Adventist World Aviation
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has a mission outpost
in Guyana, South America,
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servicing the
northwestern part of the country
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with Aviation
Services, such as medivacs,
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delivering supplies,
and spreading the gospel.
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This mission outpost
has been in existence
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for well over 10
years now and just thriving.
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They use
airplanes as a vital tool
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to serve the
local Guyanese people
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and share the love
of Jesus with them.
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There is such a great
need for emergency flights
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from deep in the jungle
that they need two aircrafts
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to keep up with the
flight request demands.
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In Guyana, South America,
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the Adventist World
Aviation missionaries
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run a busy aviation ministry.
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But their project is not
just about flying airplanes.
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Oh yes, they use airplanes
as tools to save lives.
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But they're also
interested in the daily life
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of those in their communities.
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They are
interested in helping everyone
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not just those with
medical emergencies,
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there are so many needs
present around them that
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the missionaries
simply cannot ignore.
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Well, the
educational opportunities
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here in Mabaruma
for local children is,
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I mean, I certainly
would not mean to offer
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any offense to the
government here in any way.
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But our viewpoint
of what we've seen
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of the education
system, it's lacking.
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I mean, it's really
hard for children to get
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a robust education of any kind.
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Most of them, of
course, don't stay in school.
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Many of them just
leave after about,
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you know, maybe at about
our eighth grade level or so.
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They drop out of
school, they figure,
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well, we'll just go to work
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and not bother
with an education.
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And unfortunately,
I think a lot of them
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have a lack of hope that
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they could ever do anything more
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with their lives
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because they live in
a very remote area here
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and the only way
they're going to really
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ever get anywhere in life
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is they have to
go to Georgetown,
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and the family in most cases
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can't afford to really send them
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not only to get a
ticket to go to town,
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but also to, for the education.
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Although, actually,
my understanding is that
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the education as far as
college in this country is free.
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So I really don't know,
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but I think a lot of
them have a hard time
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getting through school here.
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When they
aren't making a flight,
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each of the missionaries
busy themselves with projects.
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They've started to
help the local community.
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They want to
provide opportunities
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for growth and a
hope for better life.
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Opportunities for employment
in the jungle are very few.
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Because of this,
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many do not have
enough money for food
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or to send their
children to school.
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It's an oppressive cycle.
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And AWA
missionaries want to help
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these people break out.
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Unfortunately, even
the local Guyanese children
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don't get much in the
way of a proper education.
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The government has made efforts
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to provide education
to everyone at no costs.
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However, family circumstances
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and lack of enforcement
leave a large percentage
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of the children
not attending school.
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The education here in the school
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and everything is free.
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But sometimes you have to
pay for the books and the, um...
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Just like, so the cost
for the uniforms and stuff
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and most of them
don't have money.
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Some of my friends,
they don't even go to school
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because their mother and father,
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they don't raise up
money to get their uniforms
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or tennis shoes
to go to the school.
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They just do nothing.
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So the educational
system here in Mabaruma,
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basically the situation is that
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you have a lot of
kids in this community.
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There's a lot of
children running around here.
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And average
family is approximately
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somewhere between
six to eight kids.
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And there's a lot of
families in the area here
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and it's always growing.
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So you have a lot of children,
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and
unfortunately very few teachers
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that are willing to
work at the school here,
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they're coming from Georgetown.
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The ones that
are willing to work,
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a lot of times just
graduate from the school here,
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and they just
make them teachers.
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So they really have not had
a formal educational training
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that would qualify
them to be your teachers.
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And that's just the way
it is out here and so...
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So the other
problem you have is that,
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like in America,
and some other countries
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that are developed,
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you have the parents
encouraging the kids,
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in fact, making
the kids go to schools,
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it's an important
thing in their lives.
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They have to be educated.
Here it's not really like that.
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If the child doesn't
want to go to school,
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the parents a lot
of times will just say,
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well, you should
but they don't really,
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you know, enforce that belief.
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And so, a lot of the
children just drop out.
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They don't see it as a priority.
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They haven't been
taught that it's a priority.
