Participants: Jeff Reich
Series Code: LM
Program Code: LM000115
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00:50 [speaking in foreign language]
00:56 Heaven, what good for a place. 00:59 I have a lot of rewarding moments 01:00 with the children in the school. 01:03 Almost daily, actually just seeing them learning 01:07 and appreciating and seeing lights turning on, 01:11 you know in their minds as they learn new things 01:13 that's really rewarding. 01:15 Working with the teachers and doing some teacher training 01:18 and encouraging the teachers and seeing them grow in the-- 01:23 not just in, in their methods of teaching 01:26 but in their spiritual experience too. 01:28 That's been really rewarding. 01:29 [speaking in foreign language] 01:30 One thing we found with medical ministry 01:33 it really is what-- 01:35 what the Lord made it and that is, its Christ method. 01:43 And Jesus mingled with people as one desire to be good. 01:46 He sympathized with them, he ministered to their needs, 01:49 he won their confidence and then He said follow me 01:52 and weaving medical ministry into this project 01:56 is helping us to reach people 02:00 and helping us to make friends and bond with people in a way 02:05 that would not be possible in any other way. 02:08 We're on location here in the country of Vanuatu, 02:11 way up on northern part of the country 02:13 on a volcanic island called Gaua. 02:15 I'm just sitting here visiting with Doctor Turnbull 02:17 his wife Naomi 02:18 and we're reminiscing a little bit about 02:20 some of the pasts and how we 02:22 all ended up here in this island. 02:24 And it's just-- 02:26 it's an amazing story what happened 02:28 and how you folks ended up getting here. 02:30 And looking back over the past Mark, 02:33 how in the world did you get involved with mission work? 02:36 We have the privilege of being involved 02:37 with several projects to the Philippines 02:40 that were short term projects 02:42 and developed a desire to get involved 02:44 in a long-term project. 02:45 That's when we met up with you at ASI sometime ago. 02:48 Were you as a family core group 02:51 all unified and like wow, we would like to do this 02:53 more serious long-term? 02:54 Yes. Yes. 02:55 All of us have had the same feeling, yeah. 02:57 And so what was it that inspired you 03:00 to want to try to contact me 03:01 and move forward with trying to do 03:03 some kind of more long-term project? 03:04 Well, we met up with Jim and Moni, 03:07 we were looking at different ways 03:08 of working in a long-term project. 03:10 We met up with Jim and Moni in the Philippines, 03:12 the Laymen Ministries project 03:14 and discovered what they were doing 03:15 and we felt that that was a pretty good 03:17 way of doing mission project. 03:21 So we wanted to contact you 03:23 and find out whether we could do 03:24 something similar in Vanuatu. 03:26 You contacted me again ASI the next year 03:29 and then we started talking about more seriously, 03:32 we started praying and then from there on 03:33 things just started to take off like crazy. 03:36 And so you two of you were praying 03:38 and you were asking for the Lord's guidance 03:39 and how did you end up coming to Vanuatu? 03:43 Well, my first visit to Vanuatu was in connection 03:47 with another short term project with Pacific Yacht Ministries 03:50 more or less to check out this area 03:53 and the feasibility of being involved in a long-term project. 03:56 And so that's what I did, 03:58 we came here we actually worked on Gaua 04:02 and also up in the Torres Islands 04:04 and from that starting point 04:08 we decided to go ahead and launch 04:10 with the Laymen Ministries, long-term project. 04:13 And you stopped at Port Vila and while you were in Port Vila 04:15 what kind of things happened there? 04:17 We met up with the mission representatives 04:20 from the Vanuatu SDA Mission 04:23 and teamed up with them so that we could work in 04:27 close partnership with the mission. 04:29 Were they excited about mission project 04:31 coming into the country and-- 04:32 Very positive because this is a very difficult area, 04:35 this is very remote and it's a very needy area 04:40 and we call it the last frontier of Vanuatu 04:43 and Gaua is actually like the gateway 04:45 to the north of this area. 04:47 And so working in connection with the Adventist Mission 04:50 we are-- we feel like 04:52 we are at least assisting the Adventist Mission 04:56 in their mission to take the three angels messages 05:01 to this unreached people group. 