Welcome to
Adventist World Aviation
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Special presidential Update.
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Later, I received a
phone call from my neighbor.
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She was in distress.
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She lives just down the street.
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She lives in a
little mobile home,
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very humble, mobile
home out in the country.
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And she was stressful
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because she was
having to go get her dad.
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Her mom and dad were
diagnosed with COVID-19.
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And they were in the
hospital for several months,
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developing complications.
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They had underlying
conditions, of course,
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and they developed
severe pneumonia and she lost...
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It was her stepmother,
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but she lost
her mom to COVID-19.
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And dad was struggling with it,
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but it looked like
he was going to survive.
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But of course,
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survival without your
spouse is discouraging.
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And now what's Dad going to do?
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Dad's in his mid-late 70s.
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He had served our country
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and he had served at many levels
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and he's missing his wife.
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And so his daughter said,
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"Come live with me, Dad."
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And he was in Savannah, Georgia.
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And she lives up
here in North Carolina,
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and she wanted to know
if I would pray for her.
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And I said, you know, I
told my neighbor I said,
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"I'm going to do
more than pray for you."
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I said,
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" I'm going to
offer you something
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that may make your
life a little easier."
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And I said,
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"Let's go get your dad together.
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I'll fly you down
to get your dad, "
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and she melted
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and just couldn't
believe that we would be so kind
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as to go and get her father.
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And of course, she said,
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"Well, I don't have any money."
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And I said,
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"That's okay, this
is not about money.
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We're going to fly
down and go get your dad.
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We're going to
bring him back home
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and give him a nice journey home
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with his
daughter to his new home."
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And she melted,
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and of course he
melted in tears of joy
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to find out that
we would do something
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that would be so kind.
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And so we picked him up
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and we had a
wonderful flight down,
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Rebecca Stevenson
and I flew down there
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and we flew down to get him
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on one-day trip
and she was with us
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and her dad,
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so we took the
three of them down
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that we picked up
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and we had four
passengers on the way back,
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and what a
joyous journey that was,
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just beautiful
weather and a lot of tears,
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a lot of tears of joy.
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All to Jesus I surrender Lord,
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I give myself to Thee
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Okay, so I'm
sitting here with Walter.
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So Walter is 21 months old
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and he is Chippewa.
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And we picked him
up here in Wisconsin
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and he needs to
go to North Carolina
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for a
specialized cancer treatment.
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And we picked up
Elise and Walter here
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just a little bit ago
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and they are needing
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some specialized
treatment for Walter
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and he's going to be living
in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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So, Elise, tell us a
little bit about the treatment.
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While the treatment he
is going to be receiving
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as soon as we get there,
he has a clinic appointment,
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but then he's going to be
having a resection surgery,
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biopsy another port put in
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and then he's going to
undergo special clinical trials
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because of that cancer
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when he did
relapse during treatment
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to stop the gene
mutation from spreading,
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during the relapse
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that went into his
central nervous system.
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And unfortunately, in
the state of Wisconsin,
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they are out of options
as to keep it stabilized
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and to try to minimize
that as best as possible.
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And Charlotte, North
Carolina is our best option.
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So we are partner organization
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with an organization called,
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it's Lifeline pilots.
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And of course, we have
some extra COVID restrictions.
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But we partnered up with
Lifeline Pilots years ago here
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while we were in Wisconsin,
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and we've got to be
pretty good friends with them.
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They're just an
awesome organization,
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awesome institution.
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So we're going to be
flying the Mooney M-20 Charlie.
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It's a 1961 Mooney.
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It's one of the world's
fastest single engine aircraft
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that there is,
they're a little small,
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but they go fast.
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It's a wonderful
angel flight aircraft.
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We've been using it for years
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under the designation
of Angel Wings Fliers.
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And so we've been
doing Angel flights
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with that for quite a few years,
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both Pastor [indistinct] myself.
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I've used it many, many times
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for Angel flights to Rochester,
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Minnesota to Mayo Clinic
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and just all over the
place here in the United States.
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We've done many
Angel flights with it.
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So it served us well.
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The M-20 Charlie altitude
will hit a cruising speed
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of about 145 knots.
