I want to spend my life
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mending broken people,
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I want to spend my life
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removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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heal a heart that hurts,
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people...
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people.
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Music...
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More music...
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN today
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we are so glad
that you've tuned in
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and just want to
take this opportunity
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to thank you for
your prayers and your love
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and your
financial support of 3ABN...
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the
mending-broken-people network.
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I want to start today
by reading you a passage
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and then we'll get
into our interview,
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this comes from
Matthew chapter 25
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going to begin with verse 31.
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And these are the words
Jesus said... and He says,
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"When the Son of
Man comes in His glory,
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
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then He will sit on
the throne of His glory.
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All the nations will
be gathered before Him,
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and He will separate
them one from another,
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as a shepherd divides
his sheep from the goats.
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And He will set the
sheep on His right hand,
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but the goats on the left.
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Then the King will say
to those on His right hand,
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'Come, ye blessed of My Father,
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inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
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from the
foundation of the world:
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for I was hungry
and you gave me food;
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I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink;
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I was a stranger
and you took Me in;
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I was naked and you clothed Me;
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I was sick and you visited Me;
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I was in prison
and you came to Me.
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You know, Jesus goes
on to answer the question
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of His disciples who say,
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"When did we see you in
any of these conditions?"
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And He said, "When you've
done this to the least of these,
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you've done it to me"
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and our special guest today
is special... she's precious.
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I want to introduce
to you Kareen Wilson
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who is one of the Co-Founders
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of Bethesda Medical
Mission Incorporated
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and Kareen, we're so
glad that you're here today.
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Thank you, thank
you for having me,
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I'm excited about talking to you
about Bethesda Medical today.
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And then... and one...
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the person who was going
to be here with you today
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got lost on the way to 3ABN,
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we really are in a
corner of a cornfield
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but it's all right so,
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we will muddle through
without him though, however,
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I'm sure it's going to be great.
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Before we begin
though, we have Johan Sentana
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and he's a... I don't
know if you've heard him play
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but he is an amazing pianist
and he is going to play for us
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'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus.
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Piano...
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More Piano...
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'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
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Just to take Him at His Word;
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Just to rest upon His promise,
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Just to know,
"Thus saith the Lord. "
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Piano.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
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piano...
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
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O, for grace to trust Him more!
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Piano...
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I'm so glad I
learned to trust Thee,
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Precious Jesus, Savoir, Friend;
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And I know that
Thou art with me,
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Wilt be with me to the end.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
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Piano.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
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Oh, for grace to
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trust Him more!
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Piano.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
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Piano.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
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Piano.
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I'm so excited that Johan
uses his talents for the Lord,
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this reminds me
of Isaiah 26 verse 3,
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when we trust in Jesus,
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it will bring you peace
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and we were just discussing
how soothing that piece...
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or that piece of music
was... how it brings peace...
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but Isaiah 26 verse 3 says
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that as we keep our
eye focused on Him...
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trusting in Him...
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He promises us perfect peace
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and that was beautiful,
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thank you so
much, Johan Sentana.
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If you're joining
us just a moment late,
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our special guest
today is Kareen Wilson
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and she is a Co-founder
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of Bethesda Medical
Mission Incorporated.
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We're talking about
relief aid to Puerto Rico today
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but before we jump in to
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what Bethesda
Medical Mission is doing,
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let's get to know
you a little better.
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Kareen, tell us about
your years growing up,
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did you grow up in a church,
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was your family Christian,
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how did you get so
interested in the Lord so early?
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Yeah, so, I was... as
we were discussing earlier,
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I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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and I went to Park
View Adventist Academy,
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I also went to
Canadian Union College
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which, I believe it's
called now University...
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and I transferred to
Loma Linda University
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and finished my degree
in Dental Hygiene there
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and, while I was
there, I met my husband
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who was graduating from
Dental School at that time,
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and we really, really connected
obviously and got married
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but the other thing
that was wonderful is that
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we both had a
passion for mission.
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My very first mission trip
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was when I was a
Senior in High School
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and it totally changed my life,
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to be able to go into
the island of Dominica
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and help people
repair their homes
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and just interact
with people was amazing
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and I craved that...
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I really wanted that
to be a part of my life.
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So when you say,
it changed your life,
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do you think you
grew closer to Jesus
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because... I mean,
you can be born and raised
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in a Christian family
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but that doesn't necessarily
mean it's personal to you.
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Kareen: Right.
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Shelley: Is that
when it became personal?
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Kareen: And that's
when it became personal,
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it's like
actually on that trip...
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is when I felt the
connection to God and saying,
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"You know, this is
what I was meant to do,
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this is what my passion would be
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is to serve people and
to be able to help people"
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and I think that
when you are a teenager
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you see things in a
totally different light,
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you're seeing things...
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"Well, what can I
get... what can I receive?"
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And when you're giving
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and you're able to
share with other people
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especially on a level of...
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these people's homes
were totally devastated
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by the hurricane,
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they had no roof,
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they had a low supply of
food and things like that
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and we were able to come
and help them with that...
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totally changed my life.
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Praise God, I always tell people
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and I hope if you're listening,
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"If you want your child
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to really get
connected to the Lord,
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take them on a mission trip"
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because I see... I mean for
years I hear stories of kids...
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even troubled
kids... and spoiled kids...
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we are so spoiled
here in the United States
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and then when we
go on a mission trip
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and you see others
who have so little,
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but you're seeing
their response to...
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when God uses you
as His hands and feet,
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it's exciting... it's exciting.
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Okay, so, your husband
shared that same vision
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now, he's a dentist, correct?
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So my husband is a
Dentist, Dr. Bryan Wilson,
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we actually have
a dental practice
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in West Hartford, Connecticut
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we've been there for
a little over 20 years
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and we... before
we had our children,
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we went on quite a few mission
trips to different countries,
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Peru, Dominica,
Dominican Republic
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and we really enjoyed...
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we actually
worked with another group
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that did a lot of construction
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so we were kind
of like the side gig
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and that's where we
met Dr. Roy Kellerman
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and he was a medical
doctor and his wife is a nurse,
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and we went on a
lot of mission trips
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and then after I had my girls,
we took a little bit of a break
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and we still felt the calling
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to be able to
still go on mission trips
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but we just didn't
know how to go about it.
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So, as we were
discussing earlier
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is that... Dr.
Kellerman was in Maryland
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and he was
visiting his daughter there
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and he heard a sermon
about the pool of Bethesda
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and what it really meant
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and it took him
to a whole new level
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when he learned that the
pool of Bethesda meant mercy
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and it meant
serving and meant compassion
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and when Jesus was
there and healed that man
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or he wanted... everybody
wanted to touch that water
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and they believed
that they would be healed
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it... it... it spoke to Him
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so he came back to
Connecticut and said,
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"You know what?
Let's start something,
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let's... as small as it may be
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let's see what we can do"
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and Dr. Kellerman
and my husband, Bryan
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and Delores and myself,
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we got together and
we started thinking about
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what Bethesda
Medical Mission could be.
