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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Hello and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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program. I'm Jason
Bradley, and I'm so
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excited that you can
join us today. We are
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going to talk to a
family that is heavily
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involved in the mission
field. So, let's go ahead
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and introduce our
guests. We have Norman Hansen.
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He is a pilot and
project manager for Adventist
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World Aviation in
Nicaragua. - That's right. - We
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have Nancy Hansen who
is the project manager-
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and his lovely
wife- the Adventist World
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Aviation in
Nicaragua. I gotta make sure I
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say that right. And
then we have two of their
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children, Steven
Hansen and Melanie Hansen.
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I'm so happy that
you guys could be here
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with us today. - It's
a real pleasure for us
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to be here. We're
excited and nervous,
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but we're really,
really happy to be here. Thank
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you. - Yes, thank you
so much. We're so happy
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to be here. - You're
welcome, you're welcome!
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You know, I can't wait
to get into your story,
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your journey, testimonies,
and the mission field
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and all of those
things; but before we jump into
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that, I'd like to go
to a song by Mary Grace
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entitled, "We Shall Behold Him."
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Wow. God has blessed
Mary Grace with a tremendous
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gift. What a
beautiful song. Now, Mr. Norman,
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I want to get to know
you. I want to start with
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you. Tell me a little
bit about your background.
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- Okay. I was born
in Alberta, Canada and
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grew up there on a
farm. And when I was
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very young, our
family became Seventh-Day
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Adventist and just
grew up there. I was
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always interested in
flying. I remember my dad.
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He got his
pilot's license when I was
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young-maybe 9 or 10.
And a little later on,
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he got his own
airplane. I was just so excited;
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I just couldn't
believe it, so I learned to fly
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in the back seat of
his airplane on our farm
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strip in a Piper
Super Cub. - A Piper Super
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Cup? Now, what does
that look like? What is...
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- It's a fabric-covered
airplane. It's an extremely
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simple airplane,
but it's really nice for
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backcountry bush
flying. - Okay. - So, he let me
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fly from the back seat
and I learned to fly when
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I was very young. -
Wow! So you were flying
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planes at a young
age. Did you have a passion
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for flying even before
your dad got that plane,
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or...? - Oh, yes! I
remember going out and
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just lying in the
grass, looking up at the
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clouds, and
imagining flying around those
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clouds. - Wow. Nice.
- So, yeah. It's been
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a passion all my
life. - Nice. And were you
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raised Adventist? -
Yes, essentially, because
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my parents became
Seventh-Day Adventist
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when I was still
very young. - Nice. And
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where did your
passion for the mission field
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come into play? How
did you become passionate
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about that? - Well,
that's the other passion
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that I always had.
It always seemed like I
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wanted to do something.
As I got a little older,
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I began to look through
the call book when I was
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in school and college. I
thought, "Oh, I'd love to
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go to this place.
I'd love to go to Africa.
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I'd like to do this;
I'd like to do that."
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So, I decided- and I
had a brother who also
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went as a student
missionary to Japan.
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Then later on, I went
and worked in the Marshall
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Islands for a year. I
taught math and English
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and some things
there for a year. So, that
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really set me on the
direction for mission
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work. - Okay. And
Nancy, what about you? Tell us
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a little bit about
your background. - Well, I
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was born in Nicaragua,
and I grew up in Costa
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Rica. I had- some
people might say, "Wow, so
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going back to
Nicaragua for you must've been
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like going back home,"
but not really, because
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we had a very
traumatic experience as a child.
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- Oh, what
happened? My father, he was a
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colporteur: a person
who sells Christian books.
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At the time, war
broke in Nicaragua. He was
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mistakenly put in
jail and he was accused of
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being one of the
rebels and one of the people
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that wanted to overthrow
the government at the time.
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So, he was put in jail
for that reason. He was
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tortured and it was very
traumatic. I never wanted
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to return to
Nicaragua after that, but God,
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in an amazing way,
He was able to get him
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out of jail. - Okay, so
your dad ended up getting
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arrested for, like,
two weeks? - Yes, it was
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two weeks that he was
in jail. - Yeah. It was an
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incredible
experience that he went through.
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He was accused of
being one of the rebels, and
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because he had all
this money with him, they
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didn't believe his
story that he was a pastor
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and a preacher. -
Okay. - So, it was a bad
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situation, so they put
him into prison, right,
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Nancy? - Yes. When we
heard the news, we were
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devastated, of course,
and people were praying
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for him. After a lot
of fasting and prayer,
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finally a ransom was
paid on his behalf to
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get out of jail. He
was told to go straight to
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the airport and
not stop anywhere. But
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for some reason
that he didn't himself
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understand, he decided
to just stop at the mission
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guest house and
changed the clothing he had and
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washed his face. When
he opened his briefcase
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where, previously,
all the books were for
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colporting, he
found that instead of the
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books and the money
that he had collected
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were just a stash
of ammunition. - Ohh,
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no! - They had set
him up. - Yeah. - And he
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would've been
arrested and he would've never,
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never left. - So they
wanted him to go straight
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to the airport, not
stop anywhere, because
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they wanted him to get
caught with that ammunition
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at the airport.
- Exactly. - Wow.
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- So they were so nervous,
but somebody recommended,
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"Just hide, bury all the
ammunition in the ground,"
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and they did that very
quickly. Then, they took
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a taxi and they headed
to the airport, and they
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were nervous that
there would be other traps
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along the way. But
God was faithful to them
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and they were able to
get out of the country.
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But I remember with my
family, we went to Costa
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Rica to meet him and
my mom. I was just so
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excited to see him,
you know? And my mom, I
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remember her
saying, "No, no, try not to
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hug him, because his
ribs are broken," and
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his face had
changed. He had bruises and
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wounds all over
his body, so I couldn't
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really hug him. After
that experience, I was
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so terrified. I
decided in my heart, "I will
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never go back to
Nicaragua again." - I could
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understand that. - But
of course, God had other
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plans for us. - Yes!
- He always does. - So,
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who do you have
sitting next to you? - I'm
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Steven; my name is
Steven Hansen. I'm 17. I grew
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up in Guam, actually-
the small island of Guam.
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My brother, too; I
have an older brother. We've
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been in this together-
this mission trip venture.
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- Nice. Nice. And
Melanie? How did you
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get involved in mission
work? - Well, ever since I
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was very little, I
always wanted to be
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a missionary. So when
I learned that we were
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going to be going to
Nicaragua as missionaries,
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I was thrilled. I was
just so excited. I didn't
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really know what
would be involved at first,
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so it was hard when
we had to sell our home
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where I had grown
up, then my pets, and say
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goodbye to friends
and grandparents but,
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despite all that,
was still really excited.
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- Nice. So, you've
always had a passion
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for mission work? -
Yeah, definitely. - Nice.
