Narrator: Scattered across the
globe Adventist World Aviation
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has mission outposts situated
in extremely remote areas.
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These were
established to help minister
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to local indigenous people.
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Most of these locations
are so difficult to reach,
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that aviation is the
primary means of reaching them.
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Using aircraft, Adventist
World Aviation can deliver
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the gospel message as
well as provide lifesaving
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med-evac flights to hundreds.
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The mission of AWA is to
provide quick and reliable
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transportation to many
parts of the earth, that are
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almost impossible to reach.
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Adventist World Aviation
missionaries use the means
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of aviation to spread the love
of Jesus all around the world.
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Similarly, the aviation
base in Nicaragua has become an
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essential need, that services
the Miskito people of that area.
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Clint: I'm Clint Hanley and
I live in Northeast Nicaragua,
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in the upper corner along
the border of the Rio Cocoa
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with the border of Honduras
and I live here with my family,
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2 children and my wife, who is a
nurse and we fly this airplane,
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a Cessna 172, for medical
work, all around this region,
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covering about 150
miles in all directions.
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Since we started flying 7 years
ago, I have flown 530 patients
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from remote communities, or
from hospital to hospital and
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approximately 50-80% of those
would have, the doctors say
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would have died for sure,
had they not had transport.
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To be able to offer them help
from a remote runway and get
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them to a place where they
can have better medical care,
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is a big blessing that they have
and it saves a lot of lives.
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The rest of them needed
transport, because they were
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in great pain, let's
say they had broken femurs,
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or something like that.
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That if they would have
transported by road it would
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have been a lot worse
for them, but they probably
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wouldn't have died.
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So it's been a big help
to the people and we're happy
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to be a small part of it.
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Narrator: The native Miskito
people live in dense jungles
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of Nicaragua and they are
often over looked due to their
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difficult geographic location.
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An aviation mission outpost
located in this part of the
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country is the perfect solution
to helping the Miskito people.
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Recently, Adventist World
Aviation adopted a very active
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aviation project in the
north east corner of Nicaragua.
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Clint and his wife
Marilyn started this project
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10 years ago and with God's
guidance, they have developed
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an amazingly active and
growing aviation mission base.
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The work the Hanley's do in
Nicaragua is truly a lifesaving
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mission to the Miskito people.
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Almost daily, Clint flies
med-evac flights and is truly
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an answer to prayer for
the people of this region.
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Marilyn, his wife is dedicated
to the mission to provide
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medical care to the
Miskito people with her skills
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as a nurse.
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Clint: We devote a lot
of our attention and time
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to humanitarian aid.
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The right hand arm of
the gospel is being able
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to help people medically.
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And being able to offer them
this help and being able to give
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them the hope that they
can have a better medical care
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by transporting them.
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Narrator: The
Hanley's are not satisfied with
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only offering aviation service.
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Their ministry here at Tronquera
runs so much deeper than
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the work they do with aviation.
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The family finds new ways to
help the local Miskito people.
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Ultimately Hanley's goal
is to point others to Jesus.
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Currently, this AWA
mission base is the only project
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in Nicaragua
conducting med-evac flights.
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They are the ONLY
humanitarian aviation support
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in the entire country.
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There are no other
aviation projects to help
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the people of Nicaragua.
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Clint: We have the only
ambulance for air travel
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in all of Nicaragua, that can
carry oxygen and a stretcher.
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Now we are the only
airplane is all of Nicaragua,
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that is able to do this.
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And we are the only
airplane, that is based
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on the whole Atlantic coast.
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Narrator: Making quite a pair,
Clint and Marilyn use their
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individual skills to
help the Miskito people.
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Clint is a pilot and transports
critically injured patients
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with the use of aviation.
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Marilyn is a registered nurse
and finds ways to treat patients
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Clint: Then my wife works
with the clinic stuff and and so
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that's another area, that
we built a clinic house for and
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built a pharmacy area for that.
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And that's kind of in
conjunction with mobile clinics
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that I take doctors often in
the airplane and we'll take them
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to a remote village usually
them and a nurse, and so my wife
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sometimes will go or sometimes
just help the logistics.
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Packing all the medications
and stuff that we need.
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And having that all on hand and
supplied and taking care of that
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Narrator: To help meet the
medical needs of this area,
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the Hanley's have established
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a clinic on the
Adventist World Aviation base.