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And so, as you were planning
this and seeking the Lord,
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how did He lead you...
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I mean, I know now that
Bethesda Medical Mission Inc.
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is a 501c3... a non-profit
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and all who are
there volunteer their time,
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nobody gets paid
a salary from this,
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so, everything
that you're doing,
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when the funds come in,
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it goes to the
relief of the needy.
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Kareen: Yes.
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But tell us about
that planning stage
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because there
are people out there
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who feel like God
wants them to do something
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but they don't
know how to get started.
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Yeah, so it is... it was a
lot of planning in the beginning
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because... and I
think what jumpstarted it
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was because of the immediate
response that was needed
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in Haiti after the earthquake,
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it was so devastating
that we couldn't even get in
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right after the
year that it happened
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but we knew that...
especially after the earthquake
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that people needed care
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and so, we said,
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"Let's make it a
medical professional group"
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so it would be a group of people
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either in the medical
field or in the dental field
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and let's go in and
see where we could help.
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So, that's what we did,
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we came together
with a group of people
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who were like-minded,
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we sent out the call to
different people that we knew
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that might be
interested in joining us
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and we were very
surprised to get a lot of people
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that really wanted to help
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if they couldn't go on
the mission trip themselves,
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they decided to send
money or donations to help us
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and it was a blessing.
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I think our first trip, we
had a little over 30 people
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that joined us
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and we were able to
provide medical and dental care
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to anybody and everybody
who came to our clinics...
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they were mobile clinics
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because we tried to
move around a little bit
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so that we could reach people
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but it... it
really was a blessing
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and we saw so
many wonderful things.
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Wonderful... wonderful,
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so, you've been back
to Haiti how many times?
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We've been to
Haiti for five trips,
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we've done five mission
trips since that first trip.
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Okay, now, give
us a little of...
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when you said there
was a lot of planning
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just tell us a little
bit about the process of that
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because once again...
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we have people I
know who are interested,
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tell us a little of
the process of that.
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So, the process is...
is that we had to find
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a group to work with
while we were in Haiti.
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So, when you're going
into a developing country
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or going into a place
that you want to serve,
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it was very much
an advantage to us
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to know what was going to
be happening on the ground,
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so, we had to find someone
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either we could have
somebody the connection with
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and so, we found
somebody in Haiti...
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we actually a local
pastor that we worked with
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actually in Connecticut
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and he helped us with planning
everything on the ground.
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First and foremost is to make
sure that everybody was safe,
00:16:43.77\00:16:46.84
making sure that we
would have clinics or places
00:16:46.87\00:16:49.34
where we could go and
we could set up our clinics
00:16:49.40\00:16:51.67
and to actually find a
place where we could serve
00:16:51.74\00:16:53.98
and that we could
do it effectively.
00:16:54.04\00:16:55.54
So, that took a lot of
planning, the other thing is,
00:16:55.58\00:16:59.05
is trying to find
housing for everybody.
00:16:59.11\00:17:01.42
So, that is
another step of something
00:17:01.45\00:17:03.72
that takes a lot of logistics,
00:17:03.75\00:17:05.72
a lot of time and
energy to get into
00:17:05.75\00:17:08.42
and then, also, the people
that are going to be joining in,
00:17:08.46\00:17:11.43
what are they going to be doing
00:17:11.46\00:17:12.96
for the time frame
that they're there.
00:17:12.99\00:17:14.50
Are they going to be working
in an OB-GYN helping the...
00:17:14.53\00:17:19.90
or helping the Pediatrician
00:17:19.93\00:17:21.40
or helping the Dentist,
00:17:21.44\00:17:22.87
how are we going to
bring all of our supplies
00:17:23.00\00:17:25.84
so in some of the
pictures you'll see
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is that, we had to
bring a lot of our supplies
00:17:27.54\00:17:30.68
from Connecticut and
get it down into Haiti
00:17:30.71\00:17:33.78
because they didn't
have those things there.
00:17:33.82\00:17:36.89
So, it was a lot of
packing and planning
00:17:36.92\00:17:39.99
and organizing
00:17:40.02\00:17:41.36
and making sure that
everything is organized
00:17:41.39\00:17:44.33
and that everything can get
there safely and effectively.
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Okay, so who is this?
00:17:47.03\00:17:48.36
So, this is one
of our technicians
00:17:48.40\00:17:51.83
and what we do is we
do an eye-glass clinic
00:17:51.87\00:17:55.07
where we actually use
a machine or a computer
00:17:55.10\00:17:58.27
that can read the person's eyes
00:17:58.31\00:18:00.68
and then it
translates it to a computer
00:18:00.71\00:18:02.44
and tells us exactly
what type of glasses they need
00:18:02.48\00:18:05.01
to be able to
correct their vision,
00:18:05.05\00:18:06.41
this picture here is obviously
us in the Dental Clinic
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like I said, on those chairs,
00:18:10.15\00:18:12.19
we actually have to
bring all those chairs,
00:18:12.22\00:18:14.16
bring all the supplies...
00:18:14.19\00:18:15.52
bring all the
dental instruments to Haiti
00:18:15.56\00:18:18.09
and set them out to
get them organized...
00:18:18.13\00:18:20.86
and get them ready to go,
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This is Dr. Salius,
00:18:22.26\00:18:23.60
one of our doctors that
joins us in the Dental clinic,
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and she is amazing,
00:18:27.04\00:18:28.37
she's done some
incredible surgeries
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on some of the people there
that have needed surgeries,
00:18:30.47\00:18:32.87
and like I said,
00:18:32.91\00:18:34.38
you can see all the
things that need to be supplied,
00:18:34.41\00:18:36.85
this is one of our
doctors, a family-care physician
00:18:36.88\00:18:39.71
who is discussing
probably high blood pressure...
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is very prevalent in... in Haiti
00:18:42.62\00:18:45.19
so writing her prescription
00:18:45.22\00:18:46.79
just so that you know also,
00:18:46.82\00:18:48.29
we also bring a
full-fledged pharmacy with us
00:18:48.32\00:18:50.73
so, we have all kinds of meds...
00:18:50.76\00:18:53.16
everything from medicines to
other supplies that we bring.
00:18:53.19\00:18:57.23
These are our two Co-Founders...
00:18:57.27\00:18:58.93
Dr. Kellerman and my
husband, Dr. Bryan Wilson
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and then last year
we worked with Bohard
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which was an Organization
00:19:03.91\00:19:05.34
that's way up in
the mountains in Haiti
00:19:05.37\00:19:06.88
and that's the gentleman
that you there on the left,
00:19:06.91\00:19:09.44
Shelley: Bearded
gentleman okay...
