Lot of times
people have this idea
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that international
travel is really glamorous.
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I've been doing
this for 25 years now.
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Sixteen to
seventeen of those years
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making TV
programs just like this one
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where I can tell you
getting to the places
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is not as
glamorous as being there.
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But sometimes you have situation
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where you are
stuck in long lines,
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get misinformation
or in this situation
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we have all this luggage
for our project in Vanuatu.
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And we're told we have
to exit the security area
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and stay 18 hours outside
before you can check back
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in to get our
flight to fly to Vanuatu.
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But the good news is
we are headed to Vanuatu
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to check on our project
there so come along with us.
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Somewhere across the water
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There are villages and cities
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They're bustling with people
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from the many walks of life
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They never heard of Jesus
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'Cause no one's ever told them
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But they've seen
the world's hunger
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Its poverty and strife
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We've got to go into the nation
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With the good news of salvation
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We've got to go
and tell the world
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And share the gospel song
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As everyone that's out there
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Is a soul that Jesus died for
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We've got to go
and tell the world
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The Lord is soon to come
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Vanuatu is a chain of islands
located in the South Pacific.
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The year 2015 marks
the ten year anniversary
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of Dr. Trent
Boult and his family
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coming to the island of Gaua
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to establish a
medical missionary work
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with Laymen Ministries.
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In March 2015, the South Pacific
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was struck by one
of the largest cyclones
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in history Cyclone Pam.
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It was regarded as one
the worst natural disasters
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in the history of Vanuatu.
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Eleven people lost their
lives and many were injured.
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The cyclone built momentum
north of the country for days
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before making its
way straight for Gaua.
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Miraculously, the
storm then shifted
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eastwards sparing
Gaua and our project.
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But unfortunately Cyclone
Pam been shifted west again
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with winds peaking
at 165 miles an hour
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bringing
devastation to Port Vila,
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the capital of Vanuatu.
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It was estimated
that 90% of the buildings
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in Vanuatu were
somehow impacted by the storm
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and 60% of the country's
communication was cut off.
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Where we're standing right now
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is called the
water front in Port Vila,
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which is capital of Vanuatu.
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This is usually a
very shelter little spot
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in the capital
here and it's a place
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where lot of yachts come
to 'cause it's very protected.
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But during the big
cyclone hit Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam
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this became a very
dangerous place to be here
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where yachts that
were thrown up on here.
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Pieces of yachts
still remain here.
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It was completely pounded
by the cyclone but this was--
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They say the worst cyclone
has ever hit the Pacific,
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the whole of the South Pacific
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and it caused widespread
damaged all over Vanuatu.
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Yeah, it's just
amazing right here
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that was like a flee market
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where a lot of
women had little stalls
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where they were selling material
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and basket some
things like that.
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It's disappeared,
everything is gone.
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And in its place is
a whole lot of rubble
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which was thrown up here,
bits of branches and stuff
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and the remains
of those buildings,
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those stalls that they
were selling materials and so.
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Yeah, it's quite a
sight when we came here
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it was worsen as
they've tied this up
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but it's still
looking pretty bad.
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Yeah, we see a lot of
yachts coming into Vanuatu
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from all over the world.
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Here's one that have
got through thrown up
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on the waterfront here.
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And apparently
this guy survived,
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the guy that was
on this yacht survived
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that there was another yacht
over there that got thrown up,
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he wasn't so lucky.
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Apparently, he tried to jump out
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when the water was
really rough and he drowned.
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This morning we're heading
now to try to beat a cyclone
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that's coming in
second one in three weeks.
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We're gonna load up the
plane and try to beat the storm,
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fly to Gaua so we can
do the repairs up there.
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Mark, I have a question for you.
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You know, that
place that you lived in
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when you first
came here long time ago.
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Uh-huh. What was it called?
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Kiralu.
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How long it's been
since you've been there?
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Long time about three years.
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I was thinking
it'd be kind of cool
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for to kind of go down there.
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Is it too far to go to?
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No, we can go there.
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All right.
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We can go on
the corner, I think.
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When last time you
were there what was it like?
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It looked pretty overgrown
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but I only
passed it on the road,
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I didn't go and see it.
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It'd be kind of
cool to go check it out.
