Welcome
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to Adventist World Aviation
Special Presidential Update.
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Thank you for
watching our previous episodes
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on the updates as
the year has progressed.
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This has been an
unusual year for sure.
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Many good things have happened
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and the year of 2020
will go down in history
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is to be remembered
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as a certainly a confusing year,
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that's for sure.
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A lot of positive
things have happened
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throughout
Adventist World Aviation
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in the previous months,
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we are now
entering into the fall.
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As we enter into the fall,
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our mind turns towards year end.
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And, of course, we
have the election upon us
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that has many of us
worried which way will it go?
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Will America be transformed
into something we don't want?
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Or will our
country remain a free state
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and to be able to
worship God freely?
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The only advice I
have that I really dare say
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is that vote for freedom.
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Whatever side
you feel will give us
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the most religious freedom
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to be able to
share the gospel message
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throughout the world,
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then that's
where you need to be.
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Politics notwithstanding,
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it's important
to be able to serve
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God's people.
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And there are
certainly some scary things
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that have
happened on the horizon.
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And so my suggestion
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is to let's pray
for continued freedom
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to be able to share
the gospel of this world.
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You know, we're
coming up on Thanksgiving
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and one of the
things on Thanksgiving
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is said that you shouldn't argue
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about politics
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and you shouldn't
argue about religion
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at the Thanksgiving table
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and while I agree
that arguments are bad
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or they can be.
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They really not so bad
when you think about it
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because arguments bring out
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the best of both sides.
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Isaiah said, "Come,
let's," really what he said is,
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"Come let's argue together."
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He said, "Come
let's reason together."
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Arguments don't
have to be argumentative,
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both sides can be presented
and that sharpens your steel.
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And really there
are only two things
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worthy of discussion.
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And, of course, that
is number one is Jesus,
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and the Bible, and religion.
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Religion is a wonderful
thing to be able to talk about
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at the Thanksgiving table
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because it
shows our gratefulness
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to our Creator.
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And what we are,
are thankful for.
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Politics just
happens to assure the ability
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to be able to discuss
the freedom of religion.
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And so, really in a real sense,
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those are only two things
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that are worthy of arguing about
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and that is
politics and religion.
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Politics just
assures the ability
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to be able to have a
conversation about religion.
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So vote and vote for that
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which will give
us the most freedom.
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That's my recommendation to you.
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Adventist World Aviation
has come a long way this year.
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We've certainly had
some challenging times,
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but all throughout the year,
we've been working diligently.
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Even though we
have been on lockdown
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throughout the world
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and many of the
countries that we serve,
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we've also had
limited opportunity
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to be able to move
freely about in our own country,
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which is really unusual
for United States citizens
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or North Americans,
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we're used to be
able to freely travel,
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go into a store freely shop,
communicate with others freely.
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Even embrace somebody
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that needs a
something as simple as a hug,
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we're able to do that.
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And that has been challenging,
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especially for those of us
that enjoy social interaction,
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or accomplish things
through social interaction.
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So that has been a challenge,
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of course, but
at that same time,
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we've been able to
accomplish a lot as well.
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Much of the maintenance
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that we've not
been able to accomplish
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throughout the years,
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we've been able to
accomplish here at headquarters.
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Hello, my name
is Kyle Stevenson.
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I'm the Chief of Maintenance
for Adventist World Aviation.
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And I'm here to talk about
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the importance of
aircraft maintenance.
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So this aircraft we
have here that took Ohana
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is one of our
Angel Flight aircraft.
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And not too long ago,
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it was scheduled to
fly with Rebecca and Rick
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to do an Angel
Flight, but in the morning,
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they weren't able to leave
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because of an
issue with the battery,
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the aircraft wouldn't start.
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And so I had to
quickly figure out
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what the problem was,
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so that they
could get on their way
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to go pick up their passenger.
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So it took me about four hours,
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but I finally figured
out what the problem was,
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the battery ground
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where it
connects into the airframe
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had corroded to the point
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where electricity wasn't flowing
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through the connection itself.
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And it was kind of hidden
underneath the battery box
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where the battery
stored in the aircraft.
