We are in such a beautiful,
idyllic location in Micronesia
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on the beach.
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You know, there are people
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who cannot see what
I'm seeing right now.
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There are people who can't
see the colors or anything else.
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Stay tuned today to find out
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how Canvasback is
changing all of that.
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You know, I kind of
like to call this section
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the anatomy of a volunteer.
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See, because Canvasback mission,
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that's what makes
the whole program work
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is volunteers.
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People come from
all over the country,
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all over the world sometimes
to join with Canvasback
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to help people need.
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Especially in this case,
it focused on the islands,
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Micronesia.
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In this specific case, Pohnpei.
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In Pohnpei, the people
can make $30, $50 a month.
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Why do these people
leave lucrative practices?
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Why do they leave
good paying jobs at home?
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Why do they leave
family and friends,
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take on their
vacation time and come here?
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We're going to find out today,
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see what makes
these people tick.
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And I think what
you're gonna find
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is they all have a love
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to do something
for somebody else.
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And in so doing,
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they gain so
much for themselves,
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they may gain an
incredible blessing themselves.
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So stay tuned now.
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Get ready to see
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what these volunteers
are doing in an amazing way.
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Yeah, so we're in
Pohnpei, you know, Pohnpei,
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however you'd like to
pronounce it, Micronesia,
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and we are at the main hospital.
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And one of the things
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that I always remember
about my last trip to Majuro
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was finishing a long day of work
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and coming outside
and seeing the kids,
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and that just cheered me up.
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And we would
walk home every day.
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And the kids
started waiting for us
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because we had
pockets full of toys.
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We had chalk
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and they would graffiti
the whole city with chalk.
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Yeah, I was
watching you the other night.
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You're going down the street,
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you have all these little
fancy balls dancing around.
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You attracted
kids pretty rapidly.
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Yes, yes.
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So I have some
nice, some other toys
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will be delivering to you.
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But that's really fun
because I like to interact.
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It's nice to know
who you're helping
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and that's important.
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So I wanted to go outside also,
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because if you
haven't been here,
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you kind of wonder what
the hospital looks like.
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Some people wonder
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if it's made of, you
know, wood or the shack.
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I mean, it's a real structure.
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It's just really dated,
and not really finished,
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but it's functional, you know.
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How many patients
are you seeing in a day?
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So between like
surgery and clinic, personally,
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maybe like 10 to 20.
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And that's not very much
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compared to what
we can do at home.
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But every patient's brand
new, every patient has two eyes.
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And it seems like
every eye has a problem.
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Really? Yeah.
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And then, when you get
him into the operating room
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and that takes a few
hours to few days too.
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So that's just for
you on a daily basis.
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How many in the team now?
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Oh, boy, you're asking questions
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that I don't know the answer to,
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but I think we're
in the 20s, 21 maybe.
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Okay. Okay. Yeah.
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So you're doing a lot of
work on a daily basis as a team?
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Yes. Yeah.
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And sometimes, you know,
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one or the other
doctors will see the patient
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and they have multiple problems.
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So you'll get a
retina specialist,
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and you'll get
optometrist, you know,
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when you'll get a
glaucoma or cataract,
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you know, doctor looking at them
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trying to help
solve the problem.
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Drops dabble your eyes.
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Look here.
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Forehead up
against the path for me.
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Well, give me a tutorial here.
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What are we carrying on? Okay.
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So what we're
putting on our hats.
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So obviously don't forget
to wear your hat to the party.
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That's to prevent
hair from falling.
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And then we also wear booties.
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Put these on top of my head.
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Yeah. There we go.
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And what you'll notice too,
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is a lot of us try to
recycle as much as possible.
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So I do carry my hat with me
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all though probably
it was done for the day,
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so it's a little beat up side.
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So I take it
somewhere along this line
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as we can't go in
unless we've got this on.
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Correct.
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So you'll see a red line
before you go into a hallway.