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This clinic has the essential
instruments and medications
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needed to treat
common medical conditions
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among the Miskito people.
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Each day, patients
walk hours to been seen
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in the clinic by Marilyn.
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She graciously clears
her schedule for any patient,
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who finds their way to the
clinic seeking medical help.
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Often the illness is only minor
and she can treat them with the
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supplies she has in storage.
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If the condition is sever,
then Clint flies the patient
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to the nearest hospital.
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As a husband and wife
team, they can lessen the pain
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and suffering of so
many of the Miskito people.
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Caring for pregnant
mothers and their young babies
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is an important
outreach of the Hanley's.
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Pregnancy in the jungle is
difficult, and often mothers
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do not receive any medical care
for themselves, or their babies.
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Marilyn: One of the biggest
needs, that we have been able
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to help and meet down here
in our village of Tronquera,
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is with ladies who are pregnant.
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There is a huge need of
education within pregnant ladies
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about how to take
care of their bodies.
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What food is
nutritious for them to eat.
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They don't always understand
how to take care of themselves,
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and often taking care of a new
born and breast feeding is very
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intimidating to them.
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I help provide prenatal checks
to women, who are pregnant.
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They come every month
and receive a prenatal check
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from me, or from the nurse.
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Following that, I provide free
prenatal vitamins to them and
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other medications that they
might need for whatever illness
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aside from their pregnancy,
that might be bothering them.
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Narrator: The Miskito people
are poor and have very limited
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opportunities, especially
when it comes to health care.
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Marilyn recognizes this need.
Since she is a nurse, she has
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taken on the responsibility
to help anyone, who comes
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to the mission base
seeking medical care.
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Marilyn: The Miskito people that
live in small villages typically
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have very little
medical care available.
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There is a nurse sometimes in
their village or another village
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nearby that is responsible
for their healthcare needs.
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However, the nurse is limited
by the amount of medicine,
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that they receive
from the government clinic.
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Narrator: Marilyn has been
working with the Miskito people
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and providing them with medical
aid for more than 10 years.
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The village people have come to
trust Marilyn and seek her help
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when they need medical care.
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Even the local nurses refer
to Marilyn on a regular basis.
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Marilyn: I am a registered nurse
and with that has brought the
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availability of
helping people understand
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how to live healthier lives.
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I have been able to
supplement the medical care,
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that they receive through
the government health system.
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I have also been
able to do more teaching.
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As a registered nurse, I have
more medical training then most
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of the nurses that are
attending to the cares here
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in the Miskito villages.
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And what it has done is
allowed me to understand what is
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happening behind the
symptoms and the other problems,
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that they are having.
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Which has given me the
opportunity to explain to them
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and using those explanations
when at all possible to draw
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them back toward the lifestyle
or diet that the Lord has
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originally given to us.
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To be able to use
those things to their health.
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I will see anywhere between
ten and fifty patients a month
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on average.
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Narrator: Miskito patients flock
to the mission seeking help
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from Marilyn.
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Each day, the natives
walk hours for her to see them.
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The mission has the
basic medical instruments and
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a pantry full of medications.
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Marilyn: This is
our medical store room.
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We have multiple different
types of medicines here.
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A few, a couple years ago
we bought up to I think $6,000
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in medicine and so we are
still using up that right now.
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We have pain medicine,
antibiotics, children's liquid
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medicines, gastro medicines
for the intestines and worms.
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Cold, cough, flue, vitamins.
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Skin and all kinds of
skin topical treatments,
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that we have too.
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The amount of medicine that you
see here, using at the current
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rate that I am using it will
probably last a couple years.
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However occasionally I have been
a little more busy in mobile
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clinics and when that happens,
we go through the medicine
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quite more quickly.
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It is dispensed
rather, rather fast.
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Narrator: Now Marilyn is not
satisfied staying on the mission
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base when she knows neighboring
villages need medical help.
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She makes house calls and
visits with Miskito people
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as often as she can.
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She especially likes to focus
on developing relationships
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with those in the
villages that can provide help
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to their fellow villagers.
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She meets with them
and continually passes on
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her medical knowledge, so they
can better help their neighbors.
