I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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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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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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Thank you for taking
the time to pause your day
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and tune into our network.
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We welcome you back.
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If you are a part
of our 3ABN family,
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if not, remember this network
we believe that God ordained it
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as we continue
going and growing,
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getting other people ready
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for the coming of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We have a very
interesting program today.
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You may never have been
to a place called Palau.
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You might say,
"Ha, where's that?"
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You'll find out today.
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And why this program
is vitally important.
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It's about
missions, it's about health,
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it's about medicine,
it's about dentistry,
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it's about ophthalmology,
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but it's also
about changing lives
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and bringing
people to a knowledge
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of who Jesus Christ is.
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So before we meet our guest,
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I want to thank
you for your prayers,
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your financial support,
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and if you have become a
volunteer coming to 3ABN,
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thank you for hands on.
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We appreciate everything
you do for the cause of Christ.
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And also for us here in
Thompsonville, Illinois,
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and West Frankfort,
where 3ABN Studios are located.
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We have three guests today
that are going to talk about
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how the Lord is
leading into mission
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that they have
united together on
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in a small island in
the Pacific called Palau,
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but they are
involved in a great mission.
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So first, let's
meet our guest today,
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I believe to my immediate
right is Dr. Steve Chang.
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Good to have you here.
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Nice to meet you. Yes.
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And before I go
to our other guests,
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in a nutshell, tell us
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what you do and
where you're from?
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I'm a dentist from
Monterey, California.
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Okay. And I love missions.
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Okay.
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And you like Palau?
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Oh, I love Palau.
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Okay, good to
have you here today.
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And also Dr. Jeffery Ing.
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Good to have
you here. Thank you.
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Same thing, introduce
yourself to our listening
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and viewing audience.
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I'm an ophthalmologist,
who grew up in a mission family
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and I practice right
now in Stockton, California.
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And I love missions.
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I've known Steve
for 20, 30 years now.
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Okay.
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Wow, good to have you both here.
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And, Eric, I know you.
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We met in the Philippines. Yes.
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Yes. Good to have you here.
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Eric Whipps, kind of let
our audience know who you are?
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Yes.
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I work for my family
business back home in Palau,
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and I'm also the treasurer
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of the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center.
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Okay.
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And before I go to these
two highly qualified doctors,
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ophthalmologist, and
dentist, tell us about Palau
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because the program focuses on
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the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center
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in the island or
the country of Palau.
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Tell us about Palau,
before we go any further?
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Well, it's, we're 25 years,
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we've been
independent from United States
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'cause we used to
be on the United States
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and we're a tiny island to
the east of the Philippines
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with a population
of about 20,000 people.
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And we have about 400
islands which six are inhabited.
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Wow. Wow.
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And you have...
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We were talking about
this before the program,
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you have the
political structure.
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If I could use the
word, that phrase loosely.
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Tell us what makes
it different 'cause I'm,
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you know, I was born
and raised in New York City.
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We have mayor and
then we have governor
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and in America,
they have President.
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Talk about that hierarchical
structure there in Palau?
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Well, Palau has
copied the United States.
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We have the same,
we have the President,
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we have a Congress.
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But besides that,
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we have the
traditional or cultural chiefs.
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So each state has a
chief and there are 16 states.
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Okay. Yeah.
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There are 16 high chiefs,
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and then there
are chiefs under them.
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So we still have
the traditional system.
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Okay. And the chiefs...
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Tell us a little bit about that.
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When you say chief,
they are like the leader
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in that community
or in that village,
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if I'm using the
right terminology.
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Yeah, within each
state, there are clans
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and the chiefs are
the head of the clans.
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Okay.
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And then there's
rankings of the clans.
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So the high chief is
the highest ranking member
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of the clan but
also of the state.
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Okay. Of the
clans in that state.
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So if I moved to Palau
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and I moved into
one of those communities
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to get anything done, I say,
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I think they know
who the high chief
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and who the leaders
in this community are?
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Yes, it will be good
to know the high chiefs,
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but also Palau's a
matrilineal society.
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So it's nice to
also know the women
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'cause the chief
has a counterpart.
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And the counterpart
chooses who becomes chief.
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Wow!
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So am I hearing
you say the women
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choose who becomes chief?
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Yes. Okay, well, that's cool.
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And you can only become a
chief through your mother.
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Okay, so there is
lineage connected to that?
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Yes.
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So I can't just
come from Brooklyn
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and become a chief in Palau.
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That's correct. Okay.
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So I'm gonna just
scratch that occupational idea.
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Good to have you
here today. Thank you.
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And we got to work out.
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I'll be glad to come to
Palau and not be a chief.
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And I understand
it's a beautiful island
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in the Pacific.
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You have a lot of good diving
there and scuba and all that?
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Yes, get your
certificate before you come.
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I will do that for sure.
I don't wanna go out there.
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Even though the water
is clear, I wanna know that
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what I'm doing
when I go in there.
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And don't be afraid of sharks.
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Okay, well then I
need to rethink that.
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Now the people are friendly,
and the sharks are friendly.
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Even friendlier. Friendlier.
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The sharks are friendlier,
they like to get close.
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Well, Dr. Steve, tell us
about your connection with Palau
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and how this
wellness center all came about
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since you are the
President of the Palau
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Adventist Wellness Center?
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I was interested
in serving overseas
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and helping the
people of the islands
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because they don't
have access to care.
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And I also was interested
in encouraging my classmates
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and other
dentists to do that too.
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So we plan to go to another
small island called Ebeye.
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But things didn't work out.
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So I ended up talking
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with the President
of Guam Micronesia,
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and that was
Pastor Louis Torres.
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And I asked him... Yes.
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"Is there a place
you want us to go?"
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And he asked me,
"Where would you like to go?"
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In my mind, the
first thing was Palau
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because I've
been there many times.
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Okay.
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And I love Palau,
but I want to go...
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Now tell us why
you've been there many times?
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Because I was going to
other islands around it
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and doing the
mission trips around there.
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Okay.
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And so I knew that was
like the best spot for,
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you know, the
nature and the people
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are so kind and
the beauty of it all,
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I mean, it's like
paradise on earth.
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And you were also involved
in cruising at one time?
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Yes, I was a director
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of the Holland
America Cruise line
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as a dentist.
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Okay.
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So that at least gave
you access to places that...
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All over the
world. All over the world.
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All seven continents.
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Wow, I love
that. I love cruising.
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Okay, and get back to so...
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So I want to go
where God want us to go.
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So I told him you choose.
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So a few weeks later, he said,
"We want you to go to Palau."
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And I was just,
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that's how we
ended up going there
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and
subsequently kept coming back
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with more mission trips.
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In one of the mission trips
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Thai Chief Ibidu
approached me at church.
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And he said, "Steve,
I need to talk to you."
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And he never said that before.
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So I thought it was
something important.
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And he sat me down and goes,
"I want to give you my house."
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And I thought, "Oh."
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I'm not too sure
about these houses
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are kind of small usually.
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Okay.
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And so I was
hesitant, but he's like,
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"I want to help my people."
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So after church, we
went and looked at it.
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And I was quite shocked
how beautiful and large it was.
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Matter of fact, we have
a picture of that house.
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I wanna show the
viewing audience right now.
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That's not a little house.
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No, no, it's about probably
close to 4000 square feet.
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Wow.
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And that's what he
wanted to gift you.
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Yes.
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Wow, and then.
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So he split the property in half
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and gave me that house
to help the people there.
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Okay. Yeah.
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And we have a
picture of also the chief.
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I want you to kind of see that
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him standing in
front of that house there,
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that's him in the center.
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What was his name again? Ibidu.
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Ibidu, I won't even
ask you what that means.
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But I know there's some
meaning to it because...
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Unique means chief.
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Just means chief. Okay.
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And he approached you,
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and you know what
amazing thing about
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that in your heart
you wanted to go to Palau.
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You didn't tell that
to Pastor Louis Torres,
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but that was in
the back of your mind.
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And you remind
me of that scripture
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"Commit your way to the Lord,
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and He will give you
the desires of your heart."
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Absolutely. Amen.
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And so, so now
you get this building.
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And all of a sudden
now you're wondering, okay,
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what do I do next?
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Well, thank God, His
hand was in all phases of it
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from the people
who were involved
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from the Serengal family
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and the
donations from the church
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and from
stateside, we all donated,
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and even the shipping.
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And all came together,
and we were able to remodel
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and put four dental
chairs in there and put a OR
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for the medical
side with exam rooms
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and lecture room
and six apartments.
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Wow!
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So I wanna bring Dr. Ing in here
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because he's a dentist
but you're an ophthalmologist.
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That's correct.
What makes that...
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Tell us what...
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Somebody may say what
is an ophthalmologist?
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An ophthalmologist is
an eye care professional,
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medical doctor,
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and we do comprehensive eye care
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and we do surgery.
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Okay. That's part of it.
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How did you get
connected into this mission?
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You know, I have to say
that it's through my friendship
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with Steve.
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Okay.
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I love doing eye mission trips,
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there's nothing
more satisfying to me
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than to be able to
help the blind see.
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And, of course, when
we do our mission trips
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you want them to
not just see physically,
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we want them to see Jesus.
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Okay.
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And so we want to do
not just eye mission trips,
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but eye medical
missionary trips.
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And... The difference?
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Well, you know,
there's humanitarian work.
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That's right.
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And there's mission works
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where we can pray
with our patients.
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Yes.
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Give them
literature when we're done.