05:02 Amen. 05:03 I remember it was week and a half 05:04 after you folks arrived I came over the first time 05:07 and that's when we shot the first television program 05:09 the DVD called Vanuatu, 05:12 Ring of Fire and for our viewers 05:14 who haven't seen that particular broadcast or that DVD 05:17 write or call our office at the number 05:19 shown at the end of this presentation 05:21 and get that because that lays the groundwork for you about 05:23 the challenges that you folks face 05:25 when you first came here, moving to the jungle in Gaua, 05:28 the foot of a volcano 05:29 and it gets a lot of historical information about the Island. 05:32 But at that point Naomi, you started realizing that 05:37 there was a small little church here 05:39 and both of you were praying about it 05:41 and you decided something had to be done to kind of help, 05:44 I mean we're missionaries 05:45 we're here for the sake of Christ, 05:47 the three angels messages 05:48 to build the church, what happened with that? 05:50 Yes. 05:52 We used to walk all the way from our little bungalow 05:54 where we were staying which was about a one 05:56 and a half hour walk down to the local church 05:58 and worship with them every Sabbath. 06:01 And we could see they had a great need 06:03 because interest was growing the membership was growing 06:06 but the building was very inadequate, 06:08 very small and on a hot day 06:10 we were really hot in there under that iron roof. 06:13 I remember the first Sabbath I spent with you, 06:15 we were crowded outside and around the windows 06:17 on the outside and yeah. 06:18 Yeah, it was just really, really inadequate in many ways. 06:21 And so we noticed that they had another piece of land 06:24 they had started clearing and a few homemade bricks ready 06:28 and we said so what's the goal here? 06:30 And they said, they were planning to 06:32 start a new church building project. 06:34 And we prayed about it 06:35 and as a church we all work together 06:38 and we shared, you know, needs in Australia 06:42 and money came in 06:43 and now there's a nice church building there. 06:46 And so one of the first things that happened 06:48 and it's the church got established here 06:50 and that started growing. 06:52 And then, you folks, you said you saw Jim and Moni's work 06:57 with our ministry in the Philippines 06:58 and their primary focus is education. 07:01 So what was the next step that happened, 07:03 it's almost logical that happened 07:04 after the church was built. 07:07 As we were helping with just raising funds 07:11 and making awareness of the needs here, 07:14 another thing that was happening at this time was 07:16 my daughter Kay and myself 07:17 were working a lot with the children, 07:19 running Sabbath schools. 07:20 We could just see it these children are really keen, 07:23 really eager to learn 07:24 but have limited opportunities 07:26 to learn Bible stories and things. 07:28 So we-- we put a lot of emphasis 07:29 during those first two years into Sabbath school 07:32 and Sabbath afternoon programs for children. 07:35 But I could say that, that wasn't enough, 07:37 we really needed a day school 07:39 where they could come every day of the week 07:40 and learn all these things. 07:42 So I was like, it naturally came out of the Sabbath school 07:45 to head towards needing a school. 07:48 We noticed that if this church is really going to grow 07:52 and have future leaders, we have to train the children, 07:54 the young people and the small children have to get trained 07:58 so that they will become the leaders for the future. 08:00 Jeff, there is a great need for leadership in this province. 08:03 Particularly, in a young church, a young growing church 08:07 we're talking about a whole province of islands here 08:09 that has got a desperate need for leaders, teachers, nurses, 08:16 people who can lead the future. 08:18 And so this school we're hoping by God's grace 08:21 will produce those leaders and those teachers. 08:23 So the whole concept of having a school here 08:25 is for moral and spiritual development 08:28 and create leaders to be able to not only work on Gaua 08:31 but to go into this last frontier 08:32 that we've, we've talked about 08:33 as part of this project is targeting, 08:35 it's far northern reach or this last frontier 08:38 Vanuatu which was the bank, Torres Island group. 