Well this is our project vehicle
it's an Arctic Cat Prowler.
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It was donated to the
project when the Wickwires
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came down in 2007.
Or I guess it was 2008,
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But, it served okay. We've used
it to go back and forth between
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the airstrip and transporting
our volunteers to various
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places, but, as you can see it's
fairly small. It's actually only
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a two seat-er but we've
had as many as thirteen people
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on this thing before.
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The AWA team uses the
arctic cat buggy as a work horse
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in their operations.
It's invaluable to them since
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it's the only vehicle they have.
They use it daily as they load
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it beyond full capacity
with people, cargo and supplies.
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Well on our team, this
is the only vehicle we have.
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So we have, three
families and one vehicle.
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So its... we do our best to
share it around as much as we
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can. Basically we just use
it when we have, when we need to
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carry something, that's
really what we're focused with.
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And the motorcycles we use,
just for the, getting around.
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Each family has a dirt bike that
they use for general errands.
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However they have gotten
very skilled and creative
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with carrying
loads on the bikes.
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We use the bikes because
they are so much cheaper to get
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around then the
vehicle, and are quicker.
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So we use them to run to the
market, to go to the airstrip,
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we use them a lot.
Just before we felt we were,
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we knew we needed
a vehicle down here,
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we didn't know
what would be best.
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We'd buy here or something and
I just happened to be looking
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the classified and this
type of vehicle had just,
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they just started making them.
And I had never even seen one
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but I saw it in
the ad and thought
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"that would be pretty cool"
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and the guy was
asking, it was like a year old.
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He was asking about twelve
thousand or something for it.
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Well I'll go look at it.
And then I went and looked at it
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and they... He was trying...
It's kind of a funny story,
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he was telling me how
... She opens up the front
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and says "look! And
you can fill all this up
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with beer and ice, and you
can drive around all day and
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have a great time and he's got
a stereo in it and everything.
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And then he says " What
are you going to use it for?"
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And I told him we
wanted to bring it down
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for missions in
Guyana; we're Adventists.
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"Oh yah! I grew up
Adventist" he says.
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"I'll make you a good deal
for it." It was still more money
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then we - - we didn't
have the money for it.
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And I told a friend of mine
about it. He'd been supporting
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us and he said, "you
know, you should go get that".
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they paid for it of course, they
picked it up, loaded it in the
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container. and that was
like two days before we left.
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Every square inch of
this vehicle is utilized
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to transport people,
materials, fuel, and cargo.
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This is in essence their make
shift pickup truck till they are
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able to raise enough money to
purchase a truck of their own.
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The airstrip for
our operation is about,
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oh it's probably a ten
minute walk from our house.
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But whenever we fly we have
to carry jerry cans of fuel.
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We have to bring passengers
out, we have to carry out cargo,
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if they have suit
cases and things like that.
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Absolutely cannot be
done without a vehicle.
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If we don't have a vehicle,
we have to do, we have to pay
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somewhere between five and
ten dollars every time we take
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a trip out there,
which adds up pretty quickly.
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Considering we are flying almost
every day here and sometimes
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two flights a day. So without
a vehicle it's very difficult
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for us to even operate.
We have to have a vehicle.
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We are at that point now
where it just has to be done.
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But it's taxed. It's.. all the
work that we've given it is way
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beyond what it's meant to do.
We've taken it to its limits.
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And we desperately need a
vehicle. A larger vehicle,
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such as a Jeep or a
4x4 to transport our team
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to varies places.
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Our team is growing. We
now have three families here.
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And we can't transport everybody
in the buggy all the time.
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So we are just praying that we
can find the funding in order to
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be able to get a
vehicle and bring it down here
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to serve in this part
of the Lord's vineyard.
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One of the challenges the team
faces here in the remote regions
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of Guyana is the upkeep and
maintenance of their vehicles.
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They don't have any mechanics
or repair shops in the area
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that they can take their
vehicles to. They can't even get
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parts for the most part.
So regular maintenance and
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prevention is not an
option but instead a demand.
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The Arctic Cat is our pickup
truck and this is our sports car
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Some of the wear and tear in
this vehicle is quite obvious
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as you can see the roof is
kind of falling apart here and
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actually we have a new
sun roof. And, basically it's
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you know it's on it's last leg.
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We just put a new engine in
it, which is great, but so much
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other stuff is wrong with it.
I'm afraid it's not going to...