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And point them to Jesus
as the one who healed them.
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Okay. So...
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Because the Bible, you know,
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there's a parody in the Bible
where the Bible, the Lord says,
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you know, if you could see,
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then I could do
something for you.
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But since you say,
you see, your sins remain,
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they didn't have that
vision that the Lord wants.
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So you're not talking
about just the physical side,
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you're talking about
you want to help people
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in the spiritual side also.
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Amen. Amen.
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And typically, we like to
bring an evangelist with us
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and do these
mission trips that way.
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Well, the unique situation
with Palau is Steve told me is,
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"Hey, Jeff, the chief is
going to give us this property,
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lease it to us in
a long term basis."
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Right.
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And the thing that was
so appealing to me was,
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I could go back over and
over again to the same place
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and there would be continuity,
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follow-up,
relationships developing.
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And that was the beauty
of this unique situation.
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'Cause usually when we
go on an eye mission trip,
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you go there, you help people,
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you make sure
that things went well,
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and that there's
before you leave,
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there are no problems.
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But you may never go back again.
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Here was a unique situation.
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So you were able to go
back on more than one occasion.
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That's right. Good, good.
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And, Eric, you talked about,
there's aboard that this...
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We're gonna look
at some more pictures
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in just a moment here.
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But tell us your function.
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You're not just a Palauan,
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but your functioning
in this mission also?
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Yes. Dr. Chang...
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I met Dr. Chang in 2012. Okay.
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And he was doing
some mission trips
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with some teams
that he came down with.
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And I think maybe the next
year he brought up the idea
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after he met with
Ibidu and he asked me
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if I wanted to join this
group to found the clinic.
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And you can see the need
in Palau for the specialties
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that we would offer.
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And I agreed to join
and I became the treasurer
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of the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center.
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Okay.
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And now getting
this equipment over there
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because we talked about that.
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I wanna show a
couple more pictures
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of just like that,
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the foyer and some
of the other aesthetics
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of what the center
looks like from the inside.
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And we'll explain.
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This is the entryway?
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Okay.
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And...? Reception.
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Reception area.
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What's the size of
the facility there?
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Okay, that's another.
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I think the footprint
is about probably 60 by 40
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on the downstairs.
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Okay.
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And that's a lecture room there.
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Okay.
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Looking out over, you can
see the ocean out there too,
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as well.
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I don't mind
having my teeth pulled
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with that beautiful
scenery in the background,
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or having your eyes worked on
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so that you can
appreciate the scenery.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, John,
I think one thing
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that's really important is that,
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you know, without
Eric and his family,
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we would not have
been able to do this.
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They're being
there and being involved
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so heavily in the project
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has just been a
tremendous blessing,
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a tremendous blessing.
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Because when you talk
about getting the equipment down
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there that this center
needs, I'm assuming that since
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there wasn't a center like this,
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then some of that equipment
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had to come down
like dental chairs,
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all the things that is needed
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for the ophthalmology equipment.
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Don't have me say
that all program long.
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But...
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It was that something that
your family was instrumental
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in getting all
that into that island.
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Absolutely.
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We help with some
of the arrangements
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for that after
Dr. Ing and Dr. Chang
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found the equipment that
we needed for the facility.
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Okay.
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And then putting it
together like segmenting
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where it's gonna go,
what office is gonna be what?
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How did you... Was
that a collective effort?
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Pretty much.
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We had to bring the
container to my office
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because most of the
equipment came from my office
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and we stuffed
it full as much as
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we could with all the equipment.
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There's a lot of
legwork where it had to be done
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to fill it driving
all over the California
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to pick up the
equipment and put it in.
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And luckily
everything worked out
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and God provide all
the needs and the means.
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That's good.
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So when you think about putting
together a center like this,
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what makes it unique
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'cause we talked
about it's located in Palau.
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So is this something
that you were inspired
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by because it's on other
islands or is this the first?
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Well, we have a heart
for people who are suffering.
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And in these islands,
there's lack of medical care.
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And if you need help,
you need to go off island.
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There's a lot of cost
involved going off island
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to the Philippines, or to Guam,
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or to United
States for medical field,
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even dental help.
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So we saw the
need and we thought,
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if we can provide that.
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We believe the medical arm
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is the right hand of the gospel.
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And so we felt we could
be there to help the people.
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The people who can't even
afford to get off the island.
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And so it's a nonprofit center
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that meets the needs
of the people spiritually,
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and mentally, and physically.
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Okay.
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But getting back to
one of your questions,
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how do we do this?
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The building was fairly
empty when we first got it.
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And thanks to Eric's family,
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we were up to
remodel everything.
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And so Steve
designed the dental side.
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Okay.
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Me and my wife
designed the ophthalmology side.
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We got to design the
operating room suite.
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And I brought in
the same microscope
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that I used at my
center in the United States,
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I brought in the same gurneys.
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The same operative room chair,
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we use some of
the same equipment
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that we use.
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So we are providing,
you know, first class,
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you know, first world quality
of care in ophthalmology.
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Just like in United States.
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I like that. Just
like the United States.
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That's important because
a lot of times I've been...
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My wife and I've
gone to lot of countries
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and in some of the
countries, we've said,
00:16:15.60\00:16:19.61
"I don't wanna get sick here."
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Because you think,
whoa, we met people that said,
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"I own a hospital." Yeah.
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And we said, "Well,
then are you a doctor?"
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No, I'm just involved
in shipping and receiving,
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but I own a
hospital, I've pharmaceuticals
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and I remember
getting some medication once
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and I brought it
back home to America.
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They said, "That's only
by prescription in America,
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where did you get that from?"
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Oh, there's a doctor I met
in this particular country.
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So you guys are
bringing professional care,
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understanding the
parameters of how it operates.
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And you're taking to the people.
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When a person
comes to the center,
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let's talk about the process.
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So how do the people pay
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for this or is
it a free service?
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Well, Eric, you might wanna
describe the medical system.
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Yeah, we have two
full-time dentists
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and an
optometrist at the facility.
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So there is some,
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we made it a sustainable clinic.
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Okay.
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So there are fees.
00:17:14.66\00:17:16.26
But there are specialists
who come in like when Dr. Ing
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and Dr. Chang come in,
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there's
additional work that's done.
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Some of it is done free.
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And, yeah, we were
fortunate to have them come in.
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Wow.
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With the
organization that I'm involved
00:17:29.58\00:17:31.05
with the sponsors and supply,
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gives us the medical
supplies, intraocular lenses,
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it's called
surgical eye expeditions.
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And we do not charge
anything for eye surgeries
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when we go there
because everything is donated.
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Wow.
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That's good because eye
surgery could be pretty pricey.
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That's right. I mean...
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But, Eric, maybe you can
talk a little bit about the...
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There's a
healthcare system in Palau,
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that's actually
quite more advanced
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than many of the other islands.
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Okay, yeah, go ahead.
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We have a
medical savings account,
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part of the healthcare insurance
00:18:01.68\00:18:03.85
that each person that
works contributes to the fund
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that they can use to
charge at the clinic.
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It's a government run program
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similar to what
they have in Singapore.
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That's interesting.
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So people that
are employed locally
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or just on the island itself,
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there's a
contribution toward that.
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Yes, the employers and
employee contribution to that,
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so there's a fund
that they can use.
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That's good.
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So they're not coming in
there completely incapacitated
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to not be able
to afford it at all.
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Yes.
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There's some
kind of contribution.
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And we do a lot of
free things as well.
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We bring mission groups
in as well and do service
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there as well as go out
to the other islands as well
00:18:39.78\00:18:42.45
to help them there.
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And it is a
model of a sustainable
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so we charge enough
to cover our expenses.
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Okay.
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So if we come to Palau,
00:18:49.89\00:18:51.86
after the people
have eye surgery...
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Name some of the eye
surgeries, you do cataracts?
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Yeah, that's correct.
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In Palau right
now, the main surgery
00:19:01.14\00:19:02.97
that we're doing
is cataract surgery.
00:19:03.00\00:19:04.47
Cataract is still the leading
cause of blindness worldwide.
00:19:04.51\00:19:07.81
We also do pterygium surgery.
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That's a fleshy growth
that grows over the cornea
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and can block the vision,
00:19:13.62\00:19:15.12
cause large
amounts of a stigmatism.
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And it's very common
in the equatorial climates
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where there's a lot
of ultraviolet light.
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And people that are
fishermen or farmers,
00:19:24.16\00:19:26.70
you know, it's very common
for them to get these growths.
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And that's probably the most
00:19:29.56\00:19:31.47
common surgery that we do there.
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Okay, and what
about on the dentist side.
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What are some of the challenges?
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Well, like I said,
00:19:39.61\00:19:40.98
they don't have
multiple services,
00:19:41.01\00:19:42.34
so they don't do any root canals
00:19:42.38\00:19:43.85
and they don't do difficult,
00:19:43.88\00:19:46.21
even moderate extractions,
definitely, don't do implants
00:19:46.25\00:19:50.99
or ortho or TMD
treatment, migraine headaches.
00:19:51.02\00:19:54.09
So we're able to rotate doctors
through from the United States
00:19:54.16\00:19:57.53
every two months to
work on those specialties.
00:19:57.56\00:19:59.93
So we provide
implants, orthodontics, TMD,
00:20:00.00\00:20:04.07
root canal service,
complex, full-bony extractions,
00:20:04.10\00:20:07.24
the full gambit of that.
00:20:07.27\00:20:08.60
Yeah.