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So it's a fast
aircraft, very comfortable,
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very easy to fly, very docile.
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And so we're looking
forward to a good flight.
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And, Elizabeth, we want
to hear a prayer with you
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if that's okay.
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Elizabeth, tell us
about your dad a little bit.
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My dad is actually,
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he's from originally Michigan,
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but we are from Lac du flambeau
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and he is
actually our pastor there.
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So Elizabeth's dad is a pastor
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and so when I asked her,
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I said, you know,
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"We're a
Christian organization, "
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and she just lit up,
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she smiled and just
that warmed her heart
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and so we're
praying for her daughter.
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And your daughter's name is?
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Destiny. Destiny.
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We want to pray for Destiny
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and her son Walter
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that we get good treatment,
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we have a safe flight
and that all goes well.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven,
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as we take this
flight we pray Your blessing
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on Walter and on Elizabeth,
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in our trip, in our journey,
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give us Angel Wings Flight
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to give a safe
flying over the country
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to bring little
Walter to his treatment.
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We love You and we thank
You, in Jesus' name, amen.
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So let's go through
our flight procedure here.
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Our passenger briefing is...
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So there's
extinguisher right behind you
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in case of an
unlikely event of a fire,
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it's behind your seat
there underneath the baggage,
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it's really easy to get
to, just reach down between.
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And the door in
case of an emergency,
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if Kyle or myself
are incapacitated,
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you're going to
have to open the door
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or hopefully both of us
will not be incapacitated,
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but you open the door
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you just pull that
handle back that way.
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We'll open that before we land.
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So it's open and we can get out
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in case of an
in-flight emergency.
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If we do have an
in-flight emergency,
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just remain in your
seat and just be calm.
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We'll get it down to
the ground safe and sound
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and then once we open the door,
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Kyle will get out first
and he'll help you out first
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and I'll get out last.
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Okay, so that's pretty much it.
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The Moonies are
very, very safe aircraft,
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they have steel infrastructure.
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All right, that's
our passenger briefing.
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We're going to go ahead
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and go through our
pre-flight checklist here.
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And, Kyle, if you'll go
ahead and go to the next item.
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Pre-flight section complete.
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Okay, check.
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Seatbelts are locked.
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And you know how to get
in and out of your seat belt,
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Elizabeth? Yes.
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You know how to get a
little Walter in and out.
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Okay.
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And you know how
quick... Yep, good.
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Brakes are check and
hold. Fueled the whole tank.
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Fuel is on the left tank.
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Master mags
electrical coming off.
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And check, check, check.
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Radios off, autopilot off.
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Radios are off.
Autopilot is off, check.
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Circuit breakers are in.
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Circuit breakers are in, check.
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Prop is full-in.
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Prop is full-in, check.
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Mixture?
Mixture is going, check.
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Open one eighth
inch. Open one eighth inch.
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QRP is cold. QRP is cold.
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Check all flaps open.
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All flaps are open, check.
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Master on. Master is coming on.
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Fuel pump on.
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Fuel pump is on.
Checking the fuel.
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Fuel full. Okay, check.
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Beacon on. Beacon is on, check.
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Propeller area clear?
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Clear. Clear.
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Yes, we're going to get started.
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So we are on our
last leg of our journey,
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we're almost to Charlotte.
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And we've been
talking to Elizabeth
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about little Walter,
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of course he's been doing chemo.
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So do you understand
the name of the chemo
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that they're going to do?
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They are actually going to
be working on this new trial
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as soon as they do another cycle
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of the current
standard relapse chemo?
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He's got one more of those.
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Then he's going
to do a resection.
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And I'm not sure
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of the actual
physical name they have for it,
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but it is a vaccine
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that they will be using
and they mix it with chemo.
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And then later on,
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as soon as that is successful,
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he will be getting
what they call MIVG therapy.
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MIVG therapy is
where they sedate them
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and they get high
doses of radiation.
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We will continue to
pray for him through that
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and we will stay up with you
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and find out how
things are progressing.
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Okay, well, we're
here at the destination,
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final destination.
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We have flown all
the way from Milwaukee,
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Wisconsin to
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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We stopped in Madison, Indiana.
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I had a nice little
stop along the way there.
