Hi, this is Charlene West.
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I'm the Director
of Project Development
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for Adventist World Aviation.
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Growth is something
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that Adventist World
Aviation has been involved with
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for more than 20 years.
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As we go
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into the
un-entered areas of the world,
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we're wanting to
grow and expand the areas
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that we're able
to go into to help
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spread the
message of Jesus' love
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faster into these
hard to reach areas.
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So we're constantly trying
to get more airplanes in there,
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to get more
missionaries in there,
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to get a bigger and
better infrastructure
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to help us become more effective
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as we share
Jesus around the world.
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We are here at Oshkosh,
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where we have been
showing the Pathfinder plane
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that was built here by
the Pathfinders in 1999
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at the Oshkosh
International Camporee
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during this time,
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and we were able to have
that Pathfinder plane here
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after it has been in service
for many years since 1999.
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It is so exciting to
see how with all of the...
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with the work
of the Pathfinders,
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the work of our missionaries,
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how Adventist World
Aviation has been able to get,
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be expanded
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and to get into
other parts of the world
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and to become more effective
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as we continue to serve
Jesus in these many countries.
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Adventist World
Aviation is proud to mentor
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and use youth worldwide
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to help spread the
message of Jesus Christ.
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Dating back to
its very beginning,
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AWA has had the burden
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to teach and
involve young people
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in Mission Aviation.
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Adventist World
Aviation has had partnership
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with the Pathfinder Youth Club
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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for many years now.
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Their history
dates back over 15 years
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when AWA first had the vision
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of involving youth
in Mission Aviation.
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Introducing young people
to aviation at an early age
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opens countless
doors of opportunity
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for their futures.
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In 1998,
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the Pathfinders joined efforts
with Adventist World Aviation
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in restoring a Cessna 182
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to be sent to the mission field.
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Over 465 Pathfinders
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were able to
help restore the plane
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and be exposed to aviation.
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The plane was
completely disassembled
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and modified to
suit bush operations.
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Thirty nine
different Pathfinder clubs
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worked together
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alongside
professional mechanics,
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as they unitedly worked
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to restore and
refurbished the plane.
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Another major contribution
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the young
volunteers were able to make
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was at the 1999 Faith on
Fire Pathfinder Camporee.
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Here a collection was taken up
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and the Pathfinders
were able to raise funds
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to finish the Pathfinder
plane to get it up in the air.
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In their honor,
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the plane was
painted the Pathfinder colors
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and even named after them.
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The Pathfinder
plane was delivered
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to the mission field of
Guyana on December 5 of 1999.
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The Pathfinder
plane has been busy
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serving in Guyana
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saving lives
physically and for eternity.
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The Guyanese see
the yellow plane flying
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and associate it
with the love of Jesus.
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Adventist World
Aviation is all about growth.
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We are wanting to grow
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the mission
fields that we're in.
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We're trying to grow
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the number of
planes and missionaries
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that we have into service.
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We are here in Oshkosh,
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here where we part of our growth
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is the Pathfinder plane
that was actually here in 1999,
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where the Pathfinders
were able to work on that plane
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and help us to get
that plane into service.
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And it has been into
service ever since that day.
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And here this week
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at the Pathfinder
Camporee here in Oshkosh,
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that plane has been here
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where the
Pathfinders who were here
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can actually come up
and touch it and see it
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and hear stories
from the mission pilots
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that have been flying
that plane since that time.
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We had a lot of fun
being able to tell the kids
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about the yellow airplane,
the Pathfinder airplane.
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And one thing that's
so exciting about this
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is that it is the
Pathfinder airplane,
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it's their airplane.
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And, so I was able to
tell several different stories
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about the things
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that this airplane
has been doing down
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in Guyana, South America,
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and they are really
excited to be able to see
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this is their plane
that they had put together,
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that they had sponsored,
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and it was fun to
tell them the stories
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about the work
that it's been doing.
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Also just
telling the younger kids,
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you know that
this is their airplane
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and the things
that it was doing,
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just to see their eyes light up
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and just
because they had no idea
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the awesome things
that an airplane can do.
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Adventist World Aviation
had a long-standing partnership
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with the
Pathfinders that's going back,
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I think close to 15 years.
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And that has
proven to be a great way
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to encourage young
people to get involved
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and to see the
results of their work
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and their contribution
with the Pathfinder airplane
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out there serving.
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That is a great way to
get young people involved
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all across the world, actually,
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because the
Pathfinders are everywhere,
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and we see that logo
recognized on the airplane
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in all sorts of
places that we go.
