Welcome to this month's
Monthly Presidential Update.
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It's been a busy year so far
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with the
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
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as well as the
riots in the streets,
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anti-police sentiment.
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It's been even very discouraging
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all throughout the world
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because these things affect
the world on a global basis.
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Our missionaries
have been struggling
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with the same issues that
we've been struggling here.
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Many of them are
on lockdown as well.
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And they are also
dealing with riots
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and many cases in
the larger cities.
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I've got a missionary here
at our headquarters right now,
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he and his wife, Yosi, Josh Fix
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and Yosi Fix are
our missionaries.
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We told you that we would
let you have more information
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about in a previous edition
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of the Monthly
Presidential Update.
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They are preparing
to go to Nicaragua.
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They've accepted the call.
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We're going to be sending
them there here in September.
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And we're praying
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that we're able to
get them there safely,
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that the doors will
open up for them to go there.
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And he's working now in the shop
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on the very
aircraft that he'll be flying
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to Nicaragua in a later date.
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So he's been working at
our maintenance department,
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working with
Kyle on a daily basis,
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helping get
aircraft ready to go,
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prepared for the field once
the lockdown has been lifted.
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We've also been very busy trying
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to help our local communities
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of course with hospitals
and doing the best we can.
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They maintain our
Angel Flight program
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as well as, recently,
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we have been reaching out
to our police departments.
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Rebecca Stevenson,
my executive assistant,
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has been calling our
local police departments
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and our sheriff's departments
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offering them
help and encouragement.
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It is challenging.
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When you demonize
entire communities
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like the community
of our police department
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and those that serve us,
it can be very discouraging.
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There's a lot of
discouragement in this world,
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and we don't need to
bring more discouragement.
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We need to bring some joy.
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So we've been
working with them locally.
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Pray for your
local police departments.
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Pray for your local
sheriff's departments.
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And do what you can.
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Call them up and tell
them you appreciate them.
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And we've been doing just that.
We've been letting them know.
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And we're planning a
flight for their families,
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Young Eagle flights to
take their children up,
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other types of services,
if they need search and rescue
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or happy to provide
that service for them
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as well to show them
the Christian love of Jesus
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to help our local community.
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So we have a lot going on
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inside of
Adventist World Aviation.
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I'm going to share
with you some clips
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from around the world
of what's been transpiring.
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Hello, we're the Runne family.
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My name is Caleb.
My name is Glenda.
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I'm Jordana. I'm Enoch.
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We wanted to tell
you a little bit about
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how we decided to go
into foreign missions.
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When Glenda and I were
getting to know each other,
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we had talked about
going to the missionary field.
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That's one of the things that
attracted us to one another.
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And we found that now, the way
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that we've seen
the world changing,
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the way that
everything seems so united,
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that the birth pains
that Jesus talked about
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before His second
coming are right now.
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We know we're in the toenails
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of that image of Nebuchadnezzar.
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And so we felt like
now is the right time
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to join in foreign missions.
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And that moved us to look online
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for different
ministries to join.
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And God brought us to AWA.
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And since I talked to
Reba, it was very clear that
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that was the
place, as she mentioned
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that they were praying
for families to join them.
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So here we are, happy to
be part of the AWA family
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and ready to go to Guyana
or any place that you require
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for us to go and God,
of course, wants us to go.
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We do feel like God has put this
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on our hearts at this time.
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And we do solicit your prayers.
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This is not us. This is for God.
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And we look
forward to being workers
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for His kingdom.
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Bruce and Monique Wilkerson
have been working diligently
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on maintaining and
building the airbase there,
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getting that
runway up and running,
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taking care of our equipment.
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He's working right
now on equipment repair
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as well as
preservation for equipment there
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in the Philippines.
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Hey, good afternoon. I'm
here with my friend Dari.
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He's an agricultural student
at Western Palawan University.
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He's in his fourth year.
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He's been helping
us around our base,
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doing many different tasks.
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He's doing masonry,
carpentry work, clearing land,
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creating the drainage berms,
all those kinds of things.
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He's a very talented young man.
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He's heading back to
his fourth year of school
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starting next
week or the week after.
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So we're going to miss
his presence around here.
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But today, we're
taking some of the wood
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that was acquired from the trees
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that were
cleared for the airstrip.
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We've taken the wood
and we're repurposing it
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into this
tractor implement cover.
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This will help keep the
weather off the implements,
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weather, just sitting there.