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Now, I see that
you guys have different
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stripes and stuff on
your collars here. What do
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those stripes represent?
- Well, the stripes can
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represent the level
that you've attained in your
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flying. I have four
stripes as the captain. So, if
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you're the captain, you
get four stripes. - Got you.
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- It can mean
different things, but yeah. I
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finally earned my four
stripes after many years.
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- Nice. And then the
one stripe? - The one
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stripe... They are
ground support. So,
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they're helping us-
they work on the radio,
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they maintain the
airplane, fuel it up,
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wash the airplane,
things like that. - Nice. You
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know, one of the
things that I love as I'm
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looking at you guys
is just the fact that you
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are a family that
is involved in helping
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other people. You
know? You guys have answered
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the call that God's
placed on your lives,
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and I think that is
amazing to see you as
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a unit, partaking
in that. I want to talk
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about AWA,
Adventist World Aviation. We
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actually have a
video that is going to tell
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us a little bit more
about it, and then you
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can expound upon that
as we come out of that
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roll. - That'll be
great. - Adventist World
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Aviation has
aviation outpost stationed all
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around the world with
the mission of bringing
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humanitarian aid
and the love of Jesus to
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difficult-to-reach
areas. One of Adventist World
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Aviation's
outposts is situated in the
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northeastern corner of
Nicaragua by the border
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of Honduras. This
outpost is dedicated to
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serving the Miskito
people of this region.
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This part of the
country is extremely isolated
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from the rest of
the country due to its
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geographic
location. Mountain ranges and
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impermeable jungle
separate the Miskito
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people from the advancements
civilization provides.
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In the remote
village of La Tranquera
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Nicaragua,
Adventist World Aviation has
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a mission base that
transports critically
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ill and emergency
patients from remote villages
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to a hospital where
they can receive the
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life-saving care
they need. The region has
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very limited medical
care, and many suffer
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and often lose their
lives because they cannot
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receive the care
they need to survive. For
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this reason, the
AWA air base is in an
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excellent location and
able to make an enormous
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impact by utilizing
aircraft to transport
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patients. The La
Tranquera Nicaragua mission
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aviation base has
transported well over
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600 patients. This
type of aid was nonexistent
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in this area
previous to this air base's
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operations. The
Tranquera air base is home to
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the first and
only aircraft that flew
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medical evacuations
from remote villages
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and delivered patients
to a larger town called
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Puerto Cabezas.
This aviation mission was
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able to win the trust
of government officials
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and is warmly
accepted and recognized by the
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healthcare system
as a vital component to
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help remote villages
receive these medical
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emergency flights
that they desperately need.
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This mission base
is well known among the
00:19:06.14\00:19:09.44
people of this
region, and everyone knows
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that they can depend
on them when they are in
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need or have an
emergency. Travel in this region
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of Nicaragua is very
difficult. The region
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is covered with pine
savannas, lush jungles,
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and winding
rivers. Road systems were
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never fully
developed here, and this makes
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transportation very
difficult. A trip that
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would take one-and-a-half
hour by flight can take
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days if it were to
be traveled by boat or
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land. Often, land
travel isn't possible simply
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because there is no
road system to reach
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the remote
village. Many of the Miskito
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people live in extreme
isolation. When an emergency
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occurs, many of them
don't survive injuries
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or they suffer
greatly because they cannot
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reach medical care
in a timely manner. If
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patients do not have
access to these flights,
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they must travel
by foot, boat, or bus-
00:20:05.20\00:20:08.97
a journey that can
take more than 48 hours.
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When an emergency
strikes, patients may
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need to reach
care within a few hours
00:20:15.61\00:20:17.91
in order to
survive. Having the air base
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here allows for quick
and expedient extractions
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that have saved
hundreds of lives. This remote
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air base is currently
operated by the Hansen
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family who arrived in
2017. The La Tranquera
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air base is anticipating
the arrival of a new
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air craft to be
placed in the field.
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Wings of Hope in St.
Louis, Missouri provided
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AWA with a highly
modified Cessna 182
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for a very moderate
cost and has prepared the
00:20:49.44\00:20:52.58
aircraft for
deployment for Nicaragua. This
00:20:52.61\00:20:55.58
aircraft will be an
enormous blessing, and
00:20:55.62\00:20:58.45
plans are underway to
reach even more remote
00:20:58.52\00:21:01.92
villages with this
life-saving service.
00:21:02.02\00:21:05.33
This mission base
daily exemplifies the love
00:21:05.39\00:21:09.10
that Christ asked His
disciples to share. Here
00:21:09.16\00:21:12.40
in Nicaragua, Adventist
World Aviation missionaries
00:21:12.47\00:21:15.90
take this call very
seriously as they enter
00:21:16.00\00:21:19.31
into the most
remote villages, seeking to
00:21:19.37\00:21:22.71
provide the love, hope,
and healing of Jesus Christ.
00:21:22.81\00:21:28.35
- Wow. What a powerful
organization. I mean, it
00:21:30.95\00:21:33.36
seems like without
these flights, this could be a
00:21:33.42\00:21:36.02
matter of life and death
for some of these people.
00:21:36.12\00:21:39.06
How did you get
involved with this organization?
00:21:39.13\00:21:42.36
- Well, I told you I
was always interested
00:21:42.46\00:21:44.47
in mission work, so
we actually- I worked
00:21:44.53\00:21:48.34
with Adventist
World Radio. - Okay. AWR?
00:21:48.40\00:21:52.84
- AWR. I always get
those confused; they're
00:21:52.91\00:21:55.34
so close. [laughter]
For actually 13 years.
00:21:55.44\00:21:58.85
So, I was a missionary,
working and actually-
00:21:58.91\00:22:02.35
excuse me-met Nancy
in Costa Rica, and we
00:22:02.38\00:22:07.36
had an amazing life.
Two of our three children
00:22:07.42\00:22:10.73
were born on the
island of Guam. - Mmk. - But
00:22:10.83\00:22:16.60
we decided to
return to Canada so that we
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.77
could- the kids could
know their grandparents-
00:22:18.83\00:22:22.70
on my side, at
least. So, life was good. I
00:22:22.77\00:22:30.11
worked at an Adventist
college there in Alberta.
00:22:30.25\00:22:34.05
But as time went by, it
just felt like something
00:22:34.12\00:22:38.65
was missing. I
remember we were reading-excuse
00:22:38.75\00:22:44.83
me-the parable of the
10 virgins. It says in
00:22:44.89\00:22:51.63
there that all 10
slept. There came a time when
00:22:51.70\00:22:56.97
we knew that we
were asleep. So, we just
00:22:57.01\00:23:00.91
began to pray. We
just began to pray and ask
00:23:00.98\00:23:03.75
God to wake us up. It
wasn't long; very soon
00:23:03.81\00:23:09.08
after that, my
father... I have to tell you.