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Aircraft, November 81708
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was born here at Oshkosh.
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It was funded through
the Pathfinder program.
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It later was painted
the Pathfinder colors.
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It's become known
as the yellow plane,
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the yellow Pathfinder plane.
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It's served many years.
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Several years ago,
that plane was here.
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The kids actually
worked on that plane.
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It was put into service.
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Literally it had
saved thousands of lives
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and if you go beyond that,
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it has served tens
of thousands of lives
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because of the
spiritual connection
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that it has made.
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After its many years in service,
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the Pathfinder plane was due
for maintenance and upgrades,
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so it was returned
to the United States.
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Once again,
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the
International Pathfinder group
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stood up to the challenge,
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and again offered to help
assist restoring their plane,
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so it can be put back
into the mission field
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as soon as possible.
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This year
Adventist World Aviation
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once again joined partnership
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with the
Pathfinders at the 2014 Camporee
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in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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At this last
Pathfinder Oshkosh Camporee,
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Adventist World
Aviation proudly displayed
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the mission Pathfinder
plane for all the youth to see.
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Pathfinders were able to see,
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touch and hear
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about the work
this plane was doing
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in Guyana.
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Mission pilots
stood by the plane
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and recounted to thousands
the great work this plane did,
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and how the Pathfinders
were largely responsible
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for the existence of this plane.
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All this fueled
young Pathfinders
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and encourage them
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to actively get
involved in restoring
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and getting this
plane back into the skies.
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This year at Oshkosh,
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Adventist World Aviation
offered an aviation honor.
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We had three stations,
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the first one was
a flight simulator
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that you could go to,
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the second one
was a ground school,
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and then the third station
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was where the kids
could come out here
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and see a real mission
airplane that's been in service.
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And we were able to tell
them all kinds of stories
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of how God has
been using this airplane
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to reach the people
in Guyana, South America.
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Pathfinders who
came to the AWA tent
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to complete an aviation honor
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and learn about
Mission Aviation.
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But even more exciting than this
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was that they
had the opportunity
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to see the
original Pathfinder plane
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once again.
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This plane was
flown home from Guyana
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for some much needed
refurbishments and updates.
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It was flown to the Camporee
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and displayed
for the Pathfinders
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to once again
reunite with the plane
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they helped put
into the mission field.
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The Pathfinder plane
was proudly displayed
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for all of the Camporee to see.
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Laura LaBore,
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one of the mission
pilots who flew the airplane
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in service in
Guyana for over 10 years
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was also
present to share stories
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about what a wonderful
tool this airplane has been
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in the mission field.
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Thousands of kids crowded around
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as they eagerly listened
to the stories Laura told them
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about this
plane's work in Guyana.
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One of the goals of
Adventist World Aviation
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has always been to inspire youth
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and expose them to
the joys of aviation.
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The new aviation honor
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is just one of the ways of
introducing aviation skills
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to new young perspective pilots.
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Adventist World
Aviation is passionate
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about introducing young
kids to aviation opportunities.
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The aviation
honor allowed thousands
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to get a glimpse of
what it takes to be a pilot,
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and even more importantly,
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expose them to the
world of Mission Aviation.
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The kids were able
to get hands-on training
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as they flew simulators,
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and learned from the
experts in their ground school.
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Adventist World
Aviation has a large burden
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for getting youth
involved in aviation.
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Not only teaching
them about aviation,
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but also letting them
experience the joys of flight.
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AWA as well as
Thunderbird Academy
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have partnered together
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to develop an
aviation training program
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at a high school level.
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Young students can begin
their Mission Aviation training
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while still
attending high school
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at a decreased
and affordable rate.
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As part of our
growth in our ministry,
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we have also
got aviation program
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in Thunderbird Academy,
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which is located in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Adventist World
Aviation is pleased
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to be working
with these academies
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to be able to expand
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into a network of young students
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that could possibly go
into Mission Aviation service
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into the areas of the
world that we are working.
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I have young children
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and I have had the opportunity
of traveling with them
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around the world
for mission programs.
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And there's no better mission
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to have than
those right at home.
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We forget that our
kids in our schools
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are our mission field.
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And there's no
better place for me
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to use my skill in
something that I enjoy doing,
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and seeing the satisfaction
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that the
children have in learning
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how to develop these skills
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and eventually use these skills
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to further the cause of the Lord
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around the world.
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We can have a school
in an Adventist Academy
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that is such an
awesome experience.