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Marilyn: Adealeah is a
lay midwife, who we work
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very closely with.
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When the ladies are pregnant,
they'll come to her first and
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then if she sees anything that
she thinks is a danger signal,
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she'll send them over to us.
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When there's women who need
something, that are pregnant,
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she'll bring them to
us and we'll discuss it.
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Occasionally they'll need a
trip to town for an ultrasound.
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Occasionally they'll need to
go to town to have their baby.
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We also, after she's seen
them, we will provide vitamins
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to any lady, who is pregnant.
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As long as they have been
to see a nurse or a doctor,
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me, or a midwife,
which includes Adealeah.
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Just somebody has to check them
and because if they don't feel
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comfortable with one person,
they're welcome to go to any
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person they want but as long
as they are checked, every month
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to prevent problems and then
they can receive free vitamins.
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Narrator: Adealeah
is the village midwife.
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Her village has around
300 people and 43 homes.
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She and Marilyn
work closely together.
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As a midwife, she keeps a close
watchful eye on the condition
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of pregnant mothers.
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Then she consults with Marilyn.
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Having a point person in
each village to keep an eye on
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pregnancies has
made a positive impact.
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Previously, it was very common
for women and their babies
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to die during childbirth.
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Now that Adealeah is trained
and knows the signs to look for,
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women receive the
help they need to deliver
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their babies safely.
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If she sees a worrisome symptom
during pregnancy, Adealeah
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immediately sends
the patient to Marilyn
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for a more through checkup.
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This process has significantly
increased the number
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of successful live births.
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Marilyn Hanley also works very
closely with the area nurse.
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Since she speaks fluent
Miskito, she has developed
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a relationship of
trust and respect.
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The nurse must leave and travel
frequently and whenever he does,
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he leaves all his patients
to receive care from Marilyn.
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Marilyn: I am available whenever
the nurse is gone to back up
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whatever patients might
get sick while he is gone.
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But we are also available
to transport any patients,
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that he sees at any time.
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Be able to transport them
to Waspam or Puerto Cabezas.
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Usually in the truck, but
occasionally a few have happened
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in the plane also.
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Sometimes, he or she,
depending on who the nurse is,
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has a question about a diagnosis
of a patient or a medication
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and then they'll call me in
and I can consult with them and
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discuss it and we can come up
with a treatment plan together.
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Other times it's been an
emergency and they just need
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an extra set of hands and I've
been able to go and do that.
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Narrator: This nurse greatly
appreciates the relationship,
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that exists with Marilyn.
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He utilizes her knowledge and
skills and is grateful to have
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her serving the Miskito people.
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Marilyn: He said that one of the
biggest helps is that there's
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not really a truck in most
villages to be able to take
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people to the hospital.
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So children who are really
sick, or women who are in labor
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and they can't get a truck
and they can't get to the bus
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and we are able to take them.
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Narrator: Marilyn and this
nurse work closely together.
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He provides the
best care for his people
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even with such limited supplies.
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He is thankful to have the
mission so close, where he can
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send patients to see
Marilyn if he cannot help them.
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Marilyn: People who might
feel subconscious about talking
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to a male nurse that they
are able to be able to come over
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and see me and consult with us.
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And that we're available to be
able to take critical patients
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and accidents,
accident people to town.
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So we like to work
with him quite closely.
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Today, a young pregnant
mother has come to the mission
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complaining of pain.
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She fears for her
unborn babies' life.
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Marilyn takes her aside
and begins a basic examination.
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Marilyn: She's complaining
of some pregnancy issues,
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related to her pregnancy.
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Probably a urinary
track infection, but she is,
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the nurse in the village
has recommended, that she go
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to Waspam and be
checked there by the doctors.
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She's a little more than six
months, it's also time for her
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to have her ultrasound.
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So we are going to go ahead and
give her money to go on the bus.
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But before she leaves, I'm going
to check the babies heart beat
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before she goes.
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Narrator: Marilyn
checks for a baby's heartbeat.
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Silence fills the room as
they strain to hear any signs
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of life from the ultra sound.
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After a few moments, Marilyn
locates the baby's heartbeat.
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The echo of the heart beat rings
throughout the room and all
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breathe a sigh of relief.
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The mother now has confirmation,
that her baby is alive!