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the engine is going
to outlast the vehicle.
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So it, it just really
doesn't.... Oh! The other thing
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is that in the last two weeks,
it's broken down three times.
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We've seen the breaks
over heat on the thing.
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The fuel pump went out. So
that was down for a few days
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because of that. Tires are
completely bald in the front.
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We can't just buy
these tires down in Guyana.
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We have to bring
everything down from the States.
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Parts for this vehicle are not
available here in the country.
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You know, so when the thing
breaks down, if you can imagine
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what it's like to be driving
on a jungle road and suddenly
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have it just stop
working; it's a challenge.
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We don't have tow trucks
around here to tow it back.
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We have to fix it on site.
And it just presents a whole
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series of challenges. So we're
praying for a bigger vehicle.
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Something that would be more
appropriate for our work here.
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So in order to preserve it,
and make it last the team uses
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the bikes as much as possible.
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This helps the vehicle to last
longer. Because it costs a lot
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more to drive the Arctic Cat
the tires and the maintenance.
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We just had to put a new engine
in it. And it's so much more
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important to us, as far
as accessing the airplanes,
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when we do maintenance,
for taking fuel out,
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bring our supplies back.
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So we don't have to pay
someone else to do that.
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We have a trailer that we pull
out with the Arctic Cat to do
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the service on the
airplanes. And if we can't
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pull the trailer out, it
really handicaps our ability
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to do the work on the planes...
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Like the motorcycles
are locally supported
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so they are pretty inexpensive.
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The Arctic Cat, we can get parts
locally as well, what really
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kills us, is time and shipping.
If there is something critical
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that we need, unless we
have someone flying down
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that can bring it with them
we're looking at taking a month
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or more to get something.
And then when you do get
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something, the cost of shipping
and brokerage is just...
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you know a part that cost
one hundred dollars becomes two
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hundred dollars.
Or more. Depending on
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how badly you need it.
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We try and think ahead of
what we need, and have someone
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bring it down so it
doesn't cost us so much.
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Although their vehicles aren't
the most high end or luxurious,
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the missionaries
are glad to have them.
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Without these forms of
transportation, they would be
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extremely limited in the
amount of work they could do
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here in Guyana.
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Transpiration is a
very necessary tool
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here in the
remote region in Guyana.
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While Jud fulfills his mechanic
duties, the ladies are busy in
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the kitchen at the VanFossen
home. Here, Chandell, the local
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Guyanese Bible worker, is
teaching Chrystal how to cook
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a Guyanese staple food, cookup.
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Have you ever hurt your hand? No
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We are going to make cook-up and
we're going to make porridge.
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Cook-up is rice and
beans cooked in coconut milk.
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And the coconut milk is not the
water that is inside the coconut
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It's from grating the coconut
and then putting the coconut
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in water and squeezing it,
squeezing the water through
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the coconut a couple of times.
And then that's the coconut milk
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that we'll use for
cooking the rice in.
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The two ladies are preparing
food that they will be serving
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at a health fair
they are hosting.
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Chrystal has only been in Guyana
for 8 months, but she wants to
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immerse herself in the culture,
so she is having Chandelle teach
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her everything she needs to know
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So how does this work?
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This is a little
grater. It's not real fine.
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And it's rather dull. And
then you just put the coconut,
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the bowl of the
coconut over it...
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Then you grate it out like that.
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And see, it'll go
really deep inside,
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They're really
really fast at this.
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They call these dry coconuts.
Because they don't use the water
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If they want to drink coconut
water, which is from the young
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coconut, they call
those wet coconuts.
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Almost everybody grows
their own. They grow wild too.
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People can just go out in
the jungle and find coconut.
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They've got coconut
trees in their back yard.
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It's not totally done, but
you can see how well it gets
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in there and just
gets it right out.
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Chrystal wants to
better relate to the locals
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that she lives amongst.
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She feels that if she
adopts some of their traditional
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daily ways of life, they
will feel more comfortable
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being around her.
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She also wants to convey that
she isn't here to change them,
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but instead, to
show them Jesus' love.
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The dogs and stuff
will even eat coconut.
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They will split a
coconut open and dogs will eat,
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they get the rest, the inside.
So will the ducks and the
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chickens. That's how
they supplement their diets.
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Coconuts are a huge
resource for the Guyanese.
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They are quite readily available
and inexpensive, so they
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use them for a number of things.