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Looks a little bit like
a bed frame, doesn't it?
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Well, Dari designed
this, and we'll be putting
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these Tagbanwa or
these Kubo roof covers,
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these thatching across the top.
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It is layered like shingles,
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and it'll keep
the weather off them.
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Again, this is going to help
our three tractor implements,
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one's a mower
deck, one's the tiller,
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and one's a grader.
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This will help
preserve the life of them.
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I want to take a
moment to thank everyone
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that's been praying
for us here in Palawan
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and for everyone
that's been supporting us
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financially and
through other gifts.
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We certainly appreciate it.
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We wouldn't be able to do
any of this here without you,
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and of course, without our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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My name is Nathanael Mandache.
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And I have been here
as a student missionary,
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with Adventist World
Aviation for about four months.
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I've always been interested
in aviation and had an interest
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in being a mission pilot
and started talking to them
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about my interest in becoming
a student missionary to see
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if my dreams of becoming a
mission pilot were possible.
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Some of my experiences here
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include the building
of the Pathfinder Plane I
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when the mission
team came in February
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to take it out of the container.
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It is here completed behind me.
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Some of my favorite
experiences from that process
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was helping
assemble it with the wings
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and also in areas
where they could not reach,
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my smaller hands were able to.
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Other activities I've
been able to be a part of
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are the clothing
distribution and outreach
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we've been able to
do in the community.
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It is a blessing to
be able to give to those
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who don't have as much as I do.
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I have also
been able to lead out
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in the church
services of the two churches
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that are here.
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I have been able to help out
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with the
construction of this property.
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Among many other things,
that has included weed whacking
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and brush clean
up, tree planting
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for the cashew orchard
that we have in the back,
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and watering of those trees.
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One of my favorite
tasks around here has been
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the ability to use the tractor
to build the property up.
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Behind me is the
signal area for the runway,
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which I have been able
to, in helping Mr. Wilkerson,
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clear out in order to be
able to build a wind sock.
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One of my other favorite
tasks I have been able to do
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while I have been
here is in the area
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of video
production and photography.
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God has given me
skills to be able to record
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and share what
is being done here.
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It's a character
building experience in many ways
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having to work with all
the technological issues
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that arise with the fact
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that we are in a
third world country.
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If others are interested in
becoming student missionaries
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like myself, there's some things
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to keep in mind.
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This job is no walk in the park.
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You need to be
willing to work hard
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and do the task
quickly and efficiently
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because no one else will
be able to do them for you.
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Over here, with as
few of us as there is,
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there is a need
to be a team player
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and you need to be willing
to take care of yourself.
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No one is going to babysit you.
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And you have to
be willing to live
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without modern
conveniences as well.
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If God moves upon you
to come be a missionary,
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we are in need of
pilots and mechanics
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to help keep our planes
running and operating smoothly.
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You don't even need to be
anything related to aviation,
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nurses and anyone
in the medical field
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are needed as well,
people with technology
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and video
production skills, secretaries,
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anyone who feels the
moving of the Holy Spirit
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on their hearts
to be a missionary.
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If you do not
feel that the Spirit
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is not leading
you in that direction,
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be a missionary in your own home
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to your community.
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Support ministries like us
because we cannot do our work
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except through
donations from you.
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Do anything in your power
to bring Christ's coming soon,
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to let the gospel of the kingdom
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be preached in all the world
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as a testimony to all nations
so that the end will come.
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God bless.
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Adventist World Aviation
has mission outposts stationed
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all around the world,
with the mission of bringing
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humanitarian aid
and the love of Jesus
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to difficult to reach areas.
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Adventist World
Aviation is excited to be going
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through a season of
growth and expansion.
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New aviation
projects are dotting the globe
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as AWA uses the
powerful tool of aviation
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to reach even more
with the love of Christ,
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committed to joining
efforts in two locations,
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Brazil and Uganda,
currently ADRA has flourishing
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projects in both
of these locations,
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but their work could be
exponentially multiplied
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if they had
aviation support to advance
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into even more
rural territories.
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Working in the remote
regions of Northern Brazil
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called Amazon
Lifesavers, their primary goal
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is to reach people that
live in deep jungle locations
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alongside the Amazon River.
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Amazon Lifesavers
currently uses boats
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to reach these
jungle communities.
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They launch from
their base in Manaus
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and often travel 30 plus hours
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by boat on the
slow moving Amazon River
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in order to reach a community.