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It's such an awesome opportunity
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to be able to
have a training center
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in our own Adventist Academy,
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where we can start youth
at the age of 14 years old,
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and train them
all the way through
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until they're 18 years old,
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to obtain their,
you know, their private,
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perhaps even their instrument.
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Then we're
partnering with schools
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like Andrews University
to continue their education,
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maybe in
theology, maybe in nursing,
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you know, they can
continue their education.
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So it's extremely important
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to have our
flight training schools
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in primary education.
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We are here to
build relationships
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for the long-term
future with youth here.
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So, Erik, tell us
about our involvement,
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how this all came to be
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with Adventist
World Aviation in Arizona?
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This is an exciting story.
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One word, God has
definitely had His hand
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in the entire process.
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While I was
working up at summer camp,
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someone told me that
there had been a gentleman
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who wanted to donate an airplane
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to Thunderbird Academy,
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but the
educational superintendent
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had turned it
down because he says,
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what are we going
to do with an airplane?
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And I, of
course, heard about that.
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And I started in
aviation in high school,
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went on to get my
mechanics ratings,
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flew down in the mission field,
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and doing foreign missions
and working on aircraft.
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And after a few
years ended up coming back
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and working for
the Arizona Conference,
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got into Youth Ministries.
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And one of the questions
the president asked, he says,
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will you be able to
stay away from the airport?
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Now that was a valid question,
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because our office
sits on short final
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right at the
end of this airport.
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And I said, you
know, I think I can,
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I'll try really,
really hard, I'll do my best.
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And that lasted
for about 9-10 years.
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And when this story came about,
00:12:48.40\00:12:50.27
and I went to the
educational superintendent,
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I said, "Listen,
00:12:51.67\00:12:53.00
who donated the airplane
and why did you turn it down?"
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He says, "Well,
what are we going to do
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with an airplane?"
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I said, "We'll
start a flight school."
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He said, "Well, I have
no idea how to do that.
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Is that something you could do?"
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And I'm, you know, crazy enough.
00:13:01.78\00:13:03.11
I said, "Sure, let's
start a flight school,
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get Thunderbird Academy,
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get our students
back up in the air."
00:13:06.92\00:13:08.25
Because we've had a
rich heritage in the past.
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Many missionaries have
come from Thunderbird Academy
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in the field of aviation.
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And so I said, you know,
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we just start
this back up again,
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we need to give kids
the desires of their hearts,
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give them their wings,
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but then let them use
their talents for God.
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So as I started on this process,
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contacted Floyd Hanson
who donated this airplane.
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And I said, okay, now
that we have the airplane,
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how do we start a flight school
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because we had
this little glitch
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called insurance.
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And, you know,
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without going
into lots of details,
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it just wasn't possible for us
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to be able to own and
operate this aircraft.
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So I would lay awake
at night for many hours,
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and I would say, "God,
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how are we going to
start this flight school?
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You brought us
an $80,000 airplane,
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how do we get the kids flying?"
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And I tried different,
lots of different options.
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And about that time,
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I was sitting in
front of my house,
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sitting in my jeep saying,
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"God, what are we going to do?"
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And all of a sudden,
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I get a phone call
from the president,
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Rick Swanson,
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president of
Adventist World Aviation.
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He said, "I hear you're
starting a flight school
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and I just
wanted to let you know,
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is there anything
I can do to help?"
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And that to me was a miracle.
00:14:08.98\00:14:10.58
And I jokingly said,
00:14:10.61\00:14:12.31
"Well, you could
own our airplanes
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and insure them for us."
00:14:13.72\00:14:15.05
And I had no idea
where that would take us.
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And here we are two
and a half years later,
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with a
flourishing flight program.
00:14:19.89\00:14:21.56
We have two
airplanes, we have a fuel truck.
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We have a flight instructor,
00:14:23.96\00:14:25.69
and a beautiful relationship
00:14:25.73\00:14:27.20
where I'm the
project development director
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for Thunderbird Academy
with Adventist World Aviation.
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And the amazing thing is,
00:14:34.67\00:14:36.50
is if you were to go
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get your pilot's
license somewhere else,
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you're going to be spending
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anywhere between 10 to $15,000.
00:14:40.64\00:14:42.51
But with the type
of aircraft we have,
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if you do in our two-seater,
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you can obtain
your pilot's license
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for 2500 or in the 172,
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the four-seater for
around approximately $4,000
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and these numbers
are, you know, a third to,
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they're unheard of, you know.