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And we are at
the final destination
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here at the Inn and Suites
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where she will
make this extended stay
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for a while until they
find housing for little Walter.
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We're going to have
prayer with them now
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and send them on their way.
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So of course Kyle
Stevenson is here,
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he was the flight
engineer on the way up.
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Anyway, we are finally here
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with Walter and
Elizabeth and Kyle.
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You know, we're
proud to serve them.
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So we're going to
pray for them right now.
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And yeah, he's happy, he's here.
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So he's happy to
be with his grandma.
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So we're going to pray for them.
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And let's pray together.
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Father in heaven, I just
pray that you'll bless Walter
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and bless Elizabeth
and bless Destiny and Barb
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and his whole family
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and may you heal little Walter.
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Father,
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we know that you're the
father of healing of all things
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and we know that
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all's you said
to do was just ask
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and believe and in your name,
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and it will be done
if we just have the faith
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of a grain of mustard seed.
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So, Father,
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we all spiritually
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lay our hands on
this little fellow,
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we pray that You heal him.
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Make him strong.
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Thank You for
doing it. We love You.
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Make all the cancer go
away in Jesus' name, amen.
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All right.
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So just recently,
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I flew with Pastor Ric
on a local Angel Flight.
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He has a special neighbor
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who he's been
ministering to for a while now.
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And she's come to know
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Christ a little
bit better through him.
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Well, Pastor Ric just
learned through his neighbor,
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her name's Chris,
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she's wonderful woman
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that her father
needed to come up here.
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He was down in
Savannah, Georgia.
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because he no longer
had his caregiver with him.
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And his caregiver was his wife.
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Both he and his wife
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and ended up
contracting COVID-19.
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And she didn't make
it through the ordeal.
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So when she passed away,
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due to some
underlying conditions,
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that left him by
himself, and he needed the care.
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And so Kris decided,
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"Well, my dad is in need,
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so we're going to have
him come up and live with us."
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But that's kind of
a ways for him to go.
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Big guy,
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he's got some problems
himself with his health,
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so figured,
well, as Ric ministers,
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of course, he realized,
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you know, there's an opportunity
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there to help Kris.
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And so he offered to do
an Angel Flight for her.
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And she was just thrilled
00:14:22.66\00:14:25.43
to have that
opportunity be given to her.
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So Pastor Ric and I
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ended up flying her
down to Savannah, Georgia.
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Her father wanted her
to be there for that trip.
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And we picked him up
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at little airport down there
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and it was
amazing to be part of it,
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but to see the joy of
something so simple take place,
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I mean, we take for granted,
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being able to travel
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and get from point A to point B.
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But sometimes when
you have health problems,
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it's not easy.
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It complicates matters.
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So to be able to fly
from point A to point B
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and get to where you need to go,
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that means a lot
to so many people.
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So we picked up
Butch, Kris's father,
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and as we were flying back,
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it was cute to watch them
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because they were
like kids in candy stores,
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they enjoyed the flight,
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they were having so much fun
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and they were
excited about the views.
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And as returned back up here
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into the
Smithfield Raleigh area,
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we had the runway lights on,
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and they were as
thrillingly bright
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as you could
ever possibly imagine.
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I've actually
never seen a runway
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in the evening that bright.
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And as we land,
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it was like watching
two kids at fireworks
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show for the very first time.
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They were so excited to see it.
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They were ecstatic.
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But even more so when we landed,
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they were so excited that,
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"Wow, we made it, we're here.
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And now we can start
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on this new
chapter in life together."
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So Butch is with
Kris now in her place.
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And she's taking care of him
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and are doing well
and amazingly, too,
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they continue to grow in Christ.
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And Kris
continues to look to us,
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to Pastor Ric
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for that encouragement
of spiritual growth
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and encouragement.
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And below that
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she sees this in us from Christ,
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made a huge impact on
her life and on Butch's.
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It was...
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We're honored to
be a part of that.
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Now in Bible
studies with these guys,
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they're not
Adventist Christians,
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they've
occasionally gone to church.
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A sad story,
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she lost her husband a
few years ago to suicide.
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And so there's
been a lot of sadness
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in their family.