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There is no road system
to reach these communities,
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and they are only accessible
by traveling along the river.
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Amazon
Lifesavers Ministries motto
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is to place
long-term missionaries
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into these jungle
communities to live alongside
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the indigenous people.
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With the limitations
of travel and boat speed,
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they cannot place missionaries
into extreme remote villages
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because they have no way
to support them long term
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with transportation.
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The work that Amazon Lifesavers
currently does is tremendous.
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However, it is only
the tip of the iceberg
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of the potential that
could be done in this area.
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With the aid of Adventist
World Aviation aircraft,
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missionaries will be
able to be quickly carried
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into regions within hours
that before could have taken
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multiple weeks to reach by boat.
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This mode of
transportation expedites
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the work being done tremendously
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but also, and more importantly,
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it opens up a
vast new mission field
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along the Amazon River,
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where no
missionary has entered before.
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A Cessna 206
with amphibious floats
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will allow this aircraft to land
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on both land and on water.
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The second opportunity
to provide aviation support
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to an existing ADRA project
is on the African plains.
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In Uganda, ADRA has established
many programs to minister
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and empower the people of Uganda
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as well as displaced refugees.
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ADRA has established programs
that include microfinance,
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clean water, hygiene,
agriculture, education,
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and even
community driven programs
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to prevent
violence against women.
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The single common
thread through ADRA's work
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is a consistent
emphasis on empowerment.
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Each program has a goal
of a sustainable improvement
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of individuals,
where they take ownership
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of the results for
themselves and their community.
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Travel in Uganda is not easy.
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The dirt roads make travel
in any season, dry or rainy,
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very challenging.
00:14:21.82\00:14:23.49
Bringing air
support to the ADRA workers
00:14:23.53\00:14:25.79
will multiply the
efforts of the ADRA personnel.
00:14:25.83\00:14:29.53
The potential for
growth in these projects
00:14:29.56\00:14:31.73
is a very exciting prospect.
00:14:31.77\00:14:33.97
This partnership
between Adventist World Aviation
00:14:34.00\00:14:37.14
and ADRA is a
thrilling opportunity
00:14:37.17\00:14:40.41
to carry out the
gospel commission
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to reach all of the world
with the good news of Jesus.
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AWA's ongoing mission is
to go into all the world,
00:14:46.28\00:14:50.62
the final frontiers to
reach and to save the lives
00:14:50.65\00:14:54.56
of the lost or the suffering,
00:14:54.59\00:14:56.83
to seek out
primitive civilizations
00:14:56.86\00:14:59.46
with the love of Jesus,
and to help those in need.
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Adventist World Aviation
is reaching the unreachable
00:15:03.50\00:15:06.90
to seek out a new life in Christ
00:15:06.94\00:15:09.50
and to boldly go
where most missionaries
00:15:09.54\00:15:12.74
do not have the means to reach.
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Hey, friends, Ray Young here.
Quick little update for you.
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It's summertime, which
means it's float flying time.
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And we've got two
beautiful float planes
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just waiting to get to work.
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We've got one for Sioux Lookout
and one for our Brazil project.
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But in the next 90 days,
we've got an all-out effort
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going forward to try to get
these two airplanes completed
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and onto the jobsite doing
what they were meant to do.
00:15:36.26\00:15:41.14
So I'd like to say a
big thank you to everybody
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that's been
supporting us, praying for us,
00:15:43.44\00:15:45.57
partnering up
with us financially
00:15:45.61\00:15:47.44
to try to get
these aircraft going.
00:15:47.48\00:15:50.68
This summer's been a
struggle with COVID-19,
00:15:50.71\00:15:55.15
but it hasn't stopped us.
00:15:55.18\00:15:56.52
God's work has
continued to move forward.
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The blessings
just keep rolling in.
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We are praying
for you, our partners,
00:16:00.66\00:16:03.06
praying that God
will bless you physically
00:16:03.09\00:16:05.09
and send you great
health and keep you safe
00:16:05.13\00:16:07.83
in this little time of trouble
that we're going through.
00:16:07.86\00:16:10.30
And again, a
big loving thank you
00:16:10.33\00:16:12.27
from Adventist
World Aviation in Canada.
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Adventist World Aviation's focus
00:16:15.40\00:16:17.47
is on reaching
people in remote regions
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of the world, people who
are typically inaccessible
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because of their
geographic location.