00:23:09.15\00:23:14.82
I learned to fly
when I was 17, but after I
00:23:14.89\00:23:19.69
got my pilot's
license, it was a very short
00:23:19.76\00:23:23.13
period of time and
I went off to college.
00:23:23.20\00:23:26.94
My father sold his
airplane, and I didn't fly again
00:23:27.04\00:23:31.57
for over 30 years.
- Wow, over 30 years?
00:23:31.67\00:23:36.34
- So, I was one of
those pilots that was on the
00:23:36.41\00:23:38.71
ground, always
looking up in the sky. - Yeah.
00:23:38.81\00:23:41.38
- But I just
couldn't afford it. - Mhm.
00:23:41.48\00:23:45.12
- That was okay. I was
enjoying life and I was
00:23:45.22\00:23:49.96
working, but
like I said, when that
00:23:50.03\00:23:51.66
restlessness came
in, something strange
00:23:51.69\00:23:54.00
happened to me. I
couldn't even explain.
00:23:54.10\00:23:56.03
I remember going home
and telling Nancy that
00:23:56.06\00:23:57.70
I... "I don't know
what's wrong with me,
00:23:57.77\00:24:01.14
but every time I hear
an airplane, I'm looking
00:24:01.20\00:24:05.91
up in the sky." I started
looking in the classified
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.51
ads for airplanes
for sale, and I started
00:24:09.58\00:24:13.55
checking into what
it would take to get my
00:24:13.62\00:24:15.88
pilot's license
reactivated. It was always too
00:24:15.98\00:24:19.15
expensive. I couldn't
afford it. I remember my
00:24:19.22\00:24:26.29
father, now who was
in his 80s- I got a call
00:24:26.36\00:24:31.53
from him one day,
and it was very strange,
00:24:31.63\00:24:33.50
because he called
and he says, "Norman, I
00:24:33.60\00:24:37.61
probably shouldn't
be telling you this, but
00:24:37.74\00:24:39.37
I just talked to the
chairman of the board
00:24:39.44\00:24:41.74
of Adventist
World Aviation, and they
00:24:41.81\00:24:44.31
really need
pilots. They're looking for
00:24:44.38\00:24:46.48
pilots." I hadn't
even heard of Adventist
00:24:46.55\00:24:49.72
World Aviation.
Somehow, even being a pilot, I'd
00:24:49.78\00:24:54.16
never learned about
it. And he says, "You
00:24:54.22\00:24:56.56
should give them a
call." So I talked to Don?
00:24:56.59\00:25:02.93
who was the chairman
of the Canadian branch
00:25:03.00\00:25:06.07
of Adventist World
Aviation. I said, "Well,
00:25:06.13\00:25:10.77
I'm not very
qualified. I haven't flown for
00:25:10.81\00:25:12.24
30 years. They've
got to be more qualified
00:25:12.27\00:25:15.71
pilots than that." He
says, "Well, you should
00:25:15.74\00:25:17.51
talk to our
vice president." So I
00:25:17.58\00:25:21.02
called, I talked
with the vice president,
00:25:21.08\00:25:24.15
Jud Wickwire. I
said, "What's your greatest
00:25:24.19\00:25:28.02
need?" I expected him
to say, "Well, we need
00:25:28.06\00:25:33.09
money," because it
costs a lot of money to fly
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.06
airplanes; I knew
that, right? He says, "Our
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.70
greatest need is we
need pilots. We need
00:25:37.77\00:25:41.14
people to come." So,
the wheels just started
00:25:41.20\00:25:47.61
turning and I wanted
to do that; just felt like
00:25:47.68\00:25:53.52
God had led us to
that. So, it wasn't
00:25:53.62\00:25:57.89
long after that;
about 4 or 5 months later,
00:25:57.95\00:26:00.12
we then became missionaries
in training. But that's
00:26:00.22\00:26:03.66
when Nancy's dilemma
kicked in. Because of
00:26:03.76\00:26:08.46
the background that
she had in Nicaragua,
00:26:08.56\00:26:10.80
the next step was,
"Well, where would he
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.83
go?" They said, "You
know, there's this air
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.50
base in Nicaragua
that we really need.
00:26:14.60\00:26:17.37
You speak some
Spanish, the two of you, so
00:26:17.47\00:26:21.21
it'd be a great
fit," but for Nancy, that
00:26:21.28\00:26:24.38
was when her
challenge began. - Yeah, that's
00:26:24.45\00:26:27.08
a traumatic experience
that you went through,
00:26:27.12\00:26:29.45
Nancy. - Yes. I
was so scared, so... It
00:26:29.52\00:26:35.02
took me months, actually,
just praying and surrendering
00:26:35.12\00:26:37.39
to God, asking Him
to please take away my
00:26:37.46\00:26:39.96
fears. I remember, as
a child, praying many,
00:26:40.03\00:26:44.73
many times. "Lord,
please take away my
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.50
fears. Take away my
fears." The only way
00:26:46.53\00:26:49.34
that God can take
away our fears sometimes is
00:26:49.40\00:26:52.04
by facing our fears.
So, God took me to that
00:26:52.07\00:26:56.44
road, and I'm
thankful that He did because
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.38
I have grown a
lot since then. He has
00:26:59.41\00:27:02.35
made me to be
able to trust in His
00:27:02.42\00:27:07.69
promises and realize
that He's always faithful
00:27:07.76\00:27:10.46
to us - that if He
calls us to do something
00:27:10.53\00:27:13.53
for Him, He will
be with us no matter
00:27:13.60\00:27:15.76
what. - Amen. Now,
what happened over there
00:27:15.80\00:27:18.93
where you guys...
You kind of almost wanted
00:27:19.03\00:27:21.34
to leave at some
point. Wasn't there a mosquito
00:27:21.44\00:27:24.01
incident or
something? What was that about?
00:27:24.11\00:27:27.24
- Yes. So, it's an
incredible, long process. We are
00:27:27.31\00:27:30.15
Adventist World
Aviation, of course. We send
00:27:30.25\00:27:33.01
out missionaries-not
just to Nicaragua, but
00:27:33.08\00:27:35.42
all over different
countries-but we're
00:27:35.48\00:27:38.49
self-supported. So,
it takes quite a while
00:27:38.52\00:27:40.86
to raise your
funding. In my case, I had to
00:27:40.92\00:27:45.83
retrain significantly.
We send out commercial
00:27:45.86\00:27:51.13
instrument-rated
pilots, and I was a private
00:27:51.23\00:27:55.94
pilot that hadn't
flown for 30 years, so...
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.54
[laughs] There was a
lot of training to do.