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So once I found that
out, I cleaned it all up,
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relocated the ground,
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and they were able to
leave and go on their way
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to the Angel Flight
and get there safely.
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And, you know, they
pick up their passenger.
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Good morning. Welcome.
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We're here in
Smithfield North Carolina,
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Monique and I just
arrived a couple of weeks ago,
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from Sagpangan,
Palawan, the Philippines.
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We're gonna be
here in North Carolina
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for the next couple
of months, at least.
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During this time here,
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we're getting to
know all the people
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that are
supporting AWA in many ways.
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This morning, I
wanna introduce you
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to two lovely young people
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who are volunteering their time,
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given us their...
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Using their God given
talents and experiences
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to help us with maintenance here
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at the hangar in North Carolina.
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If you'll
follow me for a second,
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I wanna introduce you
to a young man, Malachi.
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This is Malachi,
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please introduce yourself to us.
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Hi, I'm Malachi. I'm 14.
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And I've been working at
AWA or volunteering at AWA
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for around four
years, three years.
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Three years.
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And, Malachi, as you're
here to earn your A&P, right?
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You're trying to,
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you're doing a
bit of maintenance
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on the aircraft right now.
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They're working on the Mooney.
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And they are
doing different tasks
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so that they can get
Mooney to be up and running.
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And Malachi is
earning his A&P. He's 14.
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That means he's
in his home school
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here in Smithfield area.
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And he's eventually
going to earn his A&P
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and his pilot license.
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Thank you,
Malachi, for your service.
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And thank you
for your dedication
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to supporting us.
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Next, we have a
lovely young lady over here.
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Hi. Hi, this is Jasmin.
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Jasmin, would you
please introduce yourself
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and tell us a little bit
about what brings you to AWA?
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Sure. I'm Jasmin.
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I have two
children and a husband.
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We both, my husband
and I are in the military.
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I'm with the Air Force Reserve,
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my husband with
the National Guard,
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Army National Guard.
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I decided to join AWA
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because I had been
blessed through the military
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to learn avionic systems.
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And I decided well,
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how can I use
this for God's purpose
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and I found AWA
through the church.
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And I've been
working or volunteering
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for five months now.
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And it's been a tremendous help,
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and a blessing to me.
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So, yeah, that's a
little bit about myself.
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Well, thank you, Jasmin,
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and you're
trying to earn your A&P
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or what's part of
your other reasons
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for being here?
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Oh, my A&P is kind of
like a plus side to be in here.
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A big point is
just really helping out
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learning and kind of exploring
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what there is to
offer for the aviation
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and more specifically
this the AWA Ministries.
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Well, thank you so much, Jasmin,
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for your time
and your dedication.
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Thank you.
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I thank you both
for your service.
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Well, the other news in Palawan,
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we have seven or
eight young youth people
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that are learning a song
by Casting Crowns, Who Am I.
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You'll see a short video
clip of that in the background.
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And these youth have
come to us on a regular basis,
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about once a week to visit us.
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And one day they
asked Sister Monique,
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if they could teach
him a song in English,
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a Christian song in English.
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And so they thought
about different songs
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they came up with, Who
Am I, by Casting Crowns.
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Not because of what I've done
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But because of who you are
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I am a flower quickly fading
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Here today and gone tomorrow
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A wave tossed in the ocean
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A vapor in the wind
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Still you hear
me When I'm calling
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Lord, you catch
me When I'm falling
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And you've told me who I am
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I am yours
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And these young people
are young, young, teenagers
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of Malachi's age,
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and they are not
Seventh-day Adventists
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and they have limited
English vocabulary skills.
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So they
basically can't communicate
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very much in English,
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so they wouldn't
learn the English song.
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And you're gonna see this song,
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To God be the glory
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because they are
trying to understand
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Who Am I and all creation.
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We've been able
to deliver aircraft
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that probably
still be in maintenance
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had it not been for our ability
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to concentrate
our efforts on that
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and we're excited to announce
just a couple of days ago,
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we are able to
deploy Charlie Foxtrot,
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WOHR our aircraft,
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our specially
outfitted Cessna 185 on floats
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its Amphibious
Floats to Sioux Lookout
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in the Ontario project area
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to be able to serve
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the indigenous peoples up there.