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And, you know,
00:14:56.32\00:14:57.66
one of the
problems that we face today
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is that aviation keeps
getting more and more expensive,
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you know, gas prices
go up, insurance goes up,
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the cost of parts go up.
00:15:03.67\00:15:06.10
And, you know, the
abilities that our kids have
00:15:06.13\00:15:09.10
to be able to fly
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have just shrunk so drastically
00:15:10.87\00:15:12.31
that it makes it
almost impossible.
00:15:12.34\00:15:14.38
Well, you know, of course,
00:15:14.41\00:15:15.74
I'm a certified
airplane mechanic
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and I donate my services.
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If the student comes
to Thunderbird Academy,
00:15:18.58\00:15:20.62
well, they're
already paying tuition
00:15:20.65\00:15:21.98
so they don't have to
pay for the instructor
00:15:22.02\00:15:23.52
and so, that is gone.
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And, of course,
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with the
donation of a fuel truck,
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we're able to buy fuel at costs,
00:15:27.66\00:15:29.16
which enables us to get
the airplane up in the air,
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you know, that's
the most expensive part,
00:15:31.06\00:15:32.39
putting gas in it.
00:15:32.43\00:15:33.76
You know, we've all
been to the gas pump
00:15:33.80\00:15:35.13
and we know the gas
has just gone crazy.
00:15:35.16\00:15:36.70
Well, aviation
fuel is no different.
00:15:36.73\00:15:38.90
So God has blessed in many ways.
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We have airplanes,
we have fuel truck,
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we have a flight instructor.
00:15:42.34\00:15:43.67
We have a beautiful relationship
00:15:43.71\00:15:45.04
with Adventist World Aviation.
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And the exciting thing is,
00:15:46.44\00:15:47.78
is that once
kids come to Academy,
00:15:47.81\00:15:50.21
Thunderbird Academy,
00:15:50.25\00:15:51.58
they are able to take on
the desires of their heart.
00:15:51.61\00:15:54.45
And in the process,
00:15:54.48\00:15:55.82
we're able to
turn them on to ways
00:15:55.85\00:15:57.19
that they can
use their passions,
00:15:57.22\00:15:59.19
their hobbies for
God and for ministry.
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And what we hope
to do through this
00:16:01.26\00:16:02.62
is we'll expose
kids to foreign missions,
00:16:02.66\00:16:05.33
through short
term mission trips,
00:16:05.36\00:16:06.70
let them see the airplanes
in action in the mission field,
00:16:06.73\00:16:09.36
and be able to help them
obtain all of their ratings up
00:16:09.40\00:16:11.83
through commercial
00:16:11.87\00:16:13.20
so that by the
time they graduate,
00:16:13.23\00:16:14.57
not only will they
have the ability to fly,
00:16:14.60\00:16:17.51
but they won't have
the debt that a lot of our,
00:16:17.54\00:16:20.81
you know, expensive
flight programs have,
00:16:20.84\00:16:22.61
they're able to
go right straight
00:16:22.64\00:16:23.98
to the mission
field and be able to fly.
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When you say what is
the future look like?
00:16:26.35\00:16:27.82
Well, hopefully
lots of pilots head
00:16:27.85\00:16:29.32
to the mission field.
00:16:29.35\00:16:30.69
But also
00:16:30.72\00:16:32.05
one of the
exciting things is that
00:16:32.09\00:16:33.42
we're looking at doing
00:16:33.46\00:16:34.79
is inviting
Adventist World Aviation
00:16:34.82\00:16:36.16
onto the campus of
Thunderbird in a more in...
00:16:36.19\00:16:40.33
I guess you could
say in an intense way,
00:16:40.36\00:16:41.80
because we'd love
to be able to build
00:16:41.83\00:16:43.16
a large hangar,
00:16:43.20\00:16:44.53
be able to provide
housing for missionaries
00:16:44.57\00:16:45.90
through small apartments,
00:16:45.93\00:16:47.70
to be able to have
a maintenance center
00:16:47.74\00:16:49.40
so that we can
maintain the aircraft
00:16:49.44\00:16:50.87
to keep the cost down.
00:16:50.91\00:16:52.57
But when missionaries come back
00:16:52.61\00:16:53.94
to have their planes refurbished
00:16:53.98\00:16:55.31
just like the one behind
us, they have a place to stay,
00:16:55.34\00:16:57.08
and at the same time
be able to share stories
00:16:57.11\00:16:58.88
on the campus of Thunderbird
00:16:58.91\00:17:00.25
to get these
students in excited,
00:17:00.28\00:17:02.22
energized and get them motivated
00:17:02.25\00:17:04.39
to go to the mission field.