00:27:58.67\00:28:01.28
So, you can imagine
the long period of time
00:28:01.31\00:28:03.65
that we took to get
ready. So we finally
00:28:03.71\00:28:06.88
arrive in
Nicaragua, and we arrived about
00:28:06.95\00:28:12.42
this time of the year.
It's still rainy season.
00:28:12.49\00:28:15.96
There's no
electricity- well, we have some
00:28:16.02\00:28:19.23
solar power where
we- at the time. When we
00:28:19.29\00:28:25.83
were sitting down
in this house-you can
00:28:25.90\00:28:30.31
maybe pull up the
picture of the house-somebody
00:28:30.41\00:28:34.94
today called it a
"shack." Actually, you know
00:28:35.01\00:28:39.55
what- it's quite
comfortable. We're
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.78
happy with it, but
it has open windows. It
00:28:41.85\00:28:45.25
had open windows, so
the mosquitos, are very
00:28:45.29\00:28:48.92
humid- they come
right in, and it was not
00:28:48.99\00:28:53.23
long before we
realized that this was going to
00:28:53.29\00:28:56.06
be a very, very
difficult situation.
00:28:56.10\00:28:58.17
- So what did you do
to remedy the situation?
00:28:58.23\00:29:00.17
- So what did you do,
Nancy? You got on your
00:29:00.27\00:29:02.00
knees... - We
began praying. We told no
00:29:02.07\00:29:04.37
one. We just began
praying and saying,
00:29:04.44\00:29:06.34
"God, we are
desperate. We need help, because
00:29:06.41\00:29:10.41
this is not
working for us. If the only
00:29:10.48\00:29:13.98
place we can find
refuge is under our
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.52
bed with the
screens and all that, that's
00:29:18.45\00:29:21.19
not going to work for
us," so we began to pray, and
00:29:21.26\00:29:24.63
God answered our
prayer in a wonderful way.
00:29:24.69\00:29:27.70
- We have met many
wonderful missionaries
00:29:29.60\00:29:32.83
in Nicaragua, and
they're from all kinds
00:29:32.93\00:29:37.21
of different backgrounds,
different organizations...
00:29:37.31\00:29:39.54
This is a picture of
a group of people that
00:29:40.54\00:29:44.75
came. We met a
pastor and he heard that we
00:29:44.81\00:29:49.52
didn't have screens
on our windows. He says,
00:29:49.58\00:29:52.12
"That's impossible
right now, because it's
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.02
malaria season!
Malaria is spreading all over
00:29:54.12\00:29:58.49
the place. We're
going to come out and visit
00:29:58.56\00:30:01.36
you." And I
thought, "Okay... Let's see
00:30:01.40\00:30:04.43
what happens." Well,
just a few days later,
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.53
he came and he
brought another man with him.
00:30:06.60\00:30:10.94
They went around,
they took notes, they did
00:30:10.97\00:30:12.67
everything... And
within a week, they sent
00:30:12.74\00:30:15.28
that group out and
they completely screened
00:30:15.34\00:30:19.48
our entire house.
It went... There's
00:30:19.55\00:30:23.22
the screen. This
huge veranda is a lot of
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.99
work, and all the
eaves were open. There was
00:30:26.09\00:30:29.59
just no way to
keep out the bugs. They
00:30:29.66\00:30:33.03
spent 3 days working,
and they didn't charge
00:30:33.13\00:30:37.33
us anything. -
Wow! So they volunteered
00:30:37.40\00:30:40.04
their time - 3
days! - God answered that
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.34
prayer in such a
powerful way to let us know
00:30:42.44\00:30:45.17
that He wanted us to
stay, 'cause it was just
00:30:45.24\00:30:49.74
a few weeks and everything.
"How are we going to be
00:30:49.81\00:30:52.18
able to survive
this?" So yeah. That was the
00:30:52.21\00:30:54.98
very first miracle
that let us know that God
00:30:55.05\00:30:58.29
was with us. -
That's an excellent point,
00:30:58.35\00:31:01.32
because where God
leads, He provides.
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.46
So, He provided those
missionaries to volunteer
00:31:03.53\00:31:07.23
their time for 3
days to screen in your
00:31:07.33\00:31:10.10
entire house. -
Yeah. We're supposedly the
00:31:10.23\00:31:13.64
missionaries, but
they ministered to us. It
00:31:13.74\00:31:16.44
was a powerful
lesson. - What a blessing;
00:31:16.50\00:31:18.21
what a blessing. Now,
I'm sure that when you
00:31:18.27\00:31:21.91
have an airplane and
you're flying and all
00:31:21.98\00:31:25.55
of this stuff, you
can run into maintenance
00:31:25.61\00:31:27.85
challenges and
issues with that. Have you
00:31:27.95\00:31:31.19
ever received a flat
tire or anything? - You
00:31:31.29\00:31:34.49
know, it's very
uncommon to have flat tires
00:31:34.59\00:31:38.63
on airplanes. I've
talked to many very experienced
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.06
pilots that have
never have a flat tire on
00:31:41.13\00:31:44.07
their airplane. But
of course, me being even
00:31:44.17\00:31:47.84
a new commercial pilot,
that's exactly what happened
00:31:47.90\00:31:52.47
on one of my
emergency flights. I got a call
00:31:52.54\00:31:55.28
early in the morning
that there was a lady. She
00:31:55.34\00:31:59.95
was going to need to
be transported to the
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.85
city so that she could
have a cesarean section,
00:32:02.92\00:32:05.99
and it was urgent and if I could
come. It was dark when they
00:32:06.05\00:32:09.32
called, so we got
up early. We hurried
00:32:09.42\00:32:12.46
to get everything
ready. I was waiting,
00:32:12.53\00:32:15.60
and they loaded this
lady into the airplane,
00:32:15.66\00:32:17.93
and I was happy. I was
just taxing-just turning
00:32:19.60\00:32:23.37
at the end of the
runway. It's a gravel strip
00:32:23.44\00:32:25.34
to take off when
I just felt this...
00:32:25.41\00:32:30.65
something
different. I looked down at my
00:32:30.75\00:32:33.55
left main gear, and
that tire was flat. So
00:32:33.62\00:32:37.82
here I was, just
ready to take off
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.59
with this patient
that desperately needed
00:32:39.65\00:32:42.79
to go, and- I wasn't
even at our air base. I was
00:32:42.89\00:32:47.90
at another runway and
I had no tools to deal
00:32:47.96\00:32:52.00
with that issue. It
was traumatic. I told the
00:32:52.10\00:32:56.77
doctor, the lady
that was there (we always
00:32:56.84\00:33:00.04
fly with either a nurse
or a doctor; in this case,
00:33:00.11\00:33:01.94
a doctor was there). I
said, "Please, call for an
00:33:02.04\00:33:05.78
ambulance, because
we will not be able
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.92
to transport this
patient. There's no
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.32
way we can fly." Of
course, this is all happening
00:33:10.42\00:33:14.99
in Spanish, and my
Spanish is not perfect.