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And so, unfortunately
you have a lot of kids,
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you know, skipping
school and a lot of truancy.
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And so it makes it difficult.
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And getting education
here for the local people
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is very, very difficult.
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It's difficult for
them to find teachers
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who are qualified,
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they're willing to come out here
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and live in the...
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They call the
interior parts of the jungle.
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And so, sometimes
you'll have someone
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who's just
graduated from high school
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and now they're
teaching high school.
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And so, we have children
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who have gone through the system
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and they come out
completely illiterate,
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it's very really difficult.
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Sometimes you don't have
the parental control there.
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Their parents are off
working or a lot of them drink.
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And so, the children
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if they don't
want to go to school,
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they don't go to school.
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And so, even if
the system's there,
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there's no one
enforcing them to go to school.
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And so, you have
a lot of illiteracy,
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even within the school system.
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This path leads many adolescents
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to a life of theft and crime.
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What a tragedy.
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Sadly, the fact is
that even those children
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that do attend
school often graduate
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without basic
reading and verbal skills.
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The school
systems are not equipped
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or properly staffed
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in the remote
jungle communities.
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Not many people
want to be teachers
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in these communities.
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Often if a person goes through
schooling to be a teacher,
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they opt to stay in Georgetown
where the pay is much higher.
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And there are more
supplies and materials.
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It's difficult to get teachers
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to stay in
small jungle villages.
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For the last seven
years we've been here,
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we've opened up
our home to children.
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We often sometimes
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had as many as 8, 10,
12, 15 children at times
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in the morning for breakfast.
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They come by our house
before they go to school.
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And so, we've got to know
them since they were very small
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and now some of them
have grown up to be teenagers.
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And they are not
encouraged by their parents.
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In some cases, frankly,
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the parents aren't
even in the picture.
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They're basically
raising themselves,
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and they decide to
drop out of school,
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but then they have no
way to support themselves.
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And in order to
eat and take care
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of some of their needs,
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they end up resorting
to crime and stealing,
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breaking into homes and stores.
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And we have a case of that,
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a couple of boys
that we raised...
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I shouldn't say we raised,
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but came to our
house as young boys
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have now turned a little bit
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to crime to try
and support themselves,
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but they are not bad children.
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And so, deep down
inside actually both of them,
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I think have a fair
amount of intelligence
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there that if fostered
could really do something.
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Dani and Micah are daily faced
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with harsh
realities that surround them.
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They see the
unfortunate circumstances
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that come from broken homes.
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Most of their friends come
from poor family structures
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and the LaBore children
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see the pain that
their friends endure.
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Rather than
becoming discouraged,
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Dani and Micah do all
they can to help their friends.
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They want better lives for them
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and they constantly
share Jesus message of hope,
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empathizing with their friends,
and look for ways to help them.
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Most of them
have really hard lives
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and some of them
don't have enough food
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to feed all their kids.
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Some of my friends, they...
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Some of them
don't even have homes.
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They just wander out.
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And they don't even
have mother or father.
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They just hang out
anywhere, wherever they go,
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they are there.
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They're just, they don't really
have anything about the gospel.
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Without an education,
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Guyanese children
are incredibly limited
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to future work prospects.
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Jobs in remote
villages are scarce,
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and their chances
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of earning a
living drastically decline
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when they have no education.
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Opportunities for work
here is very, very slim.
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Even people who
do go to colleges
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sometimes don't
get work here locally,
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but without education
the chances are even slimmer.
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The way people make money
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here is mostly by
maybe farming something,
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you know,
growing some vegetables
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and trying to
sell them at market,
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maybe a little fishing.
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Some people do
work for the government
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so as a secretary
or some become nurses,
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and there's you can
become a doctor too.
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But I think a lot of children
here especially in our region
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just don't grow
up with the concept
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of they can do
some of these things.
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No one asked them
when they're little,
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what do you want to
be when you grow up?
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And, so there's not
that thought process of,
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you know, I can
be something better,
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I can do something better.
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[inaudible].
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What you want to be?
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Well, you can't be
pilot, or doctor, or pastor.