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And it took off just
a couple of days ago.
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And we are so happy
that was able to take off
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and had the
opportunity to test fly at here,
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we landed on water
as well as on land,
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test flew this
amazing, amazing aircraft
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that has the
ability to take off at gross
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with the specific
type Robinson type STOL kit
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that we installed in it,
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which gives us an
incredible performance
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on take on short
takeoff and landings.
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And so we have
this incredible aircraft
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that will be serving
the indigenous peoples
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in Canada and Northern Ontario,
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and in Sioux Lookout
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and all throughout that region
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to be able to help
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in a variety of
areas of ministry
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and suicide prevention
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and helping the
local indigenous people
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with their medical needs
and transportation needs,
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of course, and food,
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and something as
simple as daily rations
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and supplies that
are needed in areas
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that are on
lockdown because of weather,
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or rain, or snow,
or whatever they face.
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So we're excited for that.
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We'll be turning
to Ray in a moment
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to share what's happening there.
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So that was exciting
to be able to see that.
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We have a pilot
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that came down
here from Ontario.
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He's got a lot of
experience in floatplanes.
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His name is Brian.
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And Brian did a
awesome job of demonstrating
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that he'll be a
qualified pilot up in that area.
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So one of the pilots
that we have is Brian,
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and we appreciate his
service and willingness
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to help in that area.
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For this very meaningful moment.
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The whole transition
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of this plane to us
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and to ministry here in Ontario
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has been little while in coming.
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It has been a few years
since we have negotiated
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and signed off on this agreement
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entered into a memorandum
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of understanding with
Adventist World Aviation,
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and have had many dialogues
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with the leaders in
the indigenous context
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in Northwestern Ontario.
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And we have been
with eager anticipation
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looking forward to the moment
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when we would have had
this plane on the ground
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here in Ontario.
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Our administration turned
it over to North Carolina,
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where the plane
was for a little while
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and we had dialogues
there, we had prayer over it.
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There were some
hitches and some bumps,
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but in the process of time
God has overlooked and guided.
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And today here we are
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with our plane
right here on the ground.
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And the Ontario Conference
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and the Adventist World Aviation
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were both excited to
begin this important ministry.
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So I share with you for example
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something that was scary for me.
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Number one, in
Northwestern Ontario,
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the indigenous people
had a higher incidence
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of all cancers, all cancers.
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They dominated
the Ontario report
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at the highest level,
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they have the highest incidence
of all circulatory diseases,
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the highest incidence of
all respiratory diseases,
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high incidence of all
unintentional injuries,
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and, of course,
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highest incidence of
all intentional injuries,
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self-harm,
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and highest
incidence of suicide.
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This, for me,
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was a statement of
desperation and hopelessness.
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They need help.
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They need hope.
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And this is best
given in the name of
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and through the power
of Jesus Christ Himself.
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So therefore, we
resolve and we will not be moved
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from the fact
that we have decided
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we will not be spectators
of this unfortunate reality
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because Jesus has modeled
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that we should
never relegate people,
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He never excluded people,
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Jesus always
included the excluded.
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And so, we will do our best
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to help the
people who need help.
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With health trainings
and seminars and support
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to agricultural projects,
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we will do our best
to help those who need
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to access medical facilities
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to be flown back to
access the facilities
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in Thunder Bay or Sioux Lookout,
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which they would not be
able to afford normally.
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And so today, I'd like to thank
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Adventist World Aviation.
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Ray is representing right now
joining us in this partnership,
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and as we hold each other
hands as two important partners
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in this project.
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We believe
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that Jesus will bring
a blessing and a benefit
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and improvement and amelioration
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to the people in that region.
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Incrementally, yes,
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but one at a time
makes a difference.
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Jesus was into empowerment.
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He said to the man of
the gate of the temple,
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rise, take up your bed and walk.
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And so that's what we wanna do.
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We wanna give
these people a lift.
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We want them to
find betterment in Christ
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through our interventions.
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And we'd like this to be
a launch of the transition
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of the cultural
operation of our church
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so that we can see the
value of community engagement
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at another level and go for it
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without
hesitation or relegation.