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Yeah, let's do that.
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You want to grab a couple
of bush knives and head up?
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Let's go. Okay.
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That place that we're
headed is called Kiralu
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named after a small river
that runs through the area.
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It was going to be interesting
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to see the old bungalows
that we used some 10 years ago
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when we first
started the project.
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So how many years has it
been since you've been here?
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Oh, it's about
three years I think
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and that is
looking very overgrown.
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When we came in
here before it seem like
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there was a gate some place.
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There was a gate. Oh,
that gate right there.
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Yeah, we came up here.
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All right, and so the
bungalow that's the kind of--
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It's up on the top there.
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Let's go, let's go and see it.
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It looks totally different.
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Get that bush knife out.
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Let's go and see it.
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Believe it or not it
is in here somewhere.
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Okay, this must be the house.
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Man, it's so overgrown, wow.
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Well, this is the kitchen area.
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Is this used to be a kitchen?
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Yeah, this is the only part
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that's remaining,
all has collapsed.
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Man...
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I remember when
we used to have--
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We had a table right here.
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Yeah.
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And we shot that
one segment on the mall,
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was used up against the
bamboo thing right here.
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We agree this is--
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I remember you
told me something about
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when you were actually
moving from this place,
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you were going to another
place and a cyclone hit then.
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Yeah, this house is amazing
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'cause it was
built by some people
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who intended it for it to
be a tourist place, a bungalow.
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Nobody ever came and
there was dispute over
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who owned it
and it was standing,
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it was staying
there until we came
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and we asked them
if we could stay here.
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We stayed here for two
years and then when we left,
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we were just about to leave
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'cause that's about time
we were donated the aircraft
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and so we wanted to go
and live near the airstrip,
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the northern part of the island.
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And just on that very
weekend we got hit by a cyclone
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and that's when the roof
starting damage of course
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now it's collapsed completely.
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And then at that
time there wasn't--
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Wasn't too bad
but we took some stuff
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up to the
northern part of the island
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and we stored some
stuff at a house up there.
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While we were coming back here
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to get some more gear,
the hurricane came, hit us
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and all of our
gear in the other house
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got blown out of the house.
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So it was quite an experience--
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You could say in
more ways than one that
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you've had to weather a
few storms here in Vanuatu.
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We sure have--
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Both physically and spiritually.
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Yeah.
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It's amazing how many
storms have been associated
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with our lives
here and spiritually too
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we've been through a
lot of stormy experiences.
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I'm trying to, you
know, figure in my mind.
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It seems like I remember that
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it used to be
kind of a hill here.
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And then those little bungalows,
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the first little
bungalow was your clinic.
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Yeah. Is that right?
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Yeah. So it
should be down there.
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Let's go and have a look
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and see if we
can see that place.
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Wow, they've gone.
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It got to be somewhere.
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Let's see there.
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Let's see it.
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Yeah, Jeff, you might remember
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this was our
clinic the first bungalow,
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we had a second one here
which was like a store room.
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And then over there
under that last bush
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over there was our
third one which was like a--
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That was my guest lodging.
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That was guest
lodging and for patients
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when they had to stay with us.
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Yeah, we did-- we
did general anesthesia,
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we did our first
operations in here.
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Where is the door?
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Incredible.
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It's been a lot of
changes on the hangar out
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since the last
time we were here.
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Joe Marshal who
worked with our ministry
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in the Philippines
ended up coming to Vanuatu
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and did a lot of working here.
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He was a teacher and stuff.
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He build down here
extra spare room for guests
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which is really nice now
because that was a problem
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before when we were here,
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this was this all
open and in struts,
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it's all enclosed now
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and then if we
come around over here.
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This is
something I was asking Mark
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to really push
forward to get done to help
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with their living situation
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but they
installed two real showers.
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And so you don't have to go over
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to those other showers
where the patients were out
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and put cold buckets
of water over your head.
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You can actually go in here
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and take a real bona fide shower
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and then they developed
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this washroom
like a utility room.
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Washing machine, they got a
lot of clothes here soaking.
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And the other I
wanted to show you
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was the addition outside here.
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They were working on
this last time we're here too.