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.86
She looked at me and
she says, "No, this patient-
00:33:17.93\00:33:22.86
we're going to fly
her to the hospital." - So
00:33:22.96\00:33:26.50
what did you- how
did you- what did you do?
00:33:26.63\00:33:29.50
- I said, "Well, this
plane cannot fly. It has a flat
00:33:29.60\00:33:34.48
tire." She looked
at me and she says,
00:33:34.54\00:33:37.15
"This patient has to
fly to the hospital. There's
00:33:38.41\00:33:42.35
no other way. She
will not survive if you
00:33:42.42\00:33:46.52
don't fly her."
So then, I understood
00:33:46.59\00:33:50.19
and I said, "Okay,
let's pray." The three of us
00:33:50.29\00:33:54.53
in the airplane, we
prayed, then I texted Nancy and
00:33:54.60\00:34:01.27
I didn't know where
to begin. She remembered
00:34:01.37\00:34:06.14
that there was
another missionary family,
00:34:06.21\00:34:08.54
again, from another
organization, and she
00:34:08.58\00:34:11.38
said, "Give them a
call." I did; I called
00:34:11.45\00:34:16.58
Brent. I gave him
this long list of items
00:34:16.69\00:34:19.39
that I needed:
tools and everything. I
00:34:19.45\00:34:21.96
knew he had a
truck, so I gave him this
00:34:22.06\00:34:25.33
long list of things.
It took a few minutes
00:34:25.43\00:34:28.90
longer than I
thought it would to come, but
00:34:28.96\00:34:31.43
when he came, he was
on a bicycle. He piled
00:34:31.53\00:34:34.44
it up with all
this stuff. He truck was
00:34:34.50\00:34:36.17
not working. But
together with him and another
00:34:36.24\00:34:40.54
mechanic that the
doctor had called, we got the
00:34:40.58\00:34:43.68
tire off, we got
the tube out, and got it
00:34:43.75\00:34:47.12
sent off to a
little tire shop just down
00:34:47.22\00:34:49.75
the street. And within
an hour, we were airborne
00:34:49.82\00:34:52.75
again. - So you
were able to get the lady
00:34:52.82\00:34:55.32
to the hospital? -
We successfully got her
00:34:55.42\00:34:57.79
to the hospital in
time. - Nice, nice. Nancy,
00:34:57.86\00:35:01.70
what are some
stories that you remember?
00:35:01.80\00:35:03.47
Maybe some miracle
stories, or something
00:35:03.57\00:35:07.64
that took place
during your time there in
00:35:07.70\00:35:10.94
Nicaragua. - Well,
of course, I support
00:35:11.01\00:35:14.34
Norman when he has
to go flying, but one
00:35:14.41\00:35:19.18
of the things that
I do is pray with the
00:35:19.25\00:35:21.75
people. When they
come to our house and they
00:35:21.82\00:35:26.19
need something,
then I pray with them. I
00:35:26.25\00:35:29.89
remember this
specific morning, I had gotten
00:35:29.99\00:35:34.73
up very early in the
morning and had spent
00:35:34.80\00:35:36.56
quite a bit of
time in prayer, asking
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.93
the Holy Spirit to
lead me and guide me.
00:35:39.03\00:35:41.50
I remember this
young man came to the door,
00:35:43.17\00:35:46.84
asking to buy
nails. We actually sell
00:35:46.91\00:35:50.41
nails in our mission
for half the price. We
00:35:50.45\00:35:54.72
buy them at full
price and we sell them for
00:35:54.78\00:35:57.25
half price. - Oh,
wow! So you lose money on
00:35:57.32\00:36:00.99
the deal. Okay! -
Well, in a way, it's our
00:36:01.12\00:36:05.19
way to reach out to
the community and be able
00:36:05.29\00:36:08.56
to have the opportunity
to talk to the people
00:36:08.63\00:36:11.77
and get to know
them. So, this morning, I
00:36:11.83\00:36:15.70
was impressed when I
went up to get the change,
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.74
a voice told me- I
believe the Holy Spirit
00:36:18.84\00:36:23.38
impressed me to pray
for this man and said,
00:36:23.48\00:36:27.25
"Ask him if he needs
prayer for anything."
00:36:27.32\00:36:29.88
So I went
downstairs and I talked to him,
00:36:29.95\00:36:32.59
gave him the change,
and I said, "Is there
00:36:32.65\00:36:34.36
something you would
like me to pray for?"
00:36:34.42\00:36:36.66
He was hesitant.
He looked down to the
00:36:36.73\00:36:39.86
ground; he didn't
want to look into my
00:36:39.93\00:36:41.90
eye. But then after a
while, he said, "Well,
00:36:41.96\00:36:44.90
actually, there's
something I would like
00:36:46.17\00:36:47.54
you to pray for,"
he says. "Just this
00:36:47.60\00:36:51.14
morning, I received
news that a curse has
00:36:51.17\00:36:54.74
been put on my
life and I've been told
00:36:54.81\00:36:56.68
that I'm only going
to live four years and
00:36:56.75\00:36:58.88
then I'm going to
die." - Wow. - So I was
00:36:58.91\00:37:00.98
shocked when I
heard this and I thought,
00:37:01.02\00:37:03.02
"Wow. It's amazing
how the Holy Spirit
00:37:03.08\00:37:05.72
impressed me to
ask him for this." So I
00:37:05.75\00:37:10.26
assured him that Jesus
has power over darkness
00:37:10.36\00:37:14.40
and he had nothing to
fear about, so I prayed
00:37:14.46\00:37:17.63
with him and he told
me that he would like
00:37:17.70\00:37:20.54
to know more
about Jesus. I'm looking
00:37:20.60\00:37:23.54
forward to going back
and being able to finish
00:37:23.61\00:37:26.21
his story-how God will
change the life of this
00:37:26.27\00:37:29.48
man. That's the
kind of thing that God
00:37:29.54\00:37:33.38
does through us,
and it's so wonderful to
00:37:33.42\00:37:35.68
be part of it. -
Amen. What other stories
00:37:35.78\00:37:39.59
do you have? I
know you have plenty of
00:37:39.65\00:37:41.42
stories, too. - I
actually have more stories
00:37:41.52\00:37:44.19
than we have time
for. There is another story
00:37:44.23\00:37:48.20
that I'd like to
share. The air speed indicator
00:37:48.30\00:37:54.50
on an airplane is a
very important instrument,
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.84
because you need
that- especially if you're
00:37:56.94\00:37:58.84
flying in cloud. A bug
or two or three had somehow
00:37:58.87\00:38:04.11
flown in or
gotten into my air speed
00:38:05.65\00:38:07.58
indicator and it
wasn't working anymore. I had
00:38:07.68\00:38:11.85
taken everything
apart and was working on it
00:38:11.95\00:38:14.96
to fix it. I am
not a mechanic, so we
00:38:15.02\00:38:20.40
have mechanics who
help us, and they'll
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.03
come down if there's
something serious. But
00:38:23.10\00:38:24.87
minor things like
that, we work on ourselves.