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Often, North
America is not considered
00:16:26.55\00:16:29.42
when one thinks
about remote people groups.
00:16:29.45\00:16:32.49
However, travel
above the Arctic Circle
00:16:32.52\00:16:35.76
and northern corners of America
00:16:35.79\00:16:38.56
proves to be
extremely challenging,
00:16:38.59\00:16:41.63
and many native
peoples are overlooked
00:16:41.66\00:16:44.73
and not served as a result.
00:16:44.77\00:16:47.90
These areas are
mission fields full of people
00:16:47.94\00:16:51.01
who need to be reached
with the love of Jesus.
00:16:51.04\00:16:54.41
Aviation bridges the
gap and opens regions
00:16:54.44\00:16:57.98
to ministerial work
00:16:58.01\00:16:59.78
and to serving Native Americans.
00:16:59.81\00:17:02.68
Adventist World Aviation
has two mission outposts
00:17:02.72\00:17:06.49
in North America, one in
Alaska and one in Canada.
00:17:06.52\00:17:11.63
AWA's focus in
Alaska is to collaborate
00:17:11.66\00:17:14.60
with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:17:14.63\00:17:16.26
by providing
aviation support to pastors
00:17:16.30\00:17:19.50
and Bible
workers who seek to serve
00:17:19.53\00:17:22.07
the Yupik people
in isolated villages.
00:17:22.10\00:17:25.14
Above the Arctic Circle travel
becomes not only difficult
00:17:25.17\00:17:28.78
but in many areas
completely impassable.
00:17:28.81\00:17:32.41
Many villages do
not have road access
00:17:32.45\00:17:35.52
and can only be
reached by plane or by boat.
00:17:35.55\00:17:39.72
Unfortunately,
this region suffers
00:17:39.75\00:17:42.16
from dangerously
high rates of suicide,
00:17:42.19\00:17:44.76
drug dependence,
and physical abuse.
00:17:44.79\00:17:48.56
This is largely due to
the Yupik people's hopeless
00:17:48.60\00:17:51.93
outlook on their futures.
00:17:51.97\00:17:54.17
The good news of Jesus
and the hope of a better life
00:17:54.20\00:17:57.24
is desperately needed to offset
these saddening statistics.
00:17:57.27\00:18:02.84
Often, a village
will only receive
00:18:02.88\00:18:05.38
a visit from their
pastor once or twice a year
00:18:05.41\00:18:08.78
because of the
extreme travel challenges.
00:18:08.82\00:18:12.35
These rare visits make
churches and Christianity scarce
00:18:12.39\00:18:16.62
and leave the
people with little hope.
00:18:16.66\00:18:19.89
AWA has worked diligently
to remove the travel obstacle
00:18:19.93\00:18:24.47
and help spread the gospel
00:18:24.50\00:18:26.03
in a quick and effective manner.
00:18:26.07\00:18:28.30
Adventist World Aviation
brings hope to these villages
00:18:28.34\00:18:31.84
by providing flights for
pastors and Bible workers
00:18:31.87\00:18:35.38
to enter into villages
upon a weekly or monthly basis.
00:18:35.41\00:18:39.98
AWA also supports missionaries
that live in remote villages
00:18:40.02\00:18:44.52
and flies in supplies
00:18:44.55\00:18:46.15
that they need to
better serve the people.
00:18:46.19\00:18:49.52
Adventist World Aviation
also is working to expand
00:18:49.56\00:18:53.03
the reach of
the Adventist Church
00:18:53.06\00:18:54.40
in Alaska.
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In 2017, AWA assisted
the North American division
00:18:55.80\00:19:01.07
by partnering
together in a survey trip,
00:19:01.10\00:19:04.07
which flew
Adventist church leaders
00:19:04.11\00:19:06.88
to find
locations to plant churches
00:19:06.91\00:19:10.15
in the most remote areas.
00:19:10.18\00:19:13.25
Once these churches
have been established,
00:19:13.28\00:19:15.58
aircraft will again
be utilized to continue
00:19:15.62\00:19:18.45
to support the Bible workers
00:19:18.49\00:19:20.42
that will be
placed in these villages.
00:19:20.46\00:19:23.39
AWA also has focused
efforts in Ontario, Canada,
00:19:23.43\00:19:27.70
which has similar needs.