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In fact when I
was here last time
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I was helping Joe put
these panels up right here
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and now it's all enclosed,
they've got this roof on.
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And this really
adds a nice dimension
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to the hangar house.
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And the other thing
that I wanted to show you
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maybe if you saw the last video,
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Joe Marshall was a building
a brand new custom design
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dirty kitchen for the patients
over at the patient house.
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And it's been used
out for about a year
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and four months that was
the last time we were here.
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I'll take you over
and take a look at it
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and see what it
looks like today.
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Well, you can
definitely tell it's being used
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when we were here last time
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Joe built the
very first fire in here
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and he had this
custom up graft system
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that he built that goes--
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It takes all the
smoke up that way,
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definitely we can
tell it's been used.
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What happens here
at the clinic is that
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when people are admitted
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and then they stay
over in the patient house,
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the family members
provide food for them
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while they're
here, so Mark and Naomi
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don't have to
cook for the patients.
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So this is where
they can cook all the food
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to feed the patients
that are the patient house.
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This project was basically
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a medical missionary
project from the start.
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We didn't have the
plane to begin with.
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It was just simply operating
a small clinic in the bush
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and from there it's
grown into what it is today.
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Yeah, we deal with a lot of--
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A lot of people
coming through here.
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We've got
different types of patients,
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we've got inpatients who
are here for special care
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and surgical
cases, obstetric cases
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and then we have outpatients
who come and visit us here.
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And then when I go
and visit other islands,
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I often run into
other cases and many people
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who'll need for
example teeth to be pulled
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or just to have check ups,
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blood pressure check
ups and minor illnesses.
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So we have the full spectrum.
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We have a lot of
people coming through
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I think if we were to
go through the community,
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I could tell you
that-- most of the people
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who've been patients at
some time in this whole area
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like everybody has
come in here at some point.
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And when I go places
I'm constantly interacting
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with former patients.
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A countless times
I've just gone to bed--
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just head just hit the pillow
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and then it's seems
only five minutes in
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and the door knocks.
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And somebody is
knocking they need help
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because of somebody, so
it can be really exhausting.
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It's taken its
toll, I think we've aged
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a lot from being here
but it's a blessing too.
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I really believe that
God sustains us in our work.
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I've been able
to handle illnesses
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and handle
difficulties physical exhaustion
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much better than I
ever would have anticipated.
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I think God really is
sustaining me in my work
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so I'm so thankful for that.
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The clinic isn't the only part
of the project that's growing,
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Laymen
Ministries' Matafanga school
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is becoming well-known
throughout the Island of Gaua.
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Matafanga would not be
possible without your support.
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This is a Laymen
Ministries project.
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It's always been a
Laymen Ministries project.
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One thing it's
kind of unusual about
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this project is that
Laymen Ministries throw us
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a set of
circumstances has ended up
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being requested to establish
a church institution school.
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That might be a first,
I'm not sure in this division,
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this area of the church,
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but I think it's
a blessing to see
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how a lay ministry is
able to work hand in hand
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with the denomination in
establishing a church that--
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A church school it's
a 100% a church school.
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It really is a
denominational school
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and yet Laymen
Ministries it's really--
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Laymen Ministries'
baby, so the school side of it
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is really
interesting in that respect.
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And without Laymen Ministries
we could have never have done
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what we're doing.
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Yes, the reason that
we have a school here in--
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Up here in this
northern part of Vanuatu
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is that we
could see a great need
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for the children to
have better education.
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While there are
other schools available,
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we could see that
there was definitely a need
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for training future leaders
for even just for the country
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and also for furthering
God's work here in Vanuatu.
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We see a great need
because here in Torba Province
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it's known as the
last province in Vanuatu
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that means very few
leaders come form Torba.
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And we'd like to change that.
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We'd like to see
leaders and kids graduating
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from the school going
out and doing something
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that makes a difference
in the world around us
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and also in preparing them
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to carry on God's
work in the future.
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So this is our current grade
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seven and eight
classroom right here
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and as you can see
we're in the middle
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of preparing a
roof and the structure
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of the building
is not real great.
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So we really need
a permanent classroom
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for our students to
replace this building.
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Over here we have our teacher
housing accommodation here.