00:38:24.93\00:38:27.97
I had just gotten
to the point where
00:38:28.07\00:38:31.51
I was putting
things back together and
00:38:31.57\00:38:34.11
I was actually in- I
take the seats out and
00:38:34.24\00:38:37.18
I was in underneath
the dash of the airplane,
00:38:37.28\00:38:39.51
putting the last tube
together, and the thought
00:38:39.61\00:38:42.08
went through my
mind, "Now how am I going
00:38:42.18\00:38:44.25
to test this thing? I
really need to go for a
00:38:44.32\00:38:47.16
flight." When Nancy
came running with the
00:38:47.22\00:38:50.33
phone, and she
had a medical director
00:38:50.39\00:38:52.66
from one of the
villages that we serve there.
00:38:52.73\00:38:56.23
He said, "I have
a baby that was just
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.83
born, and if this baby
doesn't get to neonatal
00:38:59.90\00:39:02.84
care in three
hours, I think it's going
00:39:02.90\00:39:04.91
to die. Can you
transport this baby?" So, no
00:39:04.97\00:39:09.84
pressure, right? -
And it was a premature
00:39:09.91\00:39:12.31
baby. - It was a
premature baby. So,
00:39:12.38\00:39:16.08
I said, "Okay, we
will take the flight."
00:39:17.52\00:39:21.22
The whole family got
together. We also have
00:39:21.96\00:39:25.19
a day worker who
was there, and we rushed
00:39:25.26\00:39:28.26
to put the airplane
back together. Everybody
00:39:28.33\00:39:30.83
helped and we got
the plane together. Nancy
00:39:30.90\00:39:33.60
makes the calls for
permissions (we have
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.80
to get permission
for every flight with the
00:39:35.90\00:39:37.24
Nicaragua military).
We got off and everything
00:39:37.31\00:39:42.74
worked
perfectly, including the air
00:39:42.84\00:39:44.28
speed indicator, and
we were successfully-
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.68
yeah. That baby
survived. - Praise the Lord.
00:39:46.78\00:39:48.95
- Yeah. It's a very
rewarding experience
00:39:49.02\00:39:51.72
to be able to do
that. - Yes. - But I want to
00:39:51.82\00:39:54.19
say that we are
supported by so many people, and
00:39:54.26\00:40:00.10
we get to do
this amazing- it SEEMS
00:40:00.23\00:40:03.73
amazing. - It
IS amazing! - We're
00:40:03.80\00:40:08.17
the ones that get to
be the hands and feet
00:40:08.27\00:40:11.14
of Jesus, but it
is not just us. There
00:40:11.21\00:40:14.74
are people- and
Nancy- she has an amazing
00:40:14.84\00:40:17.01
prayer ministry
that she also uses, and
00:40:17.08\00:40:21.28
she reaches out to
others. Tell them about
00:40:21.35\00:40:22.85
how you do that. -
Well, whenever my husband
00:40:22.92\00:40:26.82
goes on a flight,
then I WhatsApp all our
00:40:26.92\00:40:30.99
team members in
the prayer group, and
00:40:31.09\00:40:34.40
immediately, I get
so excited when I see
00:40:34.46\00:40:37.40
the little blue
lights being checked in,
00:40:37.50\00:40:39.73
knowing that they are
receiving the message,
00:40:39.83\00:40:43.27
so we tell them
what the situation is. If
00:40:43.34\00:40:46.57
they can please
pray for him, and then we
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.61
also send them
pictures of what is happening,
00:40:49.71\00:40:52.48
so they get to
know what is happening
00:40:52.58\00:40:53.92
right at that
moment and then how God
00:40:53.95\00:40:57.02
answers our
prayers and blesses him.
00:40:57.99\00:41:00.46
Sometimes, there
are situations that are
00:41:00.56\00:41:01.89
very difficult. Like
the one day, you heard
00:41:01.92\00:41:04.03
of the flat tire.
Our weather, sometimes,
00:41:04.13\00:41:07.26
is not good, so we
depend on prayer all
00:41:07.36\00:41:10.37
the time. - Wow.
And that's- see, that's
00:41:10.47\00:41:13.67
great, too, because
people's faith...their
00:41:13.74\00:41:16.60
faith is being
strengthened because you're also
00:41:16.67\00:41:19.57
showing how God's
been answering the prayers,
00:41:19.61\00:41:22.18
so that's amazing,
too. You guys had a powerful
00:41:22.28\00:41:25.51
story about a
gentleman named- we'll call him
00:41:25.58\00:41:30.52
Rich. Okay? We'll
call him Rich just so
00:41:30.62\00:41:33.22
we don't give his
name. Tell us about that
00:41:33.29\00:41:36.26
story. - Yeah. Rich,
he lives in the village.
00:41:36.36\00:41:42.26
We live right next
to the village of La
00:41:42.36\00:41:45.33
Tranquera, which
is a village about 300
00:41:45.43\00:41:47.90
people. One of the
things we were able to do
00:41:47.97\00:41:51.11
last year, we
hosted several mission
00:41:51.21\00:41:54.08
groups that came
down. One of the groups
00:41:54.14\00:41:57.11
built a bridge.
It's a footbridge that
00:41:57.25\00:42:01.25
links the area where
we are to the village,
00:42:01.32\00:42:05.25
so it's an
important bridge. - It's this
00:42:05.32\00:42:07.89
the Okinagwa? -
Okanagan Christian Academy from
00:42:07.99\00:42:14.36
British Columbia
in Canada. They came
00:42:14.46\00:42:18.40
down, and so we had
a lot of work to do.
00:42:18.50\00:42:21.10
They worked hard.
Of course, you saw the
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.20
finished bridge, but
it was a lot of work,
00:42:23.30\00:42:26.37
and we invited, of course,
any of the people from the
00:42:26.44\00:42:29.81
village to come
and help. So Rich was
00:42:29.88\00:42:32.98
one of those that
came, and he was a
00:42:33.05\00:42:34.98
hard worker. He
worked for two or three days
00:42:35.08\00:42:37.72
with everybody
really hard. Then the next
00:42:37.79\00:42:40.79
day, he didn't
show up, and we didn't
00:42:40.86\00:42:44.33
know what happened.