00:20:08.64\00:20:09.97
Have you seen the impact,
Eric, on this clinic existing?
00:20:10.01\00:20:12.91
And how long has it been in it?
00:20:12.94\00:20:15.08
How long has it been opened?
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The clinic opened
in April 26, 2017.
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And... Okay.
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It's been a wonderful service
for people who can't afford
00:20:20.42\00:20:22.62
or don't have
time to go off island
00:20:22.65\00:20:24.52
to for the convenience to have,
00:20:24.55\00:20:26.02
you know, a local facility
00:20:26.05\00:20:27.39
that they can get these
complicated procedures done.
00:20:27.46\00:20:29.89
Wow. It's been a great service.
00:20:29.92\00:20:31.46
That's really
good to have something
00:20:31.49\00:20:33.26
to that effect 'cause
when you go to countries,
00:20:33.29\00:20:37.57
people always wanna
know if I settle here,
00:20:37.60\00:20:39.40
do I have access
to this kind of care?
00:20:39.43\00:20:41.80
What about a hospital?
00:20:41.84\00:20:43.17
Does it have a general
hospital on the island?
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Yeah, there's a
government hospital.
00:20:44.84\00:20:46.24
It's Belau National Hospital
00:20:46.27\00:20:47.61
and there's also two
other private clinics.
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Okay.
00:20:49.58\00:20:50.95
So I wanna look at
some of the pictures here,
00:20:50.98\00:20:53.01
so as we go through them,
00:20:53.05\00:20:54.38
I want you to
explain what we're seeing
00:20:54.42\00:20:55.82
'cause it's good
to see some of those,
00:20:55.85\00:20:58.52
the equipment that you use
00:20:58.55\00:21:00.19
and find out what
some of those needs
00:21:00.26\00:21:02.22
because if you're
gonna be continually growing,
00:21:02.26\00:21:04.46
then let's look
at what... This is.
00:21:04.49\00:21:05.86
Okay, explain who
we're seeing here.
00:21:05.89\00:21:07.63
This is the first
student missionaries that came
00:21:07.66\00:21:10.87
as well as the
board and the staff
00:21:10.90\00:21:12.43
that's there full-time.
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.14
All right.
00:21:14.17\00:21:15.50
Let's go to the next one.
00:21:15.54\00:21:16.87
And that's one
of the dental rooms.
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.34
Now that equipment
that she has on her hand...
00:21:19.37\00:21:21.18
That's a portable X-ray.
00:21:21.21\00:21:22.54
Okay.
00:21:22.58\00:21:23.95
And is that one of the
other doctors doing the surgery?
00:21:23.98\00:21:27.85
I believe that's
either Dr. Omar or Dr. Gabe
00:21:27.88\00:21:31.22
who's was there for
almost a year, each one of them.
00:21:31.25\00:21:35.22
Okay.
00:21:35.26\00:21:36.62
And let's see,
what's the next one here?
00:21:36.66\00:21:38.66
That is, that's
Dr. Ing right there.
00:21:38.69\00:21:40.60
Yeah.
00:21:40.63\00:21:41.96
So this is a
picture of Dr. Reyes,
00:21:42.00\00:21:46.67
he is the optometrist that
we hired from the Philippines
00:21:46.74\00:21:50.14
to come and work there.
00:21:50.21\00:21:51.54
And Loma Leah,
00:21:51.57\00:21:53.48
she is the optician
00:21:53.51\00:21:55.41
and the
ophthalmic assistant there.
00:21:55.44\00:21:57.91
And Dr. Reyes
is a wonderful man.
00:21:57.95\00:22:00.92
He has a heart for ministry,
not just doing optometry,
00:22:00.95\00:22:05.22
but doing
medical missionary work,
00:22:05.25\00:22:07.59
teaching people
about healthy lifestyle
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.56
and that
connection with the gospel.
00:22:10.63\00:22:12.69
Okay, so this looks
like a surgical room?
00:22:12.73\00:22:15.13
That's right.
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.50
And so in the
foreground is my wife, Helen.
00:22:16.53\00:22:19.13
Okay.
00:22:19.17\00:22:20.54
She's a scrubbed in,
00:22:20.57\00:22:23.07
passing
instruments setting up stuff.
00:22:23.10\00:22:25.57
That's me in the green
00:22:25.61\00:22:26.98
shirt working with a microscope.
00:22:27.01\00:22:28.34
And I believe
that is Matthew Chang,
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.95
who is Steve's son,
00:22:30.98\00:22:33.82
who's actually interested
in going in ophthalmology.
00:22:33.85\00:22:35.88
We're really excited about that.
00:22:35.92\00:22:37.59
That's interesting because,
00:22:37.62\00:22:39.15
so it's not only
are you guys involved,
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.76
but your family is
getting involved too.
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.13
That's right.
That's right. That's good.
00:22:44.16\00:22:45.73
It's a wonderful experiences
to do it with your family.
00:22:45.76\00:22:48.13
Now when you
think of the population
00:22:48.16\00:22:51.57
of the other islands,
00:22:51.60\00:22:53.20
how do people in the...
00:22:53.23\00:22:54.94
'Cause you mentioned about...
00:22:54.97\00:22:56.30
How many islands did you say?
00:22:56.34\00:22:57.74
It's about 400, but
six, about six inhabited.
00:22:57.77\00:23:01.18
So would Palau be the
larger of all the islands?
00:23:01.21\00:23:03.85
It's one of the
larger ones in Micronesia.
00:23:03.88\00:23:06.41
Yeah.
00:23:06.45\00:23:07.78
So I'm not assuming this
but I know you have an airport.
00:23:07.82\00:23:10.59
Yes. Okay.
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.12
One international airport.
00:23:12.15\00:23:13.49
Okay, that's good.
00:23:13.56\00:23:14.89
So people that
are on other islands,
00:23:14.92\00:23:17.76
you put that
whole schedule together,
00:23:17.79\00:23:20.00
people are scheduled in advance.
00:23:20.03\00:23:21.36
So you know that on
this particular day,
00:23:21.40\00:23:24.20
so the clinic is
opened every day?
00:23:24.27\00:23:27.84
Not every day.
00:23:27.87\00:23:29.20
We're open Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
00:23:29.24\00:23:30.97
Okay.
00:23:31.01\00:23:32.34
Wednesday is what we
call a missionary outreach day
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.68
where they go to
the old age center,
00:23:34.71\00:23:37.38
and they do exercises
and worship with the elderly.
00:23:37.45\00:23:40.72
And then sometimes
they also go to the prison.
00:23:40.75\00:23:42.98
They do prison ministries.
00:23:43.02\00:23:44.55
And now Dr.
Ing, you talked about
00:23:44.59\00:23:46.69
the spiritual side of this,
00:23:46.76\00:23:48.89
not only making the difference
in their physical side,
00:23:48.92\00:23:52.66
but you talked about
the medical missionary side.
00:23:52.69\00:23:55.23
Amplify that a little bit
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.60
because a lot of
times people say,
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.03
"Okay, great."
00:23:58.07\00:23:59.40
You know, we're
doing something for them.
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.90
Hopefully they'll
find out about the gospel.
00:24:01.94\00:24:03.91
You guys are pretty
intentional about that.
00:24:03.94\00:24:05.77
Tell us how you do that?
00:24:05.81\00:24:07.18
That's right, John, thank you
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.54
so much for
asking that question.
00:24:08.58\00:24:10.15
So what we do is when
patients come in to the clinic,
00:24:10.18\00:24:13.82
we'll talk to them about
not just their eye health,
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.92
but their physical health.
00:24:18.95\00:24:20.66
In the islands, unfortunately,
lifestyle diseases are rampant.
00:24:20.69\00:24:25.83
Diabetes, obesity, hypertension,
00:24:25.86\00:24:30.80
a whole gamut of
lifestyle diseases.
00:24:30.87\00:24:34.07
And so what our goal is
00:24:34.14\00:24:35.67
at the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center
00:24:35.70\00:24:38.07
is through the use
of student missionaries
00:24:38.11\00:24:42.18
who have an understanding
00:24:42.21\00:24:43.55
of the health
message of our church,
00:24:43.58\00:24:45.95
we offer to the
patient an opportunity
00:24:45.98\00:24:50.72
for somebody to
come to their house,
00:24:50.79\00:24:54.09
to their home, and
teach them about health.
00:24:54.16\00:24:57.36
Health coaching, maybe
teaching them how to set up
00:24:57.43\00:25:00.93
an exercise program,
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.76
how to meal plan,
00:25:02.80\00:25:04.73
and how to
maybe even cook simple
00:25:04.77\00:25:06.47
dishes in their home,
using the foods and stuff
00:25:06.50\00:25:09.57
that are available
there on the island.
00:25:09.60\00:25:11.21
Okay.
00:25:11.24\00:25:12.57
In that way, I believe
friendships and relationships
00:25:12.61\00:25:16.11
can be formed that may lead
00:25:16.14\00:25:18.15
to Bible study or perhaps
00:25:18.18\00:25:20.22
when an evangelist
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.58
like yourself
comes to the island,
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.28
they can be
invited to the series
00:25:23.32\00:25:26.49
and are more likely to come
00:25:26.52\00:25:28.59
because of the
help they've received,
00:25:28.62\00:25:30.43
not only in the acute
medical or dental care setting,
00:25:30.46\00:25:34.36
but also in the relationship
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.33
that is formed
through this friendship.
00:25:36.36\00:25:38.30
That's good.
00:25:38.33\00:25:39.67
So you're literally doing the...