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Currently we have
coconut leaves up on the roof
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that was for the
cyclone to prevent
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the roofs getting ripped up,
but the roofing is getting old
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and needing repairs.
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And we need to upgrade
the teacher housing also.
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So this is our
missionary transit house here,
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currently we have
Scott and Kathy in here
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and they'll be
working on fixing up
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another small
staff house at the back.
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So that this will be
free for another couple
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that want to come
in with their family,
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a bit later in the year.
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So we like to have
this as our transit
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so that it helps people
during their adjustment period
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while we get accommodation
sorted out for them.
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And at the back here,
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we have the very
first staff house
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that was built on the campus
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and that's the one
that Scott and Kathy
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will be doing some upgrading
to make it suitable for them.
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And then we'll be
needing another one similar
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to this for another couple
that plan to come soon also.
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For this school
to be registered,
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the government
wanted something different
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because they said the nearest
primary school is too close,
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even though it's
another decent walk.
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So Naomi and Mark
came up with the idea that
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they would cater for
special needs in the community.
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And this is one
of those classes,
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these three lovely
students out all day
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and so I have been teaching them
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different sets of words.
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This last time we
just learnt body words
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and that's what
we're revising today.
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So they're special students
but they're very bright.
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They've all passed on their test
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and yeah, they could go
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so it's a pleasure to teach them
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and help them integrate
into the school community.
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Hey, Scottie.
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Hey, Jeff. Good to see you.
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What are you working on?
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I'm just making some components
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for some chairs that the
boys are making tomorrow.
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How many kids do you have
right now with your teaching?
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I've got one sort of apprentice
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and there's a bunch
of lower schools boys
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is probably up
to 15 to 18 of them,
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then they'd
come different times.
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Our objective is to
give the boys and girls,
00:20:09.80\00:20:14.84
if girls come in
the rest as well.
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The opportunity to
get some practical skills
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to use in the field perhaps
they want to work for the Lord,
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building on other
islands that we can equip them
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with skills to built
churches or schools or anything.
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Like many things
here in this project,
00:20:35.90\00:20:37.93
the school has come a long way
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since its inception years ago.
00:20:39.43\00:20:41.90
Our Maule M-7 has
come a long ways too
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as the heavy usage
in the islands has taken
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.44
its toll on the airplane.
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Northern Vanuatu,
it's-- it's a remote area.
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The only way you
can get between islands
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because it's an island
nation 83 different islands.
00:20:55.78\00:20:59.29
The only way you
can get between islands
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is by boat or by plane.
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When it comes to emergencies,
you really need an aircraft.
00:21:02.89\00:21:10.63
And we have since discovered
that it would be really,
00:21:10.67\00:21:14.94
really difficult to find
any production aircraft--
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Foresee the production aircraft
that could handle the workload
00:21:17.54\00:21:22.54
that we're doing here flying
into small bush airstrips.
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And carrying loads
that it's carrying maybe a--
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or something like that
but I think the Lord knew
00:21:30.32\00:21:33.62
that we were-- we need to stay
00:21:33.66\00:21:35.36
within a budget
an operating budget
00:21:35.39\00:21:37.09
that were still
manageable than that.
00:21:37.13\00:21:39.16
So this really is the
most suitable aircraft
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.60
I think for this project.
00:21:41.63\00:21:46.30
It's kind of
unthinkable to imagine
00:21:46.33\00:21:50.51
this project
operating without this aircraft
00:21:50.54\00:21:52.74
so it worries me a
little bit if the plane ever--
00:21:52.77\00:21:56.78
was not in service.
00:21:56.81\00:21:59.71
Then I think the
project would kind of collapse
00:21:59.75\00:22:02.15
because we use it for everything
00:22:02.18\00:22:04.42
and it's so important.
00:22:04.45\00:22:06.45
We need to keep this plane fine,
00:22:06.49\00:22:08.82
we need to keep it
flying 'cause it's so essential
00:22:08.86\00:22:10.63
for our work here.
00:22:10.66\00:22:12.69
In terms of
fuel and maintenance,
00:22:12.73\00:22:14.66
it cost us a 2-3,000 a month.