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None of those
things if you don't study
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your maths and English, right?
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You got to be in
school. You study hard.
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You're good, look
like you're smart.
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You look smart. Let me see.
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Actually you're
really smart. What about you?
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Let me see. Wow!
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You look really smart.
And you're not even in school.
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I know you could
go to be a teacher,
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you can come back
and teach everyone.
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Wouldn't that be cool? Yes.
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With an education, if
you had a trade, you know,
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and skill, then
you can do so much more
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because you can come back.
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If you can paint
houses and do some carpentry,
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you can help people
build things, fix their cars.
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Their chances of
life are so much greater.
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Yeah, the future of kids here,
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if they don't get an education
which most of them don't,
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I mean, beyond a, you know,
real basic level of education.
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Really, for women, it's
all about having children
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and becoming mothers
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and that's what happens
at a very young age here.
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Teenage
pregnancy is rampant here.
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So that's the
typical scenario for a girl.
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Boys, they'll go into the
back jam and they'll do mining,
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which is a very
rough environment for kids.
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There's a lot of
drinking, prostitution.
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You have, you know,
working with strong chemicals
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and harmful
substances that basically
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they're exposed
to on a daily basis.
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Some of them do a
little construction
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or they might do
some agricultural work.
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But their opportunities
are very, very limited,
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and most of them know
that and that's why they lacked
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the hope that
really strives a person
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to go on to learn more
and become more educated.
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Living in Guyana
can be very difficult.
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Creating a future
for oneself is tough
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when there aren't
many opportunities.
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Employment options are limited,
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and this often
causes people to lose hope,
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and they don't
strive to better themselves.
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Even these young missionaries
realize the harsh realities
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that exist around them.
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Their young hearts
hope to find solution
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to the difficult
future that awaits
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these Guyanese
friends of theirs.
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My friends need
hope to get an education,
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to get a job to
learn about the gospel,
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and so they so they
don't have to break in,
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steal to get food
and or anything like that
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and they can go to school.
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Just it's hard
without anybody here.
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I wish they could
have a better life
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and they will get job,
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so they could
support their families.
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My friends,
they have the future,
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if they don't go to school
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that their life is in
danger since they keep on
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breaking the houses,
breaking into stores stealing,
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and it makes people mad.
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So they're pretty
much good as dead.
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The AWA
missionaries are saddened
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by the lack of
hope and the grim future
00:14:01.44\00:14:04.37
they see for these
children in their villages.
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Many of them can't reach
beyond their circumstances
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and make a better
life for themselves.
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But the AWA missionaries
do not just sit idly by.
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Instead, they reach out
00:14:18.99\00:14:21.69
and offer these
children a better way,
00:14:21.72\00:14:24.93
a better future with Jesus.
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Adventist World
Aviation missionaries
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are actively
involved with saving lives,
00:14:47.28\00:14:50.39
both physically
and for eternity.
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Providing a future for students
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and giving them an opportunity
to make a life for themselves
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falls into the type of
work AWA does here in Guyana.
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The missionaries have found
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an Adventist
school in Georgetown
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that has agreed
to accept a couple
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of well deserving
students into their program.
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Jos-el is an Adventist Academy
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that was started
by Elizabeth Gonzales.
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And she's a Guyanese American.
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And she has
funded the whole thing.
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She really saw a need
for Adventist education
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and it's a really
great opportunity.
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We have a couple
children here from Region 1,
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they're now attending the school
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and we're very
excited because they graduated
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from the system
here the interior,
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but they still did
really poor on their tests.
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And it will be like are our,
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the American SAT
scores were still low.
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And so, now
they're going to repeat
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one of the years
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at this Adventist
Academy in the city.
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And we're hoping that
their scores will come up
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so then they can better
get into college courses.
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Chrystal Van Fossen has
lived and worked in Guyana
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for three years now.
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She spent all her
free time, tutoring
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and reading to
Guyanese children.
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She was instrumental
in helping two students,
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Kim and Rich
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get into the
secondary school in Georgetown.
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Kim lives below us.