When Nancy inquired,
00:42:44.39\00:42:47.03
one of the other
young fellows said that he
00:42:48.03\00:42:50.63
tried to take his
life the night before. We
00:42:50.70\00:42:54.44
were shocked,
because he's a very positive,
00:42:54.54\00:42:59.37
seemed happy,
person on the exterior. So,
00:42:59.44\00:43:03.65
Nancy and I went
over. Nancy went over and
00:43:04.98\00:43:06.98
she prayed with him.
What did you give him?
00:43:07.05\00:43:09.78
You gave him
some... - I gave him some
00:43:09.85\00:43:11.49
charcoal, because he
had ingested an overdose
00:43:11.55\00:43:15.12
of sleeping
pills, so his stomach was
00:43:15.22\00:43:18.49
hurting quite a
bit. So, I ran home and
00:43:18.53\00:43:22.00
got him some charcoal
and some juice and told
00:43:22.06\00:43:26.03
him to drink that
throughout the day,
00:43:26.13\00:43:27.97
and I think that
really helped him. So the
00:43:28.04\00:43:29.87
next day, he showed
up to the mission field,
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.57
ready to work. -
Wow! He was ready to work
00:43:33.27\00:43:35.28
the next day! - He was
feeling much, much better.
00:43:35.34\00:43:37.15
- He probably
shouldn't have been, but he
00:43:37.25\00:43:39.01
wanted to come. So
since that time, Nancy
00:43:39.11\00:43:44.09
asked him if he
wanted to have Bible studies,
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.69
and so she was able
to carry on with those
00:43:46.76\00:43:49.89
studies till we left
on our furlough. - Praise
00:43:49.96\00:43:53.33
the Lord. It sounds
like he was in need of
00:43:53.40\00:43:56.73
the Lord. He
sounds like a wonderful,
00:43:56.83\00:44:00.54
positive, upbeat
person, but he was
00:44:00.60\00:44:03.17
struggling with
some issues, and you guys
00:44:03.24\00:44:05.77
led him to the
solution which is Christ. - The
00:44:05.84\00:44:08.38
people are very
poor. There's subsistent
00:44:08.48\00:44:12.78
farming, there's
really not jobs available
00:44:12.85\00:44:15.62
for them, so it's
a challenging place
00:44:15.72\00:44:18.55
for them to live. We
live right there near
00:44:18.65\00:44:22.02
the village with them,
so we can... We want to
00:44:22.09\00:44:25.56
have a real positive
impact in their lives.
00:44:25.63\00:44:28.53
- Yes...yes.
Now, where do you- I
00:44:28.60\00:44:31.90
would imagine that
plane takes a lot of gas.
00:44:31.97\00:44:34.30
So how do you fill
up? What does that even
00:44:34.37\00:44:38.21
look like? How do you
put gas in that plane?
00:44:38.27\00:44:41.84
We actually have a picture
that we should just show.
00:44:41.91\00:44:44.48
- We just get it where
you buy your auto fuel,
00:44:44.51\00:44:47.52
which is about a 4-
or 5-hour drive. It's
00:44:47.62\00:44:52.32
the main city where we
fly in with our patients.
00:44:52.39\00:44:55.02
So, when we fly our
patients in, we usually
00:44:55.12\00:44:57.06
fuel up, but it
involves either getting a taxi
00:44:57.16\00:45:00.16
or friends that
we've made there to give us
00:45:01.43\00:45:04.70
a ride to the gas
station and to fill up
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.24
jerrycans. - And
it's not even jet fuel.
00:45:07.30\00:45:11.44
- No, it's not even
out of gas; it's just
00:45:11.47\00:45:16.34
regular unleaded. -
That's amazing. How much
00:45:16.41\00:45:20.98
gas does one of those
planes take? - That one,
00:45:21.08\00:45:24.75
I think it'll hold
38 gallons, but it burns
00:45:24.85\00:45:30.53
about 7 gallons an
hour, so if we have a 2-hour
00:45:30.63\00:45:35.13
flight, we'll be
putting in 3 jerrycans to
00:45:35.23\00:45:40.04
keep us going. -
Okay. And you also have a
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.10
truck, too,
correct? - Yes. - And what do
00:45:43.14\00:45:46.78
you use this truck
for primarily? - The
00:45:46.88\00:45:48.78
truck is used for
everything. It's the
00:45:48.84\00:45:52.31
only vehicle
within an hour's drive of
00:45:52.41\00:45:57.12
where we live, so
it's used for emergency
00:45:57.22\00:46:01.09
transport of
patients, as well. We use it to
00:46:01.16\00:46:04.89
buy our
groceries, we use it for any
00:46:05.79\00:46:08.46
maintenance around the
area. We have no tractor
00:46:08.53\00:46:10.93
or anything like
that. We even haul sand and
00:46:10.97\00:46:15.37
gravel in it. Of
course, we keep it
00:46:15.47\00:46:17.14
so that it's not
too heavy. The truck is
00:46:17.21\00:46:20.84
very important;
it keeps us safe. We
00:46:20.94\00:46:23.08
don't drive at
night, because we want to
00:46:23.18\00:46:24.75
avoid issues and
problems. The truck is
00:46:24.81\00:46:27.95
getting a little
bit tired, so there's
00:46:28.02\00:46:29.98
a project now to
replace our truck here. It's
00:46:30.05\00:46:32.92
getting maintained
right now. - There are
00:46:32.99\00:46:35.56
also times when we
transport people if
00:46:35.62\00:46:38.43
the plane, for some
reason, cannot fly or
00:46:38.53\00:46:41.36
it's nighttime,
sometimes we receive emergency
00:46:41.43\00:46:45.33
calls, so we will
transport them, as
00:46:45.37\00:46:48.10
well, to the
nearest hospital. - And I
00:46:48.14\00:46:51.31
know that you're
trying to fix the truck-you
00:46:51.37\00:46:54.98
said you had a project
for that-roughly, about
00:46:55.04\00:46:57.55
how much do you think
it will take to fix the
00:46:57.61\00:47:00.45
truck? - Well, actually,
replace the truck. - Oh,
00:47:00.52\00:47:04.82
replace the truck.
Okay. - We're going to
00:47:04.89\00:47:06.65
replace it, or
at least have a more
00:47:06.72\00:47:09.16
reliable one and
keep that as a second
00:47:09.26\00:47:11.16
vehicle. The
project- it's difficult to get
00:47:11.23\00:47:16.30
good used vehicles,
sometimes, because the
00:47:17.93\00:47:22.74
roads are very, very
rough. It's difficult
00:47:22.80\00:47:25.91
to drive more
than- we use kilometers
00:47:26.01\00:47:28.94
down there-25, 30,
40 kilometers an hour
00:47:29.01\00:47:31.91
because it's so rough,
so it's just constantly
00:47:31.98\00:47:33.82
hard on the
vehicle. We're looking for a
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.42
Toyota Land
Cruiser this time, which is
00:47:37.49\00:47:40.72
a very rugged
version of a vehicle. It's
00:47:40.76\00:47:44.73
about a-trying to
remember the numbers
00:47:44.79\00:47:47.33
quickly-I think
it's about a $35,000
00:47:47.40\00:47:52.17
vehicle, but we have
00:47:52.23\00:47:54.80
already. - Oh, praise
the Lord. - God has been
00:47:54.90\00:47:57.27
good. We're well
on our way with that
00:47:57.34\00:48:00.18
project. - Nice.
