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,
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such as medevac,
delivering supplies,
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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
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for emergency flights
from deep in the jungle
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that they need two
aircraft to keep up
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with the flight request demands.
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As you can imagine life
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in a remote jungle mission field
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can be quite
different and challenging
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from what we experience
here in North America.
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Nothing about living
in the jungle is simple.
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Yet the Labore family
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has been living
here for nine years,
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serving the
local Amerindian people
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at the Adventist
World Aviation mission
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outposts in Guyana.
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Jungle living is
not always ideal.
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And every day is full
of unexpected challenges
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that they must face.
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Originally, the Labore's
came to the logistical support
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for missionaries
already in the area.
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However, over
time Bill and Laura
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had to become adaptable
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in order to keep
the project running.
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Well, I've always said
that you can fly all day,
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but if you don't
win anybody to Christ,
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what are we doing here?
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And in the beginning, we
are set up to be the helpers
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or the
providers for missionaries
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that were here working.
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We don't have anybody here
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that's here just
working as a missionary.
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And so we found
ourselves doing double duty.
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We see such a need
everywhere we look.
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There's, it's
almost overwhelming
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with all the needs
and all the opportunities,
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things are just ripe here.
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There is no such thing
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as a typical day in
this jungle mission field.
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Here in Guyana every
day is uniquely different
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with unexpected
challenges to be met.
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As the Labore's start their day,
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they never know what to expect.
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Despite whatever plans
they may have for the day,
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they could get a call
for an emergency flight
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or there could
be a local emergency
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that needs immediate attention.
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But over the years,
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the Labore's have
learned to just take each day
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as a new adventure
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and be adapted to
the circumstances.
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Basically, you really
can't plan things here
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and expect the day
is going to go exactly
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the way you
think is going to go.
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It never works that way.
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Someone comes to the door,
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or a phone call
changes everything.
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Somebody's sick,
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you got to now
take the vehicle up,
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pick them up, take
them to the hospital
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when you really had
a plan to be at home,
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working on, you know, whatever.
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So that can be difficult.
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The Labore's day
begins very early.
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Laura, a pilot, a
nurse, wife, and mother
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has many responsibilities
resting on her shoulders.
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Before the day gets too hectic,
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she begins preparing
a meal for her family.
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They must make all
their food from scratch.
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Since they live
in a remote village,
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they do not have
access to many supplies.
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So they must find time
in their busy schedules
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to make even the
most basic foods.
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Shortly, many hungry mouths
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will be showing up
at the breakfast table.
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One of the ministries
the Labore family started
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was to open up their
home and feed hungry students
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before they go
to school each day.
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Here in Guyana,
very high percentage
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of these students go to
school with no food to eat.
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One of the areas that
we are involved in that
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we didn't really
plan on is outreaching
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to some of the local children.
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Some of them don't have enough
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to eat breakfast in the morning
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and when we got
here, we noticed that
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they weren't even
going to school at all.
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And so they start coming
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and hanging out
at our house playing
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with our kids
and asking for food.
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And we realized that when
they were going to school,
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they're going
with empty bellies.
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When we started as
they come in the morning,
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and we usually would give them
bread and butter and bananas
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or some kind of fruit,
just the basics, and feed them,
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have worship with
them if we have time,
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and then they go off to school.
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And they just love coming
to our house not only to play
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but also for food,
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and it's been a
really good outreach.
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They've started coming to
Sabbath school now in church
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and enjoying worship,
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and also doing
better in the schoolwork.
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They'll come back from school,
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excited to show me
their exercise book
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and they'll say,
"Look, Sister Laura,
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look what I did
in school today!"
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And so it's kind of a
guess taken on a motherly figure
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and even though I was thought
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I was busy
enough for the children.
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After breakfast, Laura and
Bill redirect their attention
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to having their
morning devotions,
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with not only their children,
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but also
neighborhood guests as well.
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Anyone is welcome to join them
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as Laura reads
Bible stories to them.
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Afterward Bill prays
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a prayer blessing over
their day's activities.