00:19:09.48\00:19:10.98
Kareen: Yes...
and this our pharmacy,
00:19:11.01\00:19:12.41
you can see all of the
different medical supplies
00:19:12.48\00:19:15.92
and we actually
count out all the meds
00:19:15.95\00:19:17.65
like you would in
a regular pharmacy
00:19:17.69\00:19:19.35
that we have here in America
00:19:19.39\00:19:20.72
and we have all
kinds of supplies
00:19:20.76\00:19:22.72
from medicines to
High Blood Pressure meds,
00:19:22.76\00:19:25.29
whatever we can bring.
00:19:25.33\00:19:26.66
This is another
picture of our Dental Clinic
00:19:26.70\00:19:29.46
and we use all kinds
of different supplies
00:19:29.50\00:19:32.37
to be able to
bring care to everyone.
00:19:32.43\00:19:34.87
This is another one
of our whole clinic...
00:19:34.90\00:19:38.37
you can see the table
in the far left there...
00:19:38.41\00:19:40.98
is all covered with all kinds
of dental supplies and tools,
00:19:41.01\00:19:44.45
sterilization...
00:19:44.48\00:19:45.88
we have sterilization
process that we run through,
00:19:45.91\00:19:48.38
it's a very effective clinic.
00:19:48.42\00:19:50.12
Shelley: It's been
a lot of logistics...
00:19:50.15\00:19:52.29
Kareen: Lot of logistics
00:19:52.32\00:19:53.72
so, on our
last... one of our trips,
00:19:53.76\00:19:55.46
we were actually
able to dig a well
00:19:55.52\00:19:57.19
so that there would be water
00:19:57.23\00:19:58.56
that could be
supplied to this area
00:19:58.59\00:20:00.43
so, here you see the
gentleman digging down...
00:20:00.46\00:20:03.33
I don't know the logistics
but getting down in there
00:20:03.37\00:20:05.47
to make sure that they
are able to touch water
00:20:05.50\00:20:07.44
and be able to pump it back up
00:20:07.47\00:20:08.80
so that they
could have a well, yeah.
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.47
Oh, this
picture... I love this...
00:20:10.51\00:20:12.21
this is a picture
of our VBS Program.
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.64
Some nights we would
have over 200 children there.
00:20:14.71\00:20:17.58
Shelley: VBS stands
for Vacation Bible School.
00:20:17.61\00:20:19.91
Kareen: Yeah,
Vacation Bible School
00:20:19.98\00:20:21.72
and we would feed the children,
00:20:21.75\00:20:23.08
so we would have food
available for all the children
00:20:23.12\00:20:25.55
and we would have
a beautiful program
00:20:25.62\00:20:26.96
available for them afterwards.
00:20:26.99\00:20:28.32
Shelley: Amen.
00:20:28.36\00:20:29.69
Kareen: And this is my
lovely husband, Dr. Wilson,
00:20:29.72\00:20:32.16
posing with one of the kids,
00:20:32.19\00:20:33.76
we would blow up balloons
00:20:33.80\00:20:35.26
and give out toys
to all the children
00:20:35.30\00:20:37.07
and... it's just a blessing
to be able to share with them.
00:20:37.10\00:20:40.80
Shelley: Oh, that's precious,
now, while you were there also,
00:20:40.84\00:20:44.81
you came across an orphanage
that was in dire condition...
00:20:44.84\00:20:48.78
explain what was
going on at this orphanage.
00:20:48.84\00:20:51.98
So, in 2014, we
were on our mission trip
00:20:52.01\00:20:54.65
and we had a
gentleman who approached us
00:20:54.68\00:20:57.25
and said that he had
been caring for children,
00:20:57.29\00:21:00.76
it wasn't even an orphanage yet,
00:21:00.79\00:21:02.12
he just knew that he needed
to take care of these children
00:21:02.16\00:21:05.03
and he had about 15 children
of various ages with him
00:21:05.06\00:21:08.46
but he had run out of food
00:21:08.50\00:21:09.90
and because he
was not an orphanage,
00:21:09.93\00:21:12.10
he didn't have any
way of acquiring the food
00:21:12.13\00:21:14.44
and getting better living
conditions for the children.
00:21:14.47\00:21:17.04
So, he
approached us... we went...
00:21:17.07\00:21:19.91
we visited
where he was and we...
00:21:19.94\00:21:22.74
it just broke your heart
00:21:22.81\00:21:24.15
to see the way these
children were living,
00:21:24.18\00:21:26.88
they were living...
5... 6... kids to a bed...
00:21:26.92\00:21:29.62
and it wasn't even a real bed
00:21:29.65\00:21:30.99
you know, they
had run out of food,
00:21:31.02\00:21:34.02
the squander...
the dirt floors...
00:21:34.06\00:21:36.73
it just... they
just needed help...
00:21:36.76\00:21:39.39
and we said, "You know what?
00:21:39.43\00:21:40.76
this is something
that we can take on
00:21:40.80\00:21:42.66
so, we decided,
right then and there,
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.70
we approached all the people
that were on our mission trip
00:21:44.73\00:21:47.00
and we asked
them to donate money
00:21:47.04\00:21:49.97
and before you know it,
00:21:50.01\00:21:51.34
we had raised over
hundreds of dollars
00:21:51.37\00:21:53.48
to be able to provide
food for them right away
00:21:53.51\00:21:56.58
and we decided to
donate a lot of medication,
00:21:56.61\00:21:59.65
we had the
children visit our clinic
00:21:59.68\00:22:01.52
so that they can
be seen and be treated
00:22:01.55\00:22:03.35
and then, we just said,
we are going to support you
00:22:03.39\00:22:06.19
so, since then,
00:22:06.22\00:22:07.56
we have actually moved
them to a new Facility.
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.33
Shelley: Praise God.
00:22:10.36\00:22:11.86
We have re-done a
whole building for them
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.73
so that each of
them have their own beds,
00:22:14.76\00:22:17.50
they have a play area
and they have a school.
00:22:17.53\00:22:20.34
So, not only are
they able to go to school
00:22:20.37\00:22:23.14
but they are able to
educate the children in the area
00:22:23.17\00:22:26.98
and they have over 125
kids that come into the compound
00:22:27.01\00:22:30.75
and are educated on
the compound where the...
00:22:30.81\00:22:33.58
where the orphanage is
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.38
so now we're working on
00:22:35.42\00:22:37.15
getting them to have an
actual status as an orphanage
00:22:37.19\00:22:40.39
so they'll be able
to have aid from Haiti
00:22:40.42\00:22:42.32
but, we'll of course...
we'll continue to support them.
00:22:42.36\00:22:44.43
And, you know, it's
just so amazing to me
00:22:44.46\00:22:47.20
how... when Christ is
in you and you see a need,
00:22:47.23\00:22:50.70
you want to meet that need
00:22:50.73\00:22:53.10
but these children went from
00:22:53.13\00:22:55.44
perhaps, not even
having one meal a day
00:22:55.47\00:22:58.07
to now they get
three squares a day
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.68
plus education
and a hygienic area.
00:23:00.71\00:23:03.18
Kareen: Yeah.