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So God be with you.
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Thank you so much
for your presence today
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because this assures us
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that you will be
praying for this project.
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Hey, guys, Ray here in Canada,
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with our
beautiful 185 floatplane
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we got it in the
hangar here in Winnipeg,
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and now we're doing
some post-flight maintenance
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and getting ready for winter.
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And I'll give you a little shot
of what Brian has to do here
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to get these floats
ready for the winter.
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So, Brian, what is
it we're doing here
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and why do we have to do it?
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Yeah, well, this is Canada
and Manitoba in particular,
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and Northern
Ontario get very cold.
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So what we do
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is we have to
winterize these floats
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by popping these plugs out
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and putting a little
antifreeze into the wells
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so that they don't freeze.
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And what we're gonna do is pour
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about a cup full of antifreeze
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in each one of the wells
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and that should keep them
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from freezing up and cracking.
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So a little bit of
water freezing in them
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over the winter
at minus 30 minus 40
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could cause
damage to the floats?
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Absolutely.
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It gets into the
wells, into the cracks,
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into the seams,
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and as water freezes it expands.
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And as it expands,
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it can literally pop
the seal on the float
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and have a very
leaky float comes spring
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so we put a little bit
of antifreeze down in there.
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Keep some nice and...
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Okay, there you go.
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There's a quick
short update from Canada.
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And we hope to have this
plane within the next few weeks
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on some wheels.
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And we'll try to update
you as soon as we can on that.
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Thank you all
who have participated
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in getting this plane delivered
after many years of hard work,
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and God bless.
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We'll have more on
that later as well,
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but the other thing
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that we've been
able to accomplish
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here at Adventist World Aviation
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is I'm glad to see
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that our Angel Flight
program has been ongoing,
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we've been able to accomplish
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a couple of really
powerful Angel flights
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in the last few weeks here
at Adventist World Aviation.
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And one of them is
a remarkable story.
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Pray for Walter.
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Walter is a one-year-old,
he's 22 months old.
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He's gonna come up
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on two years old
here pretty soon,
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but he was diagnosed
with neuroblastomic cancer,
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if I said that right of
the brain is brain cancer.
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And he was up in
children's hospital
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up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and I know Children's Hospital,
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I pastored up
there for many years,
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and ministered up in
the Midwest for many years.
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And he was
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at one of the
best oncology centers
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that's available
here in the United States,
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but they took him
as far as they could,
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with the treatment
that he had up there.
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Little Walter is,
he's Native American,
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and he's from the Chippewa tribe
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and lives up in Rhinelander area
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in Wisconsin,
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and his grandmother
and mother and his father
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want little Walter
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to be able to
live a normal life.
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And so they reached out
to us through a partner,
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Angel Flight organization
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that we work in partnership with
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and they called
me and they said,
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"Pastor Ric, we understand
that you may be up here.
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And we had the
opportunity to go up there.
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It was a sad opportunity.
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We had two dear friends
of ours that had passed away
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former church members
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and went up there in
two different occasions
00:22:00.82\00:22:02.58
to participate
in their funerals.
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.89
And they asked
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if we would
consider flying Walter
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to a special treatment in
Charlotte, North Carolina."
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Evidently there's
some specialized treatment
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for this type of cancer
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that little Walter
could participate in
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and he needed to get
down there by Wednesday.
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And so we were
up there on Sunday,
00:22:20.80\00:22:23.20
where we performed the funeral
00:22:23.24\00:22:25.27
and we're able to
take off that afternoon.
00:22:25.31\00:22:29.64
Later on and fly
little Walter back.
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Little Walter is, as
you can see in the picture,
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he's a cute little fellow.
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And he, very good attitude
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and just you'd
never know he was sick.
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Just a charming
young man full of curiosity
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like most little boys are.
00:22:50.77\00:22:53.17
His grandmother
was there with us
00:22:53.20\00:22:54.87
and his mom and his father
00:22:54.90\00:22:56.50
were going to
drive the car down,
00:22:56.54\00:22:58.44
but they wanted to get Walter
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to his appointment
00:23:00.81\00:23:02.14
as quickly as
they possibly could.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.51
So the Angel
Flight was the option
00:23:03.55\00:23:07.35
and we flew
00:23:07.38\00:23:08.72
through some quite
interesting weather
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had I not had those two needs
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the need to be with the family
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and comfort the
family of the lost loved one.