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Now that's not
necessarily a sterile hallway,
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but is a hallway
that we got clean.
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And then the sterile environment
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is when you go
into an operating room
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where there is
instruments opened up.
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And so you have to wear a mask
when you go into those places.
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So, for here we
don't need a mask.
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And then I think I heard
you talking about the scrubbing,
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you know, why
do you kind of rub,
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you know, bring your
arm across the water.
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So everything goes from,
you know, sterile to clean
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to contaminated almost.
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So this hands so forth
is the most sterile area
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down to your elbows
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which are still but
after that it's not,
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so all the dirt
and everything washes
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towards the non sterile arms.
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That's why you put your hand
through the water like that.
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Why do you not touch
the two hands together?
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You can. You can?
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Yeah, that's okay.
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So, yeah, you're
trying to dry them.
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So we're just trying to
get them dry as we go out.
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Yeah. Okay.
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Well, you know, the beauty here
of this island is incredible,
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Pohnpei.
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Pohnpei is an island,
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virtually out in
the middle of nowhere.
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The teams traveled
for about two days,
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two days to get here by airline,
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it was kind of grueling travel.
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But they've done it free will
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because you see,
they're all volunteers.
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They've come
here to this island,
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the doctors, the
ophthalmology team,
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the dental team to help people.
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Now while it's a
beautiful island,
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the folks don't
have a lot of money.
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They just don't
have much of anything.
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You see, it's a situation
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that while people may make
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$30 or $50 a month.
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They can't afford a surgery
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that costs thousands
and thousands of dollars.
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There are people
that go for maybe,
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well, I don't know, 20 years,
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20 years, they've gone
without surgery on an eye
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that they've
needed for 20 years.
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In the United States I
can't even begin to imagine
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how that happens, but
it really does happen.
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I want you to check it out now,
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just as we walked
down the road here.
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Look at this, it's
just a simple neighborhood.
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But think about how
could someone here afford
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a 10, $12,000 surgery?
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Well, bottom line, they can't,
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they just can't
afford anything like that.
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But because of
Canvasback Missions,
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Canvasback is able to provide
all of this free of charge.
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I want to share with you
today some amazing volunteer,
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stories of volunteers
that just will warm your heart
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because people
from every walk of life,
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but they were touched by God
to come out here on their own,
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leave their
practices, leave their homes,
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in some cases,
leave their families,
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and travel out here to
help these dear people.
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And I love the smiles of
the children and everyone,
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they are so happy.
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When we come they're so
excited to see the teams.
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And I want to share
with you, we're going to,
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later on in the series,
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we're going to talk
about some of these dear people
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who have eye
surgery with no anesthetic
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except in the eye,
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but they'll lay there
for three or four hours
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and never move a muscle.
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It's incredible.
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I know you're gonna enjoy this,
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because it's
about giving yourself
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exactly what Jesus said to do,
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"Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel
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and share about Me," He said.
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People today don't
understand who Jesus Christ is.
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They don't understand
that the God of the universe
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loves every one
of us completely,
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fully and supremely,
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so much that He
died for everyone else.
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And that's exactly
what we're seeing here
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is people who are coming
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and sharing
Jesus with the world,
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sharing Jesus with the
people of Pohnpei really,
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so that they
might know who Jesus is.
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You realize that, in reality,
when Jesus came to earth,
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He spent the greatest percentage
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of His time healing people.
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See, for you and
for me, if we're sick,
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we can't think about anything
else other than being sick.
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And here we are
now in a situation
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to be able to share
with these dear folks,
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heal them first and
then share Jesus Christ.
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And really,
they see Jesus Christ
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in every one of us
that have come on the team.
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So I want to thank you
so much for watching today.
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And remember, Canvasback
is doing amazing things
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around the world,
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changing hearts and
lives, one miracle at a time.
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The super teams are making
an impact on hearts and lives,
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a miracle at a time,
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but there's more, so stay tuned.