00:17:04.42\00:17:06.32
Also through the process
00:17:06.35\00:17:07.69
of being able to have
maintenance facilities
00:17:07.72\00:17:09.59
at Thunderbird Adventist Academy
00:17:09.62\00:17:10.96
will enable us to be
able to have students
00:17:10.99\00:17:14.46
do an apprenticeship
program underneath a mechanic.
00:17:14.50\00:17:16.70
So they could get
a vocation as well.
00:17:16.73\00:17:18.77
Yes, by the time they graduate,
00:17:18.80\00:17:20.14
not only will
they be able to receive
00:17:20.17\00:17:21.50
all their ratings,
00:17:21.54\00:17:22.87
but they will also
be able to obtain, take,
00:17:22.90\00:17:25.21
go get their AMP certificate,
00:17:25.24\00:17:26.61
so they can actually work
on their planes in the field.
00:17:26.64\00:17:29.41
So what we're hoping to do
is be able to train pilots,
00:17:29.44\00:17:32.68
get on their certificates,
00:17:32.71\00:17:34.05
all the way through
their commercial ratings,
00:17:34.08\00:17:35.42
be able to get them
their AMP certificates
00:17:35.45\00:17:37.82
and one other
exciting opportunity
00:17:37.85\00:17:39.62
that we have is
we've also started
00:17:39.65\00:17:40.99
a CNA program at
Thunderbird Academy
00:17:41.02\00:17:42.62
starting this year,
00:17:42.66\00:17:43.99
and they'll also be able to get
00:17:44.03\00:17:45.36
that medical
training that they need.
00:17:45.39\00:17:46.73
So if we don't
have nurses and doctors
00:17:46.76\00:17:48.30
that are able to
attend to those needs,
00:17:48.33\00:17:49.66
they'll have some
of the basic trainings
00:17:49.70\00:17:51.27
to be able to assist the pilots,
00:17:51.30\00:17:53.60
or I should say the people
00:17:53.64\00:17:54.97
that are already
out there in the field
00:17:55.00\00:17:56.34
before they get
them into the hospital.
00:17:56.37\00:17:57.71
So for me, I'm excited
00:17:57.74\00:17:59.07
because it's giving young people
00:17:59.11\00:18:01.28
their passions.
00:18:01.31\00:18:02.64
It's connecting them to ministry
00:18:02.68\00:18:04.08
and it's also
spreading the gospel
00:18:04.11\00:18:05.55
through means of aviation,
00:18:05.58\00:18:08.12
and getting the gospel
to go to the entire kingdom.
00:18:08.15\00:18:11.79
It doesn't take long
before a generation tapers off.
00:18:11.82\00:18:16.06
And if we're not careful,
00:18:16.09\00:18:18.43
you know, the
diminished capacity
00:18:18.46\00:18:19.89
of our church to
be able to support
00:18:19.93\00:18:21.46
missionaries infrastructurally.
00:18:21.50\00:18:24.47
Not financially so
much as infrastructurally,
00:18:24.50\00:18:26.37
we don't have
that, it's going to go,
00:18:26.40\00:18:27.74
so we need to take
a desperate interest
00:18:27.77\00:18:29.74
in our young people right now.
00:18:29.77\00:18:31.47
We need to take an
interest in children,
00:18:31.51\00:18:34.18
learning how to fly,
00:18:34.21\00:18:35.68
and you know,
00:18:35.71\00:18:37.05
so Adventist World
Aviation recognizes that
00:18:37.08\00:18:39.48
so we have schools,
we have mission projects,
00:18:39.51\00:18:41.52
and we have the
Great Commission before us,
00:18:41.55\00:18:43.79
"Go ye therefore
into all the world,
00:18:43.82\00:18:45.82
teaching them
about our Jesus Christ
00:18:45.85\00:18:47.76
because He is coming again."
00:18:47.79\00:18:50.83
AWA is blessed
00:18:50.86\00:18:52.26
with dedicated
staff and instructors
00:18:52.29\00:18:54.50
to operate the
Thunderbird Aviation Program.
00:18:54.53\00:18:57.67
It's clear to see
00:18:57.70\00:18:59.03
that the youth
training program at Thunderbird
00:18:59.07\00:19:01.04
is making a big impact,
00:19:01.07\00:19:03.17
introducing young
students to aviation
00:19:03.20\00:19:06.04
as part of AWA's
growth and expansion
00:19:06.07\00:19:09.21
as they prepare for
future mission pilots.