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Bill and Laura,
both have endless lists
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of responsibility that
rests on their shoulders.
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They desperately need someone
to help share their workload.
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Well, last year in 2013,
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we had four
student missionaries here
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and it was fantastic.
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We have never had so much help
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and had our lives made,
have been more productive,
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I should say, and that we
had so many responsibilities
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that we normally do in the home,
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taken over by
these young people.
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And it enabled us
to do more ministry,
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more flights or
things that we're here to do.
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And it was fantastic.
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Now this year we have zero,
and I don't know what happened.
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It went from four to zero.
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And that's been
very hard on all of us
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because we all have our primary
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and secondary responsibilities,
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but then our
primary responsibility
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above all, as parents,
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we have children and
they have to be taught.
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And so
homeschooling for our children,
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I'll speak of ours
only but when my wife
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is out flying for
me as project manager
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from 9 o'clock in the morning
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till 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
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I'm nothing but a teacher.
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I mean, not that a teacher's,
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teacher's a
great responsibility,
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and I'm happy to do it.
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But I can't do that
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some of my
other responsibilities
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that the day dictates
that I should be doing
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and so I get behind my work.
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Since there are no
student missionaries
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here this year,
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Bill and Laura must
juggle the responsibility
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of homeschooling their children.
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In the past, they were
able to share this duty
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with student missionaries,
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then, they could focus on
their work for the project.
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But this year the Labore's
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are homeschooling their children
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on their own
while still operating
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a full time Aviation Project.
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When I was younger
homeschooling my children
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is something that
never crossed my mind.
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It's something
that I would be doing.
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But here we have
to homeschool them.
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They have to be on
the American system.
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So that when we do go back,
they can fit into any classroom
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and we've done
the best that we can.
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It's really, really hard
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if we don't have a
student missionary.
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The first three
years we did it on our own,
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but then it just got too hard.
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Sometimes I'll be homeschooling
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and then I get a
call for medevac.
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I have to drop everything
I'm doing to go do the medevac.
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Bill then has to step and drop
in everything that he's doing
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so he can finish the homeschool,
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so it's very disjointed.
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And the last three years
we've been very, very blessed
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to have some really amazing
student missionaries to help us
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and these are people...
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And not just
student missionaries,
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but also other volunteers
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have come to
pinch it when needed.
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And to help homeschool
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is just really a
full time job almost.
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And we don't have a
homeschool teacher this year,
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it's been very, very difficult
for both families to try
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and juggle
everything that we're doing,
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maintenance on the plane
and flying and homeschooling
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and our ministries
is very, very hard.
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As they've homeschooling
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their own
children wasn't enough,
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Laura has taken
a special interest
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in helping a
young 14-year-old boy
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who is unable to read or write.
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So every day Gregory
comes to the Labore home
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and is homeschooled
along with Danny and Micah.
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And there's a young boy
here and his name is Gregory.
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He's kind of
grown up in our home.
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Over the years,
we've had lots of children
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and just coming in
and out of our homes,
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feeding them and
playing with my kids' toys
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and having worship with them,
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just giving them a
safe environment to be in.
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And Gregory was
one of those children
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that kind of grew up with us
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and he actually became
best friends with Micah.
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As he got older,
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he started
making some bad choices.
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He comes from a
very, very rough home,
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where his father
died, his mother forsaken
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and kind of
growing up on the streets
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if we had streets...
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Yeah, just nowhere to
really even go to live,
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nowhere to...
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He owns nothing, he has nothing,
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he just kind of bounced
around from house to house,
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whoever will take him in.
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And he just started
making some bad choices,
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breaking into
homes, that sort of thing,
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running around
with the wrong crowd.
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And we found out he
is completely illiterate.
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And he's 14 years old.
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And so we are now tutoring
him and trying to get him
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just some of the basic
reading and math skills
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because there's a
really awesome college.
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It's a technical
college or trade school,
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where you can go
and children can learn
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how to do
carpentry, electrical work,
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machinery, you know,
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just basic
trades when they're done
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then they can go and
get an apprenticeship.