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Canvasback Missions
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has been
changing hearts and lives
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in the islands of Micronesia
for nearly four decades.
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Founders Jamie and Jacque Spence
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once ferried
medical and dental teams
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by catamaran ship
across the Pacific Ocean.
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But when small
hospitals were established
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on many island nations,
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the mode of operation changed
as did the needs of people.
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To this day, however,
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these hospitals
lack medical specialists
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to perform the most
difficult surgeries.
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On an ongoing basis,
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Canvasback flies all volunteer
super teams to the islands
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to conduct surgeries
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and to train
local medical staff.
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Teams are usually
comprised of specialists
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in the fields of gynecology,
orthopedics, ophthalmology,
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ENT, dental and
others as needed.
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They dedicate two weeks
of life changing mission work
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to relieve the pain and
suffering of the people.
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You know, I look
at all this sand.
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You think about this.
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A single grain of sand,
I can't even hardly focus,
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the camera could
probably never focus
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on a single grain hardly.
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But a single grain represents
our time here on planet earth.
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Bible says
threescore and ten, 70 years.
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Now some may live
longer, some less.
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Here in Pohnpei,
they live less normally.
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Some of the other
islands, they're far less than.
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I'm fortunate to be
in the United States,
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we tend to live longer.
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But even that, even
if we live 80, 90 years,
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there is an end,
there's an absolute end,
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we all die.
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We all age, grow older, and die.
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Now the Bible
records a couple of people
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that God
translated in a marvelous way.
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But for the rest of us,
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unless Jesus
actually comes soon,
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we all die.
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But you see, God
didn't create us for time,
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He created us for eternity.
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If you could take
those grains of sand
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and multiply them of
every beach on the planet
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and all the sand under
the water on the planet,
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that would just
be the beginning.
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If each grain
represented 10,000 years,
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that would just be
the beginning of time.
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And here's the situation.
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Jesus came to
planet earth to die for us,
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that we might
have that opportunity
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to live with Him forever.
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He said in John,
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"Let not your heart be troubled.
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You believe in
God, believe also in Me.
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In my Father's
house are many mansions
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or many rooms,
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if it were not so I
would have told you.
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I, He said, go to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you to Myself."
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And there you will
be forever with God.
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I've got to admit
I've been a Star Trek fan.
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I grew up with Star Trek,
00:13:26.13\00:13:28.10
but I'm looking forward
to be a real Star Trekker.
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You see, God says, He's
going to come, take us up,
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pick us up and take
us with Him to heaven
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where we'll spend
eternity with Him.
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How does that happen?
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Well, in
Revelation 3:21, God says,
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"To those who overcome
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I'll grant to sit
with me in my throne."
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"You mean, Lord, I
used to be a drug dealer,
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an alcoholic and a thief,
00:13:55.23\00:13:56.56
and I get to sit
with You in your throne."
00:13:56.60\00:13:58.50
The Lord says,
"Yes, when you confess Me
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and give your heart to Me."
00:14:00.94\00:14:03.27
Turn my life over, surrender.
00:14:03.30\00:14:05.11
You know, surrender
means I'm been going this way
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and all of a sudden, I
turn and I totally go that way,
00:14:07.94\00:14:11.38
different
direction, new direction.
00:14:11.41\00:14:13.92
And God comes in
and gives me the power
00:14:13.95\00:14:16.38
because I don't
have it in my life.
00:14:16.42\00:14:18.59
God gives me the power
to go that new direction.
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What I do is the choosing.
00:14:22.36\00:14:24.03
Every one of us have choice.
00:14:24.06\00:14:25.49
We all have free choice.
00:14:25.53\00:14:26.86
And God says,
00:14:26.90\00:14:28.23
"Choose you this
day whom you'll serve.
00:14:28.26\00:14:31.37
If God, then serve Him, if
the devil then, serve him."
00:14:31.40\00:14:34.64
We only have two choices.