00:19:09.24\00:19:12.28
Students are more than
excited for the opportunity
00:19:12.31\00:19:15.05
as they learn a useful skill
that will change their future.
00:19:15.08\00:19:19.19
Adventist World
Aviation realizes
00:19:19.22\00:19:21.66
the youth are the
future of mission aviation.
00:19:21.69\00:19:24.49
Therefore, they are focused
00:19:24.53\00:19:26.13
on providing
countless opportunities
00:19:26.16\00:19:28.06
to involve young people,
00:19:28.10\00:19:29.43
whether it be
00:19:29.46\00:19:30.80
a full two-year
flight training program,
00:19:30.83\00:19:33.70
earning a Pathfinder honor
00:19:33.74\00:19:35.84
or working
alongside an AWA mechanic,
00:19:35.87\00:19:39.21
Adventist World Aviation
00:19:39.24\00:19:40.74
wants kids
involved in their work.
00:19:40.78\00:19:43.65
Thunderbird Academy
flew a few of their students
00:19:43.68\00:19:46.65
from Phoenix to Oshkosh
00:19:46.68\00:19:49.02
to work with
Adventist World Aviation
00:19:49.05\00:19:51.45
and promoting
their aviation program.
00:19:51.49\00:19:54.29
These students
work in the AWA tent
00:19:54.32\00:19:57.56
as they pass on
their aviation knowledge
00:19:57.59\00:20:00.03
to their peers.
00:20:00.06\00:20:01.60
Thousands of young Pathfinders
pass through the tent
00:20:01.63\00:20:04.57
and they are
exposed and introduced
00:20:04.60\00:20:06.63
to the world of
airplanes and flying.
00:20:06.67\00:20:09.27
The Thunderbird
team is passionate
00:20:09.30\00:20:11.67
about sharing their knowledge
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.04
to their peers and
inspiring thousands.
00:20:13.07\00:20:15.98
Adventist World
Aviation is serious
00:20:16.01\00:20:18.55
about involving
young people in aviation.
00:20:18.58\00:20:21.15
They aim to teach and
inspire young students
00:20:21.18\00:20:24.65
to fall in love with the
work of Mission Aviation.
00:20:24.69\00:20:28.26
Having training
programs for youth
00:20:28.29\00:20:30.56
falls perfectly in
line with the goals of AWA.
00:20:30.59\00:20:34.40
We're happy to
have Derrick Heisey
00:20:34.43\00:20:36.43
on our team as our CFI, CFII,
00:20:36.46\00:20:39.33
clearly he is well qualified,
00:20:39.37\00:20:41.17
one of the best
flight instructors I've met.
00:20:41.20\00:20:43.41
Derrick is working with us now.
00:20:43.44\00:20:46.51
One of the things
that we want to accomplish
00:20:46.54\00:20:47.88
at our schools
00:20:47.91\00:20:49.24
is getting kids
involved in the aviation early.
00:20:49.28\00:20:52.51
If they wait, you know,
we want to encourage them
00:20:52.55\00:20:55.08
to go to places
like Andrews University
00:20:55.12\00:20:58.15
and other
universities that teach aviation
00:20:58.19\00:21:01.42
but the thing is
00:21:01.46\00:21:02.79
if we can get
00:21:02.82\00:21:04.16
their private
pilot's license accomplished,
00:21:04.19\00:21:08.06
even their instrument rating,
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.73
and perhaps even possibly
their commercial rating,
00:21:09.76\00:21:12.20
if we can get them
to Andrews University
00:21:12.23\00:21:14.74
before they have those,
00:21:14.77\00:21:17.51
or after they
have those ratings,
00:21:17.54\00:21:19.57
then the cost of education
diminishes drastically.
00:21:19.61\00:21:23.04
They can focus upon
their bachelor's degree,
00:21:23.08\00:21:25.05
maybe in theology or
nursing or even get an AMP.
00:21:25.08\00:21:28.88
So there's exciting
things that they can do
00:21:28.92\00:21:30.99
while they're there
and reduce the debt load
00:21:31.02\00:21:33.22
because that's one of the things
00:21:33.25\00:21:34.96
that we're
looking for is number one,
00:21:34.99\00:21:36.52
getting our young
people interested in flying.
00:21:36.56\00:21:38.89
It's just an
amazing opportunity.