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Not only do the people eat them,
but they also feed the coconut
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to their animals. The
cats and dogs have even
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have learned to
enjoy the coconut scraps.
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The Guyanese can't afford
to let any food go to waste,
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so they make the most
out of every morsel of food.
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The Guyanese kitchens do
not have all the luxuries that
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one can find in North America.
In fact, the Guyanese cook
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over open flame so
they have the kitchen area
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outside of their homes.
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This keeps the smoke from
filling up their small houses.
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Also when cooking, everything
has to be done by hand.
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They don't have electric
mixers, blenders or graters.
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So they must carefully handle
their rustic cooking tools.
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Chandel, do you
ever cut yourself? Yah...
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They eat cook-up for everything.
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It's their main dish, that
they eat like when they go out
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for picnics,
they would take that.
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If you're having a
birthday party, you eat cook-up.
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If you have a funeral. A wedding
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Sometimes for like a
wedding, mostly they use
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fried rice and chicken.
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Church potluck, cook-up.
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Lunch, cook-up.
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It's just their dish. It's
their favorite, favorite food.
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Guyanese favorite food.
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Kind of like
bread to an American.
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We have bread at most
meals. Or something like that.
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Chrystal and Chandelles' main
reason for making cook-up today
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is to alter the recipe and
to recreate a healthier version
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of the Guyanese's favorite dish.
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These Guyanese tend to not
have a lot of money to spend on
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fresh vegetables, so
their meals are often
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unbalanced and un-nourishing.
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The ladies want to educate
the villagers about just how
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important it is to have proper
nourishment and fiber intake.
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Just like in the States, the
inexpensive food is fiber low,
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like cassava. Like
cassava bread and stuff.
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It's harder to grow
things here, even though you're
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in the tropics, you're
always fighting something.
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You're fighting the
insects, you're fight poor soil,
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you're fighting the sun.
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You're fighting the lack
of water, or too much water.
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So vegetables
aren't as plentiful here.
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And you can't just go to
the grocery store and buy them.
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They have market day twice
a week. Saturday and Tuesday,
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and if market doesn't have
it, you're kind of out of luck,
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unless you know
someone in Georgetown
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who can send it
to you on a boat.
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And the Guyanese don't
make a lot of money, typically.
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At least here in region
one. A working man's wage,
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if they can find work
all day, is twenty thousand
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or two thousand dollars,
which is ten US dollars.
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But you can't
find work every day.
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And so Guyanese family often
needs about thirty thousand,
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I have heard... - They
feel pretty comfortable if they
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can make between thirty and
forty thousand dollars a month.
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So it's a hundred and fifty
to two hundred dollars a month.
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So spending fifty cents or
a dollar fifty for one meal
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on vegetables is
kind of expensive to them.
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Their goal is to educate
the natives on healthier ways to
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prepare their foods; however,
the ingredients they can use
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are extremely limited.
The average Guyanese family
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doesn't have access
to many things other than
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the standard staple goods.
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And spending any extra money of
additional foods isn't a luxury
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many of the
natives can afford to do.
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It's like a coconut flesh.
Just taking out the milk from it
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put it in water and
just squeeze it out.
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And get the coconut milk.
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After the coconut is grated
the ladies wash it out to make
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the coconut milk. They
fill the bowl with water
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and coconut and mix it. Then
they squeeze out the coconut
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flesh leaving
just the coconut milk.
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They will use this
milk to cook their rice.
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Traditionally cook-up consists
of coconut rice, a small handful
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of peppers and onions
and a cup or two of beans.
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Today, Chrystal and Chandelle
are tripling the fresh produce
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and the beans to add some
substance to the rice dish.
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They don't want to change it too
drastically however, they are
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fearful that if it tastes too
different, the Guyanese won't
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like it, and wont adapt
their our cook-up recipes.
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So once again, they are very
limited as to what and how much
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they can alter the recipe.
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Now that they have everything
prepared, they can begin cooking
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They again sift out the
coconut milk with a strainer.
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Just like everything
else, cooking takes much longer
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in third world conditions.
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They don't need the flesh for
this recipe but they don't just
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discard it. They save
it for the animals to eat.
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We feed it to the chickens.
00:16:04.28\00:16:05.65
Once the milk is
heated on the stove,
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Chrystal mixes in the vegetables
Once that begins to boil,
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they mix in the rice and
allow that to cook together.