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This mother still needs to
undergo more testing then what
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Marilyn can offer
at her small clinic.
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There is a hospital at Waspam,
where this mother needs to go
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for blood tests
and more ultrasounds.
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The mission will help her
get the care she needs and help
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transport her to the hospital.
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Marilyn: She is going to
go to Waspam and I'm going to
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give her money for passage
on the bus and she'll leave
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tomorrow morning on
the bus to go to Waspam.
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She will go to see the
doctors at the hospital.
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She's not going to like
be admitted to the hospital.
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She's just going because that
the primary place where she's
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going to receive the care
that they need to check her.
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Check her blood, do an
ultrasound on the baby,
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check for a
urinary tract infection.
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Narrator: Marilyn also gives
the mother basic information
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about the nutrition she
needs to keep her baby healthy.
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The Miskito people are
poor farmers and don't get the
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nutrition they need
from their standard meals
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of cassava, rice and beans.
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Before the patient leaves,
Marilyn provides the mother
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with prenatal vitamins.
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These vitamins will help the
expectant mother pass on good
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nutrients to her unborn child.
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The Hanley's strongly
believe in preventative care,
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when it comes to pregnancies.
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However the Miskito women don't
have the knowledge, or the means
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to get the help they need.
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In Waspam, the government
established a mother's home
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for pregnant women.
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The goal is for expectant
mothers to come to this home
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just before they are due,
so they are close to the only
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hospital in the area
and receive medical care
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when it comes time to deliver.
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However, many villages
are too far away for women
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to travel to this home.
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Travel in this area is very
difficult, and many villagers
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are limited to places
within walking distance.
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Walking for days
while pregnant is not ideal.
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The Hanley's have stepped in
to the gap and provided a way
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to help these women
and their unborn babies.
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Clint: This is the
Casa Materna. It's where
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the pregnant ladies come.
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It's sponsored by the government
and they have free housing
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for them and feed them.
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And they come about a month
before their babies are born
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from the remote communities.
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So we often fly
people to this place.
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Waspam is the town we're in.
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We fly them here, if they
have a high risk pregnancy.
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Often the first baby, or
if there is any complications.
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And then they are able to
stay here and if they need any
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hospital visits they can
keep going back and forth to the
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hospital and then their
baby can actually be delivered
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in the hospital.
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So what this does, is it enables
us to be able to cut down on the
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amount of emergencies because
we can fly them on a schedule
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or we pay for their bus trip
or their boat trip or whatever
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it takes to get them from
the community to here when we
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know they are high risk.
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So it cuts down on the sudden
emergencies and it enables them
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to have a lot higher expectation
of their baby and them living
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because they actually are nearby
a hospital when the babies born
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if there're complications.
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Narrator: The Hanley's work
in Nicaragua is most valuable.
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This mission base was
established for aviation support
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The work transformed
into something much deeper.
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Marilyn has been able to be
the hands and the feet of Jesus
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in ministering to the physical
needs of Miskito people.
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She spends hours each day seeing
ill patients, and educating them
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in ways to have a better life.
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She has won the trust of the
people in her village and they
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come to her
whenever they are in need.
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She is then given the
daily opportunity to show them
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the love of Jesus
through her medical ministry.
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This work has transformed the
area and has impacted hundreds.
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Marilyn: John 10:10 says "I
have come that they might have
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life and have it
more abundantly."
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And ultimately our mission has
been that by helping the people
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have a more abundant life, that
it has given them opportunity
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to see Jesus in us, to reach out
in spiritual questions and find
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a more abundant life through
the infrastructure, through
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health care, through education.
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.92
Through saving their lives
and giving them a second chance
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through the aviation program.
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Narrator: As Marilyn and Clint
dedicate their work to helping
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other families grow
strong, they still have time
00:23:19.29\00:23:22.36
to cherish their own family.
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Each member of the Hanley
family is involved in helping
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the mission reach others.
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Having the opportunity to
serve others as a family is most
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valuable to Clint and Marilyn.
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Even though they are young, the
Hanley children are a valuable
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part of the mission outreach.
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Bredell and Bethany have spent
most of their lives in Nicaragua
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They speak the local Miskito
language fluently, which opens
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doors of opportunity
with the local people.
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Jud: The core of any mission
work is building relationships.