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And, so we've gotten
to know her pretty well.
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Kim has not had the
opportunity to have textbooks.
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So when you're in a class,
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a lot of times
you want to review
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what the teacher said.
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She has to write down everything
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that the teacher says,
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everything that
is on chalkboard.
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And then the teacher will
assign reading assignments
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or homework based on a workbook
that she cannot afford to have.
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And a lot of the textbooks
you can't even get here.
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You have to get
them in Georgetown,
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which means you need
a Georgetown connection.
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Someone in Georgetown
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that can pick it
up and send it to you.
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So she had start coming
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to the Thomas Hill meetings
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that we were having.
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For the last two years,
she was one of the first ones
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that started
attending down there,
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and has been throughout
the Bible studies and stuff.
00:17:13.73\00:17:16.93
And she had decided that
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even though she was
not doing as well in school
00:17:19.97\00:17:23.34
as what she wanted to do that
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she was not going to go
to extra classes on Saturday.
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She decided that God
was going to bless her
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for not attending school,
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and she would tell
them, tell the kids at school,
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you know, I'm not
coming to class on Saturday,
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and God's going to help me.
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And so, we were really pleased
with that expression of faith.
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And she got her CXC,
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which is the exit
exam for high school here.
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Results back about two weeks
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after we returned from furlough,
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and she was really
disappointed in her results.
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They were high enough that
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she could get a job
teaching on the river.
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But they were
not high enough that
00:18:01.71\00:18:03.04
she could get a job
teaching here in Mabaruma.
00:18:03.08\00:18:06.01
And so, we talked to her
about going to Bible training,
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but that didn't give her
any opportunity to earn money.
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And she really need some
way of supporting herself.
00:18:15.26\00:18:18.49
So we talked to her
about going to Jos-el
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which is an
Adventist school in Georgetown.
00:18:20.80\00:18:23.40
And she was really
excited about that possibility.
00:18:23.43\00:18:25.90
So I called
Jos-el and talk to them
00:18:25.93\00:18:28.47
because she's a little
older, and they said that
00:18:28.50\00:18:30.31
they would be happy to take her.
00:18:30.34\00:18:32.47
And so, we made arrangements
to take her and her mom.
00:18:32.51\00:18:36.38
And we went into
Georgetown and I spent 10 days
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with her getting her
school supplies and clothes
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and all the
little things you need
00:18:41.78\00:18:43.12
when you're not living at home,
and got her rolled in Jos-el.
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And we've gotten
her some tutoring,
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extra tutoring classes
00:18:50.03\00:18:51.49
because she's
coming from an area
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where some of the
subjects weren't even taught
00:18:53.60\00:18:56.97
to where there's a
much higher standard.
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And so, she's
having to do some catch up,
00:19:00.00\00:19:02.00
but she's loving it.
00:19:02.04\00:19:03.64
And the teachers
at Jos-el have been
00:19:03.67\00:19:05.61
able to help her
get more interconnected
00:19:05.64\00:19:08.68
with the youth
there in Georgetown
00:19:08.71\00:19:10.48
and the
different churches there.
00:19:10.51\00:19:12.91
I'm happy to be here at Jos-el.
00:19:12.95\00:19:15.52
So I can finish
and get good grades.
00:19:15.55\00:19:19.75
A teacher, I would like
to be a teacher to help.
00:19:19.79\00:19:23.73
As in my region they need help,
00:19:23.76\00:19:27.66
especially at the primary
level they need a lot of help.
00:19:27.70\00:19:32.33
Up there they
hardly have teachers
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and trained teachers.
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.07
So I want to finish
school training and then teach,
00:19:37.11\00:19:41.24
so they can have
a better education.
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.78
I'm very happy. I'm very happy.
00:19:43.81\00:19:47.65
I'm very thankful to the people
00:19:47.68\00:19:51.95
who has helped me be here.
00:19:51.99\00:19:53.32
Adventist World
Aviation believes in being
00:19:56.36\00:19:58.83
a part of the long term solution
00:19:58.86\00:20:02.23
by helping Kim
get a better education
00:20:02.26\00:20:05.13
and giving her the
tools to become a teacher.