00:19:27.73\00:19:29.76
Some time ago,
AWA had an inquiry
00:19:29.80\00:19:33.10
from the members
of a small church
00:19:33.13\00:19:35.00
in Sioux Lookout, Ontario.
00:19:35.04\00:19:37.51
They had a
burden in their hearts
00:19:37.54\00:19:39.57
for the
indigenous people scattered
00:19:39.61\00:19:41.44
across Northern Ontario in
small, isolated communities.
00:19:41.48\00:19:46.65
They saw the social
and spiritual challenges
00:19:46.68\00:19:49.85
that these villages faced with
drug and alcohol dependencies
00:19:49.88\00:19:54.66
and a disproportionate
high rate of suicide.
00:19:54.69\00:19:58.53
It was clear to
them that the only way
00:19:58.56\00:20:01.06
to effectively reach
and sustain a presence
00:20:01.10\00:20:04.57
would be to have a
dedicated aircraft.
00:20:04.60\00:20:07.37
So they turned to
AWA for a solution.
00:20:07.40\00:20:11.04
To bring hope and the
message of our Savior's love,
00:20:11.07\00:20:14.34
this new
project is a partnership
00:20:14.38\00:20:17.01
with the Ontario Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist,
00:20:17.05\00:20:20.72
an amphibious plane is
slotted to soon be serving
00:20:20.75\00:20:24.29
in the remote villages
of Northern Ontario, Canada,
00:20:24.32\00:20:28.09
to meet the needs of
those who have been suffering
00:20:28.12\00:20:31.09
without any help for so long.
00:20:31.13\00:20:34.26
Adventist World
Aviation is honored to support
00:20:34.30\00:20:37.30
all those who serve in
the name of Jesus Christ
00:20:37.33\00:20:39.73
and most especially
00:20:39.77\00:20:41.10
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:20:41.14\00:20:43.71
These
partnerships in North America
00:20:43.74\00:20:46.14
are a wonderful example
of how the body of Christ
00:20:46.17\00:20:49.28
can work together and
provide a unified movement
00:20:49.31\00:20:52.65
to serve hurting
people all around the world.
00:20:52.68\00:20:56.22
Just recently, I took a journey
00:20:59.75\00:21:01.49
with one of our volunteers
down to Gainesville, Florida.
00:21:01.52\00:21:04.79
One of our mechanics,
Gene Krugh had passed away.
00:21:04.83\00:21:08.50
Gene and his wife
had been volunteers
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.43
for Adventist
World Aviation for years.
00:21:11.47\00:21:13.27
He was one of our
maintenance mechanics
00:21:13.30\00:21:15.07
that has worked on our aircraft,
00:21:15.10\00:21:16.60
the Toku-Hana, in particular,
00:21:16.64\00:21:18.97
that's the world famous aircraft
00:21:19.01\00:21:20.54
that flew across
the Pacific Ocean
00:21:20.58\00:21:22.98
from Oakland,
California to Tokyo, Japan,
00:21:23.01\00:21:25.75
that was donated to us
here about eight years ago.
00:21:25.78\00:21:28.58
It's been doing Angel
Flights for us ever since.
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.59
It's been on a mercy mission.
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.09
He liked working
on that airplane.
00:21:32.12\00:21:33.56
He wanted to make
sure that thing was always
00:21:33.59\00:21:36.06
in tip top
condition so we could continue
00:21:36.09\00:21:39.43
our Angel Flight.
00:21:39.46\00:21:40.80
Sadly, we lost
Gene a little while ago.
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.37
Gene now sleeps,
waits for Jesus to come.
00:21:43.40\00:21:45.83
And I was able to take
a journey down to Florida,
00:21:45.87\00:21:48.20
his widow, his wife, wanted
to donate all of his equipment,
00:21:48.24\00:21:52.94
including prop balancers
and his mechanic supplies,
00:21:52.97\00:21:56.81
his A&P supplies,
and we were so blessed.
00:21:56.85\00:22:00.65
So we are on the way
to Gainesville, Florida,
00:22:00.68\00:22:04.72
to pick up a donation.
00:22:04.75\00:22:07.29
Good friend of ours
who had been donating
00:22:07.32\00:22:09.99
his time over the
years to AWA has passed away.
00:22:10.03\00:22:15.73
And we regret losing him.
00:22:15.76\00:22:18.60
Gene Krugh was
one of our mechanics
00:22:18.63\00:22:22.50
that volunteered for
us from time to time.