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.80
I think it's in
the Book of James,
00:25:41.84\00:25:43.44
if a person,
00:25:43.51\00:25:44.84
if you see a person
that's hungry and destitute,
00:25:44.87\00:25:46.61
don't have clothing,
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.21
and you don't take
care of their needs,
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.55
then you're really road
blocking that individual
00:25:50.58\00:25:53.28
from knowing about the gospel.
00:25:53.31\00:25:54.65
But if you take
care of their needs,
00:25:54.68\00:25:56.99
and they begin to see and
I like that whole ideology,
00:25:57.02\00:25:59.32
it's not just them
coming to the clinic,
00:25:59.35\00:26:02.42
but you can, they'll
allow you to come to their homes
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.99
and set these programs up.
00:26:05.03\00:26:06.36
You know, Pastor,
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.33
you're reemphasizing
the point so beautifully.
00:26:08.36\00:26:11.70
You see there's
humanitarian work,
00:26:11.73\00:26:14.04
and I can go overseas
and do cataract surgery
00:26:14.07\00:26:16.91
or pterygium
surgery or whatever,
00:26:16.94\00:26:19.01
and not say a word about Jesus.
00:26:19.04\00:26:22.01
But the way that we do things,
we want to be very intentional.
00:26:22.04\00:26:26.21
And I'm thankful for
Steve and his work the way
00:26:26.25\00:26:29.58
that he does it
and for inviting me
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.62
to be able to
become involved in it.
00:26:31.65\00:26:33.29
Okay.
00:26:33.36\00:26:34.69
Are there days in the week
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.06
that the center has
a different function?
00:26:36.09\00:26:38.09
'Cause as you mentioned,
there are days it's open,
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.89
there are days it is not.
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.96
Yeah, Wednesday
is just for mission
00:26:42.00\00:26:43.87
so that center is not open.
00:26:43.90\00:26:45.90
They go on outreach
00:26:45.93\00:26:47.44
and they also
visit shut-ins like
00:26:47.47\00:26:49.00
Dr. Ing was saying.
00:26:49.04\00:26:50.41
Okay, amplify
that because missions,
00:26:50.44\00:26:53.11
Wednesday's mission day.
00:26:53.14\00:26:54.61
Yes. And what does that entail?
00:26:54.64\00:26:58.25
The clinic works in
coordination with the church.
00:26:58.28\00:27:00.95
Okay.
00:27:00.98\00:27:02.32
And they find
elderly that are shut-ins.
00:27:02.35\00:27:05.55
And they go out to visit them
00:27:05.59\00:27:06.96
and they try to
also do some health
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.96
and wellness at
the elderly center,
00:27:08.99\00:27:11.96
old age center.
00:27:11.99\00:27:13.33
And then they go to the prison
00:27:13.40\00:27:14.73
and they do Bible
studies with the inmates.
00:27:14.76\00:27:16.33
Okay.
00:27:16.36\00:27:17.70
So it's not just
people coming to you,
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.60
but you're going to people?
00:27:19.63\00:27:20.97
And they've had
some good results.
00:27:21.97\00:27:23.41
I've had some
baptisms from those as well.
00:27:23.44\00:27:25.34
Okay.
00:27:25.37\00:27:26.71
And if you think about...
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.11
If you would put this in
the category of importance,
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.85
how would you say the
community is responding to it?
00:27:30.88\00:27:34.65
What kind of
input you're getting?
00:27:37.42\00:27:38.75
I think it's been very positive.
00:27:38.79\00:27:40.16
They like the visitations.
00:27:40.19\00:27:42.19
So we've had very
good feedback, yeah.
00:27:42.22\00:27:44.13
And, in the size of the
island, let me give an example.
00:27:44.16\00:27:47.13
Would it be a
long period of time
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.96
if somebody is
on Palau, they said,
00:27:49.00\00:27:50.47
"Well, this is too
far for me to get to."
00:27:50.50\00:27:52.27
Is it's centrally located?
00:27:52.30\00:27:54.07
It's in Koror.
00:27:54.14\00:27:55.47
It's near the downtown
so it's maybe five minutes
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.54
from the middle of town.
00:27:58.57\00:27:59.91
Okay. If that.
00:27:59.94\00:28:01.28
Now medical missionary students,
00:28:01.31\00:28:02.64
you talked about
00:28:02.68\00:28:04.05
when we showed one
of the pictures there,
00:28:04.08\00:28:05.41
you had missionary students,
00:28:05.45\00:28:06.78
how do they get to be
involved in that project?
00:28:06.82\00:28:10.39
Well, you know, you
could be a student missionary
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.75
go around the world
and teach in schools.
00:28:12.79\00:28:15.06
Ours is the only place
00:28:15.09\00:28:16.42
that you could get
medical dental experience,
00:28:16.46\00:28:18.36
firsthand
00:28:18.39\00:28:19.83
and learned experience
00:28:19.86\00:28:21.63
for a period of one semester
or two semesters as a student
00:28:21.66\00:28:24.90
missionary.
00:28:24.93\00:28:26.27
So it's a great
opportunity for anyone
00:28:26.30\00:28:27.64
who's interested in
the healthcare field,
00:28:27.67\00:28:29.00
even not that they
could come and experience that
00:28:29.04\00:28:31.54
and get firsthand
knowledge of what we're doing.
00:28:31.57\00:28:34.28
So in other words, you're saying
00:28:34.31\00:28:35.64
they could do interning
00:28:35.68\00:28:37.35
and that'll count
towards their experience.
00:28:37.38\00:28:38.98
You know, Eric, I
believe is visiting
00:28:40.12\00:28:42.72
the different colleges,
00:28:42.75\00:28:44.45
the Adventist Colleges
throughout the United States,
00:28:44.49\00:28:47.26
and we want to
00:28:47.29\00:28:50.13
recruit student missionaries.
00:28:50.16\00:28:52.06
These are people in college
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.53
and that are
interested in either dentistry,
00:28:53.60\00:28:57.30
dental hygiene, medicine.
00:28:57.37\00:28:59.57
Nursing.
00:28:59.60\00:29:00.94
Probably ophthalmology, nursing,
00:29:00.97\00:29:02.54
and they can come and
get some hands on experience.
00:29:02.57\00:29:06.07
Okay, so are you on
your college tour now
00:29:06.11\00:29:09.91
or that's gonna be
something coming up later?
00:29:09.94\00:29:12.51
Well, the clinic started with
getting student missionaries
00:29:12.55\00:29:14.78
from Weimar.
00:29:14.82\00:29:16.15
And I was able to talk
to a student missionary
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.29
who came to Palau to teach
00:29:19.32\00:29:20.76
and we were able to get
the connection for Southern.
00:29:20.79\00:29:22.79
So Southern University has been
sending student missionaries.
00:29:22.82\00:29:25.89
And since my son is
going to Walla Walla,
00:29:25.93\00:29:28.53
I went there and I also
00:29:28.56\00:29:29.90
talk with the
student mission's team,
00:29:29.93\00:29:31.33
and they're very interested
to send missionaries down.
00:29:31.37\00:29:34.57
And then later on,
I'll be going to visit PUC,
00:29:34.60\00:29:38.44
to see if they can
send some people our way.
00:29:38.47\00:29:40.78
Pacific Union College? Yes.
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.14
Pacific Union College.
00:29:42.18\00:29:43.55
Yes, 'cause I know PUC years ago
00:29:43.58\00:29:44.91
used to mean
Philippine Union College
00:29:44.95\00:29:46.28
until they changed it AUP.
00:29:46.31\00:29:47.78
You know, 'cause that is...
00:29:47.82\00:29:49.15
Yeah, I think we would
be accepting missionaries
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.09
in Philippines as
well too, win-win.
00:29:51.12\00:29:52.82
Yes. Yeah. We could do that.
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.19
That's good there.
00:29:54.26\00:29:55.59
So if you would look
down the road at the center,
00:29:55.62\00:29:58.93
what do you think you
would like to add to it?
00:29:58.96\00:30:02.06
If you decide what the
future of the center is?
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.13
Right now we're at full capacity
00:30:05.17\00:30:06.94
with the optical coming in.
00:30:06.97\00:30:08.90
All the six
apartments are pretty much full.
00:30:08.94\00:30:11.94
And if we want to grow
00:30:11.97\00:30:14.08
and we look like
we're gonna grow more,
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.14
we're looking into
expanding getting dormitories
00:30:16.18\00:30:18.48
for the student missionaries.
00:30:18.51\00:30:19.85
And we also have
visiting doctors,
00:30:19.88\00:30:21.22
not just an eye and dental,
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.88
but we also have dermatologists
and other specialists
00:30:22.92\00:30:25.99
who are coming and
interested in coming.
00:30:26.02\00:30:28.42
So we need housing.
00:30:28.46\00:30:30.06
So we need housing to,
you know, support the clinic.
00:30:30.13\00:30:34.00
And we also have
calls from other places.
00:30:34.03\00:30:36.67
I do missions
around other islands
00:30:36.70\00:30:38.30
and other places
in South America,
00:30:38.33\00:30:39.93
places like that, Africa,
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.77
and they hear about
what we're doing there.
00:30:41.80\00:30:44.41
And they said,
"We want that too."
00:30:44.44\00:30:46.14
So I've had offers
from even a Mormon person
00:30:46.17\00:30:49.41
in Fiji says, "I
wanna give you my land,
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.98
you could build a clinic there."
00:30:52.01\00:30:53.35
And I have had offers in Tanga.