00:20:05.17\00:20:08.27
AWA is impacting
not only her life,
00:20:08.30\00:20:11.81
but also the lives
of her future students.
00:20:11.84\00:20:16.28
So helping Kim become a
teacher in her small village
00:20:16.31\00:20:20.18
will hopefully
impact the village
00:20:20.22\00:20:22.08
and bring about a great change.
00:20:22.12\00:20:24.52
By having a well
educated and dedicated teacher,
00:20:24.55\00:20:28.06
while hundreds of lives
can potentially be changed.
00:20:28.09\00:20:31.96
It all started with one
student and one missionary
00:20:31.99\00:20:36.33
who saw great potential in her.
00:20:36.36\00:20:40.30
Rich is another student
00:20:40.34\00:20:41.97
that Chrystal
has greatly helped.
00:20:42.00\00:20:43.91
Rich, he has also been down
00:20:43.94\00:20:47.81
in the youth
department at Thomas Hill,
00:20:47.84\00:20:51.51
and that he was
chosen to lead out
00:20:51.55\00:20:54.95
while we were on furlough,
00:20:54.98\00:20:56.72
so he was leading the
youth while we were on furlough.
00:20:56.75\00:20:59.39
He found that to
be quite a challenge
00:20:59.42\00:21:01.12
because he found his
Bible knowledge was not...
00:21:01.16\00:21:04.83
He wasn't
comfortable with teaching.
00:21:04.86\00:21:06.76
He wanted to do more learning.
00:21:06.80\00:21:08.56
But he did a
satisfactory job at doing that.
00:21:08.60\00:21:12.47
And he was a little frustrated
because he has planned A
00:21:12.50\00:21:17.97
where he wants to be a pilot,
00:21:18.01\00:21:19.47
but that costs
like 2 million Guyanese
00:21:19.51\00:21:21.61
and he does not have that.
00:21:21.64\00:21:23.04
So his plan B
was to do medicine.
00:21:23.08\00:21:25.88
But the secondary school
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.25
here doesn't offer
chemistry or physics.
00:21:27.28\00:21:29.98
And because of Josh's
tutoring and Brendan's tutoring,
00:21:30.02\00:21:33.59
and Brian Solder Bloom,
he was from two years ago,
00:21:33.62\00:21:39.36
tutoring in math.
00:21:39.39\00:21:41.06
So that would help him
get into medical school,
00:21:41.10\00:21:43.97
but he didn't have any of
the physics and chemistry.
00:21:44.00\00:21:48.67
So I called Jos-el
which is an Adventist school
00:21:48.70\00:21:51.91
up in Georgetown to see
00:21:51.94\00:21:53.41
if they offered chemistry
and physics and they did.
00:21:53.44\00:21:56.01
So we talked to his
mom, and she thought that
00:21:56.04\00:22:01.52
it would be a really
good experience for him.
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.09
So we have, I took
Ann and Rich on the boat.
00:22:04.12\00:22:08.96
We went to Georgetown.
00:22:08.99\00:22:10.33
We spent 10 days
getting all the supplies that
00:22:10.36\00:22:12.13
we needed for
that and found housing.
00:22:12.16\00:22:16.50
And now he's
enrolled in at Jos-el,
00:22:16.53\00:22:20.77
and he's getting his chemistry
and physics and he's loving it.
00:22:20.80\00:22:24.47
And the teachers
00:22:24.51\00:22:26.07
there have taken interest in him
00:22:26.11\00:22:28.01
and have gotten him connected
00:22:28.04\00:22:30.25
with the Pathfinder
group at a local church
00:22:30.28\00:22:34.55
and have introduced
him to a lot of the youth
00:22:34.58\00:22:37.95
so that he doesn't feel like
00:22:37.99\00:22:39.32
he's just attending
some small little group
00:22:39.35\00:22:42.86
out in the jungle somewhere.
00:22:42.89\00:22:44.23
He's actually part
of a bigger picture.
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.16
Well, I would
really like to say that
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.76
I am really thankful
for what they have done.