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Chrystal enjoys
having this time to learn
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and connect with Chandell.
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Often the missionaries have such
busy schedules that they don't
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always have time to
spend with each other.
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So this morning is a nice
treat for Chrystal and Chandelle
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to learn and commune together.
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As the food cooks, the ladies
talk about the health fair
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and they try to gage how many
people they should cook for.
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They want to have enough
food for everyone who attends.
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It's never easy to gage
how many people might show up
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to one of these events. But
the ladies are being optimistic
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and cooking enough for
over one hundred people to eat.
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I told her there is already
more vegetables in that then
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what I usually see in cook-up.
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We're going to bless this
food and we're going to ask God
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to make up all the deficiencies
that we don't have. And help
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the people's taste buds to
like whatever it is we've made.
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You know last night, God
and I were talking and I said
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"You remember of the feeding
of the five thousand story,
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You know, where
You satisfied people
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with what they were used to?"
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Rice and bread. Or bread and
fish or whatever, we are trying
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to do the same thing here.
We are trying to teach people
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how to use the foods
that they... are used to.
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I said "we might not do
it so perfectly, but You can
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make up the deficiencies."
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Before Chrystal takes the
cook-up to the health fair,
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she first tests it out on her
neighbors to see what they think
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of the new and
improved cook-up recipe.
00:18:14.23\00:18:16.30
We got this white woman that
is to sure what she's doing.
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So I need a Guyanese to
tell me if it's any good.
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Good. It needs salt? Not plenty.
Little more. Little more salt?
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What else? But this would work
for me. This would work for you.
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Yah. You can eat it. No. So
the salt. It needs more salt?
00:18:36.05\00:18:40.06
No. Its good salt. Oh its good
salt? Yah. Just this way? Yah.
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I can feed this to the
people in Barabeana? Yah.
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And they won't spit it out? Yah.
This good. This is good? Yah.
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Ok. Thank you.
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When I was in the States I
had driven on some pretty rough
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roads before, but when I came to
Guyana I had my eyes opened to
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what roads are really,
how bad roads can really be.
00:19:01.34\00:19:03.74
In Mabaruma we go out sometimes
as far as forty five minutes
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to an hour away from Mabaruma.
Some of the roads that we've
00:19:07.05\00:19:09.10
been on are...by
American standards impassable.
00:19:09.13\00:19:12.67
We have to go on them though
because we have to get to some
00:19:12.70\00:19:15.03
of these locations we are going
to whether its church or medical
00:19:15.06\00:19:17.08
need or whatever the case may
be And when it rains these roads
00:19:17.11\00:19:20.25
get rutted out, very badly.
Some of these ruts literally are
00:19:20.28\00:19:23.39
sometimes that deep. And you
have to figure out a way to get
00:19:23.42\00:19:26.42
around that in your vehicle.
00:19:26.45\00:19:27.82
Now that the Arctic Cat is
running nicely again and all the
00:19:27.85\00:19:31.62
food is prepared the team packs
everything up and begins their
00:19:31.65\00:19:35.33
trip to Barabeana. The team
loads up every available spot
00:19:35.36\00:19:40.51
on the buggy. The roof, the side
rails, the floor boards all are
00:19:40.54\00:19:45.63
loaded with supplies and people
as they bounce down the road.
00:19:45.66\00:19:48.90
But even still, not everyone
can fit on the buggy, so they
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have to take a few of the dirt
bikes out to Barabeana as well.
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Barabeana is about probably a
ten minute drive from Mabaruma.
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The road is in kind of a bad
shape right now, so you know,
00:20:02.58\00:20:05.99
it's not easy to get out
here always. Cause when the tide
00:20:06.02\00:20:08.50
comes in the water goes over the
roads. Sometimes it can get as
00:20:08.53\00:20:11.37
deep as a couple of feet
to drive through, and a lot of
00:20:11.40\00:20:13.79
rocks and all that. So its
a little bit of a challenge
00:20:13.82\00:20:15.35
getting out here sometimes but,
so it's a little bit isolated in
00:20:15.38\00:20:19.17
that regard you know that
it's not always easy to get to.
00:20:19.20\00:20:22.04
It should only be about
a fifteen minute trip away,
00:20:22.07\00:20:24.75
however, with the roads in
the condition that they are,
00:20:24.78\00:20:28.04
it's going to take them
much longer than anticipated.
00:20:28.07\00:20:31.01
The rivers are all
tidal waters in this area.