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And there's been a
lot of isolation too
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that's been going on over
the last year now with COVID.
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And not to mention that
the people that surrounded her
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isolated her as
well because her husband,
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there's a lot of stigma
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that happens when
somebody kills themselves,
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with a lot of suicide...
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Unfortunately,
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the surviving family
members of suicide victims
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end up in a lot of isolation
because variety of reasons,
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people don't know how
to behave towards those
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that have lost loved ones
or maybe they're just fearful,
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I don't know.
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But sadly, what ends up
happening with suicide victim,
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survivors is they
end up being isolated
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and even cut off from
communities in many ways.
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It was no different for Kris.
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Kris was left alone to her own,
00:17:55.84\00:17:58.74
to raise her
daughter without a father.
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And so now she has
her father at home.
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And so we've been
ministering to her,
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we were able to get her dad.
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And that meant so much to them.
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So we started Bible studies
and they are so grateful.
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They're both studying
about the Sabbath right now
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and many other things.
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And so there's a
lot of positive things
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that are happening inside
of Adventist World Aviation.
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It's been a lot of sad things
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that have
happened this year too.
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We've lost some missionaries
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that have gone
into the field for us.
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Belinda Munoz,
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her and her husband David
were church members of mine
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when I pastored
down in Woodlands, Texas.
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And Belinda served for
us for a couple of years.
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In many ways,
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they helped us out
financially from time to time,
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they weren't people of names,
00:18:45.59\00:18:47.52
but they helped
us where they could,
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but what they could do
is she could do evangelism,
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and she loved evangelism.
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So let's look a
little bit at Belinda's life
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right here in this short clip
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and see what she did
for us in the Philippines,
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bringing souls to Jesus.
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My name's Belinda.
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And I'm from Houston, Texas.
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I have the
passion for evangelism
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and I believe it
is one of my gifts.
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And I don't want to waste that
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on that particular
gift that God has given me
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so I could invest
it for His kingdom.
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But evangelism is
preaching the Gospel,
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the message of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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every tongue,
nation and kindred,
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to every man, woman and children
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so that we could
preach God's gospel
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in that we continue
to share it with others.
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The very first
night that I preach,
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I preach with
knowing that God was with me,
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and the people were so moved.
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We had about 47 people there.
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And they were really
excited about the whole thing,
00:19:54.99\00:19:57.96
about the news, the good
news of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:19:57.99\00:20:00.06
that most of the
people do not know yet.
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So we ended up having,
00:20:02.66\00:20:06.10
you know, get
together with the people.
00:20:06.13\00:20:08.90
And the children were so
excited with their projects,
00:20:08.94\00:20:11.94
and the people are
still really wanting
00:20:11.97\00:20:13.48
to know more about God.
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When you preach the gospel,
the Lord will be with you,
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and then give you
strength to do it,
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a double
portion of His strength.
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I think the people
that are coming there
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night after night
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is because they're
hungry for the Word of God,
00:20:24.82\00:20:26.29
this particular
church site where I am,
00:20:26.32\00:20:29.06
although they're
not very many people,
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they're only about six families,
00:20:31.19\00:20:34.33
but they continue
to invite their friends
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and their relatives and
those that are around them
00:20:36.90\00:20:39.13
to share the Gospel.
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But I do believe that
00:20:40.84\00:20:42.20
the reason why they
come night after night
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because they are
hungry for the Word of God
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.98
and they're very much into it.
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They know that we are
living in the last days.
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And so they tell their brethren
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.51
that what Jesus have
done for their lives,
00:20:52.55\00:20:54.78
that what Jesus has
done for their lives
00:20:54.82\00:20:56.35
is what Jesus is
going to do for their lives
00:20:56.38\00:20:58.92
if they knew Jesus
00:20:58.95\00:21:00.96
and His love and His
message for love through them.
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I want to win
souls for God in heaven,
00:21:03.89\00:21:07.20
to bring glory to Him
00:21:07.23\00:21:09.06
because this is my mission also
00:21:09.10\00:21:13.30
and to help my brothers
and sisters to know Christ
00:21:13.34\00:21:15.74
just as I came to know Christ,
00:21:15.77\00:21:17.84
to give them
salvation and to freedom,
00:21:17.87\00:21:20.18
to freedom and to know Jesus
00:21:20.21\00:21:21.84
with their relationship
to put their hearts on Jesus.