00:14:34.67\00:14:36.07
You get out of
bed in the morning,
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you have a choice
whether you serve God or not.
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If you don't choose,
00:14:39.51\00:14:40.84
you're already
serving the other one.
00:14:40.88\00:14:43.55
But Jesus said, "Look, I
want to make you royalty."
00:14:43.58\00:14:46.75
And that's what
it's all about here
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is we're in royalty training.
00:14:48.78\00:14:51.22
Think about it.
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Adam and Eve threw
away their royalty.
00:14:52.62\00:14:53.96
When God says,
00:14:53.99\00:14:55.32
"I'm going to
reestablish that royalty in you.
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I'm going to bring you
into the royal family of God,
00:14:56.93\00:15:00.60
that you can sit
with me in my throne.
00:15:00.63\00:15:03.00
And together, we're going
to rule the universe forever."
00:15:03.03\00:15:07.17
I believe with all my heart
there's many, many peoples,
00:15:07.20\00:15:10.61
many, many creations of God
00:15:10.64\00:15:13.98
that have never
sinned, have never fallen.
00:15:14.01\00:15:15.68
This is the only
planet that's fallen.
00:15:15.71\00:15:17.48
This is the only planet
where God came in person
00:15:17.51\00:15:21.02
to die on a cross
00:15:21.05\00:15:22.38
to surrender
His life to save us.
00:15:22.42\00:15:24.29
All the other beings
had been watching in awe
00:15:24.32\00:15:26.89
and wonder, to really see
the amazing character of God.
00:15:26.92\00:15:30.99
You know, today,
I invite you to see
00:15:31.03\00:15:32.96
that amazing character of God.
00:15:32.99\00:15:35.60
That's what Canvasback Missions
is all about, is healing people
00:15:35.63\00:15:40.44
so they can begin seeing
00:15:40.47\00:15:41.80
the amazing
character of God's sight
00:15:41.84\00:15:44.21
is an amazing thing.
00:15:44.24\00:15:45.57
So what's the plan I
think there actually is?
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The plan is, I take it, we
can't really cross into here
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until we have all of
our sterile things on.
00:16:02.46\00:16:03.93
Correct.
00:16:03.96\00:16:05.29
So we need to have boots
with shoe covers and hats.
00:16:05.33\00:16:10.43
Got my hat.
00:16:10.47\00:16:11.80
Yeah, yes, I
like that by the way.
00:16:11.83\00:16:13.84
So we're gonna enter in here
00:16:13.87\00:16:15.74
and then I want to go over
to the right where Sheila does,
00:16:15.77\00:16:19.24
our certified
registered nurse and anesthetist
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is anesthetizing the eyes.
00:16:23.11\00:16:24.45
Now, is this typical for
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to have an
anesthetist do the eyes
00:16:29.72\00:16:32.02
or do you use other
methods if you don't,
00:16:32.05\00:16:34.02
if someone like
she doesn't show up?
00:16:34.06\00:16:36.42
Yeah, so we're actually
pretty blessed to have her here.
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Because usually I'll
do the numbing injection
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ahead of time,
00:16:41.80\00:16:43.13
and that just is another time
consuming part for the doctor.
00:16:43.16\00:16:46.23
So she's numbing in for us,
so we can keep the flow going.
00:16:46.27\00:16:49.37
She also is offered to
do anesthesia if we needed
00:16:49.40\00:16:51.84
what's called
monitored anesthesia care.
00:16:51.87\00:16:53.98
That's what we do in the States.
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So that means
that an IV is placed
00:16:55.38\00:16:57.45
and the patient is
given sedation like Versed
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or maybe even something
stronger like Propofol.
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It's dissociative medication.
00:17:02.82\00:17:05.82
So as we're talking
about these patients coming in
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and laying on the table
00:17:08.76\00:17:10.09
for maybe four
hours in a case yesterday.
00:17:10.13\00:17:11.89
I mean, I don't know
00:17:11.93\00:17:13.26
if I could lay on a
table for four hours.