00:20:31.41\00:20:34.67
So as the tides rise, so do
all the low lying flood areas.
00:20:34.70\00:20:39.75
This road to Bababeana happens
to cross one of these areas.
00:20:39.78\00:20:44.20
But rather than let that
stop the team, they push right
00:20:45.16\00:20:48.38
through the murky waters.
They aren't going to let getting
00:20:48.41\00:20:51.58
a little muddy, stop them
from holding this health fair.
00:20:51.61\00:20:54.86
So they just drive
right through the high waters,
00:20:54.89\00:20:57.85
dirt bikes and all.
00:20:57.88\00:20:59.73
Unfortunately there isn't enough
transportation for everyone.
00:21:09.08\00:21:11.92
As they reach the top of the
hill they pass one of the fellow
00:21:11.95\00:21:15.77
missionaries Anica. She began
her day very early and started
00:21:15.80\00:21:20.36
walking to
Barabeana for the health fair.
00:21:20.39\00:21:22.34
It isn't an ideal situation, but
the mission team is praying that
00:21:22.37\00:21:27.03
it's just temporary and they
look forward to the day when
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they can buy a full
sized pickup that will be able
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to transport everyone. As
soon as they come to a stop,
00:21:33.19\00:21:36.99
people start appearing. It's
as if they were waiting for them
00:21:37.02\00:21:40.67
to arrive. So the team
quickly unloads and begins
00:21:40.70\00:21:44.40
the afternoon's festivities.
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.33
As the day goes on,
more and more people come to
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learn about their health.
00:21:51.24\00:21:52.61
We have a huge
need for a vehicle,
00:21:55.37\00:21:57.88
specifically a 4x4 truck.
00:21:57.91\00:21:59.87
We've been managing here for
years without it, but it's been
00:21:59.90\00:22:04.71
a huge hassle, as we've been
using this little arctic cat
00:22:04.74\00:22:08.48
which we call the buggy and it
says, if you look on the panel
00:22:08.51\00:22:12.60
it says maximum 2 people. But
we actually have fit on like 13.
00:22:12.63\00:22:17.16
And there is cargo, and
we are hanging off there.
00:22:17.19\00:22:20.66
What happens is when we fly
back from Georgetown we land
00:22:20.69\00:22:23.74
and usually we have
people and or cargo,
00:22:23.77\00:22:26.05
we are flying in our groceries.
There is always medicines for
00:22:26.08\00:22:29.02
for the hospital or whatever.
And so how are we going to get
00:22:29.05\00:22:31.59
them from the airstrip to
our house. And so, we just pile
00:22:31.62\00:22:35.53
everything on to the
buggy. As much as we can.
00:22:35.56\00:22:37.89
And motorcycles, I've learned
how to, I can ride a motorcycle
00:22:37.92\00:22:41.26
now with a jerry can in between
my legs and another on back here
00:22:41.29\00:22:44.46
And it's pretty amazing.
So, we need a 4x4 truck.
00:22:44.49\00:22:49.01
The ideal vehicle for us here
really would be a Toyota 4x4
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of some kind. Toyota parts are
readily available here in Guyana
00:22:52.18\00:22:54.89
And we've identified this need,
so we worked with AWA to set up
00:22:54.92\00:23:00.03
an account specifically
for a vehicle for Guyana.
00:23:00.06\00:23:02.28
We're here at Barabeana doing
the health fair and it's just to
00:23:03.08\00:23:06.45
help the community become more
aware of their health status.
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.50
We're specifically focusing
on glucose and pressures.
00:23:09.53\00:23:12.31
I think we had some discussions
quite some time ago actually
00:23:12.34\00:23:15.85
about just different creative
ways to make in roads into this
00:23:15.88\00:23:18.70
community and we just felt that
you know, it'd be good to have
00:23:18.73\00:23:22.52
a you know a session or a health
fair so to speak to teach people
00:23:22.55\00:23:26.55
about health principles.
And to give them tools to
00:23:26.58\00:23:29.44
help them live a better life.
You know it's a good way to
00:23:29.47\00:23:32.92
introduce people to who we are,
and Adventism as it is you know
00:23:32.95\00:23:37.08
we have a church that we
built here so hopefully you know
00:23:37.11\00:23:40.42
people will realize that
we're, you know we're to help!
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.85
And we love them and
want to do something for them
00:23:42.88\00:23:44.75
and you know it's just a
tangible way to show that.