00:22:22.54\00:22:24.34
And he loved AWA
00:22:24.37\00:22:27.04
and he loved
the work that we do.
00:22:27.08\00:22:29.11
And now he is sleeping,
waiting for Jesus to come.
00:22:29.14\00:22:34.65
And his widow is very kind
00:22:34.68\00:22:39.42
and wanted to donate his tools.
00:22:39.45\00:22:42.72
And so I have
another volunteer with us.
00:22:42.76\00:22:45.09
Bob Heugel is sitting
here by my side driving
00:22:45.13\00:22:48.80
his truck down here
to Gainesville, Florida
00:22:48.83\00:22:52.53
so we can pick up this
kind donation that Denise Krugh
00:22:52.57\00:22:57.44
has been so generous
00:22:57.47\00:23:00.38
to give in memory of Gene.
00:23:00.41\00:23:05.78
So this is Denise Krugh.
00:23:05.81\00:23:07.88
This is Gene Krugh's wife,
00:23:07.92\00:23:11.65
and she's been
so gracious to us.
00:23:11.69\00:23:13.92
And this is her little doggie.
00:23:13.96\00:23:16.93
What's the doggie's name again?
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.86
Susie. Susie.
00:23:18.89\00:23:21.46
And Denise and Susie
have donated Gene's tools
00:23:21.50\00:23:26.40
and his equipment that
he's done over the years.
00:23:26.43\00:23:28.44
Gene was very gracious to us.
00:23:28.47\00:23:30.04
Donated weeks
upon weeks of his time
00:23:30.07\00:23:33.54
to annual our aircraft
00:23:33.58\00:23:34.94
and to take care of our birds
00:23:34.98\00:23:36.31
so they can fly
in the mission field.
00:23:36.34\00:23:38.01
And he was so
gracious he helped us
00:23:38.05\00:23:39.55
get the aircraft ready
to go to Guyana as well.
00:23:39.58\00:23:43.18
He was one of
the first mechanics
00:23:43.22\00:23:44.55
to work on that plane.
00:23:44.59\00:23:46.39
Anyway, God bless you, Denise.
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.22
Thank you for all you do. Yeah.
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.53
Shortly, we're
gonna be sending Josh Fix
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.76
and his family, Yosi
and the boys to Nicaragua.
00:23:52.79\00:23:58.20
That's going to
be quite a challenge
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.64
because the cost
for sending somebody
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.51
to another country
right now with airline fares
00:24:03.54\00:24:05.64
all over the map,
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.44
there is no consistency with it.
00:24:07.48\00:24:09.04
It's extremely expensive.
00:24:09.08\00:24:10.41
We're looking
probably in the neighborhood
00:24:10.45\00:24:11.81
of $4,000 to $5,000
00:24:11.85\00:24:13.75
to make all of that
happen by the time you get
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.78
through all the various needs
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.85
that the journey
is going to require.
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.62
We're not sure if we're gonna
have to put them in quarantine
00:24:20.66\00:24:24.16
at the local
airport that they go into.
00:24:24.19\00:24:27.20
Hopefully not.
00:24:27.23\00:24:28.56
Hopefully, they'll
be able to quarantine
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.23
in our own airbase if
that's what is required.
00:24:30.27\00:24:33.34
If you would like
to help in the journey,
00:24:33.37\00:24:36.24
go to our website and
choose the Fix Family Support
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.34
or Nicaraguan Support.
00:24:39.37\00:24:40.71
We'll make sure
that they are able
00:24:40.74\00:24:43.88
to get there and
then return safely.
00:24:43.91\00:24:46.01
We're gonna have to support them
00:24:46.05\00:24:47.38
while they are there.
00:24:47.42\00:24:48.75
Enrique has ongoing needs there,
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.79
he's been steady
building and working on projects
00:24:50.82\00:24:53.96
since the beginning of the year.
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.32
He has improved the
situation drastically.
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.66
It's such a great improvement.
00:24:58.69\00:25:00.43
We started out with a well
00:25:00.46\00:25:01.80
that we've been
working on for years.
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.16
Now we have a tower,
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.77
a water tower that
supplies the necessary pressure
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.57
so you don't have
to dip the buckets
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.54
in the water anymore to
pull from an underground well.
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.04
Now the water is being
pumped up to the water tower,
00:25:13.07\00:25:16.95
and it slowly pumps up,
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.75
and it now is able to
supply water pressure.