And what are some of the
00:48:00.24\00:48:02.34
other needs that
AWA needs? - Well, the
00:48:02.41\00:48:07.82
house that we live
in, you saw the picture
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.45
of the house. That
roof is becoming quite
00:48:09.48\00:48:12.09
rusted, and we
noticed just before we're
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.36
leaving, there's
drips all over the place, so
00:48:15.42\00:48:17.53
our plan is to
replace the roof. The floor is
00:48:17.59\00:48:22.86
just rough concrete,
and it really hard to
00:48:22.93\00:48:26.20
keep it clean and
nice, so we're going to put
00:48:26.27\00:48:28.84
some tiling,
flooring in. That'll really
00:48:28.94\00:48:31.64
make things easier
for Nancy, as well. Let's
00:48:31.71\00:48:35.78
see... Other projects.
- What about volunteers?
00:48:35.84\00:48:40.25
- Yes. We always
need volunteers. Not just
00:48:40.35\00:48:45.12
volunteers, but
even career missionaries
00:48:45.22\00:48:47.66
that would love to
come; pilots. Our project,
00:48:47.72\00:48:51.16
really, could
handle three families. We
00:48:51.23\00:48:54.90
would like to see
three families; maybe another
00:48:54.96\00:48:57.07
pilot, and then
another family that
00:48:57.17\00:49:01.50
would just do
mission work in the region.
00:49:01.57\00:49:03.10
There's a lot of
work. Of course, that would
00:49:04.17\00:49:05.87
involve more housing
and things, so that's
00:49:05.94\00:49:08.21
a big goal, but
that's kind of our- Adventist
00:49:08.28\00:49:12.51
World Aviation
likes to have two or three
00:49:12.58\00:49:14.98
families in the
region because they can
00:49:15.08\00:49:16.75
support each other.
We can't be there all the
00:49:16.79\00:49:19.39
time. So like right
now, we're not there,
00:49:19.45\00:49:21.66
so there's nobody
providing any of these
00:49:21.72\00:49:24.33
services right now,
which can affect many
00:49:24.39\00:49:27.36
lives. - Yes,
yes. Well, you guys are
00:49:27.46\00:49:30.00
doing an amazing
work, and as I said earlier,
00:49:30.07\00:49:34.34
this is truly a
matter of life and death in
00:49:34.40\00:49:36.47
some cases. That
cesarean section.
00:49:36.54\00:49:39.97
If you guys
wouldn't have made it to the
00:49:40.04\00:49:41.78
hospital, that
lady AND that baby might
00:49:41.84\00:49:45.28
not have made it. -
Yeah. And the other thing to
00:49:45.35\00:49:47.62
realize is that
the families are very
00:49:47.65\00:49:49.48
large, so every
mother that we can save,
00:49:49.55\00:49:53.29
make sure that there's
many, many less orphans.
00:49:55.39\00:49:58.69
Otherwise, they lose
their mothers. So, it's
00:49:58.79\00:50:02.53
really an important
service. - Now, if people
00:50:02.63\00:50:05.33
want to check out
some of the other stories,
00:50:05.40\00:50:08.50
our time is escaping
us. It's gone by so fast.
00:50:08.60\00:50:12.57
If people want to
check out some of your other
00:50:12.67\00:50:14.68
stories, what would
be a website for them
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.91
to go to? - Well, I'm
going to recommend two
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.91
websites. Of
course, our main website for
00:50:19.01\00:50:22.42
Adventist World
Aviation is FlyAwa.org, but if
00:50:22.48\00:50:28.66
you want to follow our
story personally... There's
00:50:28.72\00:50:31.26
lots of missionaries
on that website that
00:50:31.33\00:50:32.76
you can look at, and
they all have amazing
00:50:32.86\00:50:35.60
stories to
tell-just like us. But if you
00:50:35.66\00:50:38.83
want to follow our
story, you can go to
00:50:38.90\00:50:40.44
NormHansen.com,
and you can subscribe
00:50:40.50\00:50:47.28
to our
newsletter. We try to put that
00:50:47.34\00:50:48.94
out once a month. -
Nice, nice. What did
00:50:48.98\00:50:51.95
your friends think,
Steven, when you were
00:50:52.01\00:50:56.95
telling them you were
gonna go be a missionary?
00:50:57.02\00:51:00.12
- Well, I think
they thought it sounded
00:51:00.79\00:51:02.69
exciting, because
it does sound like an
00:51:02.72\00:51:05.96
exciting idea, going
out there, doing mission
00:51:06.06\00:51:09.43
work. It was hard;
it's true. Saying goodbye
00:51:09.50\00:51:12.43
to our pets, our
friends, our family,
00:51:12.50\00:51:15.07
but it's been a
really good experience, and
00:51:17.47\00:51:19.97
I'm just exciting
to be hastening Jesus'
00:51:20.08\00:51:23.24
coming. - Amen. Amen.
It's a blessing to see
00:51:23.35\00:51:28.75
you guys working
together as a unit.
00:51:28.82\00:51:31.45
I want people to
know how to get in contact
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.99
with you. I want
people to know how
00:51:34.06\00:51:37.06
they can support
you, so we're going to go
00:51:37.13\00:51:39.09
to the address roll
so they can do that.
00:51:39.16\00:51:42.00
- Adventist World Aviation
supports isolated communities
00:51:44.27\00:51:47.70
and medical evacuations,
vaccinations, clinics,
00:51:47.80\00:51:51.17
dental outreach,
lifestyle programs, as well as
00:51:51.24\00:51:54.38
church planting and
Bible studies. They are always
00:51:54.44\00:51:57.68
in need of more
planes, volunteers, and medical
00:51:57.78\00:52:00.78
supplies. If you would
like to support missionaries
00:52:00.88\00:52:03.69
like the Hansen
family, please visit FlyAwa.org
00:52:03.75\00:52:07.62
for more information.
That's FlyAwa.org, or
00:52:07.72\00:52:11.79
call them at (414)
226-5195. You may write to them
00:52:11.86\00:52:17.20
at Adventist World Aviation
3457 Swift Creek Rd. (Corp-3)
00:52:17.27\00:52:22.80
in Smithfield,
North Carolina 27577.
00:52:22.87\00:52:27.68