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.58
When you're talking about
the medical professionals,
00:23:04.61\00:23:07.65
your group has grown from
30 to... what was your last...
00:23:07.68\00:23:11.85
Yeah, so, I believe
on our last mission trip
00:23:11.92\00:23:14.99
we had over 70
people that joined us.
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.79
Okay, so, that's so amazing
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.93
how quickly God
is... is... growing this
00:23:19.96\00:23:23.26
but are they all
Adventist Christians or they...
00:23:23.30\00:23:26.57
No, that's what I love
about our mission trips
00:23:26.60\00:23:29.87
is that our last trip...
00:23:29.90\00:23:31.54
we had probably about 50...
over 50 medical professionals
00:23:31.57\00:23:35.28
and then we had about a
little over 20 construction crew
00:23:35.31\00:23:38.98
because we do do a lot
of construction work now
00:23:39.01\00:23:41.18
and that is the
beauty of our ministry,
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.28
is that... there
are a lot of people
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.12
that aren't
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:23:45.15\00:23:46.86
we have some people
that aren't even Christian
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.46
and they join us on
these trips and they say,
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.49
"This is the
Christ that I want to...
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.93
that I'm dying to
see... a Christ who gives...
00:23:53.96\00:23:57.33
a Christ who loves...
a Christ who shares...
00:23:57.37\00:24:00.64
a Christ who will not let
the underserved be neglected"
00:24:00.67\00:24:05.64
and that is
what we're all about,
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.84
we're all about helping
those people that need help
00:24:07.88\00:24:10.78
and in Haiti...
00:24:10.81\00:24:12.25
that is pretty much
what you're going to see...
00:24:12.28\00:24:14.58
you're going to see a
lot of people that need help
00:24:14.62\00:24:16.89
and so, not only
are we ministering
00:24:16.95\00:24:18.89
to the people in Haiti,
00:24:18.92\00:24:20.26
but we're ministering
to a lot of the people
00:24:20.29\00:24:21.96
that join us on the trip
00:24:21.99\00:24:23.32
because they are so excited to
see the passion of Christianity,
00:24:23.36\00:24:27.30
the passion of what
Christ wanted us to do.
00:24:27.33\00:24:29.23
Amen and amen... and
you know it's just...
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.13
it's amazing to
me that every time...
00:24:31.17\00:24:33.57
God just has a magic formula...
00:24:33.60\00:24:37.37
and I don't want to
use the word "magic"
00:24:37.41\00:24:38.74
but the blessing of the
Lord is when you go somewhere
00:24:38.77\00:24:43.08
to be a blessing
to someone else...
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.41
when God sends you out,
00:24:45.45\00:24:46.78
He always gives you a double
portion of blessing in return.
00:24:46.82\00:24:51.09
Have you seen any...
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.12
can you tell any of the miracle
stories that you've seen.
00:24:53.15\00:24:56.46
Oh, oh...
miracles beyond miracles...
00:24:56.49\00:24:59.16
you have to realize that we're
working with a lot of logistics
00:24:59.19\00:25:03.97
so, like we were talking
earlier about logistics...
00:25:04.00\00:25:06.43
the miracles in
logistics is... I... I...
00:25:06.50\00:25:10.21
every year, I
always say to myself
00:25:10.24\00:25:12.17
"this is never going to work
00:25:12.21\00:25:13.54
there's no way we're going to
get all these things into Haiti
00:25:13.58\00:25:15.94
and we're not
going to be able to... "
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.68
Shelley: Through Customs...
Kareen: Through Customs
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.05
and every year it works...
00:25:19.08\00:25:21.38
I can tell you one story where
we were at American Airlines
00:25:21.45\00:25:24.72
and we were flying
with all of our bins...
00:25:24.75\00:25:26.76
I wish we had a picture of
all the bins that we bring,
00:25:26.79\00:25:28.79
we bring these
huge heavy-duty bins
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.76
and every year,
00:25:30.79\00:25:32.16
we always are over-boarded
with too many things
00:25:32.19\00:25:35.16
but we want to
make sure it gets there
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.07
and I remember one year
that one of the agents said,
00:25:37.10\00:25:40.50
"There's no way... "
00:25:40.54\00:25:41.87
that "we're not going to
allow this to go through"
00:25:41.90\00:25:43.41
and we said, "You know what?
Let's just step back and pray"
00:25:43.44\00:25:46.71
and we prayed about
it... we prayed about it
00:25:46.74\00:25:48.58
and there was
a... there was a...
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.71
I guess it would
be a "shift change"
00:25:50.75\00:25:52.78
and the next lady that
came in, I approached her again
00:25:52.81\00:25:57.42
and I said,
"We're a mission group,
00:25:57.45\00:25:59.62
we just want to
bring these things,
00:25:59.65\00:26:01.79
we're helping somebody"
00:26:01.82\00:26:03.16
and someone... another
passenger had just yelled at her
00:26:03.19\00:26:06.59
and she screamed
at her and I think...
00:26:06.63\00:26:08.33
"this poor lady
is under pressure,
00:26:08.36\00:26:10.17
she is not
going to listen to me"
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.90
and she turned to me
and in the sweetest voice
00:26:11.93\00:26:14.70
and she said,
"Let's see what we can do"
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.17
is that, I wish that a
lot of people would realize
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.94
that they can get much more
done with honey than with flies
00:26:19.97\00:26:23.04
you know,
00:26:23.08\00:26:24.41
and she turned
to us and she said,
00:26:24.45\00:26:26.35
"Let me go talk
to my Supervisor"
00:26:26.38\00:26:28.35
and did you know
that that Supervisor
00:26:28.38\00:26:30.35
was from Haiti herself
00:26:30.39\00:26:31.72
and she allowed
everything to go through
00:26:31.75\00:26:33.86
and she didn't even charge us.
00:26:33.89\00:26:35.76
Shelley: Praise the Lord.
00:26:35.79\00:26:37.26
Kareen: That was the
hard part, I was like,
00:26:37.29\00:26:38.63
"If you charge
us, I'll be happy"
00:26:38.66\00:26:40.00
but she didn't even
charge us, she said,
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.50
"Just let it go
through... let it go through. "
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.27
When we're in clinics in Haiti,
00:26:44.33\00:26:46.87
there are plenty of times
when people come to the clinics
00:26:46.90\00:26:49.80
and we see a lot of
children who have been neglected
00:26:49.84\00:26:53.78
who have wounds and
who need special healing
00:26:53.84\00:26:57.41
and we have seen...
00:26:57.45\00:26:58.78
they come back to the
clinic a few days later
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.75
and they're
better, they're healthier,
00:27:00.78\00:27:03.05
just being able to give them
the medication that they needed
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.55
and us being able to have
it there for them is amazing.
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.72
I remember one
time in a dental clinic
00:27:09.76\00:27:12.16
we saw a young lady
who came to the clinic
00:27:12.19\00:27:16.03
and her hand was
over her mouth like this
00:27:16.06\00:27:18.27
and we were like,
"What's going on here?"