00:21:38.93\00:21:40.53
As a young kid,
00:21:40.56\00:21:41.90
I always read these
stories like Sabbath school
00:21:41.93\00:21:44.30
about missionaries
traveling the world.
00:21:44.33\00:21:46.17
And I think that is
an amazing opportunity
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like knowing those
particular sets of skills.
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This is amazing opportunity,
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like how many kids can
say I graduated high school
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with my private pilot's license?
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You know, one of the
really exciting things
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about what we offer here
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at Thunderbird Adventist Academy
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through Adventist World Aviation
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is exposure.
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So many kids, as you grow
up, myself included in that,
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you go to the airport
and you go on an airliner.
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And you see the captain,
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you see the first
officer walking down
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and you look up to them.
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You watch movies
or you walk around,
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you see someone
in a military outfit.
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That's just what you see.
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Those are the people
that you're looking up to,
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but we don't see
those missionaries.
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That's one of
the wonderful things
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about our partnership
00:22:28.21\00:22:29.54
with the
Adventist World Aviation
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and Thunderbird,
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we're exposing people,
we're exposing young adults
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to missionaries
into Mission Aviation.
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And as people get exposed,
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you saw how those
dreams started to shift.
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.32
The Mission Aviation
was not on their mind.
00:22:42.36\00:22:45.63
And as they were exposed to it
00:22:45.66\00:22:47.00
through
Thunderbird Adventist Academy,
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it became on their mind,
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.03
it became a passion of theirs
00:22:50.07\00:22:51.60
that forever will change
the course of their life.
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As you've gone through this year
00:22:54.60\00:22:57.04
in the aviation program, what...
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Well, how have
your dreams developed
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on what you want to do
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.51
with flying in
the aviation program
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that you're
receiving that Thunderbird?
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All right, so as a kid,
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I had no idea
what I wanted to be
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when I grew up, sorry.
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And then when I
entered this program,
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like new windows
opened in my life,
00:23:16.36\00:23:18.23
like so many opportunities,
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.86
like, just like
revealed itself to me
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.23
like it could,
it's life changing,
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like you'd spread the
gospel with this plane,
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like, it's amazing.
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I was thinking of
going into the medical field
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and then like right after
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just like start
being a missionary pilot,
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which would be
amazing, traveling the world,
00:23:34.68\00:23:36.58
doing the stuff you
love and helping people
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.08
and spreading
the word about God.
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So yeah, this
program has totally changed
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the course of my
life and my future,
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so forever thankful.
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As the week of Oshkosh
Camporee comes to a close,
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thousands of young minds
learned of the art of flying.
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As they visited the tent,
00:24:09.04\00:24:10.51
they were able to
get hands-on experience,
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but they were also once again
00:24:13.21\00:24:15.35
able to be a part
00:24:15.38\00:24:16.72
of putting the
Mission Aviation plane
00:24:16.75\00:24:18.69
back into the field.
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This year,
00:24:20.29\00:24:21.62
Pathfinder
leaders pledged to donate
00:24:21.66\00:24:23.39
50% of the offering
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.23
to further the work
of Mission Aviation.
00:24:25.26\00:24:28.40
As Sabbath came,
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.07
offering buckets were passed
00:24:30.10\00:24:31.73
into the hands
of each Pathfinder.
00:24:31.77\00:24:34.17
Dollar after dollar
was placed into the bucket.
00:24:34.20\00:24:37.17
After a week of
learning about aviation,
00:24:37.21\00:24:40.01
the Pathfinders
were once again excited
00:24:40.04\00:24:43.01
to be a part of
putting their airplane
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.95
back into the field.
00:24:45.98\00:24:47.65
The funds collected from Oshkosh
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.48
were donated to
the refurbishment
00:24:49.52\00:24:51.35
of this Pathfinder plane.
00:24:51.39\00:24:53.12
Pathfinder
stepped up to the plate
00:24:53.15\00:24:55.42
and actively
participated in making sure
00:24:55.46\00:24:58.19
that their
airplane was able to return
00:24:58.23\00:25:01.06
to the mission field.
00:25:01.10\00:25:02.46
Now many people say, "Well,
why don't you just go and buy
00:25:02.50\00:25:03.93
a brand-new airplane?
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Wouldn't that be cheaper?"
00:25:05.33\00:25:06.67
Well, a new aircraft would cost
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.04
somewhere in the
neighborhood of about $250,000
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.97
to purchase an aircraft
that's equipped like this
00:25:11.01\00:25:14.18
and then add to the
additional equipment
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.08
that we have on,
00:25:16.11\00:25:17.45
the equipment that
we need to make it work,
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.18
we would probably
dump in another 100,000
00:25:19.21\00:25:21.18
so we're well in
excess of what we need.