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And so Gregory really
wants to get into this
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but he has to be
literate before he can join.
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So we're working
really, really hard with him
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to get him to the school.
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The Labore's have a fine line
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to walk as they operate
a busy aviation ministry
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while not
neglecting the responsibilities
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they have as parents.
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The afternoon takes Bill
and Laura to the airstrip.
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It's imperative that
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they keep both the airplanes
in top working conditions,
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and always prepared for flight.
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They never know when a call
will come in for an emergency.
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And they always need to be
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standing by to immediately
make the life saving flight.
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Today, they have a little upkeep
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and maintenance to do as well as
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the task of
fueling the aircraft.
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Well, getting fuel to
this area as you know,
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airplanes run on
fuel, we can't do anything,
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if we don't have fuel.
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And when we first got to Guyana,
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we were exploring
how we would handle that.
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So actually, what we
do is we, when we go into,
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when a pilot flies into
town, we fill up all the tanks
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and we fly the
airplane back to Mabaruma
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and then we siphon
out the amount of fuel
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that we don't need.
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We keep the minimum in
there to get to Georgetown.
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Like their groceries,
the missionaries can only get
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gasoline in Georgetown.
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They have however
devised a system to ensure
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they always have
extra fuel here at home.
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So they're never left stranded.
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Siphoning fuel out so
we can store fuel here.
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We do hinterland flights
without going to Georgetown.
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We need to have
extra fuel stored here
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and we can't
actually ship it in barrels.
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So we have to fly
it in on the airplane,
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take it out here.
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We leave the minimum
in to get to Georgetown
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and then, you know,
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hopefully we can go back
to Georgetown and refill,
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just keep storing it that
way until we really need it.
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Over the past few years
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the Labore's
have become accustomed
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for tasking student missionaries
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to help them with
simple maintenance needs,
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as the fueling of the airplanes.
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This is proven to
be a tremendous help.
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The project is
always greatly blessed
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by having student missionaries
help with cleaning the planes,
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helping the mechanics
with routine maintenance,
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fueling the airplanes
and loading the planes.
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By having extra hands
to help ease the workload,
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they accomplish so much
more and focus their attention
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on the growth and
expansion of the project.
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This year, however,
they've not been so fortunate.
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With no student
missionaries to help,
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they must find the time
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to do all the plane
maintenance themselves.
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Even in the bad
weather the work must go on.
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Laura does her
best to keep working
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with whatever
circumstances she is given.
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Laura and Bill
have finished prepping
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the plane just in time.
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They have just received a call
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for an emergency medevac flight.
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Today's passenger
is a pregnant woman
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who is having complications,
00:14:05.51\00:14:07.94
and her baby's
life is in danger.
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They don't have
any time to waste.
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Even though they've
had a busy day already,
00:14:13.95\00:14:16.99
the Labore's
cannot slow down now.
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They must devote
their full attention
00:14:20.22\00:14:22.29
to helping keep this
woman and her baby alive.
00:14:22.32\00:14:27.23
The missionaries
cannot fly after dark,
00:14:27.26\00:14:30.20
since there are no
lights on the runways,
00:14:30.23\00:14:33.54
so they must load the patient
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get in the skies very soon
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in order to make this flight
during the daylight hours.
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Well, with a rainstorm
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approaching the
flying conditions
00:14:42.74\00:14:44.55
have worsened
00:14:44.58\00:14:46.15
and the weather
threatens to slow them down.
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Nevertheless,
take care for proceed
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to load the patient
into the back of the plane.
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This can sometimes be tricky.
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Laura climbs into
the back of the plane
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and carefully
helped slide the patient
00:15:01.66\00:15:04.43
from the stretcher
on to the airplane seat.
00:15:04.47\00:15:09.67
This is a very scary
time for both the patient
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and the family surrounding her.
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Flying to Georgetown
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is an unknown
experience for her.
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And none of them,
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she or the family
know what to expect.