00:25:18.78\00:25:22.65
We got a steady flow serving
00:25:22.68\00:25:24.49
our community with
fresh, clean water.
00:25:24.52\00:25:26.96
So that's very exciting.
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.46
Hey, I'm Josh Fix,
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.16
pre-deployed
missionary to Nicaragua.
00:25:31.19\00:25:35.20
I'm a part mechanic,
been helping out here
00:25:35.23\00:25:38.07
for the last month or so,
00:25:38.10\00:25:40.57
here at the shop with
Kyle and giving him a hand
00:25:40.60\00:25:44.14
in the shop with various duties,
00:25:44.17\00:25:45.51
also doing the annual
and fixing some squawks
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.88
on the airplane that's gonna
be going to Nicaragua, the 182.
00:25:48.91\00:25:53.82
Right now, I'm
cutting open an oil filter.
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.79
So what we're going to do here,
00:25:56.82\00:25:58.29
now that we've
cut this filter open,
00:25:58.32\00:26:00.79
is you want to
inspect the filter on here.
00:26:00.82\00:26:03.26
I want to take it,
remove it from here
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.53
and run a magnet
over it, visually check it
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.26
as well to see if there's
any ferrous metals in here
00:26:07.30\00:26:11.47
and see if the
engine is making metal.
00:26:11.50\00:26:14.00
This is an addition
to annual oil analysis.
00:26:14.04\00:26:17.21
We take an oil sample
and do a little change,
00:26:17.24\00:26:18.71
and we send that off to a
lab telling it to inspect it
00:26:18.74\00:26:21.24
and they send us
a printout sheet,
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.95
telling us what kind
of metals are in the oil,
00:26:23.98\00:26:27.02
if there's
excessive metal making.
00:26:27.05\00:26:29.12
And we would take
appropriate action
00:26:29.15\00:26:31.82
at that point.
00:26:31.85\00:26:33.19
So the last month or
so, we've been working here
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.22
at the hangar, it's
given us an opportunity
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.06
to get to know the
office staff a little bit,
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.76
especially working alongside
Kyle has been a big blessing
00:26:38.79\00:26:41.36
'cause we just, you
know, met here and there,
00:26:41.40\00:26:43.37
never really worked
together on aircraft.
00:26:43.40\00:26:44.83
And he'll kind of be my
technical support overseas
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.37
as a mechanic more
experienced than I am.
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.94
So right now we're waiting
for Nicaragua to open up.
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.71
They've been
struggling as is everywhere
00:26:52.74\00:26:55.58
with the coronavirus, as
the shutdown of the country,
00:26:55.61\00:26:57.35
the borders,
airports, everything.
00:26:57.38\00:26:59.61
And so we got tickets and faith
00:26:59.65\00:27:01.08
for the beginning of next month.
00:27:01.12\00:27:03.15
So we're hoping for the country
to open up like they said
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.89
they're shooting
to and get down there
00:27:05.92\00:27:07.89
and take a survey trip.
00:27:07.92\00:27:09.26
We'll be down
there for three months,
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get a feel for the country.
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Getting to know
some people over there,
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meeting and greeting,
getting a feel for the needs,
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taking some pictures as we go,
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spring back and
show people over here,
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show the needs of the
country so we can get down there
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as soon as possible
once we get back in December.
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So one of the things
we're doing at Nicaragua
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is providing clean water.
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They've struggled with
that through the years.
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They had a well.
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They're just drawing
it out with a bucket.
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It's rather tedious.
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So here at the
beginning of the year,
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we've contributed to
put in a tower there,
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a water tower so the water
can be pumped up into the tower
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and filtered just
like other places.
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Water is one of the
most critical things
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that you have in
any place where you go,
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no matter where you're at.
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So that's one of
the practical needs
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that we're
meeting there in Nicaragua
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and trying to do
so wherever we're at.
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So in closing, I want to
say thank you for your support
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for Adventist World Aviation
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throughout the
months and years past.
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Who knows how
much time we have left?
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Do we have
months? Do we have days?
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Do we have years? We don't know.
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But in the meantime,
we do the best we can,
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helping all of humanity,
helping them know about Jesus,
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healing the sick,
feeding the hungry,
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giving drink to the thirsty,
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helping the helpless.
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It's what we do.
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Pray for us.
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God bless you, and
we'll see you next month.
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