08:42 And that's where you started talking to me about airplane 08:44 saying, Jeff, you know, the infrastructure 08:46 in this country is almost like non-existent, 08:48 you know, you can go to the Philippines 08:49 there's ferries and airplanes and boats. 08:51 You can look out on the oceans here 08:53 and days can go by, you don't see a single boat go by. 08:56 And trying to get from one island 08:57 to the other is very difficult, 08:59 they have airplanes but they're extremely expensive. 09:02 And so the whole concept of aviation, 09:05 medical aviation came in. 09:08 For our viewers that haven't 09:09 seen the story called Flying High in Vanuatu, 09:11 it's all about the airplane that was donated. 09:13 And you want to get that it's kind of like a sequel 09:16 to this interview in our newest mission videos 09:18 it's gonna be coming up shortly 09:20 based on this trip that were here. 09:21 We have a lot of things happening exciting 09:23 but Doctor Mark, as they call you here in Vanuatu 09:27 what happened once the airplane arrived here? 09:29 What kind of doors did you start to see opening 09:31 and how God started blessing by using this medical aviation? 09:35 The aircraft has totally changed 09:37 the way we are able to operate in this place. 09:39 It has very high profile. 09:41 What do you mean high-profile? 09:42 Are you talking about the wings on the plane or-- 09:46 We're talking about publicity to the ultimate extent. 09:49 Everybody in this whole province 09:51 knows about this small orange aircraft. 09:55 And this plane is being used 09:58 to help with emergency evacuations or to help. 10:02 What--what is emergency evacuation, I mean? 10:05 Okay, we're talking about all kinds of things 10:08 people with cerebral malaria that need to you know, 10:11 stabilization in Santo or people who need operations. 10:17 The problem here we just don't have 10:18 the facilities to take care of people, 10:21 we don't have enough nursing staff. 10:23 There are some nurses in these government clinics around here 10:26 but they very separated from each other 10:29 and it's hard to get sufficient staff 10:31 in one place to do something. 10:32 There is a small hospital being built in Solomon, 10:35 it's taking a long time to get going. 10:37 And even in Santo the hospital 10:39 is sometimes not the most desirable place 10:43 but better than being here I guess. 10:44 It's been a couple cases 10:45 that have been not very good in a result 10:49 from taking them to Santo but 10:51 we just have to do what the best, 10:53 do the best with what we have. 10:55 And some cases we have to operate here in-- 11:00 That's what I was kind of trying to understand, 11:02 so what is exactly that you do here versus 11:04 what you would do with that medical evacuation 11:06 with the plane to go to the small little hospital 11:08 clinic up in Santo. Okay. 11:10 Most of the cases we're dealing with here, 11:12 I pull teeth, I look at skin infections, 11:14 I see a lot of those all boils and yeah, there's a lot of-- 11:20 there's a lot of small cases here, malaria. 11:22 Excuse me, malaria is taking, 11:24 is very wide spread around here. 11:26 So most of the-- most of the case 11:29 we can handle quite well 11:32 but these big cases we need to take them to Santo. 11:37 And has ever been times 11:38 that you've been here with the big case 11:40 and you just got stuck and-- 11:42 Yeah, well, we've had a couple of cases here 11:45 where I felt that I could handle, 11:46 I do some general anesthesia using ketamine 11:49 which is a general anesthetic for emergency 11:52 or battlefield type of situations and so. 11:55 I had to deal with a laparotomy case here an ectopic, 11:58 lady with an ectopic pregnancy 12:00 who we couldn't take out due to poor weather conditions, 12:04 dangerous flying conditions. 12:06 And so we had to perform the first laparotomy 12:09 that's probably ever been done up in Torba Province. 12:11 That's a pretty major surgery, I mean that's actually like-- 12:13 That's-- Cutting a person open 12:15 and sewing them up inside 12:16 and you did that in the old building where-- 12:19 We did that in a napton gold leaf hut with flies-- 12:22 What kind of leaf is that? Okay. 12:24 That's just a palm leaf hut. 12:26 And with bamboo walling, we had-- 12:29 It's kind of like a place where you would, 12:31 you put your cow or your chickens, 12:32 this is the way I would describe it. 12:34 It's a pretty primitive building 12:36 and we are--we were able to go ahead and do this. 12:39 Fortunately we had sufficient drapes to do 12:41 a semi sterile operation. 