00:15:23.82\00:15:27.02
So to help calm their
nerves and give them peace,
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Laura offers a
prayer over there.
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There's God who loves
you so very, very much.
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And we know that
God's a great physician.
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And pray that His healing
hand will be his shield, Lord.
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And they still reach home
and got saved very, very soon.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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Laura now finishes
strapping in the young mother.
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The flight will
be just over an hour,
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a nurse travels with the patient
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to make sure that the patient
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is stapled
throughout the flight.
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AWA pilots have had
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pregnant mothers
deliver their babies
00:16:04.29\00:16:06.96
in the planes while airborne!
00:16:07.00\00:16:09.53
What an adventure!
00:16:09.56\00:16:11.53
So for this reason,
00:16:11.57\00:16:13.13
they like to take a
nurse along with them
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to help if the
patient's condition
00:16:15.67\00:16:17.67
changes while in flight.
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The patient is finally
loaded into the airplane
00:16:20.38\00:16:23.85
and now they can begin
their journey to Georgetown.
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Today's flight will be directly
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into the capital of Guyana
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to deliver this patient
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to a hospital that
can better help her
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and the new unborn child.
00:16:35.29\00:16:38.79
Over the next hour,
00:16:38.83\00:16:40.16
the flight will take
them over raw jungle terrain.
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If this plane
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and the mission
post were not in Guyana,
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this mother would have no
hope of making this journey.
00:16:49.54\00:16:53.64
The opportunity to
make this flight today
00:16:53.68\00:16:55.74
is truly life saving!
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As Laura guides the
plane toward Georgetown,
00:16:58.28\00:17:01.95
the skies begin to clear
00:17:01.98\00:17:04.49
and the clouds
begin to dissipate.
00:17:04.52\00:17:07.92
Although this day
has been a busy one,
00:17:07.96\00:17:10.46
Laura wouldn't
have it any other way.
00:17:10.49\00:17:13.43
Her life here in
Guyana isn't always easy
00:17:13.46\00:17:17.07
and her days
rarely go as planned.
00:17:17.10\00:17:20.04
But Laura knows
she's on God's mission.
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After an hour long flight,
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the coastline
begins to come into view.
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This is a welcome view
00:17:29.54\00:17:31.01
for all aboard
this medevac flight.
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Soon they reach
the runway safely
00:17:34.58\00:17:37.15
and land the aircraft.
00:17:37.19\00:17:39.52
Thankfully, the ambulance
00:17:39.55\00:17:40.89
is standing by ready
to pick up the patient.
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She's quickly
turned over to the medics.
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The completion of
this medevac means
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they have saved
yet another life.
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Praise God.
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I don't think it's a
sacrifice to live here at all.
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In fact, I think
there's lots of lessons.
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It's a huge blessing.
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There's so many
days when I just wake up
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and I used to think,
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"Oh, just praise God for my job.
00:18:01.94\00:18:03.28
I think I have the
best job in the world."
00:18:03.31\00:18:05.38
And even though
some days are hard,
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every day is full of
excitement and stuff.
00:18:07.05\00:18:09.12
And sometimes just day-to-day
living here can be hard.
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So I missed the conveniences.
00:18:11.92\00:18:13.25
Yes, I miss
family, I miss friends,
00:18:13.29\00:18:15.66
but it's really worth it
because of all the other things
00:18:15.69\00:18:19.69
that we get to do here.
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I mean, there's no way I
could have a job like this
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in the States where
I get to fly one day
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and do nursing the
next day, and, you know,
00:18:25.57\00:18:27.70
washing the
airplane the next day.
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And so, for a person
who doesn't really like
00:18:29.44\00:18:31.77
scheduled in the box
type job, it's perfect.
00:18:31.81\00:18:36.01
It's actually very peaceful.
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And it's a good way to live
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and we do have job satisfaction.
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A lot of people don't
have job satisfaction,
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they hate their
jobs and I love it.
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Because I think
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if you completely submit to God,
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He is going to take you
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and help you do
what your talents are.