00:27:18.30\00:27:20.47
and she sat down in a chair
00:27:20.50\00:27:22.90
and what had
happened was... is that
00:27:22.94\00:27:25.14
she had basically a
double row of teeth,
00:27:25.17\00:27:27.44
she had never
lost her primary teeth
00:27:27.48\00:27:29.68
but she had grown in her
adult teeth into that space,
00:27:29.74\00:27:33.85
and she was very
embarrassed about it,
00:27:33.88\00:27:37.05
and she was very ashamed by it
00:27:37.09\00:27:39.25
and one of the doctors says,
00:27:39.29\00:27:40.89
"You know, we can help her"
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.46
so we found her mother to
ask for permission to do that
00:27:42.49\00:27:45.99
and as I sat down to do my
perio therapy on my patient
00:27:46.03\00:27:49.46
I said, "Oh my
goodness, what is this?"
00:27:49.50\00:27:52.33
And it was the same
situation, they were twins!
00:27:52.37\00:27:55.30
and the same thing had happened
00:27:55.34\00:27:57.41
so that day we were
able to do dental surgery
00:27:57.44\00:28:00.04
on both girls... and be able
to give them their smiles back
00:28:00.08\00:28:03.08
and to this day I just remember
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.45
the smiles on
their faces afterwards
00:28:05.48\00:28:07.82
because they would have
normally had to go through life
00:28:07.88\00:28:10.89
with that embarrassment
and now they were...
00:28:10.92\00:28:13.22
they were beautiful again.
00:28:13.25\00:28:14.59
Shelley: Glory to
God... glory to God.
00:28:14.62\00:28:16.39
So, the Lord has really blessed
this Bethesda Medical Mission
00:28:16.42\00:28:21.40
as it has gone to Haiti for
the last five years in a row
00:28:21.43\00:28:24.90
but recently, Pastor
Herrera from Connecticut
00:28:24.93\00:28:30.11
came to you with a new plan,
00:28:30.14\00:28:34.61
tell us about that.
00:28:34.64\00:28:36.18
So, we had always gone to
Haiti everywhere... every year
00:28:36.21\00:28:39.01
and we were planning on
returning to Haiti this year
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.85
but after the
Hurricane in Puerto Rico,
00:28:41.88\00:28:44.95
Pastor Herrera
approached our Organization
00:28:44.99\00:28:47.96
and said that what
you are doing in Haiti
00:28:48.02\00:28:50.93
would very much be of benefit to
what's going on in Puerto Rico
00:28:50.96\00:28:54.30
and because of the hurricane,
a lot of homes were damaged
00:28:54.33\00:28:57.13
and there was a lot of help...
00:28:57.17\00:28:58.87
the construction crew that
we had normally used in Haiti
00:28:58.90\00:29:02.44
would have been a
great benefit in Puerto Rico
00:29:02.47\00:29:05.34
so, this year, we have decided
00:29:05.37\00:29:07.28
to take Bethesda
Medical into Puerto Rico
00:29:07.31\00:29:10.35
and repair some homes
that are going to be damaged
00:29:10.38\00:29:14.15
and also, to do
some Health Fairs
00:29:14.18\00:29:16.48
and to do some health
clinics in Puerto Rico
00:29:16.52\00:29:20.02
to help the
people of Puerto Rico.
00:29:20.06\00:29:21.52
We have a tendency
in the United States
00:29:21.56\00:29:26.76
that... I just say we've got the
attention span of a humming bird
00:29:26.80\00:29:32.20
because whatever is on the
news is what you feel like,
00:29:32.23\00:29:37.07
is going on but
there is still...
00:29:37.11\00:29:39.34
there is so much suffering
in Puerto Rico, it's not over.
00:29:39.37\00:29:42.98
Yes, and that's what
our plan was... is that...
00:29:43.01\00:29:45.95
you know, you're right,
00:29:46.01\00:29:47.42
after a few months, it dies down
00:29:47.48\00:29:49.55
and people forget about
the need that's going on
00:29:49.58\00:29:52.05
but there are many people
that are still devastated...
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.42
just even to have clean water...
to have their homes repaired...
00:29:54.46\00:29:59.16
to receive medical
and dental attention
00:29:59.19\00:30:02.00
those kinds of things are still
very much needed in Puerto Rico
00:30:02.03\00:30:04.80
so, I said, "Summer of
2018, we will be going there. "
00:30:04.83\00:30:09.50
Praise God, so, the...
00:30:09.57\00:30:11.87
Pastor Herrera, I know I
heard something mentioned
00:30:11.91\00:30:14.81
or read something mentioned
that he has an association with
00:30:14.84\00:30:20.02
Hay esperanza para Puerto Rico
00:30:20.05\00:30:23.65
which means, "There
is hope for Puerto Rico"
00:30:23.69\00:30:25.85
and a lot of people there
really were close to losing hope
00:30:25.89\00:30:30.59
or have lost hope... we
have some friends who live there
00:30:30.63\00:30:35.26
and they said the
suicide rate is at...
00:30:35.30\00:30:37.67
there are people who feel like
00:30:37.70\00:30:39.13
life would never
get back to normal
00:30:39.20\00:30:40.77
so, explain what... do
you know much about that group
00:30:40.80\00:30:44.91
or... can you give us...
00:30:44.94\00:30:46.41
I know Pastor Herrera was
supposed to be with us today.
00:30:46.47\00:30:49.11
Yeah, so Pastor Herrera
was supposed to be with us
00:30:49.14\00:30:51.35
to explain a
little bit more about that
00:30:51.41\00:30:53.18
but from what he had
explained to us is that...
00:30:53.21\00:30:56.28
there was a lot of devastation
that had happened in Puerto Rico
00:30:56.32\00:30:59.89
and that a lot of things
that we heard here in America
00:30:59.95\00:31:02.86
that things were much better
and that things would get...
00:31:02.89\00:31:05.79
were simply not accurate...
00:31:05.83\00:31:07.96
that there were a lot of
people that were still suffering
00:31:08.00\00:31:10.33
there were a lot of people that
still were without their homes
00:31:10.37\00:31:13.17
that we still had a
lot of issues going on
00:31:13.20\00:31:15.60
and that we
needed to address that
00:31:15.64\00:31:17.51
and we needed to still send
people into Puerto Rico to help
00:31:17.54\00:31:21.34
so, that would
be my appeal today
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.21
is that,
everybody would understand
00:31:23.24\00:31:25.01
that there are still a lot
of people that are suffering...
00:31:25.05\00:31:27.48
they need financial...
emotional... spiritual help
00:31:27.52\00:31:31.59
to go into Puerto Rico and
be able to bless the people
00:31:31.62\00:31:35.12
that are going on there...
that are still suffering there
00:31:35.16\00:31:38.59
so, I do hope that
people will still realize
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.80
that we still need to be there,
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.16
we still need to
be on the ground.