12:44 And we didn't have sufficient lighting 12:47 but I have a headlamp which I use for everything here. 12:51 And that was sufficient for the operation. 12:53 We had surgical tools to do the-- 12:56 to do the job but now-- 12:57 I have a lot of friends that are doctors 12:59 and I've seen OR before 13:00 and I know that they've got the, 13:02 you know, respiratory therapist they're the-- 13:04 the anesthesia assistant you know, 13:07 the anesthesiologist they have all this cruel people. 13:10 Yeah. 13:11 So if you didn't have any that equipment hardly at all 13:13 and you didn't have that crew, 13:14 what kind of crew did you have then? 13:15 Well, we had Kay was the scrub nurse, 13:18 Naomi was helping with passing instruments 13:21 and getting different things during operation 13:24 we had the sister-in-law of the patient 13:27 was also taken care of for her IV line. 13:30 And we had a nurse who was looking after the airway. 13:33 The nurses not trained for OR 13:36 but he stepped in and helped out. 13:39 And what happened with the young lady? 13:42 There was no--there was no difficulty with the operation. 13:45 Everything went smoothly 13:46 and by God's grace we were able to deal with that 13:51 very severe internal hemorrhage, 13:53 she was--she was in shock, very low blood pressure 13:58 and had very high pulse, low saturation. 14:02 She was basically dying 14:03 which is why we had to operate right at that time 14:05 but as soon as we found the hemorrhage 14:08 and closed up that hemorrhage. 14:12 She stabilized or more or less immediately 14:15 and without any complications she recovered fully. 14:17 Well, praise God. That's amazing. 14:18 Praise be to God. 14:20 I imagine, you know, they have here in these jungles 14:23 and these remote islands even though 14:25 that they spread out large distances from each other, 14:27 they have what is called the coconut communication wine 14:31 or something like that. 14:32 So when that surgery took place here, 14:34 how-- Naomi, what happened I mean, 14:36 right after the surgery were people talking about it? 14:38 Surely. 14:39 They weren't talking about it for days on end 14:41 and it spread all around these local islands 14:44 and as far Santo and even Port Vila 14:47 we heard reports coming back that they'd heard about 14:49 what happened up here. 14:51 And one thing that was really encouraging 14:53 during that experience we were all a little stressed 14:55 at the time due of the facilities 14:58 we had to work under and the conditions 15:00 which were the-- anything less than normal with 15:04 you know, dust falling down and poor light 15:06 and its pouring rain outside and you know, we're running in 15:10 and out of this little building with mud on our feet 15:12 and you know it was just really-- 15:13 Less than sterile conditions. Really crazy situation. 15:17 But each time I had to go outside 15:18 and get a bucket of water 15:20 or something like that I was going out 15:21 and I was seeing groups of people praying, 15:23 the family of this lady, they were 15:25 all around the building, they're praying. 15:27 And that that really gave me courage, 15:29 I knew well, God's on our side anyway. 15:31 Jeff, well, one thing we found with medical ministry, 15:34 it really is what-- what the Lord made it 15:38 and that is its Christ method. 15:40 As we see in the life of Jesus 15:44 that He sympathized with people, 15:48 He mingled with people, He sympathized with them, 15:50 He ministered to their needs, He won their confidence 15:53 and then He bid them to follow Him. 15:55 And so medical ministry is just that it's-- 15:58 it's a wonderful opportunity to get close to people. 16:03 And through getting close to them, 16:05 you have the opportunity to pray with them 16:07 and to let them know that you really care about the-- 16:10 their real, the situation. 16:13 Bond with them in a way that you can never bond with them 16:16 in any other situation. 16:19 And so they will open up their hearts 16:22 and share with you things that they would never 16:25 share with you in another situation. 