00:30:53.42\00:30:54.78
So there are
places that we could go,
00:30:54.82\00:30:57.69
but we just, you know,
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.62
God's timing, we
will make it happen.
00:30:59.65\00:31:01.79
You know what I'm hearing
00:31:01.82\00:31:03.16
and I'm pulling all
this together in my head.
00:31:03.19\00:31:04.89
I'm hearing that
00:31:04.93\00:31:06.26
when you enter with something
that benefits everyone,
00:31:06.29\00:31:09.80
it makes room for the gospel.
00:31:09.83\00:31:11.17
Amen.
00:31:11.20\00:31:12.53
'Cause you talked about that,
00:31:12.57\00:31:13.94
health is not a
denominational issue.
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.30
No.
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.67
If a person has bad eyesight
00:31:16.71\00:31:18.04
or, you know, their teeth,
00:31:18.07\00:31:19.41
they need a root canal
or whatever the case may be
00:31:19.44\00:31:21.24
dentistry wise
or ophthalmological,
00:31:21.28\00:31:23.58
is that the word?
00:31:23.65\00:31:24.98
That's right.
00:31:25.01\00:31:26.35
Hey, I did that,
give myself a checkmark.
00:31:26.38\00:31:27.72
Good job.
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.08
Then they are not going
to, you're not gonna say,
00:31:29.12\00:31:30.92
"Well, what
church do you belong to?"
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.66
What is your beliefs?
00:31:33.69\00:31:35.59
That's the real health message
00:31:35.62\00:31:37.43
and that's
following the method of Jesus.
00:31:37.46\00:31:39.13
Amen.
00:31:39.16\00:31:40.50
He took care of the
needs of the people, thereby,
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.63
when the multitudes heard,
where is He gonna be next?
00:31:42.66\00:31:45.67
They were there waiting for Him.
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.57
So you're
actually planting seeds
00:31:47.64\00:31:50.01
that will produce as God's
00:31:50.04\00:31:51.77
in God's time
harvest for the future.
00:31:51.81\00:31:54.18
And we believe that God's
love does not have borders,
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.98
it doesn't have denominations.
00:31:57.05\00:31:59.65
You want to say something.
00:31:59.68\00:32:01.58
Well, you know, I want
to segue on what Steve said
00:32:01.62\00:32:04.09
and emphasize that, you know,
00:32:04.12\00:32:05.65
this is a model, a unique model
00:32:05.69\00:32:08.02
that we think can be used
00:32:08.06\00:32:10.53
in other islands in the Pacific,
00:32:10.56\00:32:12.69
where they don't have
good dental or eye care.
00:32:12.73\00:32:16.00
And one of the
unique things that,
00:32:16.03\00:32:19.13
I think we'll see
a picture later on
00:32:19.17\00:32:20.84
is that we actually believe
00:32:20.87\00:32:22.90
that we have one of the
first full service optical,
00:32:22.94\00:32:27.38
first service optical
in one of these islands.
00:32:27.41\00:32:30.75
And that is we have an
optician that can actually,
00:32:30.78\00:32:33.55
you know, we get lens
blanks, we grind them,
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.98
fit them, put them in frames...
00:32:36.02\00:32:37.39
Oh, wow.
00:32:37.42\00:32:38.75
We can actually do
this within a few hours...
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.16
On the island?
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.52
Yeah, like
LensCrafters on the island.
00:32:41.56\00:32:43.32
Okay, now that's huge.
00:32:43.36\00:32:45.19
That is huge.
00:32:45.23\00:32:46.56
And again, you know, we do this,
00:32:46.59\00:32:48.63
the glasses will be
sold at a reasonable price
00:32:48.66\00:32:52.30
that's affordable by
the people of the island,
00:32:52.33\00:32:56.00
but that helps to
support the clinic,
00:32:56.04\00:32:58.91
so that it can
be self-supporting.
00:32:58.94\00:33:00.78
You know what,
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.14
what I'm excited
about when you hear that
00:33:02.18\00:33:03.51
because a lot
of times in America
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.05
will have
missionaries come from Palau
00:33:05.08\00:33:07.45
or any one of the
islands and they'll say,
00:33:07.52\00:33:09.95
do you have any eyeglasses
you're not using, you know,
00:33:09.98\00:33:14.26
have you had
upgrade on your prescription
00:33:14.29\00:33:16.83
that you no longer
need that strength.
00:33:16.86\00:33:18.56
So they'll
collect like, you know,
00:33:18.59\00:33:19.93
300 pairs of
glasses for two months
00:33:20.00\00:33:22.10
and they take a
whole box of glasses back
00:33:22.13\00:33:24.30
to one of these
islands in the Pacific.
00:33:24.33\00:33:26.43
And people come by and say,
"Well, does that work for me?"
00:33:26.47\00:33:28.80
But you're talking
about the revolutionizing
00:33:28.84\00:33:31.51
of we can get glasses
that are for you particularly.
00:33:31.54\00:33:35.38
That's right.
00:33:35.41\00:33:36.75
These are prescription
glasses with brand new frames
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.55
and brand new lenses.
00:33:39.58\00:33:41.75
That would be equivalent
to what you could get back
00:33:41.78\00:33:43.52
in the United States going to,
00:33:43.59\00:33:45.85
you know, any ophthalmologists,
optometrists, or optical chain.
00:33:45.89\00:33:50.46
You might wanna call
this Palau vision center.
00:33:50.53\00:33:54.70
There you go.
00:33:54.73\00:33:56.06
First out a chain of
those in the islands.
00:33:56.10\00:33:57.77
That's an amazing thing.
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.13
That's a huge feat
00:33:59.17\00:34:00.54
when you think of
where Palau is located
00:34:00.57\00:34:02.60
because the
Philippines to the west,
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.74
Guam to the northeast,
that's a long way to go.
00:34:04.77\00:34:08.38
And then if you got
glasses, even if you got tested,
00:34:08.41\00:34:11.38
how long it's gonna
take before it gets there.
00:34:11.41\00:34:13.01
Right. That's another thing.
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.48
Now when you go
out into the community,
00:34:14.52\00:34:17.09
are you guys involved
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.45
with any of the local officials,
00:34:18.49\00:34:21.29
to the people of
community come in,
00:34:21.32\00:34:23.36
come to the center?
00:34:23.43\00:34:24.76
Do they connect with you
on any other programs inside,
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.80
in the community?
00:34:26.83\00:34:28.16
Yes.
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.53
I think everyone has access,
00:34:29.56\00:34:30.90
and I've met
several of the chiefs
00:34:30.93\00:34:32.27
who come to the clinic
00:34:32.30\00:34:33.64
and get their
healthcare done there.
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.07
So government officiates,
00:34:35.10\00:34:37.01
is the place to be to
get your medical care.
00:34:37.04\00:34:40.58
The
mother-in-law of the president
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.94
is a patient of ours,
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.31
and she comes to the clinic
00:34:44.35\00:34:45.71
and we helped her
with a very complex,
00:34:45.75\00:34:48.95
difficult eye infection problem.
00:34:48.98\00:34:51.22
And now she loves
coming to the clinic.
00:34:51.25\00:34:53.56
And the day that I
left Palau a few months ago,
00:34:53.59\00:34:58.19
she arranged to
meet with our optometrist
00:34:58.23\00:35:02.40
who is gonna go
over the health message
00:35:02.43\00:35:05.33
and healthy lifestyle
with our optometrists there.
00:35:05.37\00:35:09.07
Now, Eric, do you ever
transport any other patients
00:35:09.10\00:35:11.67
by boat between the islands or?
00:35:11.71\00:35:15.01
We have not done,
what we have done is
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.61
we worked with
teams that have come in,
00:35:16.64\00:35:18.75
like the clinic has worked
with Loma Linda this summer.
00:35:18.78\00:35:22.12
And we help with
transportation to Peleliu.
00:35:22.15\00:35:25.55
Yeah. So...
00:35:25.59\00:35:26.96
So the nearest island to Palau
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.79
that's habited would
be that one you mentioned?
00:35:28.82\00:35:32.13
Well, yeah, to Koror
00:35:32.16\00:35:33.83
because there
are two main islands
00:35:33.90\00:35:35.33
that you can drive within,
there are Babeldaob and Koror.
00:35:35.36\00:35:38.47
But then we have islands
like Peleliu to the south
00:35:38.50\00:35:40.64
and Angaur in the southwest
00:35:40.67\00:35:42.40
that you need a boat
and then to the north,
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.34
you need a boat
to go to Kayangel.
00:35:44.37\00:35:46.24
And when Loma Linda came down
with their team of around 30,
00:35:46.27\00:35:49.48
they needed to
have transportation out
00:35:49.51\00:35:51.18
so we help them
get them out there.
00:35:51.21\00:35:53.62
Do you ever do public evangelism
00:35:53.65\00:35:55.58
out in the community?
00:35:55.62\00:35:57.59
Like when I say
public evangelism
00:35:57.62\00:35:59.75
like a tent or a major location
00:35:59.79\00:36:02.39
where everybody
in town will know.
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.06
There's a cultural center.
00:36:04.13\00:36:05.66
Now my own cultural
center where we do have...
00:36:05.69\00:36:08.43
Sometimes we have
evangelistic meetings.