00:21:21.88\00:21:24.91
It's overwhelming for me
because they have accepted,
00:21:24.95\00:21:29.22
they have accepted to
the point like who Jesus was.
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And I was able to share my
life story how I met Jesus.
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And, you know,
00:21:36.09\00:21:37.43
that had tremendously
had impacted their lives
00:21:37.46\00:21:42.40
and just sharing my testimony.
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And I think it's
one of the best things
00:21:45.30\00:21:46.74
to share the
testimony to someone
00:21:46.77\00:21:50.27
rather than
sometimes listening to a sermon
00:21:50.31\00:21:53.34
because people
are more attentive,
00:21:53.38\00:21:56.01
and they're more putting
00:21:56.04\00:21:57.65
that realization
application to their lives.
00:21:57.68\00:22:00.65
And so through that,
00:22:00.68\00:22:03.12
I believe that
when I shared that,
00:22:03.15\00:22:05.15
I have like three or four women
00:22:05.19\00:22:06.59
that has greatly
really accepted Jesus Christ,
00:22:06.62\00:22:09.42
and of course I
give God the glory
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.69
'cause God is just using me
as an instrument by praising.
00:22:11.73\00:22:15.93
The children are overwhelming
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.17
because they just love
to work with the materials
00:22:18.20\00:22:23.17
or the supplies
that we brought them.
00:22:23.20\00:22:24.84
And they seem to
be very interested.
00:22:24.87\00:22:26.37
Day after day,
00:22:26.41\00:22:27.74
I mean, night after
night, they're there.
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And it just continues,
00:22:29.38\00:22:30.78
the number just
continues to escalate.
00:22:30.81\00:22:32.78
So I believe that when
we go by the Word of God,
00:22:32.81\00:22:35.88
when we know that we
have Jesus in our heart,
00:22:35.92\00:22:38.12
and we have the
hunger to preach His gospel,
00:22:38.15\00:22:40.19
and then no one can stop us
00:22:40.22\00:22:42.19
because, first of all,
00:22:42.22\00:22:44.09
I have to understand
that this is not my battle.
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.80
This is the Lord's battle.
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.36
So I believe that
whatever I go and I do,
00:22:48.40\00:22:52.50
for the Lord will
always be with me,
00:22:52.53\00:22:54.20
and He will always walk with me,
00:22:54.24\00:22:55.97
before me, and by me.
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.74
I believe that I was sent
here by God to preach His Word.
00:22:57.77\00:23:02.14
So I know that wherever I
am, God is with me as well,
00:23:02.18\00:23:05.21
that He will protect me,
00:23:05.25\00:23:06.72
that He will always defend me
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.08
because He's my
refuge and strength.
00:23:08.12\00:23:10.25
You know,
what's inspiring to see
00:23:10.29\00:23:11.82
what the Holy Spirit
has done on this island,
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.39
if the Holy Spirit has
touched you in some way
00:23:14.42\00:23:16.42
and you'd like to get involved
with Adventist World Aviation
00:23:16.46\00:23:18.66
or some of the
work that we're doing,
00:23:18.69\00:23:20.50
and we ask you
to come and join us,
00:23:20.53\00:23:23.16
help us reach the unreached.
00:23:23.20\00:23:25.50
If you'd like more information
00:23:25.53\00:23:26.87
about joining us at
Adventist World Aviation,
00:23:26.90\00:23:29.47
please don't hesitate to call.
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.21
And Jesus is
going to come one day
00:23:34.88\00:23:38.31
and restore the loss to us.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.78
So many other
things are happening
00:23:45.35\00:23:46.69
inside of
Adventist World Aviation,
00:23:46.72\00:23:48.32
lots of positive
things are happening,
00:23:48.36\00:23:49.79
where we're still praying
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.16
to get the Fix
family into Nicaragua.
00:23:51.19\00:23:54.70
It's been challenging there.
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.13
Every time we have a green light
00:23:56.16\00:23:58.73
to send them to Nicaragua,
00:23:58.77\00:24:00.14
we think that we're going
to be able to get them there,
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.07
suddenly the door closes.