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He knows best
what your talents are,
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'cause He is the one
that gave them to you.
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And so, if you submit
to Him, He's gonna take you
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and grow you
and make you blossom
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into something that you
never thought you could be.
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Since Laura is in Georgetown,
00:19:18.62\00:19:20.62
she now has opportunity
to do her grocery shopping.
00:19:20.66\00:19:24.79
Since they never know
00:19:24.83\00:19:26.16
when the next
trip to town will be,
00:19:26.19\00:19:28.63
they typically try to do
00:19:28.66\00:19:30.00
all their shopping
in large quantities,
00:19:30.03\00:19:32.40
for pantries at
home are almost empty.
00:19:32.43\00:19:35.64
So Laura heads to the
market to restock her kitchen.
00:19:35.67\00:19:40.34
Like most everything else,
00:19:40.38\00:19:42.14
grocery shopping in Guyana
is much different than here
00:19:42.18\00:19:45.41
in North America.
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The open air markets
00:19:47.72\00:19:49.05
are alive with vendors
selling their fresh goods.
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Laura's been
shopping here for nine years
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and knows
exactly where she can get
00:19:55.39\00:19:57.09
the freshest
fruits and vegetables.
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She's developed a
friendship over the years
00:20:00.53\00:20:02.60
with these vendors.
00:20:02.63\00:20:04.17
And they're
always happy to see her.
00:20:04.20\00:20:07.10
Getting groceries
here again is an adventure.
00:20:07.14\00:20:11.07
All to its own.
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Where we live in
Mabaruma is a town,
00:20:13.44\00:20:16.24
they have a market, but
they only have the basics.
00:20:16.28\00:20:19.88
It's very hard to get
fruits and vegetables.
00:20:19.91\00:20:22.08
And we pay about
twice as much here.
00:20:22.12\00:20:24.55
It's ironic, we live
in the middle of a jungle
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and we can't get fruits
and vegetables very easily.
00:20:26.45\00:20:29.72
But we can go to
Georgetown, the capital city,
00:20:29.76\00:20:32.36
and there's a plethora of
fruits and vegetables there
00:20:32.39\00:20:35.76
that we can get in
a whole lot cheaper.
00:20:35.80\00:20:37.93
And, but even in Georgetown,
it's different than at home.
00:20:37.97\00:20:42.60
It's not like
Vons where you just get
00:20:42.64\00:20:44.27
a little shopping cart
and you fill everything up
00:20:44.31\00:20:46.07
and you put in your cart and go.
00:20:46.11\00:20:47.58
There's, you get
all your dry goods
00:20:47.61\00:20:50.05
in one store,
00:20:50.08\00:20:51.41
and then you go
halfway across town
00:20:51.45\00:20:53.31
and that's where
the fresh goods are.
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.02
It's like a farmers' market.
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And so we get everything there.
00:20:56.65\00:20:57.99
And you go to one
man and get fruits,
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and then you go to the lady
and you get your vegetables.
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After she collects
all her fresh produce,
00:21:07.90\00:21:10.77
Laura loads everything
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.20
into the taxi and
heads back to the airport.
00:21:12.23\00:21:15.60
She only has a
short amount of time
00:21:15.64\00:21:17.57
to get back to her
village before the sun sets.
00:21:17.61\00:21:21.14
It's been a full day,
but it's not over yet.
00:21:21.18\00:21:24.91
She still has to make the
journey back to her family
00:21:24.95\00:21:28.48
and attend to them.
00:21:28.52\00:21:30.02
You pack everything up,
00:21:30.05\00:21:31.39
and you put it all
on the back of a car,
00:21:31.42\00:21:33.29
and then we take
it to the airport
00:21:33.32\00:21:35.49
where we then load the plane up,
00:21:35.52\00:21:37.86
and we fly it in...
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Meanwhile, Laura
is on her flight home.
00:21:40.20\00:21:45.17
Bill's had a busy day as well.
00:21:45.20\00:21:48.20
A few months ago he committed
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.11
to regular Bible
studies with a nearby church.