00:22:14.73\00:22:17.70
When it comes to aircraft,
00:22:17.73\00:22:19.83
engines need to be
changed at the TBR of the engine
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which in our case is 2000 hours
00:22:23.51\00:22:26.71
and we're just
coming up to that now.
00:22:26.74\00:22:29.24
We have to change the
engine, we have no choice.
00:22:29.28\00:22:31.45
If we're gonna continue flying,
we have to have a new engine.
00:22:31.48\00:22:34.48
And we're now looking
at a recondition engine
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which is gonna
cost over $45,000 US
00:22:38.49\00:22:42.39
a lot of money we
put deposit on that.
00:22:42.42\00:22:44.46
We don't have the full
amount but we believe that
00:22:44.49\00:22:47.00
God is gonna pay
somebody to help us
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.53
because unless
we have that engine,
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.37
we have to stop
operating that means not only
00:22:51.40\00:22:53.27
the medical
aviation aspect of it.
00:22:53.30\00:22:56.40
All the patients are
gonna be affected and our school
00:22:56.44\00:23:00.11
and this whole project is
gonna be adversely affected.
00:23:00.14\00:23:03.78
So we believe that
God will provide the funds
00:23:03.81\00:23:08.12
and that we're just
excited to know that we're in--
00:23:08.15\00:23:11.29
we're in a faith
ministry and we know that
00:23:11.32\00:23:14.59
God is gonna work to help us.
00:23:14.62\00:23:18.96
Yeah, another thing
it needs to happened
00:23:18.99\00:23:20.73
for this aircraft.
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.06
We get a lot of
damage on the tail wing
00:23:22.10\00:23:25.03
because of terns
flying up on these bushes.
00:23:25.07\00:23:27.30
So we need to get
regularly we're gonna have
00:23:27.34\00:23:31.34
to purchase a new tail wing
00:23:31.37\00:23:34.74
and that should be
done sometime this year.
00:23:34.78\00:23:38.88
Tail feathers including
the radar need to be replaced.
00:23:38.91\00:23:44.72
This airplane has a
really interesting history.
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.86
It was purchased from
mall by a man name Gary Smith.
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His friends all called him Bear
00:23:49.56\00:23:52.06
and Bear had kind of a
colorful history himself
00:23:52.09\00:23:54.93
because Bear used to fly
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.30
for what was
called the Blue Angels.
00:23:56.33\00:23:58.07
It's like a
acrobatic team of fighter jets
00:23:58.10\00:24:01.70
and he was
involved with the military
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.07
and had a lot of friends.
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.44
So lot of people in the
aviation world knew him.
00:24:04.47\00:24:05.87
He worked at Boeing
the last years of his life.
00:24:05.91\00:24:08.74
And he was-- I was told involved
00:24:08.78\00:24:10.68
with designing the ejector
seat for the F15 fighter jet.
00:24:10.71\00:24:14.48
Well, when Gary or Bear
00:24:14.52\00:24:16.28
as his friends
called him retired,
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.69
he ordered two brand new planes.
00:24:18.72\00:24:20.82
One was a Super Decathlon
00:24:20.86\00:24:22.99
and other one was
this Maule M-7 Super Rocket
00:24:23.02\00:24:26.53
and this one came special
custom ordered from Maule
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.40
with a sunset orange
paint job in sapphire blue trim.
00:24:29.43\00:24:34.04
And fully decked out
with search and rescue gear
00:24:34.07\00:24:36.54
'cause he planned
on doing volunteer work
00:24:36.57\00:24:38.17
for the search and rescue.
00:24:38.21\00:24:40.11
Right after he
purchased this plane,
00:24:40.14\00:24:41.81
he was out in California with
his Decathlon teaching a man
00:24:41.84\00:24:46.65
from I think it
was Post Falls, Idaho
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.45
and they were
doing touch and goes.
00:24:48.48\00:24:50.19
And something went wrong
00:24:50.22\00:24:51.55
and he crashed
the Super Decathlon
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.22
and both he and the
fellow from Post Falls, Idaho
00:24:53.25\00:24:55.86
were killed
unfortunately in that wreck.
00:24:55.89\00:24:58.46
His widow was
left with this plane
00:24:58.49\00:25:00.16
and Joel the man who
donated this plane to us
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.50
bought this
plane from his widow.