00:24:02.10\00:24:05.64
And November is the next state.
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.01
We're hoping that
00:24:07.04\00:24:08.38
we can get them down there then.
00:24:08.41\00:24:09.74
In the meantime,
00:24:09.78\00:24:11.11
Josh is going to be
helping some hurricane victims,
00:24:11.15\00:24:13.31
going to be helping
some folks down there
00:24:13.35\00:24:15.65
in the southern
part of our country
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.89
to help hurricane victims.
00:24:17.92\00:24:19.55
And so Josh is going
to continue the good work
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.36
while he's still
here in the United States.
00:24:21.39\00:24:23.26
But pray that our deployment
won't get derailed again,
00:24:23.29\00:24:25.86
that we need to get them there.
00:24:25.89\00:24:27.23
They're desperately needed
in the country of Nicaragua.
00:24:27.26\00:24:31.00
We're still praying
00:24:31.03\00:24:32.37
for the repair of
the Nicaraguan airplane
00:24:32.40\00:24:35.60
to be able to get
that up and flying again.
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.67
That's been a
challenge, of course,
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.31
getting people
there is a challenge.
00:24:39.34\00:24:42.74
And we just got some good news
00:24:42.78\00:24:47.58
about Mabarumo and Guyana,
00:24:47.62\00:24:50.89
the curtain has been lifted.
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.95
Just in couple of days ago,
00:24:52.99\00:24:54.32
looks like we're
going to be able to fly
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.69
into there pretty soon.
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.06
And so we're going to be sending
00:24:57.09\00:24:58.43
our executive
vice president there.
00:24:58.46\00:24:59.79
He's our former project manager,
00:24:59.83\00:25:01.16
he and Monique, his wife,
00:25:01.20\00:25:02.96
who's still currently serving
as our project manager there,
00:25:03.00\00:25:05.37
they're down there to
stabilize that country
00:25:05.40\00:25:07.47
and prepare the way for
our new missionary team.
00:25:07.50\00:25:11.14
The Renae family,
00:25:11.17\00:25:13.54
we're excited about them
00:25:13.58\00:25:15.21
being able to go
down there very soon.
00:25:15.24\00:25:17.11
So there has
been a lot transpiring
00:25:17.15\00:25:19.48
inside of
Adventist World Aviation
00:25:19.51\00:25:22.02
including souls being baptized
00:25:22.05\00:25:24.59
and ministered to
in the Philippines
00:25:24.62\00:25:27.92
as well as all
throughout the world.
00:25:27.96\00:25:31.59
So, Jim Kincaid up there
00:25:31.63\00:25:33.73
is continuing to
do a wonderful work
00:25:33.76\00:25:36.13
with our aircraft up there,
00:25:36.16\00:25:37.70
being able to fly
much needed supplies
00:25:37.73\00:25:40.60
into communities
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that have been suffering
because of the COVID lockdown.
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So a lot of positive things
happening inside of aviation,
00:25:44.27\00:25:48.21
Adventist World
Aviation this year,
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.25
even though it
has been a challenge
00:25:50.28\00:25:53.38
all throughout the world.
00:25:53.42\00:25:54.75
I wish you God's blessing,
00:25:54.78\00:25:56.45
and continue your support
for Adventist World Aviation.
00:25:56.48\00:25:59.62
We need your help
now more than ever.
00:25:59.65\00:26:02.12
Our donations
are down this year.
00:26:02.16\00:26:03.96
In fact, sadly,
00:26:03.99\00:26:05.53
they are down almost half
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.43
of what they were
this time last year.
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We're hoping that
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this is going to be an
unusual Christmas this year.
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.97
This is the time of year
00:26:14.00\00:26:15.34
when people think about giving
00:26:15.37\00:26:16.71
during the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays.
00:26:16.74\00:26:19.17
So we make this
as a special appeal.