00:21:50.14\00:21:54.18
He dedicates his evening
00:21:54.21\00:21:55.54
to travelling
to a nearby village
00:21:55.58\00:21:57.25
and teaching the
church biblical truths
00:21:57.28\00:21:59.65
that they have
never heard before.
00:21:59.68\00:22:02.18
The village
members all congregate
00:22:02.22\00:22:04.29
in their local church
00:22:04.32\00:22:05.65
to meet with Bill and
read the Bible together.
00:22:05.69\00:22:08.66
I've taken them
through a lot of studies
00:22:08.69\00:22:11.23
on the Sabbath and
Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
00:22:11.26\00:22:16.13
we're into Revelation 13 now,
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.67
and the light is
beginning to come on.
00:22:18.70\00:22:20.44
They were very resistant
to the Sabbath idea at first
00:22:20.47\00:22:23.14
and still are somewhat,
00:22:23.17\00:22:24.91
but they're
beginning to see the issue.
00:22:24.94\00:22:26.78
And I think they're realizing
00:22:26.81\00:22:29.54
they've been
told a lot of things
00:22:29.58\00:22:30.91
that are not in the Bible.
00:22:30.95\00:22:33.05
Bill's been studying
with this congregation
00:22:33.08\00:22:35.02
for months now.
00:22:35.05\00:22:36.89
They become good friends
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.25
and enjoy the
time spent together
00:22:38.29\00:22:39.79
focusing on
God's message of love.
00:22:39.82\00:22:45.03
Bill closes the
Bible with prayer.
00:22:45.06\00:22:47.33
He knows that the Holy Spirit
00:22:47.36\00:22:48.70
is working here in
the hearts of this church.
00:22:48.73\00:22:51.37
And he's excited to be a part
of God's work here in Guyana.
00:22:51.40\00:22:56.50
With the sun
setting in the west,
00:22:56.54\00:22:59.14
the Labore Family once
again reunites at their home
00:22:59.17\00:23:04.05
after a very busy day.
00:23:04.08\00:23:07.45
We wish we could say
that it's time to relax,
00:23:07.48\00:23:11.75
but that isn't the case.
00:23:11.79\00:23:14.66
They still have to sort
and put away all the groceries
00:23:14.69\00:23:17.33
that Laura
brought home from town.
00:23:17.36\00:23:20.63
As you can imagine,
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.00
refrigeration space
is at a premium here.
00:23:22.03\00:23:25.50
So they must store
as much as they can
00:23:25.53\00:23:28.37
in plastic Tupperware containers
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.97
to keep bugs and
rodents out of the food.
00:23:31.01\00:23:35.31
Everything must be
packed away in order to ensure
00:23:35.34\00:23:37.91
that this
shopping trip lasts them
00:23:37.95\00:23:40.92
for a few weeks.
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.32
Once we get here, then Bill
00:23:42.35\00:23:44.15
or someone will come
out and meet us with a truck
00:23:44.19\00:23:46.35
and we load the truck up
and then drive it to her house
00:23:46.39\00:23:49.46
and then we carry it
00:23:49.49\00:23:50.83
about two flights
of stairs to our house
00:23:50.86\00:23:52.83
and then we unpack it all.
00:23:52.86\00:23:54.20
So we do that every month
00:23:54.23\00:23:56.20
and with smaller
grocery runs in between.
00:23:56.23\00:23:59.83
So it's a very interesting.
00:23:59.87\00:24:01.70
You get back and you find out,
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.27
"Oh, no, they put the watermelon
00:24:03.30\00:24:05.21
on top of the guava
00:24:05.24\00:24:06.64
or the bananas and
now they're smashed
00:24:06.68\00:24:08.31
all over after
all that travelling."
00:24:08.34\00:24:11.78
This day is an
example of a typical day
00:24:11.81\00:24:14.02
for the Adventist World Aviation
00:24:14.05\00:24:15.95
Missionaries in Guyana.
00:24:15.98\00:24:18.99
Every minute is
filled with activity.