00:25:02.53\00:25:06.23
It's an unfortunate situation
that Bear lost his life,
00:25:06.27\00:25:10.37
I bet little did
he know that the plane
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.64
that he custom
ordered was gonna be salvaged
00:25:12.67\00:25:15.01
for doing
exactly what he intended
00:25:15.04\00:25:17.55
and that was to
search out and save people.
00:25:17.58\00:25:20.72
And that's what this
plane is used for today.
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.65
It's a truly a
search and rescue plane.
00:25:22.68\00:25:28.36
Yeah, we've-- it's interesting
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.06
being on the
receiving end of donations.
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.69
We are a faith
ministry, faith based
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.50
and we don't
operate with income.
00:25:35.53\00:25:38.97
We have people helping
us and we've learned that--
00:25:39.00\00:25:42.87
That givers have,
have characteristics
00:25:42.90\00:25:46.01
and one of those characteristics
00:25:46.04\00:25:47.48
are they're usually
people who want to see results.
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.48
And they focus primarily
on things that are visible
00:25:51.51\00:25:55.58
and tangible and that gives it,
00:25:55.62\00:25:58.49
that's feeling of satisfaction
when they give, which is good
00:25:58.52\00:26:01.82
'cause that's what
drives projects like this.
00:26:01.86\00:26:05.46
That's how, how we're
funded, how people help us.
00:26:05.49\00:26:08.06
We've discovered that
people like buildings,
00:26:08.10\00:26:10.17
they like
seeing things going up.
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.57
They like to see that
progress which is good
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.67
because in a place like this
00:26:14.70\00:26:17.41
we really need
to infrastructure,
00:26:17.44\00:26:19.61
we need help with that
so that's being a blessing
00:26:19.64\00:26:21.54
to have so many
people help with that.
00:26:21.58\00:26:23.98
One of the
weaknesses I think with donors
00:26:24.01\00:26:27.75
in spite of their
good intentions sometimes
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.62
they tend to
forget the maintenance
00:26:29.65\00:26:32.02
aspect of a project for example,
00:26:32.05\00:26:34.82
if a school is built,
in their heart of hearts
00:26:34.86\00:26:38.19
they don't want to see that
thing dwindling into nothing
00:26:38.23\00:26:41.53
because they put
their money into that.
00:26:41.56\00:26:43.40
But somehow along
the-- in the experiences that
00:26:43.43\00:26:46.90
they're going
through they tend to have a--
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.97
They have tendency to forget
that maintenance of a project
00:26:49.00\00:26:53.14
is just as important,
the upkeep of the project
00:26:53.17\00:26:55.11
is just as
important if not more so
00:26:55.14\00:26:57.91
than the actual establishment
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.28
of the project
in the first place,
00:26:59.31\00:27:00.72
so I think that's a--
that's just a human thing.
00:27:00.75\00:27:03.35
I don't think anybody intends
00:27:03.39\00:27:04.99
on making a mistake in that area
00:27:05.02\00:27:07.02
but it is a
weakness with some donors
00:27:07.06\00:27:09.82
that they overlook at.
00:27:09.86\00:27:11.36
So yeah, it's incredible how--
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.76
how much you
learn about human nature
00:27:13.80\00:27:15.70
and you learn about people
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.37
when you are involved
in a project like this.
00:27:17.40\00:27:18.93
And I think it's a--
00:27:18.97\00:27:20.87
it's a character
building experience for us,
00:27:20.90\00:27:22.70
you know, to go through this.
00:27:22.74\00:27:27.71
It's amazing to
look back in time
00:27:35.38\00:27:37.35
and to think that
just 10 years ago Dr. Mark
00:27:37.39\00:27:39.79
was performing
operations in a primitive hut
00:27:39.82\00:27:42.39
and traveling to other
islands by a banana boat.
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But now thanks to your support.
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Dr. Mark and his family
are able to more effectively
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reach out to the people
through medical aviation
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and our clinic on Gaua.
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The people of
Vanuatu needs your help.
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If you'd like to
help support this project,
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contact our
ministry at 414 Zapada Road,
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St. Maries, Idaho 83861
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or call us at 1-800-245-1844.
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You can also
reach us at lmn.org.
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