00:31:42.20\00:31:44.63
Amen, so, when
you are not on a...
00:31:44.67\00:31:47.17
how many mission
trips have you gone on?
00:31:47.20\00:31:48.74
Personally, I have been on
00:31:48.80\00:31:51.97
probably about 9
or 10 mission trips.
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.11
Okay and have you
taken your daughters yet?
00:31:55.14\00:31:57.51
No, I haven't so
this is the first year
00:31:57.55\00:31:59.81
that my daughters will be going
00:31:59.85\00:32:01.32
on a mission trip so exciting...
00:32:01.35\00:32:02.78
Shelley: How old are they?
00:32:02.82\00:32:04.15
My daughters are 10 and 12.
00:32:04.19\00:32:05.52
Shelley: Okay. Kareen: Yes.
00:32:05.55\00:32:06.89
Shelley: So, they'll be
going along to help you with...
00:32:06.92\00:32:08.62
will you do a
Vacation Bible School
00:32:08.66\00:32:10.36
while you're in Puerto Rico?
00:32:10.39\00:32:11.73
Kareen: Our plans to put
together a Vacation Bible School
00:32:11.76\00:32:14.16
while we're doing
our health clinics
00:32:14.20\00:32:15.60
and specially on
Sabbath and on Sunday...
00:32:15.63\00:32:18.33
we will be doing larger clinics
00:32:18.37\00:32:19.70
so definitely we will be
ways that we can communicate
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.47
with the children there.
00:32:21.50\00:32:22.84
That's nice, so you
have the children who are...
00:32:22.87\00:32:24.74
their parents are
in for the services
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.58
then we've got something
going on for the children.
00:32:27.61\00:32:30.21
Kareen: Right, yes.
00:32:30.25\00:32:31.58
So, how has this
changed your life personally?
00:32:31.61\00:32:35.78
It has made me
much more grateful
00:32:35.82\00:32:40.02
and thankful that God has
given me the ability to serve
00:32:40.06\00:32:45.36
so, of course, it's
made me grateful and thankful
00:32:45.39\00:32:47.53
for the things I have in my life
00:32:47.56\00:32:49.36
but it's given me
the ability to say,
00:32:49.40\00:32:51.33
"You know what? I
have these opportunities
00:32:51.40\00:32:53.70
to give and to serve... "
00:32:53.74\00:32:55.44
I am so grateful for it
00:32:55.47\00:32:57.11
and the one thing that always
remains in the back of my head
00:32:57.14\00:33:01.14
is that at Loma Linda...
00:33:01.18\00:33:03.14
I remember when I first
arrived at the campus...
00:33:03.18\00:33:04.81
beautiful campus...
00:33:04.85\00:33:06.18
and I remember the...
there's a statue at the first
00:33:06.21\00:33:10.42
it's just right
outside of Prince Hall...
00:33:10.45\00:33:12.39
it's in the School of Dentistry
00:33:12.42\00:33:14.39
and it's... it shows the
story of the good Samaritan
00:33:14.42\00:33:18.89
and underneath that it
says, "To make man whole"
00:33:18.93\00:33:23.40
and that is what
we're here to do,
00:33:23.43\00:33:26.07
I honestly believe
that that story shows
00:33:26.13\00:33:29.97
how we as human beings
need to have the connection
00:33:30.01\00:33:33.17
to those who are less
fortunate and how we can help
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.34
and when I arrived
on campus at Loma Linda,
00:33:36.38\00:33:39.18
I said, that was what
my goal was going to be,
00:33:39.21\00:33:41.95
if there was any
way that I could serve
00:33:41.98\00:33:44.12
and not only overseas
or in developing countries
00:33:44.15\00:33:48.49
but then also in Hartford...
00:33:48.52\00:33:49.99
Bethesda Medical does
a lot of Health Fairs...
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.99
we do a lot of local things
to help people that are in need
00:33:52.03\00:33:55.73
and that's what I would
hope that everybody can do
00:33:55.76\00:33:58.23
and it doesn't have... you
don't have to be a professional
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.14
medical, dental, whatever it is,
00:34:00.17\00:34:02.04
whatever your passion
is, whatever your goal is,
00:34:02.10\00:34:05.11
is to remember that
story, "To make man whole"
00:34:05.14\00:34:08.11
and if everybody had a little
bit of themselves in that heart
00:34:08.14\00:34:11.61
in their heart...
00:34:11.65\00:34:12.98
I think that we would definitely
have a much better society
00:34:13.01\00:34:16.35
and a much better world.
00:34:16.38\00:34:17.79
And this is something that
00:34:17.82\00:34:19.19
probably has impacted
your marriage as well.
00:34:19.22\00:34:23.59
Kareen: Yes... yes.
00:34:23.63\00:34:24.96
When you are...
I am very blessed,
00:34:24.99\00:34:26.93
my husband is a very Godly man
00:34:26.96\00:34:29.10
and we serve together
00:34:29.16\00:34:31.17
and when... as a
couple you share that passion
00:34:31.23\00:34:34.94
that purpose... and
you're serving together
00:34:34.97\00:34:38.67
it... it is something,
00:34:38.71\00:34:40.51
it's a special
bonding-cementing thing
00:34:40.54\00:34:44.01
and it seems to
me that there is...
00:34:44.05\00:34:47.48
as families serve together
00:34:47.52\00:34:50.39
it seems that God speaks
His peace into that family,
00:34:50.42\00:34:55.02
it changes the
dynamics of family... period...
00:34:55.06\00:34:58.29
and I hope that your girls...
00:34:58.33\00:35:00.70
I know they're
going to... to be blessed
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.86
and get to see
what mummy and daddy do
00:35:03.06\00:35:05.67
and they will come
back... I'm sure...
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.74
with more
grateful hearts themselves.
00:35:07.77\00:35:09.64
Kareen: Right.
00:35:09.67\00:35:11.51
You know, this is what
Bethesda Mission is doing...
00:35:11.54\00:35:16.88
is following the example
of Christ's method of service
00:35:16.91\00:35:22.18
and it's exciting
that you're reaching
00:35:22.25\00:35:26.76
not only the people
that you're ministering to
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.76
but the people who
you take to minister.
00:35:29.79\00:35:32.73
Kareen: Right...
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.10
You think about reach...
00:35:34.13\00:35:35.96
have you had anyone,
you mentioned earlier
00:35:36.00\00:35:37.87
that some were saying...
who were not even Christians,
00:35:37.90\00:35:40.94
saying, "Now I
see the face of Jesus
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.67
and this is what
it's all about. "
00:35:43.71\00:35:46.27
Tell us a little... kind
of expound on that a little.
00:35:46.34\00:35:49.44
Well, we have had some people...
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.81
believe me, we've
had not... like I said,
00:35:51.85\00:35:54.58
people that are
not really Christian...