00:24:19.02\00:24:23.83
All this work was
for the sole purpose
00:24:23.86\00:24:26.29
of sharing the love of
Jesus Christ with people
00:24:26.33\00:24:31.07
who have never heard.
00:24:31.10\00:24:33.87
However, the team in Guyana
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.77
is greatly
hindered by not having help,
00:24:36.81\00:24:41.48
the help that they have
00:24:41.51\00:24:42.84
so frequently counted
on to student missionaries
00:24:42.88\00:24:48.02
who work right alongside
the regular missionaries.
00:24:48.05\00:24:53.59
Why a student missionary
00:24:53.62\00:24:55.12
could have had a part in
any aspect of today's work.
00:24:55.16\00:25:00.00
They could have helped
00:25:00.03\00:25:01.36
with the
homeschooling of the children,
00:25:01.40\00:25:04.30
some of the plane maintenance,
such as fueling the aircraft,
00:25:04.33\00:25:09.64
giving Bible studies.
00:25:09.67\00:25:12.44
They can help with medevac
or even grocery shopping.
00:25:12.47\00:25:17.41
You see these jobs can
be fulfilled by volunteers.
00:25:17.45\00:25:23.39
You know, my friends,
00:25:23.42\00:25:25.72
that the greatest
progress in human history
00:25:25.75\00:25:30.16
has been made by
willing volunteers.
00:25:30.19\00:25:34.30
Well, the opportunities
for student missionaries
00:25:34.33\00:25:36.36
here are really,
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.30
I mean, I would
say almost unlimited
00:25:38.33\00:25:40.00
on what they
want to be able to do.
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It all depends on
the background of the SM
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and what they're
going to school for,
00:25:44.44\00:25:45.94
what they're trying to learn.
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.84
For medical students,
there's tremendous opportunity
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.45
to go out on river trips
where they go up the river
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and, you know,
handout, you know,
00:25:53.35\00:25:56.18
give blood pressure
checks and blood sugar checks.
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.99
In some cases give vaccinations
00:25:59.02\00:26:01.39
working with the
local ministry of health.
00:26:01.42\00:26:04.03
There's opportunity
00:26:04.06\00:26:05.39
to volunteer at
clinics here in the region.
00:26:05.43\00:26:07.20
Now we have a great hospital
00:26:07.23\00:26:08.56
down here at the road well,
00:26:08.60\00:26:09.93
and it's a clinic
and opportunity to see
00:26:09.96\00:26:11.83
a lot of unique things here
that they don't see back home.
00:26:11.87\00:26:15.40
And there's opportunities for,
00:26:15.44\00:26:19.47
you know, getting involved
in construction projects,
00:26:19.51\00:26:22.78
you know,
working with local people
00:26:22.81\00:26:24.31
and ministry going out
00:26:24.35\00:26:25.68
and reading to
those that can't read.
00:26:25.71\00:26:27.22
We had a lot of SMs doing that,
00:26:27.25\00:26:29.08
we have a lady down the
street here that's blind.
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.02
They would go and read
to and spend some time with.
00:26:31.05\00:26:36.89
There are really
just a wide plethora
00:26:36.93\00:26:40.30
of opportunities depending on
00:26:40.33\00:26:41.70
what the student
is trying to get out
00:26:41.73\00:26:43.06
of their SM experience.
00:26:43.10\00:26:44.70
We see such a need,
everywhere we look there's,
00:26:44.73\00:26:47.24
it's almost
overwhelming with all the needs
00:26:47.27\00:26:50.17
and all the opportunities,
things are just ripe there.
00:26:50.21\00:26:54.48
And people coming to us
00:26:54.51\00:26:55.84
and just begging
for us to come out
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.81
and do Bible studies with them.
00:26:57.85\00:26:59.28
And there's so many places,
00:26:59.31\00:27:02.22
different areas have
asked us to come and do
00:27:02.25\00:27:04.09
Bible studies with them
00:27:04.12\00:27:05.45
or start
churches in their areas.