00:17:13.29\00:17:14.63
I was gonna say,
I noticed that lady
00:17:14.66\00:17:16.00
we were watching her surgery.
00:17:16.03\00:17:17.37
She didn't seem like she
knew, I couldn't believe it.
00:17:17.40\00:17:19.47
Yeah, she wasn't
comfortable though.
00:17:19.50\00:17:21.10
She was telling us that
she had trouble breathing
00:17:21.14\00:17:23.67
because they draped
over and I don't blame her,
00:17:23.71\00:17:25.74
but she didn't
move, you're right.
00:17:25.77\00:17:27.48
And that made a big difference
00:17:27.51\00:17:28.84
and made the
surgery much easier.
00:17:28.88\00:17:30.65
So these
patients aren't requiring
00:17:30.68\00:17:32.78
that heavy sedation,
which is really good.
00:17:32.81\00:17:34.75
Because when you're
given that sedation,
00:17:34.78\00:17:37.05
there is a risk you
might stop breathing,
00:17:37.09\00:17:38.79
and there is a risk
that your heart could stop.
00:17:38.82\00:17:41.49
And we don't have a
monitor, we don't have EKGs,
00:17:41.52\00:17:44.19
and we don't
have pulse oximeters
00:17:44.23\00:17:46.29
and those other
things that would cost money,
00:17:46.33\00:17:48.60
and we wouldn't
be able to do this
00:17:48.63\00:17:50.17
with just one nurse
anesthetist like Sheila.
00:17:50.20\00:17:53.13
We would have to have
one with each patient.
00:17:53.17\00:17:54.60
With every patient, yeah.
00:17:54.64\00:17:55.97
Yeah, and we just
don't have that staffing.
00:17:56.00\00:17:57.61
So if we were to place
00:17:57.64\00:17:58.97
that that
patients were not stoic
00:17:59.01\00:18:01.21
and were not willing to,
00:18:01.24\00:18:03.14
you know, hold
still through the surgery,
00:18:03.18\00:18:04.98
we wouldn't be able to
get the number of cases done
00:18:05.01\00:18:06.75
that we're doing.
00:18:06.78\00:18:08.12
Okay.
00:18:08.15\00:18:09.48
So we go from here,
then where do we go?
00:18:09.52\00:18:12.35
So from here we go
to the operating room.
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Now this, the hospital itself,
00:18:15.16\00:18:17.03
and it looks like
a decent hospital.
00:18:17.06\00:18:19.43
Why? Why does this team need it?
00:18:19.46\00:18:21.43
Right.
00:18:21.46\00:18:22.80
So it is a
decent hospital in it.
00:18:22.83\00:18:25.27
There's different
levels of care you can give,
00:18:25.30\00:18:27.20
there's primary
care, secondary care,
00:18:27.24\00:18:29.57
and then there's tertiary care.
00:18:29.60\00:18:31.41
Tertiary care usually
refers to the subspecialties.
00:18:31.44\00:18:34.44
And we're one of
the subspecialties.
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We in retina,
which is my subspecialty,
00:18:36.75\00:18:39.35
which technically could,
00:18:39.38\00:18:40.72
can even
considered a sub subspecialty
00:18:40.75\00:18:42.42
because we're
subspecialty of ophthalmology.
00:18:42.45\00:18:46.15
It's not the most...
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We don't have like
the most common diseases
00:18:50.33\00:18:53.56
that we treat most of the time,
00:18:53.60\00:18:56.97
but here where
the diabetic rates
00:18:57.00\00:18:58.53
are really high,
it is pretty common.
00:18:58.57\00:19:01.04
And unfortunately,
it's not completely treated.
00:19:01.07\00:19:05.54
The conversation we're
having with patients are, is it,
00:19:05.57\00:19:07.91
you know, we could
probably fix your eye,
00:19:07.94\00:19:10.08
but it's going to
require two to three surgeries.