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.29
we've even had one person who
was Buddhist that came with us
00:35:57.32\00:36:01.22
and she had always... she
had worked with us in the past
00:36:01.26\00:36:05.09
but she had
never really been able
00:36:05.13\00:36:06.66
to see what
Christianity was all about
00:36:06.70\00:36:09.16
and she said that this...
00:36:09.20\00:36:10.83
"I could... I could understand
this type of Christianity"
00:36:10.87\00:36:14.47
and even though... and
you know that God sows seeds
00:36:14.50\00:36:18.31
you never know what's
going on in her heart,
00:36:18.37\00:36:20.11
I believe that it changed her,
00:36:20.14\00:36:21.64
it changed her attitude
to what Christianity could be
00:36:21.68\00:36:25.68
and how serving God
can bless other people,
00:36:25.71\00:36:28.58
we've had people that are
not Seventh-day Adventists
00:36:28.62\00:36:31.35
that say... they
want to learn more
00:36:31.39\00:36:32.75
about the
Seventh-day Adventist Church...
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.19
they want to know more
00:36:34.22\00:36:35.59
about how Maranatha
and other aid groups
00:36:35.62\00:36:38.59
are going into
other countries to help
00:36:38.63\00:36:41.33
so, I think that it
has definitely changed them
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.97
and we've had a lot of
people attend church services
00:36:44.00\00:36:46.74
when we were in Haiti too
00:36:46.77\00:36:48.10
and there's no requirement
for you to have to do that
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.97
when you're on
your mission trips
00:36:51.01\00:36:52.34
but a lot of the people say,
00:36:52.37\00:36:53.71
"Yes, I want to see
what it's all about...
00:36:53.78\00:36:55.41
I want to see how
you worship your God"
00:36:55.44\00:36:57.98
and they are moved
and blessed by that too
00:36:58.01\00:36:59.48
so they love it, yeah.
00:36:59.51\00:37:00.85
Well I think you
brought a couple of videos
00:37:00.88\00:37:02.48
and we'd like to show
those, the first one is:
00:37:02.55\00:37:04.89
your husband and another
gentleman who are speaking
00:37:04.92\00:37:08.59
and these are the two...
00:37:08.62\00:37:10.03
there were four Co-Founders...
you and your husband
00:37:10.06\00:37:13.13
and then this other
doctor and his wife.
00:37:13.16\00:37:15.26
Yeah, so Dr.
Kellerman and my husband
00:37:15.30\00:37:17.30
are what you're going
to see in this one video
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.10
just kind of doing a
little bit of a wrap up
00:37:19.13\00:37:20.87
of one of our
trips that we had gone on
00:37:20.94\00:37:23.10
and the other video is
just one of the gentlemen
00:37:23.14\00:37:26.17
who had actually been to
the clinics several times...
00:37:26.21\00:37:28.64
every year I guess he
waits for us to come in
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.61
and he was just
saying, "Thank you"
00:37:30.65\00:37:32.78
he wanted to
express his "thank you"
00:37:32.81\00:37:34.92
and his gratitude for coming
00:37:34.95\00:37:36.75
and that's the other thing
that I wanted to express too
00:37:36.79\00:37:39.05
is that... the Haitian
people that we visit with...
00:37:39.09\00:37:41.19
they are beautiful people...
00:37:41.22\00:37:43.06
they are so gracious
and they're so thankful
00:37:43.09\00:37:45.16
for all the
services that they give to us
00:37:45.19\00:37:47.20
and especially when they're
waiting in long lines to be seen
00:37:47.23\00:37:50.60
they're always
polite, they're always sweet,
00:37:50.63\00:37:53.54
they're always wonderful
00:37:53.57\00:37:54.90
and we love serving in
Haiti... wonderful people.
00:37:54.94\00:37:58.11
Amen, so let's look
at those videos now.
00:37:58.14\00:38:01.24
Video...
00:38:01.28\00:38:06.85
We're just about over
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.02
we're used our last days
of work in Movi, Haiti...
00:38:09.05\00:38:13.22
great day... we did
dentures, we did fillings,
00:38:13.25\00:38:17.43
we did extractions,
00:38:17.46\00:38:19.49
we did a lot of cleaning...
00:38:19.53\00:38:20.86
we did eye care...
00:38:20.90\00:38:22.26
we did a little
bit of everything...
00:38:22.30\00:38:25.27
we even rushed a
little bit of soccer...
00:38:25.30\00:38:27.34
scene: boy
kicking soccer ball...
00:38:27.37\00:38:31.77
Clearly we have seen possibly
over 1,800 people at least
00:38:31.81\00:38:35.38
and tomorrow...
00:38:35.44\00:38:37.35
tomorrow we'll be going to
an orphanage in Port Au Prince
00:38:37.41\00:38:43.85
we will provide care to I
believe, approximately 30 kids
00:38:43.89\00:38:50.33
and hopefully,
we'll get a chance
00:38:50.36\00:38:52.36
to go to church right after that
00:38:52.39\00:38:54.33
but it's been a
day... a week of service...
00:38:54.36\00:38:57.83
and we are grateful that we had
a chance to provide the service
00:38:57.87\00:39:04.81
to the people of Haiti
00:39:04.84\00:39:06.17
video ends...
00:39:06.21\00:39:09.14
Well, that's precious
but now we've got one more
00:39:09.18\00:39:13.01
and this will be
you talking with...
00:39:13.08\00:39:15.38
as Kareen is speaking
with a French-speaking Haitian.
00:39:15.42\00:39:21.72
Video starting...
00:39:21.76\00:39:24.19
In French...
00:39:24.23\00:39:29.56
And we say, "Thank you for
the good service you give us"
00:39:29.60\00:39:32.47
in French...
00:39:32.53\00:39:35.10
"Last year you gave
like the same service"
00:39:35.17\00:39:37.37
In French...
00:39:37.41\00:39:40.98
This year, you again
gave the same good service.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.91
In French...
00:39:43.95\00:39:48.72
And then we say, "Thank you...
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.09
may the Lord
bless all the group. "
00:39:50.12\00:39:52.09
In French...
00:39:52.15\00:39:55.29
"And may the Lord like...
00:39:55.32\00:39:57.09
make you guys have a like...
a good trip... good travel. "
00:39:57.13\00:40:00.36
Merci...
00:40:00.40\00:40:01.73
"Thank you. "
00:40:01.76\00:40:03.10
Comment vous appelex-vous?
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Jedson...
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Aaah... see, I
know a little French.
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Do live here in Movi?
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In French.
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Yes.
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Okay, all right, oh,
thank you for coming again.
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French...
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Thank you too for coming again.
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All right guys, no problem.
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That's sweet, I
always thought it was
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Comment vous applex-vous.
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It could be... he
pretended that he understood.
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Laughter...
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Well, you know,
I'm such a parrot...
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if I'm in France, I
can speak this much French
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but I'll speak
English with a French accent.
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same when I get to
interacting it's terrible...
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so, when you are going
on trips what... who...
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who are you looking to join you
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and what
qualifications do they need?