16:27 And some time-- for example, 16:28 we got people on this island that are named after us. 16:31 People have named their children after us. 16:34 We visited people when they're close to dying, 16:36 the family never forget that 16:38 and so it's just a wonderful way for us to bond with people 16:43 who may not have bonded with us in any other situation. 16:48 That's what it's all about. 16:49 The right arm of the message to the inner ring wedge 16:52 that some people refer to it as win people's hearts. 16:54 It seems like once you've touched 16:55 a person's life in helping them in any kind of sickness, 16:59 there's a bond that's created there 17:01 that just never goes away. 17:02 An extra bonus that came out of this 17:05 was the in-laws of the lady 17:07 we operated on have now offered us 17:09 the use of their newly built home for the clinic. 17:11 So now we have almost sterile environment with a-- 17:15 you know, clean floors and walls and good roof 17:18 so we don't have dust problems 17:20 like we had before and it's much more pleasant to work in so. 17:24 You know, we're building a hanger 17:25 right now for the airplane which is really crucial, 17:27 we don't have quite all the funding for 17:29 but the trustees are on their way coming 17:31 and the foundation has been laid. 17:32 Scotty was here from Australia and helped with that. 17:36 And you know, that's gonna be built 17:38 and there's been this controversy amongst 17:41 all three of us here about, 17:42 what to do with the extra space, 17:43 you know, to build the clinic in the hangar 17:45 with the airplane or to have-- you have it be your home 17:48 because you folks don't have a home? 17:50 Place that you're in right now is a temporary place, 17:52 this clinic this lady is allowing us to use is a house 17:55 and in this place here you have to be out in 17:57 another month or so because this is a rented place 18:00 which is really rare to find on this island. 18:02 You know, we need to try to build another building, 18:05 another small humble building 18:06 and we don't have the funding for that 18:08 and I just-- will continue to pray 18:10 because God always met our needs. 18:12 But that's something that we really need to-- 18:15 really, really make a serious consideration 18:18 in prayer to see what's going to happen. 18:20 Yeah. Yeah. 18:21 Yeah, the hanger is gonna be more than hanger 18:24 it's gonna be like a-- an operation center. 18:27 So we're gonna have to have 18:29 facilities in there for office space. 18:32 We need space for storage of donated items, 18:35 for example, Bibles, et cetera. 18:38 We need space for workshop 18:39 working on the aircraft maintenance, on the plane. 18:42 We need space for accommodation 18:48 for people to come although initially 18:50 we will have to use that accommodation ourselves. 18:53 And then eventually 18:55 we're gonna need to build in the back 18:56 some kind of emergency area for to take care of patients 19:01 once that hanger becomes more fully established 19:05 as our operations area. Okay. 19:07 Well, one of the other key things 19:08 about having an airplane here 19:11 is because like you were mentioned earlier 19:13 that this is Gaua is the very southern part of it, 19:16 Torres Banks Island group or the province of Torba 19:20 and you referred to this as the gateway. 19:23 Why did you refer to this as a gateway 19:26 and what's that got to do with having an airplane? 19:28 The Santo is our main base in terms of a town, 19:32 it's the closest town, that's our shopping town, 19:34 that's where we get our mail, 19:36 that's where we get our supplies, 19:37 our fuel for the aircraft and for the boat, et cetera. 19:41 And so for us to work up here in this very remote part, 19:45 one of the most remarked places in the Pacific, 19:49 this northern province of Vanuatu. 19:52 In order to come up here frequently, 19:55 we need to be able to access these islands 19:57 and Gaua is the first island as you're flying up north. 20:00 Gaua has the best airstrip, the best or all weather airstrip 20:05 and it's also best in terms of wind, 20:08 so it's a good airstrip for us to be based at. 20:11 But we are planning to assist 20:14 the work of the Seventh-day Adventist church 20:16 and its mission to reach all of these islands. 20:19 And that involves medical ministry 20:21 to these Islands. 20:23 Is that started to happen at all I mean, 20:24 are they're actually places up there 20:26 where you can even land that plane? 