00:23:44.78\00:23:46.59
We decided to do the health fair
at Barabeana because we wanted
00:23:46.62\00:23:50.92
a way to start developing
relationships with the people
00:23:50.95\00:23:54.05
out here. It's kind of
like friendship evangelism.
00:23:54.08\00:23:56.77
You know you get to know someone
and then as they get to know you
00:23:56.80\00:23:59.57
they ask you questions
and then that gives you
00:23:59.60\00:24:01.93
an opportunity to share.
00:24:01.96\00:24:03.33
And Adventist World Aviation
for that matter isn't just about
00:24:03.36\00:24:05.49
aviation. You know it's about
sharing the gospel you know
00:24:05.52\00:24:10.57
in tangible ways. Transportation
is a way to bring people in to
00:24:10.60\00:24:13.85
you know, areas that are
difficult to get to that they
00:24:13.88\00:24:17.25
can learn more about God's love.
And health is just one of those
00:24:17.28\00:24:19.77
things that just
really everybody understands.
00:24:19.80\00:24:22.48
It's a language that everybody
understands. Everybody wants to
00:24:22.51\00:24:24.44
be healthy. So we try to do that
You know, Jesus whenever He went
00:24:24.47\00:24:28.64
into a village, often He'd leave
with-He wouldn't leave till
00:24:28.67\00:24:31.62
everybody was healed. You know,
before He shared any message
00:24:31.65\00:24:34.31
with them. He just would
heal their physical maladies.
00:24:34.34\00:24:36.45
So that is what we
are trying to do, I guess.
00:24:36.48\00:24:38.57
So we've got a dental station.
And at the dental station Karen
00:24:39.10\00:24:42.95
is going through and showing the
kids how to brush their teeth.
00:24:42.98\00:24:45.18
Some things about how your
teeth are put together and what
00:24:45.21\00:24:48.54
to look for, so that
you have good healthy teeth.
00:24:48.57\00:24:51.40
And then inside the church over
here, we have health teaching
00:24:51.43\00:24:54.48
going on. And Greg VanFossen
is up there doing, teaching on,
00:24:54.51\00:24:57.17
just everything from preventing
blood pressure and diabetes to,
00:24:58.55\00:25:02.40
you know what causes
back pain and you know
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.89
how the skeletal muscles
work. And a variety of things.
00:25:04.92\00:25:08.41
So he's doing a lot of
that too. And so many people
00:25:08.44\00:25:12.10
need to have education here and
understand more about health.
00:25:12.13\00:25:14.64
You find the funniest things.
Some people believe their heart
00:25:14.67\00:25:17.65
was over here. You know
and it's right here of course.
00:25:17.68\00:25:20.35
You know it's just, things
that we just take for granted,
00:25:20.38\00:25:23.64
you know they just don't
understand. And so the education
00:25:23.67\00:25:26.28
is a big thing and once they
understand some of these things,
00:25:26.31\00:25:28.04
it brings a lot you
know, peace to their heart.
00:25:28.07\00:25:29.67
Cause they don't know, if they
have a pain in their side is it
00:25:29.70\00:25:31.65
my heart you know
and their hearts up here.
00:25:31.68\00:25:33.91
They might just have a side ache
from not drinking enough water,
00:25:33.94\00:25:36.06
who knows.
00:25:36.09\00:25:37.46
And then we have some
food that has been made.
00:25:37.49\00:25:41.91
Chandelle helped me make some
food. Actually she probably made
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.35
more of it and I was
being educated on how
00:25:44.38\00:25:47.14
to cook Guyanese food. And
their diet tends to be rather
00:25:47.17\00:25:50.66
low in fiber and so we helped
to make their food a little
00:25:50.69\00:25:54.59
healthier for them. Since they
do have problems with glucose
00:25:54.62\00:25:57.26
and the increased fiber
will help modulate their sugars.
00:25:57.29\00:26:00.03
So we have some samples
of that, for them to try.
00:26:00.06\00:26:02.71
One of the common problems we
find in Guyana, and all kinds of
00:26:02.74\00:26:05.87
countries around the world, is
that they tend to eat a lot more
00:26:05.90\00:26:07.79
simple
carbohydrates then they need to.