00:19:10.11\00:19:12.98
Now, since the
team will not be here
00:19:13.01\00:19:15.65
and you have to do
that, what happens then?
00:19:15.68\00:19:18.02
Right.
00:19:18.05\00:19:19.39
So, unfortunately,
we're not doing those cases.
00:19:19.42\00:19:20.82
Okay. You just can't do that.
00:19:20.86\00:19:22.22
Yeah, it would be
higher risk than the benefit.
00:19:22.26\00:19:26.39
Because when
oils inside the eye,
00:19:26.43\00:19:28.20
you can run into
problems of inflammation,
00:19:28.23\00:19:30.30
pressure going up,
00:19:30.33\00:19:31.67
and there's no way for
them to get it removed.
00:19:31.70\00:19:35.04
Yes. What's that
noise coming out?
00:19:35.07\00:19:37.47
Yeah, that is pretty annoying.
00:19:37.51\00:19:39.57
It's pretty
loud. It's pretty loud.
00:19:39.61\00:19:41.21
It's pretty disturbing
too if you're operating.
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I don't know if you
can still hear me over it,
00:19:43.71\00:19:46.45
but that is an air compressor.
00:19:46.48\00:19:48.68
And that is one of the things
00:19:48.72\00:19:50.05
that made retina surgery
possible on these islands.
00:19:50.09\00:19:52.75
And I really want to
thank the retina doctor
00:19:52.79\00:19:54.96
that came before me.
00:19:54.99\00:19:56.89
He came out to
do retinal surgery
00:19:56.93\00:19:58.46
and he brought everything
except an air compressor.
00:19:58.49\00:20:01.26
And so when he went
to do retinal surgery,
00:20:01.30\00:20:03.73
we have to have a compressed gas
00:20:03.77\00:20:05.63
to run the instrumentation
to cut rate soon.
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.97
You do the check
00:20:08.00\00:20:09.34
and you have to cut
out this gel from the eye,
00:20:09.37\00:20:11.04
you can't just suck it out.
00:20:11.07\00:20:12.41
And this is on a
microscopic level.
00:20:12.44\00:20:14.34
So air is used with
springs to open and close
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.95
and cut like
10,000 times a minute,
00:20:16.98\00:20:19.61
these machines can open and cut.
00:20:19.65\00:20:21.95
And unless you have air,
00:20:21.98\00:20:23.72
you're not going
to run your machine.
00:20:23.75\00:20:25.22
So when he got here,
there was no way to run it.
00:20:25.25\00:20:27.72
So I presented this
problem to a company
00:20:27.76\00:20:30.46
and they put together a solution
00:20:30.49\00:20:32.69
and they tested
it and it worked.
00:20:32.73\00:20:34.90
And they gave me the specs on
00:20:34.93\00:20:36.26
want to go buy
for an air compressor.
00:20:36.30\00:20:38.00
And so he shipped the
air compressor down here.
00:20:38.03\00:20:40.14
And now we're on our
second island using it.
00:20:40.17\00:20:41.87
So that little annoying sound
is what allows you to work?
00:20:41.90\00:20:44.31
It is. It is.
00:20:44.34\00:20:45.71
Yes, and I feel
bad when it goes off.
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.54
Like there was a C
section being done last night
00:20:47.58\00:20:49.94
and there's a
cataract surgery being done.
00:20:49.98\00:20:51.75
And then we're
doing a retina surgery
00:20:51.78\00:20:53.55
and that causes
the machine to go off
00:20:53.58\00:20:55.22
every time you use
the retina machine.
00:20:55.25\00:20:57.15
So it's pretty
loud and disturbing.
00:20:57.19\00:20:59.85
So is this our
operating room here?
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.22
This is. This is operating room.
00:21:01.26\00:21:02.69
Is there some place
we can peek right now
00:21:02.72\00:21:04.39
or you've got
something going on.
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.76
We can't go in there right now.
00:21:05.79\00:21:07.13
They're actually
doing a cataract surgery.