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.84
Please help us,
00:26:21.88\00:26:23.61
we need your help
now more than ever
00:26:23.65\00:26:25.08
to be able to get
all of these things done
00:26:25.11\00:26:26.45
because once the barriers
of lockdown are released,
00:26:26.48\00:26:30.72
we want to make sure
that we're in country
00:26:30.75\00:26:32.65
and able to get there right away
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.59
with our missionaries,
00:26:34.62\00:26:35.96
with our staff,
with our workers,
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.99
with our aircraft,
00:26:38.03\00:26:39.49
with our relief
that we have to offer.
00:26:39.53\00:26:41.06
But we can't do that
without financial support,
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.60
we desperately need
it to make it happen.
00:26:43.63\00:26:46.37
The good news is we've
been able to save some money
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.17
because we haven't been
able to move around much.
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So everything has
been kind of compressed.
00:26:50.54\00:26:53.68
And so with that compression
also comes money saving.
00:26:53.71\00:26:56.41
So at the end of the
day, our bottom line is okay.
00:26:56.44\00:26:58.75
But if we're suddenly released
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and we don't have the income
to be able to get the job done,
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that's going to be a God thing.
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And so I know
God will deliver us
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and make sure that
all things are possible.
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I can do all
things through Christ
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who gives me strength.
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And so I want to pray
that you will have a good year,
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I want to pray that
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you will be
richly blessed this year.
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.67
Don't forget that
blessings are reciprocal.
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When you bless somebody else,
00:27:27.14\00:27:28.48
the blessing
comes back double fold.
00:27:28.51\00:27:30.11
And so if you
want a double blessing,
00:27:30.15\00:27:31.48
well, then bless somebody.
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.01
And I can't
think of any better way
00:27:33.05\00:27:35.05
than to bless the
work that we're doing here
00:27:35.08\00:27:37.75
at Adventist World Aviation.
00:27:37.79\00:27:39.12
The work that we do is
priceless, it's expensive,
00:27:39.15\00:27:41.79
but at the end of the day,
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.16
it's priceless
because we save lives,
00:27:43.19\00:27:44.73
both spiritually and physically.
00:27:44.76\00:27:46.46
And we changed lives,
00:27:46.49\00:27:47.96
both spiritually and physically.
00:27:48.00\00:27:50.07
Just ask those
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
that we have flown
recently in our Angel Flights,
00:27:51.47\00:27:55.37
ask those that we have
saved lives over the years,
00:27:55.40\00:27:58.67
ask those that we've touched
00:27:58.71\00:28:00.41
and been able to
do Bible studies with,
00:28:00.44\00:28:02.51
it makes a difference.
00:28:02.54\00:28:04.01
Your donation
makes a bigger difference
00:28:04.05\00:28:06.82
than you may realize.
00:28:06.85\00:28:08.18
We survived by $20,
$30, $40 donations a month.
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I know some of you
are capable of donating
00:28:13.09\00:28:15.32
way beyond that,
00:28:15.36\00:28:16.69
some of you are
capable of doing $20 an hour.
00:28:16.73\00:28:20.03
Some of you are
capable of donating way more.
00:28:20.06\00:28:24.50
And we appreciate you too.
00:28:24.53\00:28:26.20
And so your donations
that make all of this possible.
00:28:26.23\00:28:31.14
Continue to pray for us.
00:28:31.17\00:28:32.51
We will
continue to pray for you.
00:28:32.54\00:28:34.88
So in closing,
00:28:34.91\00:28:36.24
I want to say thank
you for your support
00:28:36.28\00:28:37.65
for Adventist World Aviation
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.31
throughout the
months and years past.
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.75
Who knows how
much time we have left?
00:28:41.78\00:28:43.52
Do we have
months, do we have days,
00:28:43.55\00:28:44.92
do we have years?
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.29
We don't know.
00:28:46.32\00:28:47.66
But in the meantime,
we do the best we can,
00:28:47.69\00:28:49.46
helping all of humanity,
00:28:49.49\00:28:51.66
helping them know about Jesus,
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.63
healing the sick,
feeding the hungry,
00:28:54.66\00:28:57.53
giving drink to the thirsty,
00:28:57.57\00:29:00.60
helping the helpless.
00:29:00.64\00:29:02.54
That's what we do.
00:29:02.57\00:29:03.91
Pray for us.
00:29:03.94\00:29:05.27
God bless you
00:29:05.31\00:29:06.71
and we'll see you next month.
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