00:27:05.49\00:27:06.96
We just do not have
enough time to do it all.
00:27:06.99\00:27:09.52
And we would love to
have more people come.
00:27:09.56\00:27:12.29
You don't have to be
a pilot to be with AWA.
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.60
We need
volunteers that will come
00:27:14.63\00:27:16.87
and commit themselves
for a long term like, say,
00:27:16.90\00:27:19.53
three to five years even
00:27:19.57\00:27:22.27
because it's all about
developing relationships
00:27:22.30\00:27:24.41
with the people here.
00:27:24.44\00:27:25.87
And there's just, it
breaks our hearts to see
00:27:25.91\00:27:29.34
how many people
really do want to know more.
00:27:29.38\00:27:32.98
And we just don't
have the time to do it.
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.45
Having the airplane here
has really opened the doors
00:27:35.48\00:27:38.25
and to the hearts and
the minds of the people.
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.82
There's been times
when I've flown people in
00:27:40.86\00:27:43.66
and they become more
interested on to what we know.
00:27:43.69\00:27:47.80
And they've come to us
00:27:47.83\00:27:49.16
because of a direct response
to a flight that we've done.
00:27:49.20\00:27:53.97
And just being
here in the community
00:27:54.00\00:27:55.60
and people after
a while knowing that
00:27:55.64\00:27:57.44
we are here 'cause we
really do care about them
00:27:57.47\00:27:59.67
and we do want to help
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.11
and so because of that,
00:28:01.14\00:28:02.71
then the doors for
evangelism have really opened.
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.88
It's a very busy time.
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.85
And it's almost
getting to the point
00:28:08.88\00:28:10.22
where we can't
handle anything more,
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.55
we can't do it
anymore than we've done.
00:28:12.59\00:28:14.66
The project is ripe.
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.12
I can honestly say
that in all the places
00:28:16.16\00:28:18.49
I've been in the world,
00:28:18.53\00:28:20.83
I cannot see a more ripe harvest
00:28:20.86\00:28:23.30
than exists in Guyana.
00:28:23.33\00:28:24.67
I've never seen
anything like it.
00:28:24.70\00:28:26.30
People come to us,
00:28:26.33\00:28:28.54
entire village
is asking us to come
00:28:28.57\00:28:30.24
and give Bible studies there.
00:28:30.27\00:28:32.61
We can't physically do it.
00:28:32.64\00:28:34.44
We don't have the time
to do it because we're busy
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.95
doing all these other ministries
00:28:36.98\00:28:38.65
and flying airplanes.
00:28:38.68\00:28:40.68
So if I seem a little animated
00:28:40.72\00:28:43.55
and maybe a little
bit heated about it,
00:28:43.59\00:28:45.82
I am because I know
there's many people out there
00:28:45.85\00:28:49.42
that feel a call to
work for God and then...
00:28:49.46\00:28:52.36
But then there's always
the enemy there that saying,
00:28:52.39\00:28:54.40
"Well, you can't go because
you have a house and you have,
00:28:54.43\00:28:57.07
you know, you have
these responsibilities
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.97
and, you know,
00:28:59.00\00:29:00.34
you can't take
your kids overseas,"
00:29:00.37\00:29:01.70
and these kinds of things.
00:29:01.74\00:29:03.10
And so they never come.
00:29:03.14\00:29:04.81
And they never fulfill, perhaps,
00:29:04.84\00:29:07.04
what God really
has planned for them.
00:29:07.08\00:29:09.34
And I think we need
to step out in faith,
00:29:09.38\00:29:11.61
because God is more
than able to take care of us,
00:29:11.65\00:29:14.42
provide for us, keep us safe.
00:29:14.45\00:29:16.65
If we're stepping
out on His errand,
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.89
He's going to provide
the way for it to happen.
00:29:18.92\00:29:20.99
We need to trust more
and stop worrying about
00:29:21.02\00:29:23.96
all those things and
let's get the work done
00:29:23.99\00:29:25.86
because Jesus is going to come.
00:29:25.89\00:29:28.26