00:22:48.80\00:22:52.33
I will do my best to
make everything out of it.
00:22:52.37\00:22:56.47
The Van Fossens
have undoubtedly changed
00:22:56.50\00:22:59.37
the future of
these two students.
00:22:59.41\00:23:02.48
They have given them
the opportunity to rise
00:23:02.51\00:23:05.01
above their circumstances
and achieve success.
00:23:05.05\00:23:09.32
That hope fuels
both Kim and Rich,
00:23:09.35\00:23:12.32
and they're excited
to take this opportunity
00:23:12.35\00:23:15.42
and in return spend
their lives helping others.
00:23:15.46\00:23:20.26
They've been
given the opportunity
00:23:20.30\00:23:22.30
to make something
special of their lives,
00:23:22.33\00:23:26.00
and the
opportunity to help hundreds
00:23:26.03\00:23:28.94
more gain an education
00:23:28.97\00:23:31.97
and find the love of Jesus.
00:23:32.01\00:23:36.14
You help people,
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.51
it doesn't
really matter what age.
00:23:37.55\00:23:39.11
You always, it's always a
very satisfying experience.
00:23:39.15\00:23:42.92
And Christ spent His
entire earthly ministry
00:23:42.95\00:23:45.42
helping people and ministering
00:23:45.45\00:23:46.99
to whatever
their current need was.
00:23:47.02\00:23:50.26
When, with Kim and
Rich in particular,
00:23:50.29\00:23:54.30
they're young Christians.
00:23:54.33\00:23:56.33
They want to live a
committed life to Christ
00:23:56.36\00:23:58.87
and we would like
to give them the tools
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.47
where they can do that.
00:24:00.50\00:24:02.47
They also are willing
00:24:02.50\00:24:05.94
to do leadership roles
00:24:05.97\00:24:08.71
and to train them to do
those roles more effectively.
00:24:08.74\00:24:13.21
I think it's really
just a wise decision.
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.35
Each of those kids
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.89
has a sphere of influence
that is, that is significant.
00:24:18.92\00:24:24.06
And as they change and
people see them change,
00:24:24.09\00:24:29.06
it creates a ripple effect.
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.93
And when, say
Kim, she gets a job.
00:24:31.97\00:24:37.91
She will send
money back to her home.
00:24:37.94\00:24:41.44
Her parents will be able to help
00:24:41.48\00:24:45.15
her younger brothers
and sisters go to school,
00:24:45.18\00:24:48.62
because they'll
have more income.
00:24:48.65\00:24:49.98
As it is now, it's
really hard for them
00:24:50.02\00:24:51.99
to come up with
the money to buy shoes,
00:24:52.02\00:24:53.89
and backpacks, and bus
fare, and all of that stuff.
00:24:53.92\00:24:58.33
So she will be
helping her younger siblings
00:24:58.36\00:25:01.36
get an education.
00:25:01.40\00:25:02.73
When you have an education,
it's easier to read your Bible
00:25:02.76\00:25:06.30
and understand what
your Bible is saying.
00:25:06.33\00:25:08.94
And when you
understand and read the Bible,
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.47
then that gives you
your opportunity to make
00:25:11.51\00:25:13.41
a relationship with Christ.
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.48
And it's just such a basic
00:25:15.51\00:25:17.51
skill and desire that people
can read their own Bibles,
00:25:21.65\00:25:26.62
not have to take
what someone says,
00:25:26.65\00:25:30.66
but actually read
it for themselves.
00:25:30.69\00:25:33.63
It will help them not
to be deceived so easily.
00:25:33.66\00:25:37.37
And the impact that
00:25:37.40\00:25:40.30
they can have as Christians
00:25:40.34\00:25:44.44
and leaders is just immense.
00:25:44.47\00:25:47.78
We've already seen
where they're starting
00:25:47.81\00:25:49.24
to do Bible
studies with other people
00:25:49.28\00:25:51.31
of their own age
group and minister to them,
00:25:51.35\00:25:55.35
and they're just
new in the faith.
00:25:55.38\00:25:58.19