00:25:21.22\00:25:23.59
We can refurbish this
aircraft and make it even better
00:25:23.62\00:25:26.82
than it would
come from the factory
00:25:26.86\00:25:28.49
with $110,000 from tip to tail.
00:25:28.52\00:25:30.96
And so we're asking
the Pathfinders to join in
00:25:30.99\00:25:32.99
on just that.
00:25:33.03\00:25:34.66
After the Camporee
aircraft November 81708,
00:25:34.70\00:25:39.33
the Pathfinder
plane was flown back
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.77
to the AWA
maintenance headquarters
00:25:41.80\00:25:44.37
to go through the
refurbishment process.
00:25:44.41\00:25:47.48
Thanks to all the volunteers,
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.71
students and
Pathfinder partners.
00:25:49.74\00:25:52.88
This airplane underwent
a total transformation.
00:25:52.91\00:25:57.19
It was completely stripped down
to its shell and being rebuilt.
00:25:57.22\00:26:01.89
So it can once again be returned
00:26:01.92\00:26:04.66
as a useful tool to
God's mission field.
00:26:04.69\00:26:09.60
We want to just keep
aviation at the front
00:26:09.63\00:26:13.40
because it is so important.
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.34
As you've heard me
say a number of times,
00:26:16.37\00:26:19.61
that there are
places in this whole world
00:26:19.64\00:26:22.34
where you can't go by a boat,
00:26:22.38\00:26:25.81
or you may take a boat
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.18
there take you many, many hours.
00:26:27.22\00:26:29.58
You can't walk,
00:26:29.62\00:26:30.95
there's not enough
days in the week to walk.
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.32
And we're in the day
00:26:33.36\00:26:34.69
when aviation
fills a great bill.
00:26:34.72\00:26:37.86
We've got to do
the work of ministry
00:26:37.89\00:26:41.86
in a different way today
00:26:41.90\00:26:43.23
than it's been done in the past.
00:26:43.26\00:26:45.60
I'm speaking with
80 years behind me.
00:26:45.63\00:26:48.34
We've got to keep improving.
00:26:48.37\00:26:50.97
And one of those
ways is for you and me
00:26:51.01\00:26:54.51
to get behind aviation ministry.
00:26:54.54\00:26:58.55
Whatever it takes,
wherever we're doing it,
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.28
and do it to the
best of our ability,
00:27:01.32\00:27:04.09
first quality, safety,
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.86
all of this employed
in place and our pastors,
00:27:06.89\00:27:11.06
our teachers, our
Bible instructors,
00:27:11.09\00:27:13.19
our doctors, our nurses
00:27:13.23\00:27:15.10
can get out and give
the help where it's needed.
00:27:15.13\00:27:18.37
In some of those places,
00:27:18.40\00:27:19.73
we can only get
there by airplanes, people.
00:27:19.77\00:27:22.70
So brothers and sisters,
00:27:22.74\00:27:24.41
you watching
this film right now,
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.84
may I encourage you to
please think seriously,
00:27:26.88\00:27:30.95
Jesus is coming.
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.78
And He's going to come soon.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.68
And I want Him to
come, the sooner the quicker.
00:27:34.72\00:27:37.69
Yes, I believe that.
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.62
And I want to take
what little God has given me
00:27:39.65\00:27:42.52
and I want to give it to
the finishing of the work
00:27:42.56\00:27:45.93
and aviation ministry has
got a big place in my heart.
00:27:45.96\00:27:51.77
And there are a
lot of young people
00:27:51.80\00:27:53.13
standing out here
right now listening to me,
00:27:53.17\00:27:55.80
who'll be pilots tomorrow.
00:27:55.84\00:27:58.41
I want them to
have the best training,
00:27:58.44\00:28:01.08
the best preparation
00:28:01.11\00:28:04.18
so that they can do God's
work in the safest possible way.
00:28:04.21\00:28:09.42
Thank you for your support,
your prayers, your dollars.
00:28:09.45\00:28:15.32
And you and I,
some of you my age,
00:28:15.36\00:28:18.39
some of you a little
older, some of you younger,
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.36
hey, let's get busy,
seriously finish God's work,
00:28:20.40\00:28:25.30
as He would have us finish it.
00:28:25.33\00:28:27.40
And may God bless you.
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