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And the Hanley's have
been here for almost ten years
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and they have, not just
built relationships, but they've
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become part of the community.
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Become part of people's families
in a way that no one else ever
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has done here as far as I know.
00:24:11.21\00:24:12.91
By learning the language, and,
of course those relationships
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are what builds
into sharing your faith.
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Relationships are the
foundation of mission work.
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And the Hanley's are a
prime example of building deep
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heart felt relationships
with the Miskito people here.
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And of course without
relationships, without trust,
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it's impossible
to share your faith.
00:24:33.80\00:24:35.64
So that
foundation has now been laid.
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To begin more ministry, more
sharing of faith, and more of
00:24:38.61\00:24:43.04
sharing the love of
Jesus Christ with the people
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.75
here in this area.
00:24:45.78\00:24:47.12
Narrator: Speaking
Miskito is key to being accepted
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here among the people.
00:24:49.85\00:24:51.35
The entire family all
converse with their neighbors
00:24:51.39\00:24:54.26
in their native tongue.
00:24:54.29\00:24:56.29
This makes the local
people accept the Hanley's
00:24:56.62\00:24:59.73
as one of their own.
00:24:59.76\00:25:01.10
Creating relationships and
establishing a bond with the
00:25:01.13\00:25:04.97
people they have come to help
allows the Hanley's to reach
00:25:05.00\00:25:09.60
deeper into the Miskito culture.
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Marilyn: We learned Miskito.
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And we talk to
them in their language.
00:25:14.11\00:25:16.11
We have children, who
talk in their language.
00:25:16.14\00:25:20.02
And to them, this has been the
ultimate sign that we love them,
00:25:20.85\00:25:28.12
and that we care and that we are
willing to live here with them.
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Is because we can talk
to them in their language.
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We took the time
and energy to learn it.
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As far as they're concerned,
my children are Miskito.
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Because according to them, my
children speak perfect Miskito.
00:25:39.10\00:25:43.04
However, my children
speak without an accent.
00:25:44.94\00:25:47.38
And to them, that is a huge
message that my children belong
00:25:47.41\00:25:52.35
here in this culture.
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Obviously this is where
they are supposed to be.
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Narrator: Brendell and Bethany,
both love where they live.
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They enjoy living in this part
of the world, where they can
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explore the untamed jungles.
00:26:03.89\00:26:06.09
They experience ministry on
a daily basis by being children
00:26:09.33\00:26:13.74
and befriending the locals.
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.60
The Hanley children have learned
what it means to be the hands
00:26:16.54\00:26:19.77
and feet of Jesus.
00:26:19.81\00:26:21.51
With the jungle as their
playground, Brendell and Bethany
00:26:21.54\00:26:25.58
can honestly say, they love
growing up in the mission field.
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Brendell: I am Brendell Howard
Hanley and I am twelve years old
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and I really enjoy
living in Nicaragua.
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And I have my family
here and it's really nice.
00:26:55.04\00:26:59.21
Bethany: I am Bethany
Hanley and I live in Nicaragua
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with the Miskito people.
00:27:08.22\00:27:09.56
Daddy transports, people
patients in the airplane.
00:27:09.59\00:27:14.26
And mommy is a
nurse and teaches some.
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Narrator: The
Hanley's understand the value
00:27:20.54\00:27:22.20
of family relationships.
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.84
Although they spend most
of their time helping others,
00:27:24.87\00:27:27.98
they make sure that
their family is also nurtured.
00:27:28.01\00:27:31.91
At the end of each day, Clint
and Marilyn put their work aside
00:27:31.95\00:27:35.88
and concentrate
spending time as a family.
00:27:35.92\00:27:38.75
The busy demands of the day fade
away, as the Hanley's enjoy the
00:27:39.59\00:27:44.09
company of one another.
00:27:44.13\00:27:46.43
The medical work that this
mission does each day is focused
00:27:47.16\00:27:51.43
on strengthening
other people's families.
00:27:51.47\00:27:54.50
At the day's end, the work that
the Hanley's do, strengthens
00:27:55.84\00:28:00.28
their own family bonds with one
another as they happily serve
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.61
the Miskito people as a
united family working to advance
00:28:04.65\00:28:10.29
the kingdom of God in Nicaragua.
00:28:10.32\00:28:14.09