00:36:08.46\00:36:11.10
Now, there's a
reason I'm asking that
00:36:11.13\00:36:12.47
because if I came and
did an evangelistic series,
00:36:12.50\00:36:14.57
we could flow
that whole, you know,
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.40
get people that are
already signed up as patients,
00:36:16.44\00:36:19.44
send out
invitations to all the patients
00:36:19.47\00:36:21.61
that have gone
through the center,
00:36:21.64\00:36:23.45
publicly advertise it.
00:36:23.48\00:36:25.75
And make room for the
Lord to continue His work.
00:36:25.78\00:36:28.42
Amen.
00:36:28.45\00:36:29.78
And then after we could
do a snorkeling expedition.
00:36:29.82\00:36:33.76
I'll leave the deep
sea diving for later on.
00:36:33.79\00:36:36.76
Now let's see some more pictures
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.16
and tell us what
we're seeing here
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.53
because you talked about
some of the medical equipment.
00:36:39.56\00:36:40.90
This is the closer
team or just missionary?
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.47
That's the dental team
00:36:43.50\00:36:44.83
that was there at
the first when we opened.
00:36:44.87\00:36:48.04
Okay. All right.
00:36:48.07\00:36:49.64
What do we have next?
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.41
That's the prison
ministry with doctor,
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.88
the dermatologist who
came to visit Dr. Kelly.
00:36:54.91\00:36:57.38
Okay, and that's you
there in the bluish green shirt.
00:36:57.45\00:37:00.75
And my son on the right,
00:37:00.82\00:37:02.15
but I have two
sons and two daughters.
00:37:02.18\00:37:03.59
Okay.
00:37:03.62\00:37:04.95
And we went to the
prison and help out there.
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.79
Now that's amazing.
00:37:06.86\00:37:08.19
You know, you think
of, I think the two things
00:37:08.22\00:37:11.13
that almost every
place in the world has,
00:37:11.16\00:37:13.06
they have some place
where people are incarcerated
00:37:13.09\00:37:15.86
and some place where
people are getting healed.
00:37:15.90\00:37:18.43
How do you blend the two?
00:37:18.47\00:37:20.37
And do you do any
of that kind of work
00:37:20.44\00:37:22.67
that you're talking about?
00:37:22.70\00:37:24.04
Are you allowed to do
any of that in the facility,
00:37:24.11\00:37:26.88
the prison facilities?
00:37:26.91\00:37:28.68
Yes, the dentist
actually goes to the facility
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.68
and does hygiene and takes care
of their dental needs as well.
00:37:31.71\00:37:34.98
Okay.
00:37:35.02\00:37:36.35
So we're also providing
care for free to the prisoners
00:37:36.38\00:37:38.72
and let them know
that we care about them.
00:37:38.75\00:37:40.86
What's the average cost
for something like this?
00:37:40.89\00:37:43.16
If you talk about, if I
came to get my eye care,
00:37:43.19\00:37:47.10
by the way is
the US dollars there
00:37:47.13\00:37:48.86
or is a
different kind of currency?
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.47
US dollars.
00:37:50.50\00:37:51.83
US dollars. Okay.
00:37:51.87\00:37:53.20
So what is
something like that around
00:37:53.23\00:37:54.57
if you think about...?
00:37:54.60\00:37:56.40
I think right now an
eye exam is like $29.
00:37:56.44\00:38:00.71
Is that what it is?
00:38:00.78\00:38:02.11
And then if they want
to buy glasses, of course,
00:38:02.14\00:38:03.85
it depends on what
kind of frames they want
00:38:03.88\00:38:06.61
and there's a limited supply,
00:38:06.65\00:38:07.98
but we had a really
nice optical display,
00:38:08.02\00:38:10.99
you know, so, you know,
00:38:11.02\00:38:12.35
they can get some
fairly modern looking glasses.
00:38:12.39\00:38:14.99
And as a dentist,
00:38:15.02\00:38:16.52
do you also do implants
00:38:16.56\00:38:21.26
or any types of
dentures and all that?
00:38:21.30\00:38:24.70
Oh, yeah,
00:38:24.73\00:38:26.07
everything that
could be done here,
00:38:26.10\00:38:27.44
we do it there.
00:38:27.47\00:38:28.80
So we just provide
implants, dentures,
00:38:28.84\00:38:31.77
implant-supported
dentures as well.
00:38:31.81\00:38:33.68
So full mouth reconstruction,
and orthodontics,
00:38:33.71\00:38:36.14
which is very
difficult to do overseas,
00:38:36.18\00:38:37.65
but we do it there too.
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.01
Wow.
00:38:39.05\00:38:40.42
So now looking at
the future development
00:38:40.45\00:38:41.78
of this as the financial,
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.15
as the person that's
involved in the treasury work
00:38:43.18\00:38:46.39
of the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center.
00:38:46.42\00:38:49.59
How do you see the future
00:38:49.62\00:38:51.06
as it comes to
expanding the facility?
00:38:51.09\00:38:54.10
What are some of the
visions you have for that?
00:38:54.13\00:38:55.53
Yeah, the clinic is doing well.
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.73
We have funds to sustain it.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.44
But we also have a vision
00:39:00.47\00:39:02.40
of upgrading
some of the equipment
00:39:02.44\00:39:04.57
and maybe adding
some other equipment.
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.78
Maybe Dr. Ing and Dr.
Chang can go into more detail
00:39:06.81\00:39:09.28
on what specific equipment
we would be looking at.
00:39:09.31\00:39:12.55
Okay, well,
let's talk about that
00:39:12.58\00:39:13.92
because you
wanna make sure that.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.28
Right.
00:39:15.32\00:39:16.69
To a location, it's difficult
00:39:16.72\00:39:18.05
to get quality
crowns in specifically,
00:39:18.09\00:39:20.59
that has to come
from outside the country.
00:39:20.66\00:39:24.13
And so, we're looking
to try and get equipment
00:39:24.16\00:39:27.00
that we can make the
crowns in the clinic itself.
00:39:27.03\00:39:29.96
So you could do a
one day service crown.
00:39:30.00\00:39:31.97
Really?
00:39:32.00\00:39:33.34
Yeah, so those
equipment costs money,
00:39:33.37\00:39:34.94
and it sustains itself,
00:39:34.97\00:39:36.50
but we don't have big funds
00:39:36.54\00:39:37.87
for the bigger
equipment that we need.
00:39:37.91\00:39:39.34
So ballpark?
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.68
Well, brand new,
they're around $100,000.
00:39:41.71\00:39:43.48
Wow.
00:39:43.55\00:39:44.88
But then what's the
benefit of it would be...
00:39:44.91\00:39:46.28
Benefit is that you get
quality crowns in one day.
00:39:46.31\00:39:51.05
And that's huge pursuit.
00:39:51.09\00:39:52.92
Just like root canal then or...?
00:39:52.95\00:39:55.89
See, the crowns are necessary
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.43
when the tooth is
compromised structurally,
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.19
so you need to protect that.
00:39:59.23\00:40:00.60
So that's when we do a crown
00:40:00.63\00:40:01.96
on a root canal
tooth or other teeth
00:40:02.00\00:40:03.47
that they crushed or
broken due to other factors.
00:40:03.50\00:40:07.77
Because I know
watching the program
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.57
and listening to the program,
00:40:09.60\00:40:10.94
there are people that are,
00:40:10.97\00:40:12.31
"Hey, you know, I'm able,
00:40:12.34\00:40:13.78
I'm willing to be
able to participate
00:40:13.81\00:40:16.44
in that kind of ministry."
00:40:16.48\00:40:18.18
When we talk about
the health ministry,
00:40:18.21\00:40:21.25
and when we talk about
the missionary aspect of it
00:40:21.28\00:40:26.05
because you talked
about the entering of the...
00:40:26.09\00:40:29.09
the entering
wedge of the message
00:40:29.12\00:40:32.06
or the three angels' messages.
00:40:32.09\00:40:35.50
Do you talk to your patients?
Do they feel comfortable?
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.83
If you talk to them
about the spiritual side,
00:40:38.87\00:40:41.74
do you pray with them
before you head to surgeries?
00:40:41.77\00:40:44.44
Oh, absolutely, Pastor.
00:40:44.47\00:40:47.28
The way that I
deal with patients
00:40:47.31\00:40:50.15
even here in my
practice in the United States
00:40:50.18\00:40:52.48
is I talked to them
00:40:52.51\00:40:54.22
as if God were an
active part of my life.
00:40:54.25\00:40:57.29
Amen.
00:40:57.32\00:40:58.65
And, you know,
talking to my patients
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.16
about God is as
natural as talking to them
00:41:01.19\00:41:03.09
about the health of their eyes.
00:41:03.12\00:41:05.09
And so, we connect
those very closely.
00:41:05.13\00:41:09.73
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:41:09.76\00:41:11.60
And for the church services.
00:41:11.63\00:41:14.40
You have a church there.
00:41:14.44\00:41:15.77
What size congregation
do you have in Palau?
00:41:15.80\00:41:17.71
I think it's about 500.
00:41:17.74\00:41:19.21
Well, we have several churches,
00:41:19.24\00:41:20.58
but the main church in
Koror is about 500 members.
00:41:20.61\00:41:23.95
Wow, that's wonderful.
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.78
And so I'm going into the...
00:41:25.81\00:41:27.52
I'm diving back into
the health aspects of it.
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.32
Do you have a health feature
00:41:29.35\00:41:31.05
since that's a big
part of the ministry?
00:41:31.09\00:41:32.95
Yeah, when we
first opened a clinic,
00:41:32.99\00:41:34.79
Palau was the most
obese country in the world,
00:41:34.82\00:41:37.99
ranked number one in the world.