00:23:16.59\00:23:19.79
Lucille and Hans Jakobson,
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.80
Lucille Stanislawski
was a matriarch of a church
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.77
and we love her
dearly and her family,
00:23:25.80\00:23:28.74
Joni and Becky and
Steve Arthurs and the rest
00:23:28.77\00:23:31.11
and Hans Jakobson
was my head deacon
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for many years,
and his wife Candy,
00:23:35.58\00:23:37.25
and their five boys,
just wonderful family,
00:23:37.28\00:23:39.91
but it was...
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We felt like it was
necessary to be there to comfort
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those loved ones that
we care about so much.
00:23:43.65\00:23:45.89
And so going up was a challenge,
00:23:45.92\00:23:50.23
and then when we
got the call for Walter,
00:23:50.26\00:23:54.03
I thought, "Oh, my
how can we say no."
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And God is the God of creation,
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and He can make
all things possible.
00:23:59.53\00:24:02.87
And so the
scripture verse comes to mind,
00:24:02.90\00:24:04.74
"I can do all
things through Christ
00:24:04.77\00:24:06.11
who gives me strength."
00:24:06.14\00:24:07.48
And I thought, "Well,
this is what we train for."
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.41
And so we took off,
00:24:10.45\00:24:12.91
now, we normally don't
fly in instrument conditions,
00:24:12.95\00:24:16.48
especially when
there's a passenger
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.05
on board.
00:24:18.09\00:24:19.42
We're very
careful not to do that,
00:24:19.45\00:24:21.26
but we're trained pilots
00:24:21.29\00:24:22.76
and so we went up there
00:24:22.79\00:24:24.86
without a patient
on board or anybody.
00:24:24.89\00:24:26.46
So we were trained to fly this,
00:24:26.49\00:24:28.50
but the conditions
were quite interesting
00:24:28.53\00:24:31.27
because the hurricane
had just come through.
00:24:31.30\00:24:33.67
And the hurricane
conditions were quite thick.
00:24:33.70\00:24:37.07
So I called into flight service
00:24:37.11\00:24:38.51
and talk to them
00:24:38.54\00:24:39.87
about the
conditions of the flight
00:24:39.91\00:24:42.04
and we knew it was
gonna be what's called IMC
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.55
or instrument conditions
00:24:44.58\00:24:46.35
all the way through the layers
00:24:46.38\00:24:48.12
I should say it
wasn't the entire trip,
00:24:48.15\00:24:50.09
but we knew we
had probably about
00:24:50.12\00:24:51.45
two hours of flight
into instrument conditions.
00:24:51.49\00:24:55.59
We knew it was gonna be raining.
00:24:55.62\00:24:56.96
So the good side of it is
00:24:56.99\00:24:58.33
we get a nice plane
wash out of the deal.
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.96
It doesn't cost us
anything, the plane wash is free
00:25:00.00\00:25:02.26
because you're
flying through rain,
00:25:02.30\00:25:04.50
but rain can be challenging
00:25:04.53\00:25:05.87
because the plane
00:25:05.90\00:25:07.24
is a little bit
doggy in the rain
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.30
and I had hoped
00:25:09.34\00:25:10.67
that I would be
able to climb through it,
00:25:10.71\00:25:12.04
but we found out later
that the ceiling was reaching
00:25:12.07\00:25:17.05
all the way up
beyond 20,000 feet
00:25:17.08\00:25:18.81
and we weren't
gonna climb that high,
00:25:18.85\00:25:20.18
we went up to I
think 12,000 feet and,
00:25:20.22\00:25:22.62
but we were in good smooth air.
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.02
And so we were confident
00:25:24.05\00:25:25.39
that things were
we're gonna be okay.
00:25:25.42\00:25:26.96
And so we flew in IMC conditions
00:25:26.99\00:25:29.39
where it's just
milky out the windshield,
00:25:29.42\00:25:31.53
you can't see anything.
