sharing the gospel you know
24:10 in tangible ways. Transportation is a way to bring people in to
24:13 you know, areas that are difficult to get to that they
24:17 can learn more about God's love. And health is just one of those
24:19 things that just really everybody understands.
24:22 It's a language that everybody understands. Everybody wants to
24:24 be healthy. So we try to do that You know, Jesus whenever He went
24:28 into a village, often He'd leave with-He wouldn't leave till
24:31 everybody was healed. You know, before He shared any message
24:34 with them. He just would heal their physical maladies.
24:36 So that is what we are trying to do, I guess.
24:39 So we've got a dental station. And at the dental station Karen
24:42 is going through and showing the kids how to brush their teeth.
24:45 Some things about how your teeth are put together and what
24:48 to look for, so that you have good healthy teeth.
24:51 And then inside the church over here, we have health teaching
24:54 going on. And Greg VanFossen is up there doing, teaching on,
24:58 just everything from preventing blood pressure and diabetes to,
25:02 you know what causes back pain and you know
25:04 how the skeletal muscles work. And a variety of things.
25:08 So he's doing a lot of that too. And so many people
25:12 need to have education here and understand more about health.
25:14 You find the funniest things. Some people believe their heart
25:17 was over here. You know and it's right here of course.
25:20 You know it's just, things that we just take for granted,
25:23 you know they just don't understand. And so the education
25:26 is a big thing and once they understand some of these things,
25:28 it brings a lot you know, peace to their heart.
25:29 Cause they don't know, if they have a pain in their side is it
25:31 my heart you know and their hearts up here.
25:33 They might just have a side ache from not drinking enough water,
25:36 who knows.
25:37 And then we have some food that has been made.
25:41 Chandelle helped me make some food. Actually she probably made
25:44 more of it and I was being educated on how
25:47 to cook Guyanese food. And their diet tends to be rather
25:50 low in fiber and so we helped to make their food a little
25:54 healthier for them. Since they do have problems with glucose
25:57 and the increased fiber will help modulate their sugars.
26:00 So we have some samples of that, for them to try.
26:02 One of the common problems we find in Guyana, and all kinds of
26:05 countries around the world, is that they tend to eat a lot more
26:07 simple carbohydrates then they need to.
26:09 Guyanese like to have a pile of rice, a little bit of vegetable,
26:13 and a little bit meat or protein Where is should be the other
26:15 way around. You know, small amount of carbohydrates,
26:17 big pile of vegetables and a small amount of protein.
26:20 And so we are trying to teach them that that's a better way
26:22 to eat. It helps the blood sugar and blood pressure and all those
26:24 things. They tend to eat a lot more simple carbohydrates
26:27 than they need. And that's what causes diabetes. A lot of it.
26:29 And not proper exercise too and all those things.
26:32 And not drinking enough water. That's another huge issue.
26:34 A lot of people don't like to drink water here.
26:36 In general the main health concern tends to be diabetes
26:43 and high blood pressure. And so if we can help them understand
26:49 the needs to one know what their glucose levels are, and how they
26:55 can eat healthier, so that they don't have to worry
26:57 as much about it.
26:59 And the medical work is just a way that we can you know kind of
27:02 open their eyes that you know to see God's love,
27:04 something tangible.
27:06 You know that's what a lot of times people don't see.
27:08 Everyone goes around knocking on door and trying to get them to
27:11 convert to their church but they don't really see God's love.
27:13 You know that's really what it's all about.
27:15 You're not going to be saved by being a member of our church,
27:18 but I do believe that the truth that our church holds is pure.
27:22 And it's based on the Bible. And I just want to share that
27:24 love with others. That ability to get in there and share that
27:27 with them. So that's really what it's all about. Ultimately.
27:29 The villagers listen attentively to the information
27:33 everyone is sharing.
27:34 As the day comes to a close, all can agree that today was
27:39 a huge success. They all give the credit to God for such a
27:44 great outreach opportunity.
27:47 Days like today remind all the team members why they so badly
27:51 need ground transportation. The two airplanes make a big
27:55 impact, but a 4x4 truck can be greatly utilized
27:59 in saving souls as well.
28:02 Jesus said in the great Gospel Commission in Matthew 28:19-20
28:06 that we are to go into all the world!
28:08 Well, Adventist World Aviation is dedicated to doing just that!
28:12 There are between six and a half and seven billion people
28:15 now living on planet earth. And two billion of them have
28:18 never heard of Jesus.
28:20 Of the two billion, eight hundred million
28:23 of them can only be reached like means like aircraft.
28:26 or through aviation support.
28:28 We go into the un-reached areas of the world.
28:31 What we find when we go in there
28:33 we find death and disease and despair.
28:37 What we bring them is hope, health and life.
28:41 And a great Gospel message that Jesus loves them.
28:44 That there is somebody out there, who does care.
28:47 They often ask, why do you do this?
28:50 We say, because Jesus loves you!
28:52 And so the message that we bring them is absolute hope.
28:56 Since it's inception, 1995, AWA, or Adventist World Aviation
29:01 has been able to relieve over thirty five epidemics.
29:03 We've literally flown millions of missionary miles.
29:07 We are relieving the pain and suffering of those who live
29:09 in these remote parts of the world. Helping them.
29:12 Will you pray for us! We need prayer more than anything else!
29:15 If you like more information please contact this station
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