20:27 There are airstrips there which, 20:31 in Sola which is Vanua Lava on the next island 20:33 and then we have Mota Lava, and then this one up in Torres. 20:37 But one thing that's really exciting now 20:39 what's happening is we got islands 20:41 who are inviting us to assist them 20:44 in making small airstrips 20:47 that would be adequate for the Maule aircraft 20:49 which is a short type of a landing aircraft. 20:52 And so they're inviting us to assist them in designing 20:56 and putting an airstrips in thick jungle, 20:59 it's a lot of work. 21:00 But they're willing to cut it-- 21:02 get into it and cut it with a bush knives 21:04 and they've cut some really massive-- 21:05 So that's actually starting to happen, 21:06 that some of these bush people 21:07 way back in these remote islands are cutting airstrips. 21:10 They are cutting airstrips-- 21:11 How many do you have going on right now? 21:13 We've got two and we've got-- 21:14 two airstrips that are already in progress. 21:17 But there is a-- there's another, 21:19 there's been four requests in other islands 21:22 as well which we've had to held hold back 21:24 because we don't want to take on two much. 21:25 Why do they want a little orange Maule airplane 21:27 to land in these places? 21:28 Why are they going through all this work to donate the land 21:30 and putting the airstrip in? 21:31 These-- these islands are very remote 21:34 and there's people dying every year 21:36 from emergency situations 21:39 where they are unable to get out 21:41 and get medical help. 21:42 And so these people really see the need 21:47 for medical aviation on their island. 21:50 They would-- they would really appreciate 21:52 if we could fly in and help them with emergencies 21:54 or fly out a sick case. 21:56 And so this is our mission 21:59 and this is what gave us 22:00 this miraculously provided this aircraft for. 22:04 And so we-- we see this as God inviting us 22:08 to go and do this work. 22:09 It's such a blessing to be involved in it. 22:11 Well, while we were here shooting video 22:14 for this next new coming television program 22:16 that we will be making out all the footage 22:17 that we accumulated so far. 22:19 We flew up to an island of-- what is it called? 22:21 The whole-- 22:22 Toga. Toga. 22:23 No, that one island we landed on. 22:25 Loh. Loh. 22:26 It's called Loh, yeah. 22:28 And then we went across the ocean 22:30 on a small little banana boat over to that Island of Toga. 22:33 Toga. Yeah. 22:34 And that's where they're building 22:35 one of these airstrips there. 22:37 And the people are extremely receptive 22:39 and I don't think that our viewers 22:41 have any understanding to know the challenges of this place 22:45 and these are thick jungles. 22:46 You know lot of times when we're walking, 22:48 we walk, we transverse 22:49 the whole distance of that island 22:50 coming back out just to try to get out. 22:52 The Island is like this huge coral reef has been lifted 22:56 right out of the ocean, surrounded by cliffs 22:57 with a few small inlets 22:59 trying to even get a boat to it is very difficult. 23:01 And we transverse that island going back out 23:03 through the jungle with machetes 23:06 and you know, so having an airstrip to get in 23:08 to these places is extremely important. 23:10 And of course like you were sharing earlier, 23:13 it's more than just medical missionary work. 23:15 Yeah. 23:17 We are not here just to look after 23:20 people's physical needs. 23:21 We feel a deep desire to help these people, 23:27 especially to be ready for when Jesus comes. 23:32 And in terms of the young people and the youth, 23:36 we feel a burden to help them 23:38 to develop character leadership qualities 23:41 that will make them leaders for the future 23:42 because we don't want us to-- we don't our project to be-- 23:48 for people to be depending on us. 23:50 We want to generate a movement of young people 23:56 who will answer to the needs of this place and to-- 23:58 who will share the message of Christ 24:02 in every part of these islands. 24:03 There was discussion about student missionaries coming, 24:06 there's a need for the school 24:07 that you've already had some volunteers come 24:10 that have done more the building 24:11 and some teaching. 