00:41:38.03\00:41:40.00
And now they're
ranked number eight,
00:41:40.03\00:41:41.96
and we like to think that
00:41:42.00\00:41:43.37
we might have had
some part of that.
00:41:43.40\00:41:44.73
Wow. Yeah.
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.10
Now what's the main diet
of the people on the island?
00:41:46.13\00:41:50.21
What contributes to that?
00:41:50.24\00:41:52.01
Is it to their sugar cane there,
00:41:52.04\00:41:53.38
I don't know?
00:41:53.41\00:41:54.74
Well, before they
ate natural foods,
00:41:54.78\00:41:57.25
but once that
Western style foods came in,
00:41:57.28\00:42:02.12
they just became overweight.
00:42:02.15\00:42:03.59
And it just,
diabetes is rampant.
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.49
Obesity is rampant.
00:42:06.52\00:42:07.86
And the disease
that go along with the,
00:42:07.89\00:42:09.72
like these eye problems
and dental problems as well.
00:42:09.76\00:42:13.03
It's not only there,
it's in United States too.
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.83
Wow, the standard American diet,
00:42:14.86\00:42:17.00
that's the acronym...
00:42:17.07\00:42:18.40
Very sad.
00:42:18.43\00:42:19.77
Okay, you caught it. It's sad.
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.04
The standard American diet,
00:42:22.07\00:42:23.81
we are good at bringing in
technology and advancing and,
00:42:23.84\00:42:29.24
but we also at the same time,
00:42:29.28\00:42:30.75
sometimes there are things
that come into the society
00:42:30.78\00:42:32.61
that hampers that.
00:42:32.65\00:42:34.02
That's right.
00:42:34.05\00:42:35.38
So you talked
about your children
00:42:35.42\00:42:36.75
and we're sitting in the order.
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.12
And I say this respectfully.
00:42:38.15\00:42:40.36
Two children, three
children, four children,
00:42:40.39\00:42:45.06
have your children
been to the island?
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.76
Yes. Oh, that's right.
00:42:48.80\00:42:50.17
Your son was
there in the clinic.
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.53
Yeah, all my children
have been to the island.
00:42:51.57\00:42:52.90
Actually, I started
taking my little ones
00:42:52.93\00:42:55.07
ever since they were
like maybe 18 months old
00:42:55.10\00:42:57.31
to like
Cambodia and other places
00:42:57.34\00:42:59.41
and always, people always say,
00:42:59.44\00:43:00.78
"How can you take a
little child overseas?
00:43:00.81\00:43:02.21
Is it dangerous?" I
say, "No, it's not."
00:43:02.24\00:43:04.41
I mean, there's
children over there too.
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.12
And they have a blast.
00:43:07.15\00:43:08.72
So it's ingrained in that.
00:43:08.75\00:43:10.09
It's good to help people
00:43:10.12\00:43:11.89
because I find that
people who suffer the most
00:43:11.92\00:43:13.66
are the people who
only think about themselves.
00:43:13.69\00:43:15.79
And when you serve
and help other people,
00:43:15.82\00:43:19.13
you, it's...
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.50
As God said, it's
better to give than to receive.
00:43:20.53\00:43:22.26
That's right.
00:43:22.30\00:43:23.67
And so, we as a family,
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.03
we've done many,
many mission trips
00:43:25.07\00:43:26.40
every several times a year.
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.34
So you're ingraining
00:43:28.37\00:43:29.70
or at least planting those seeds
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.07
of mission
mindedness in your children too.
00:43:31.11\00:43:32.77
Right.
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.18
And so, the first
two children are now
00:43:34.21\00:43:35.91
in Dental/Medical School.
00:43:35.94\00:43:37.28
Okay.
00:43:37.35\00:43:38.68
Probably
because we've done that.
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.05
Wow, look at that.
00:43:40.08\00:43:41.42
Yeah, I didn't, I wouldn't think
00:43:41.45\00:43:42.78
you had any children
that older but then again,
00:43:42.82\00:43:44.15
you hold your age very well.
00:43:44.19\00:43:45.52
I'm not gonna
ask you what that is.
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.06
But, Dr. Ing, I saw your son
00:43:47.09\00:43:49.62
was participating
in one of the surgeries
00:43:49.66\00:43:52.06
that we saw on the screen.
00:43:52.09\00:43:53.93
You know, both of my
kids have been overseas.
00:43:54.00\00:43:56.87
They've been to Ethiopia,
00:43:56.90\00:43:58.63
to Belize, the
Philippines, to Cambodia.
00:43:58.67\00:44:04.21
And they love Palau.
00:44:04.24\00:44:05.94
Palau is their favorite.
00:44:05.97\00:44:07.64
Wow, Eric, what would you say
to get people to come to Palau?
00:44:07.68\00:44:10.25
Well, Palau is a beautiful place
00:44:12.05\00:44:13.62
and we have
beautiful people that are...
00:44:13.65\00:44:15.12
Amen.
00:44:15.15\00:44:16.48
Ready for the
message and for the service.
00:44:16.52\00:44:17.99
My family lives in St.
Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
00:44:18.02\00:44:20.36
And I was sharing
that with Dr. Chang.
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.39
He said, "Oh, wait a minute.
00:44:22.42\00:44:24.33
Those waters cannot compare."
00:44:24.36\00:44:25.96
Are they really that clear?
00:44:25.99\00:44:27.96
Not just clear.
00:44:28.00\00:44:29.33
It's bountiful of
life that you would,
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.30
it's rated number one
in diving in the world.
00:44:32.33\00:44:35.00
Okay.
00:44:35.04\00:44:36.37
I've been diving
for over 40 years.
00:44:36.40\00:44:39.34
And Palau is one of the
most beautiful places on earth
00:44:39.37\00:44:45.11
to go scuba diving.
00:44:45.15\00:44:46.48
I would say
that there are places
00:44:46.51\00:44:48.88
that are as nice as
Palau but no place is nicer.
00:44:48.92\00:44:51.85
How's that? Okay.
00:44:51.89\00:44:53.36
See, you get a big checkmark
into your country, Eric.
00:44:53.39\00:44:56.09
And what we're
actually in essence,
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.16
we're trying to
encourage, I've a...
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.10
There's a method to the madness.
00:45:00.13\00:45:01.83
We're trying to
encourage missionary students.
00:45:01.86\00:45:03.97
You may be looking at
the program saying, now,
00:45:04.00\00:45:05.67
"Where would I like
to be a missionary?"
00:45:05.70\00:45:07.77
Why would you not like
to wake up in the morning
00:45:07.80\00:45:09.34
and say, "Go to the office."
00:45:09.37\00:45:11.97
Take here some patients.
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.38
Go scuba diving later.
00:45:13.41\00:45:15.04
Go enjoy the water,
00:45:15.08\00:45:16.48
go whatever,
waterskiing, lay out in the sun,
00:45:16.51\00:45:20.12
get some good vitamin D,
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.38
which is
something that you could get
00:45:22.42\00:45:23.82
when countries like
that right there in Palau.
00:45:23.89\00:45:27.26
So now let's talk
about some of the areas
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.62
that may need financial support
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.79
because we're
talking to an audience.
00:45:31.83\00:45:33.33
And there are people watching
00:45:33.40\00:45:34.73
and listening to the
program that might say,
00:45:34.76\00:45:36.10
"I wanna be able to
participate in the missions,
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.37
I may not be
able to go to Palau."
00:45:38.40\00:45:39.97
I'll start with the treasurer.
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.60
What are some of the things
that you see might be a need
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.84
and I know you
talked about the doctors
00:45:43.91\00:45:45.24
knowing about the
particular equipment.
00:45:45.27\00:45:47.41
We talked about
the crown machine,
00:45:47.48\00:45:48.81
that's one of the things.
00:45:48.84\00:45:50.18
What else do you see
could be a part of a need
00:45:50.21\00:45:51.95
that this clinic
might have in the future,
00:45:51.98\00:45:54.38
or that this
medical center might have?
00:45:54.42\00:45:55.75
Well, the needs we
have is for facility
00:45:55.78\00:45:58.45
to house the
student missionaries.
00:45:58.49\00:46:00.89
And also the
equipment for dental and eye.
00:46:00.96\00:46:05.99
That's the needs
we have right now.
00:46:06.03\00:46:07.60
Okay.
00:46:07.63\00:46:08.96
And maybe a future facility
00:46:09.00\00:46:11.17
if we keep on outgrowing
the current facility we have.
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.94
Okay. Yeah.
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.30
Anything else, Dr. Ing?
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.81
Well, you know, Steve mentioned
00:46:16.84\00:46:19.07
about a couple of
items for dentistry,
00:46:19.11\00:46:21.24
I would say that, in the future,
00:46:21.28\00:46:23.04
we'd like to get an OCT,
00:46:23.08\00:46:24.95
and maybe a YAG
laser for the islands.
00:46:24.98\00:46:27.55
Both of these could be
used or pre-owned devices.
00:46:27.62\00:46:31.09
And I estimate maybe, you know,
00:46:31.12\00:46:32.99
$40,000, $50,000 to
bring those machines in.
00:46:33.02\00:46:38.26
But I would
emphasize probably the thing
00:46:38.29\00:46:40.30
that we need the most
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.66
are student
missionaries, that students
00:46:41.70\00:46:44.27
who want to help
medical missionary work,
00:46:44.30\00:46:47.07
students who
have an understanding
00:46:47.14\00:46:48.57
of our health message,
00:46:48.60\00:46:50.21
students who would
love to get experience
00:46:50.24\00:46:52.34
in the areas of
dental or eye care.