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Doctors' lounge, right?
00:22:17.87\00:22:19.20
Yeah, this is
the doctors' lounge.
00:22:19.23\00:22:20.64
I love it.
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.27
All right. So... There
are two chairs in here.
00:22:22.30\00:22:24.24
There are two chairs.
00:22:24.27\00:22:25.61
So in this room,
there's multiple suitcases.
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.88
And this is not for
clothes, this is for supplies.
00:22:28.91\00:22:32.98
So whether it's sterile drapes,
00:22:33.01\00:22:35.28
whether it's instruments, trays,
00:22:35.32\00:22:38.55
the heart cases
have medications in them.
00:22:38.59\00:22:40.36
So you mentioned too,
you guys bring all of it?
00:22:40.39\00:22:43.19
We do, because what
you don't want to do
00:22:43.22\00:22:45.53
is show up here and
deplete the resources.
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.60
Exactly. That's not fair.
00:22:49.63\00:22:50.97
I mean, we know what
we're doing is important,
00:22:51.00\00:22:53.27
but they're doing it every day.
00:22:53.30\00:22:54.70
And so I wouldn't want
someone coming in my house
00:22:54.74\00:22:56.97
and eating all my food
00:22:57.01\00:22:58.44
even if they're
helping with something.
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.08
Okay. Okay.
00:23:00.11\00:23:02.04
So even, you know,
00:23:02.08\00:23:03.51
I'm just thinking kind
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00:23:03.55\00:23:05.78
for those people who
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with Canvasback financially.
00:23:07.52\00:23:09.38
Yeah.
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.75
There's need of
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00:23:10.79\00:23:12.12
even, even, these
aren't too expensive.
00:23:12.15\00:23:14.22
No. But they're needed.
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.59
Right.
00:23:15.62\00:23:16.96
If you have 12
people using them,
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they're doing multiple
cases, they deplete really fast.
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Probably don't have any
idea how much those costs?
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I don't.
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But I imagine if somebody,
you know, had 50 bucks,
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it can go long ways
to buy some of these.
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They're not made
too much of them.
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Yeah, yeah, this is true.
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And when we can, we
try to do reusable things,
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you know, hats
that we can reuse.
00:23:37.11\00:23:38.51
Oh, I watched you pull
one out of your pocket.
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You didn't put it
on in that hallway.
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Yeah, it's time
to get a new one.
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All right.
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So, I mean, it
is kind of amazing
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the amount of equipment it
takes to drive what you do?
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Yes, I started
the lists on my phone,
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things that I wish I
had this trip, special dyes,
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special tools for
depressing the eye.
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.47
So I thought we could
make do with the Q-tips
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to kind of indent
the eye when we look in.
00:24:07.54\00:24:10.75
But they don't work that great.
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.78
We use what's
called scleral depressor
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which is made of metal
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and you actually indent
the white part of the eye,
00:24:15.88\00:24:17.52
so you can see the
retina in certain spots.
00:24:17.55\00:24:19.55
You can't just
look in there and see it
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.22
if the indent to see the edges.
00:24:21.26\00:24:24.06
I noticed, I saw your son,
you brought your son along?
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I did.
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Is this his first trip
or is he done some more?
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It is his first trip.
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What's he thinking of all this?
00:24:30.77\00:24:32.57
I think he's liking it.
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He is diving in
00:24:33.97\00:24:35.30
and I check
every morning with them
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to see how you're doing
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not only like
mentally but physically.
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.34
Can I know how old he is?
00:24:40.38\00:24:42.18
Sure, he is 19 years old.
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Nineteen? Yes.
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And he's helping and
assisting in surgery and...
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That's part of the deal.
00:24:48.62\00:24:49.95
As I have three children
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and I plan to
bring each of them.
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Last year I brought my daughter,
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this year I brought my son.
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And the deal is,
00:24:55.46\00:24:56.79
you have to have a
skill to bring, right?