00:26:07.82\00:26:09.59
Guyanese like to have a pile of
rice, a little bit of vegetable,
00:26:09.62\00:26:13.26
and a little bit meat or protein
Where is should be the other
00:26:13.29\00:26:15.53
way around. You know,
small amount of carbohydrates,
00:26:15.56\00:26:17.66
big pile of vegetables
and a small amount of protein.
00:26:17.69\00:26:20.61
And so we are trying to teach
them that that's a better way
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.72
to eat. It helps the blood sugar
and blood pressure and all those
00:26:22.75\00:26:24.89
things. They tend to eat a
lot more simple carbohydrates
00:26:24.92\00:26:27.79
than they need. And that's what
causes diabetes. A lot of it.
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.94
And not proper exercise
too and all those things.
00:26:29.97\00:26:32.37
And not drinking enough water.
That's another huge issue.
00:26:32.40\00:26:34.60
A lot of people don't
like to drink water here.
00:26:34.63\00:26:36.69
In general the main health
concern tends to be diabetes
00:26:36.72\00:26:43.83
and high blood pressure. And so
if we can help them understand
00:26:43.86\00:26:49.35
the needs to one know what their
glucose levels are, and how they
00:26:49.38\00:26:55.05
can eat healthier, so
that they don't have to worry
00:26:55.08\00:26:57.83
as much about it.
00:26:57.86\00:26:59.23
And the medical work is just a
way that we can you know kind of
00:26:59.26\00:27:02.33
open their eyes that
you know to see God's love,
00:27:02.36\00:27:04.89
something tangible.
00:27:04.92\00:27:06.29
You know that's what a
lot of times people don't see.
00:27:06.32\00:27:08.69
Everyone goes around knocking on
door and trying to get them to
00:27:08.72\00:27:11.28
convert to their church but they
don't really see God's love.
00:27:11.31\00:27:13.84
You know that's
really what it's all about.
00:27:13.87\00:27:15.56
You're not going to be saved
by being a member of our church,
00:27:15.59\00:27:18.61
but I do believe that the truth
that our church holds is pure.
00:27:18.64\00:27:22.28
And it's based on the Bible.
And I just want to share that
00:27:22.31\00:27:24.27
love with others. That ability
to get in there and share that
00:27:24.30\00:27:27.21
with them. So that's really
what it's all about. Ultimately.
00:27:27.24\00:27:29.83
The villagers listen
attentively to the information
00:27:29.86\00:27:33.02
everyone is sharing.
00:27:33.05\00:27:34.42
As the day comes to a close,
all can agree that today was
00:27:34.45\00:27:39.52
a huge success. They all give
the credit to God for such a
00:27:39.55\00:27:44.36
great outreach opportunity.
00:27:44.39\00:27:46.43
Days like today remind all the
team members why they so badly
00:27:47.48\00:27:51.21
need ground transportation.
The two airplanes make a big
00:27:51.24\00:27:55.34
impact, but a 4x4
truck can be greatly utilized
00:27:55.37\00:27:59.65
in saving souls as well.
00:27:59.68\00:28:01.05
Jesus said in the great Gospel
Commission in Matthew 28:19-20
00:28:02.32\00:28:06.23
that we are to go
into all the world!
00:28:06.26\00:28:08.33
Well, Adventist World Aviation
is dedicated to doing just that!
00:28:08.74\00:28:12.16
There are between six and a
half and seven billion people
00:28:12.19\00:28:15.45
now living on planet earth.
And two billion of them have
00:28:15.48\00:28:18.60
never heard of Jesus.
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.20
Of the two billion,
eight hundred million
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.50
of them can only be reached
like means like aircraft.
00:28:23.53\00:28:26.56
or through aviation support.
00:28:26.59\00:28:28.67
We go into the
un-reached areas of the world.
00:28:28.70\00:28:31.91
What we find when we go in there
00:28:31.94\00:28:33.95
we find death and
disease and despair.
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What we bring them is
hope, health and life.
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And a great Gospel
message that Jesus loves them.
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That there is somebody
out there, who does care.
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They often ask,
why do you do this?
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We say, because Jesus loves you!
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And so the message that we
bring them is absolute hope.
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Since it's inception, 1995,
AWA, or Adventist World Aviation
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has been able to relieve
over thirty five epidemics.
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We've literally flown
millions of missionary miles.
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We are relieving the pain
and suffering of those who live
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in these remote parts
of the world. Helping them.
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Will you pray for us! We need
prayer more than anything else!
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If you like more information
please contact this station
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