00:46:52.37\00:46:56.41
I like that.
00:46:56.44\00:46:57.78
So it doesn't matter
where the students are from?
00:46:57.81\00:47:00.55
I don't think so.
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.05
As long as they love Jesus,
00:47:02.08\00:47:03.79
they're interested in
the health professions.
00:47:03.82\00:47:05.65
Okay.
00:47:05.69\00:47:07.06
And they wanna serve.
00:47:07.09\00:47:09.49
That's the winning
combination, isn't it?
00:47:09.52\00:47:11.49
That's right. And
I didn't do this yet.
00:47:11.53\00:47:13.60
Eric, how
involved are your children?
00:47:13.63\00:47:16.06
In the clinic?
00:47:16.10\00:47:17.47
Yeah.
00:47:17.50\00:47:18.83
Well, my son is
no longer in Palau,
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.20
but my daughter has
volunteered cleaning.
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.77
Okay.
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.14
Cleaning some dental equipment.
00:47:24.21\00:47:25.71
Yeah. Okay.
00:47:25.74\00:47:27.08
So my kids have
been doing some work.
00:47:27.11\00:47:28.44
So everybody has a hands
on dedication into the center.
00:47:28.48\00:47:31.38
And my mother and
father on the board too,
00:47:31.41\00:47:32.75
so they assist.
00:47:32.78\00:47:34.12
Okay.
00:47:34.15\00:47:35.48
Eric's mother, Marilyn
00:47:35.52\00:47:36.89
has just volunteered
enormous amounts of time.
00:47:36.92\00:47:40.76
And her heart is in the
center and I think without her
00:47:40.79\00:47:44.59
the center would
not be what it is today.
00:47:44.63\00:47:47.00
Absolutely.
00:47:47.03\00:47:48.70
If we're flying there,
00:47:48.73\00:47:50.57
which is the best
airline to come in on?
00:47:50.60\00:47:54.27
We talked about, I don't know,
do all the airlines go there.
00:47:54.30\00:47:58.21
If I'm gonna think
about flying there,
00:47:58.24\00:48:00.01
how am I gonna get my way there?
00:48:00.08\00:48:01.41
Well, United is the quickest.
00:48:01.44\00:48:02.78
United is the quickest.
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.15
Well, then we
have China Airlines
00:48:04.18\00:48:05.51
and Asiana Airlines too.
00:48:05.55\00:48:06.88
Okay, now tying it
back to the end result
00:48:06.92\00:48:10.79
of all of the work that
you've done for the people
00:48:10.82\00:48:13.12
that are there in Palau.
00:48:13.15\00:48:14.62
What would you say
bring you the greatest joy?
00:48:14.66\00:48:18.06
I would say the best thing is,
00:48:18.09\00:48:20.80
after you take care
of their pain or need
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.10
to see the smiles and the hugs
00:48:23.13\00:48:24.93
that you get from the patients,
00:48:24.97\00:48:26.67
it's priceless.
00:48:26.74\00:48:28.07
Okay.
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.44
It's wonderful
to see happy people.
00:48:29.47\00:48:30.81
All right.
00:48:30.84\00:48:32.17
Good to see that, you know,
00:48:32.21\00:48:33.54
that God's love
has been transmitted,
00:48:33.58\00:48:34.98
and being given out and
giving glory back to Christ
00:48:35.01\00:48:39.58
because He's the one
who made this all happen.
00:48:39.61\00:48:41.32
That's right.
00:48:41.35\00:48:42.68
We're just hands
and feet of Christ.
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.45
Amen.
00:48:44.49\00:48:45.82
You talked about
sharing the gospel.
00:48:45.85\00:48:47.46
Have you seen souls come
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.32
to accepting the
Lord in their lives
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.96
because of the mission
work that you guys have done?
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.23
You know, we've been there
00:48:54.30\00:48:55.63
for a very short period of time.
00:48:55.66\00:48:57.00
I think I've been doing
00:48:57.03\00:48:58.37
an eye mission
trip there just twice.
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.14
So there's not,
there's still a lot of time.
00:49:00.17\00:49:02.94
Planting the seed.
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.31
But I can tell you,
00:49:04.34\00:49:05.67
just being able
to do an eye surgery,
00:49:05.71\00:49:07.48
have the patient come
from seeing very little
00:49:07.51\00:49:09.74
to seeing 2020 or close to 2020
00:49:09.78\00:49:13.52
and then giving
glory and honor to God.
00:49:13.55\00:49:15.98
That is the greatest joy
00:49:16.02\00:49:17.79
that I have in any
of my eye surgeries.
00:49:17.82\00:49:19.15
Wow.
00:49:19.19\00:49:20.56
And going back to
the hierarchal society
00:49:20.59\00:49:23.73
that you're in,
00:49:23.76\00:49:25.09
the chief must be so excited
00:49:25.13\00:49:27.40
to see what his
donation has made,
00:49:27.43\00:49:30.40
for what his
contribution has done.
00:49:30.47\00:49:32.17
Has that encouraged, you know,
00:49:32.20\00:49:33.64
for other leaders
are encouraged to say,
00:49:33.67\00:49:36.17
"Hey, we want the same thing
00:49:36.20\00:49:37.54
for our community."
00:49:37.61\00:49:39.01
Yeah.
00:49:39.04\00:49:40.38
When we, before we opened,
00:49:40.41\00:49:41.74
there was, you know,
a lot of local people
00:49:41.78\00:49:44.08
that were also helped
investing into the clinic
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.55
and we've had people come in
00:49:46.58\00:49:48.58
and they've been very
touched by the ministry
00:49:48.62\00:49:51.39
because even before Jeff
and Steve start the procedures,
00:49:51.42\00:49:56.46
they have prayer,
00:49:56.49\00:49:57.83
and some people give feedback
that they were very touched
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.86
at when we pray
for the patients, so...
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.80
And do you have...
Didn't mean to cut you off.
00:50:02.83\00:50:05.90
It's all right. Okay.
00:50:05.93\00:50:07.27
Do you have
community health programs
00:50:07.34\00:50:09.37
where you say,
00:50:09.40\00:50:10.74
we're gonna show you
what vegan cooking is,
00:50:10.81\00:50:12.84
we're gonna show you
what healthy eating is
00:50:12.87\00:50:14.81
that you invite the community
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.18
to be a part of that?
00:50:16.21\00:50:17.55
Yeah, we've had several classes,
00:50:17.58\00:50:18.91
we've had overcoming
diabetes, depression recovery.
00:50:18.95\00:50:23.39
And so we've had classes
and people graduate from that.
00:50:23.42\00:50:26.22
And we also have
cooking demonstrations as well.
00:50:26.25\00:50:29.02
So we're trying to
do complete education.
00:50:29.06\00:50:31.99
Okay.
00:50:32.03\00:50:33.40
And Weimar Academy has come by
00:50:33.43\00:50:34.93
and taught the people
about the, a true remedies.
00:50:34.96\00:50:40.14
That's right.
00:50:40.17\00:50:41.50
NEWSTART
00:50:41.54\00:50:42.87
or I know this sunshine,
00:50:42.90\00:50:47.41
air, water, swimming,
00:50:47.48\00:50:50.95
all those
involved in the strength
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.48
of a good program,
00:50:52.51\00:50:54.22
but I'm excited about it.
00:50:54.25\00:50:55.58
I mean, I've heard
enough about Palau.
00:50:55.62\00:50:57.19
I had a chance to meet
Eric in the Philippines.
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.55
Now, I'm kind of
gonna get up my fins
00:50:59.59\00:51:03.43
and my snorkel
mask and get my Bible,
00:51:03.46\00:51:06.70
get it all polished up.
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.06
But I know there's
somebody watching the program
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.50
that might say,
00:51:09.53\00:51:10.87
"I am in an island
where this does not exist.
00:51:10.90\00:51:12.97
And I wanna find
out how to be able to be
00:51:13.00\00:51:15.50
to implement a
medical center like this."
00:51:15.54\00:51:18.54
And I'd like to
invite Dr. Chang, Dr. Ing,
00:51:18.57\00:51:22.28
and maybe even
Eric to come and show us
00:51:22.31\00:51:24.41
how they did it in Palau
00:51:24.45\00:51:26.05
and how we can
begin to implement that
00:51:26.08\00:51:27.98
in our own community.
00:51:28.02\00:51:30.19
If you'd like to do so,
00:51:30.22\00:51:31.55
here's the
information that you need
00:51:31.59\00:51:33.25
to get in contact with them.
00:51:33.29\00:51:36.26
If you feel impressed to support
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.89
the Palau
Adventist Wellness Center,
00:51:37.93\00:51:39.79
and their mission
work among Palauan's,
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.00
you can call 680-488-3061.
00:51:42.03\00:51:46.50
That's 680-488-3061.
00:51:46.53\00:51:50.91
Or write to them at
00:51:50.94\00:51:52.31
Palau Adventist Wellness Center,
00:51:52.34\00:51:54.58
PO Box 6014, Koror, K-O-R-O-R,
00:51:54.61\00:52:00.45
Palau, P-A-L-A-U 96940.
00:52:00.52\00:52:05.15
That's PO Box 6014,
00:52:05.19\00:52:08.96
Koror, K-O-R-O-R,
00:52:08.99\00:52:11.43
Palau, P-A-L-A-U 96940.
00:52:11.46\00:52:16.33