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.16
If you learn something here,
00:24:58.19\00:24:59.53
but that doesn't
help us that much
00:24:59.56\00:25:00.90
because we're teaching you.
00:25:00.93\00:25:02.26
So he learned how to do CTs,
check vision, check pressure,
00:25:02.30\00:25:05.23
check patients
post op after surgery.
00:25:05.27\00:25:07.87
And that's turning
out to be invaluable.
00:25:07.90\00:25:09.74
On one little
side note, we came here
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.64
and there is a brand new machine
00:25:12.67\00:25:14.04
called a Cirrus OCT.
00:25:14.08\00:25:17.28
No one knew how to use it.
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.65
Dr. Gallons had it for a
while and hasn't used it,
00:25:18.68\00:25:21.18
his tech hasn't used it.
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.55
So when they get equipment
either purchased or donated,
00:25:22.58\00:25:25.52
there's not a rep that
shows up and sets it up
00:25:25.55\00:25:27.72
and shows you how to
take your first few pictures.
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.13
So it'd be like us
getting a piece of equipment
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.59
from the future for them.
00:25:32.63\00:25:33.96
You know, they may be
seen it and read about it,
00:25:34.00\00:25:36.16
but never used one
here, it's first time.
00:25:36.20\00:25:38.47
So we were just lucky enough
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.40
that the machine
that camera trained on
00:25:40.44\00:25:42.17
at our office is
the same one here.
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.37
And so that was a blessing.
00:25:44.41\00:25:45.74
He's already taught Gefleen
00:25:45.77\00:25:47.58
and that's Dr. Gallons'
lead tech how to use it.
00:25:47.61\00:25:51.48
And just yesterday,
00:25:51.51\00:25:53.65
we unboxed a camera
that they hadn't used.
00:25:53.68\00:25:55.88
And it's a state of
the art piece of equipment
00:25:55.92\00:25:58.09
for photographing
the inside of the retina,
00:25:58.12\00:26:01.22
unboxed and never used
00:26:01.26\00:26:02.59
because this didn't
come with any support.
00:26:02.62\00:26:05.63
So at 19 years old,
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.00
he's been
invaluable to the hospital?
00:26:07.03\00:26:08.86
Yes, yeah. Yeah, hopefully.
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.90
That's pretty
exciting. Yeah, that is.
00:26:10.93\00:26:12.70
Which says that, you know,
no matter what age you are,
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.87
God can use you.
00:26:15.90\00:26:17.24
That's right. That's right.
00:26:17.27\00:26:18.64
Fantastic.
00:26:18.67\00:26:20.01
Again, look
straight ahead again.
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.58
My husband and I founded
00:26:56.18\00:26:57.51
the ministry of
Canvasback Missions
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.58
38 years ago
00:26:59.61\00:27:00.95
to serve the island
nations of the Pacific.
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.59
From those humble beginnings,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.29
our medical and
dental super teams
00:27:05.32\00:27:07.96
have been changing lives
00:27:07.99\00:27:09.39
and bringing hope
to so many people.
00:27:09.42\00:27:12.76
Our teams volunteer
their time and resources,
00:27:12.79\00:27:16.40
and all of our
services are free.
00:27:16.43\00:27:18.80
But it does take
funding to make it all happen.
00:27:18.83\00:27:22.10
That's where you come in.
00:27:22.14\00:27:24.01
Your financial
support is needed.
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.54
Please join us in changing lives
00:27:26.57\00:27:29.14
one miracle at a time.
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.75
You know, if
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00:27:32.78\00:27:34.12
of this exciting ministry,
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.48
you can write us at
Canvasback Missions,
00:27:35.52\00:27:37.19
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00:27:37.22\00:27:40.06
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00:27:40.09\00:27:43.29
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00:27:43.32\00:27:45.86
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00:27:45.89\00:27:50.77
Thank you for watching.
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00:27:55.04\00:27:58.94
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