00:25:31.56\00:25:33.46
And we had 700 foot ceiling.
00:25:33.50\00:25:35.80
So I knew if we had to make
an emergency landing somewhere,
00:25:35.83\00:25:38.63
we would break
out at about 700 feet
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.47
on an instrument approach.
00:25:40.50\00:25:41.84
So I was confident in our skills
00:25:41.87\00:25:43.20
to be able to pull it
out if necessary and get,
00:25:43.24\00:25:48.04
and so we went nice and high
00:25:48.08\00:25:49.64
and we just flew in that
00:25:49.68\00:25:51.01
and that's a lot of IMC time
for a single engine aircraft,
00:25:51.05\00:25:55.78
but we get good reports
that the weather was fine.
00:25:55.82\00:25:58.32
So we punch through that.
00:25:58.35\00:25:59.69
And we flew in it
for two and a half hours,
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.06
and then we broke out
are those most amazing glory.
00:26:01.09\00:26:04.99
And the verse that comes to mind
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.13
is Psalm 53.
00:26:07.16\00:26:08.93
And, you know, I
just I don't think
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.80
there are many pilots out there
00:26:10.83\00:26:12.20
that can say
that there is no God
00:26:12.23\00:26:14.74
because when we
broke out of that glory,
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.74
and we saw this wonderful,
wonderful sunrise scene
00:26:16.77\00:26:21.04
where the sun was
just dancing happily
00:26:21.08\00:26:24.68
on top of the clouds,
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.35
we knew that God's
glory was there in that,
00:26:26.38\00:26:28.58
He had our backs
and we felt that way,
00:26:28.62\00:26:31.39
all the way through that trip
00:26:31.42\00:26:32.89
and we landed in
just beautiful weather
00:26:32.92\00:26:35.32
and we just praise
God for the ability
00:26:35.36\00:26:39.16
that God has given
us to be able to fly.
00:26:39.19\00:26:41.70
So we did the funeral.
00:26:41.73\00:26:45.07
And sadly, we were
able to be with that family
00:26:45.10\00:26:50.01
and it was a rejoicing event
00:26:50.04\00:26:53.14
because we celebrated
the lives of these two
00:26:53.17\00:26:55.31
because we know
that when Jesus comes
00:26:55.34\00:26:57.55
in the clouds of glory,
that we will see them again,
00:26:57.58\00:27:01.38
we may not recognize him
00:27:01.42\00:27:02.75
because they won't be
sick or old or feeble,
00:27:02.78\00:27:05.55
but they will be young
and healthy and vibrant
00:27:05.59\00:27:08.16
and so
immediately will recognize
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their personality in their life.
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And so we look forward to that
they we celebrated that fact
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that we will see them again.
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And so Lucille and Hans,
you know they're sleeping now,
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but we can't wait for
the day that we see you again
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and to the families
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so that's gonna
be an exciting day
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we wait for that.
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So the next day we
were able to spend the night
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and the next day we
were able to pick up
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little Walter so we
went and picked up Walter
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and his grandma and
we were able to fly them.
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It's just a beautiful day.
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Of course, usually after a storm
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there's just beautiful weather
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and it was that way a
rain across the country.
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And everybody at the
airport that saw little Walter
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was just amazed at the character
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of this young boy
that's so sick with cancer.
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And we flew him directly down,
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we made one stop along the way
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to just give a
little rest to the family
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and let Walter
and his grandma rest
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and take a break a little bit,
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and then we took off
again and just beautiful weather
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and landed in Charlotte,
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the big airport in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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We call it a Class B
airport 'cause it is big busy.
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Anyway, we landed
there at Charlotte
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and the people
at the airport there
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were so gracious to
us and lent us a car
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to be able to take little Walter
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to his new home.
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We're right next to the hospital
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where he was
scheduled to have surgery,
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I guess the next day
where they put the poor thing
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and did some procedures on him.
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We didn't get a report
back that surgery went perfect
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and the physicians are so happy
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to have them
down there right now
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and they are treating him
and he is doing really well.
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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 passed.
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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, helping the helpless.
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It's what we do. Pray for us.
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God bless you.
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