24:12 Who are some of the people that have come, 24:14 I know that this has been a really 24:16 a multicultural experiment here in Vanuatu 24:19 with people from Australia 24:20 and we've had a people from the States 24:23 and different people all working together 24:24 donating and supplying things 24:25 but who are some of the volunteers 24:27 that have come and what kind of need 24:28 for future volunteers do we have? 24:30 Right. 24:31 In January and February this year, 24:33 we had a group of 15 volunteers from Australia 24:36 that came and help to build the school. 24:37 Fifteen came at once? Yes. 24:39 And there's no hotels on this island. 24:41 They had to bring their own tents 24:42 and it was a camping experience 24:44 which was really hot, that's the hottest time of the year. 24:46 And they got lots of heavy rain, 24:49 lots of mosquitoes, they got sunburn 24:51 but they enjoyed their time. 24:52 What were they doing? 24:53 They were here for three weeks building the school. 24:55 So after the three weeks the building was up 24:58 and the school started functioning. 25:00 Praise God. It's a wonderful building too. 25:02 Who are some of the other people that have come and helped? 25:04 Some of those same people came back again 25:06 in July and August, one couple Scott and Kathy. 25:10 And another couple joined them Wayne and Emma. 25:12 They came and they help finish 25:13 the interior of the school building 25:15 because we didn't have doors and windows, 25:16 it wasn't lockable. 25:18 And then they also build a teacher's house. 25:20 So that now our teacher and his family 25:22 have accommodation down at the school. 25:24 And then we had some more volunteers 25:26 come back again in October and November. 25:29 We've had three more volunteers 25:30 which were part of that original group in January 25:33 that came back again to help lay the foundations 25:35 for the hanger. 25:36 So, yeah, over the year 25:38 we've had a lot of volunteers coming and going. 25:40 So as far as people who would maybe 25:42 possibly want to come over here 25:43 and get involved with this project is a volunteer 25:46 especially in the area of teaching 25:47 what kind of qualifications do you feel 25:49 that they need to have? 25:51 We could really use some people here from the US 25:57 or from Australia or some other place 25:59 who could come and teach English 26:02 and who are capable of literacy training, 26:05 teaching literacy both to adults 26:08 and to children 26:10 who have a good spiritual foundation in their lives 26:16 and who are very adaptable to harsh difficult environment. 26:21 At least initially they must be people 26:24 who can adapt to living in unfavorable environment. 26:30 And that means who can handle mosquitoes, 26:33 who can handle outdoor toilets, who can handle primitive shower. 26:39 The good news is that there is doctor on location-- 26:41 There's a doctor on location 26:42 but they need to be a little bit adaptable 26:44 probably more so than your average mission project 26:47 because communication here is tough, 26:50 transportation here is tough. 26:51 There's no internet connection. 26:53 No internet connection, 26:54 there's one VHF telephone, there's-- 26:56 No radio and no television. No electricity there is nothing. 27:01 But on the other hand we-- we really could use people 27:05 to do that kind of work. 27:06 It would be very helpful 27:07 if we could have that kind of help. 27:09 Well, as you can tell the needs here in Vanuatu are really great 27:12 and there's a lot of opportunities here 27:14 for people like yourself to get involved 27:17 either financially by prayer 27:19 or even possibly looking at 27:20 a missionary career coming over here 27:22 and helping for one of the school years 27:24 for 10, 11 months. 27:26 And, yeah, if you like to get involved with this project 27:28 or any other projects of Laymen Ministries 27:30 or you want to know more about Laymen Ministries, 27:33 you could visit us at our website at www.lmn.org, 27:38 there's tags on there for all our different web sites 27:40 for quite number of the different projects, 27:42 there's a website tag on there for Vanuatu 27:45 and plus a video streaming 27:47 or you can contact us at Laymen Ministries, 27:49 that's 414, Zapada Road, Saint Maries, Idaho 83861. 27:53 If you are in Canada, the United States 27:55 you can call us at 1-800-245-1844 27:59 or you can always email us at office at lmn.org. |
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