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Well, we are looking for
anybody who wants to serve,
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anybody who has a good attitude
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and wants to serve
and give of themselves...
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please contact us because we
can find a way to make it work.
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Obviously we're a Medical
and Dental professional group
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so if you have any discipline
in medicine or in dentistry,
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we definitely can
find a spot for you...
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the more that we
have... either medical or dental
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the more we can see more people.
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Medical professionals... we
take OB-GYNs, Pediatricians,
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emergency care meds...
medications... wound healers,
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wound
specialists, family doctors,
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anything...
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in the Dental professional...
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we have oral
surgeons that come with us
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of course, General Dentistry,
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Hygienists... we love
Hygienists, they're hard to come
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by, but we're just looking for
anybody that's willing to serve
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and then... even if you
have none of those disciplines,
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there are so many other things
that you can do on the ground.
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So, we have a lot of people
that help us with logistics,
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either... being... making
sure that food gets supplied
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or things get spread out evenly,
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in the clinic... we
need runners in the clinic,
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we need people to help
in the eye glass department,
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that means
distributing eye glasses,
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working with the computer.
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We also need
people to help out just...
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even with the people
that come to the... in line
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making sure that
they're in line properly
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they're at the right line,
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we need people to
help with registration,
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we need people in Pharmacy
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definitely people to
help out in the Pharmacy area,
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and then, of course,
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because we do have
the construction crew now
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we can have anybody
who can swing a hammer...
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please join us
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because we love to have people
for our construction crew also.
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Shelley: Amen.
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So basically,
that includes anybody.
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Amen, so, now... the
donations as I said...
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this is a 501c3...
non-profit organization
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and no person who
is part of the Board
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or works for the Organization
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or comes to go on these
trips... no one's paid...
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Kareen: That's right.
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So every everything... all
labor is volunteer, correct?
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All labor is all volunteered,
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our Board Members
which consist of...
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I think there's eight or
nine of us on the Board...
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we work very hard
on a regular basis
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to make sure that
these trips happen...
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we do not take salary...
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every penny goes
directly to patient care
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or to construction cost.
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And how do you raise your funds?
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That is the beautiful thing,
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it is all through the generous
work of... obviously God
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but at the same
time, everybody...
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He uses people to
just donate money...
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sometimes we are just sitting
there and we'll get a check
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and we'll have money donated.
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We do run a golf
tournament once a year,
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so the local people and
the Connecticut people come
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and they obviously...
it's a charitable event
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so that goes
towards our mission trips,
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but majority of it is just
people... one thing at a time...
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like the other day...
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my daughter was
working on a project
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where they needed to
multiply their money...
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it was a project
on the talents...
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you know,
multiplying your talents
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so, they gave her
a little bit of money
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and she was
supposed to grow that money
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and give it to an Organization,
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well, she decided
to take that money...
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she made money from that money
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and she donated it
to Bethesda Medical
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as little as it was,
it was still a blessing
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and we have children
that do that all the time
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and they just
say, "You know what?
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I want to donate some money. "
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So, every little dollar counts.
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Amen, well, you know,
I just believe that...
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Kareen, when we think
about how God works...
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I believe that there is
someone who is watching today
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that would like to,
perhaps, participate
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in one of these upcoming trips
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or maybe the Holy
Spirit is inspiring you
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to donate and help
sponsor these trips,
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so, we want to put
up your address roll
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to let people know how...
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that they can
get in touch with you
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to... or with
Bethesda Medical Mission
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to either seek
enrollment in a...
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one of the
mission trips or to donate
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so, here is how you
can get in touch with them,
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Music...
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If you would like to support
Bethesda Medical Mission,
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please pray for them
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and consider giving
them your financial support.
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They also need personnel
who will bring medical, dental
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and construction help
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to those who need
it so desperately,
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visit their website
BethesdaMedicalMission. com
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to find out how you can donate
online or volunteer to help.
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Their website again is:
BethesdaMedicalMission. com
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you may also call
them at 860-243-5569
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or write to them at
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Bethesda Medical Mission
836 Farmington Avenue, Suite 215
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West Hartford, Connecticut 06119
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music...
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And I just want to
thank you in advance
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for your prayers and
your support for Bethesda...
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which means: Mercy...
Bethesda Medical Mission Inc.
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Well, we wanted to
bring back Johan Sentana
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and he has... God has given
him such a gift on the piano
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and he is going to play
one of my favorite songs,
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this song talks about
how we can wander from God
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and how He brings us back
and He can seal my heart...
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"Lord, here's my
heart, take and seal it"
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and so, he will be on the piano,
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you just have to...
if you know the words...
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you will identify this,
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it is: Come Thou
Fount of Every Blessing.
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Come, thou Fount
of every blessing,
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Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
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Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
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Call for songs
of loudest praise.
00:47:03.15\00:47:09.49
Teach me ever to adore Thee,
00:47:09.52\00:47:15.83
May I still Thy goodness prove,
00:47:15.86\00:47:21.94
While the hope of endless glory
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Fills my heart
with joy and love.
00:47:27.98\00:47:33.92
Here I raise my Ebenezer,
00:47:33.95\00:47:40.19
Hither by Thy help I've come,
00:47:40.22\00:47:45.63
And I hope by Thy good pleasure
00:47:45.69\00:47:51.07
Safely to arrive at home.
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Jesus sought me when a stranger,
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Wandering from the fold of God;
00:48:00.51\00:48:06.41
He to rescue me from danger
00:48:06.45\00:48:12.35
Interposed His precious blood.
00:48:12.39\00:48:18.23
Piano...
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O, to grace how great a debtor
00:48:52.83\00:48:58.43
Daily I'm constrained to be!
00:48:58.47\00:49:04.04
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
00:49:04.07\00:49:10.75
Bind me closer still to Thee.
00:49:10.78\00:49:17.42
Prone to
wander, Lord, I feel it,
00:49:17.49\00:49:23.32
Prone to leave the God I love;
00:49:23.36\00:49:29.16
Here's my heart...
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O, take and seal it;
00:49:32.77\00:49:36.24
Seal it for Thy courts above.
00:49:36.27\00:49:42.48
Piano...
00:49:42.54\00:50:02.03
O, to grace how great a debtor
00:50:02.06\00:50:06.87
Daily I'm constrained to be!
00:50:06.94\00:50:11.84
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
00:50:11.87\00:50:16.91
Bind me closer still to Thee.
00:50:16.95\00:50:21.88
Prone to
wander, Lord, I feel it,
00:50:21.92\00:50:27.36
Prone to leave the God I love;
00:50:27.39\00:50:32.79
Here's my heart...
O, take and seal it;
00:50:32.83\00:50:39.50
Seal it for Thy courts above.
00:50:39.53\00:50:45.11
Piano.
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Here's my heart...
O, take and seal it;
00:51:04.26\00:51:12.23
piano
00:51:12.27\00:51:20.68
Here's my heart...
00:51:20.71\00:51:26.72
Seal it for Thy courts above.
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