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Series Code: IIWC
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00:38 >> Welcome and thank you
00:39 for joining us on 00:40 It Is Written Canada. 00:41 Our special guest today is 00:43 Otto Castillo. 00:44 He is a friend, a film-maker, 00:47 a man of multiple talents 00:49 and experiences, he's also a 00:52 soldier, a survivor and the 00:55 creative genius behind 00:57 Panashooter Films. 00:58 So, Otto... 00:59 thank you for joining us on 01:01 It Is Written Canada... 01:02 >> Thank you for having me. 01:03 >> Yeah, it's such a pleasure 01:04 to have you with us. 01:06 Tell us a little bit about 01:07 Panashooter Films. 01:09 >> Panashooter Films... 01:10 You know what? 01:11 I don't know how I-- 01:13 I didn't look for the name. 01:14 I'm from Panama... 01:15 >> OK. 01:16 >> And so when you film you 01:18 shoot films so Panashooter is 01:20 like, hey that's easy, 01:21 I'm tired, I'm gonna go with 01:22 that one. 01:23 And kind of like, I liked it. 01:24 >> I like it. 01:25 >> Yes, yes... 01:26 >> I like it, pretty cool. 01:27 >> So, Otto, you are born in 01:30 Panama... 01:31 >> Yes. 01:32 >> in Central America, 01:33 so can you take us back a 01:35 little bit to your earlier 01:37 years in growing up and tell 01:39 us what they were like? 01:40 >> Yes, of course. 01:41 It was great. 01:44 The city I was born in is 01:46 about fifty kilometres away 01:48 from the border with 01:49 Costa Rica 01:51 and... 01:54 we had Grandpa and Grandma and 01:57 there was the countryside and 01:58 so I grew up 02:00 climbing trees, riding horses, 02:02 playing with baby cows... 02:04 >> So, Otto, can you tell why 02:06 you had to leave Panama 02:08 and how you ended up 02:10 coming to Canada? 02:12 >> That's a story! 02:14 Yeah, to put it in a few 02:15 phrases, I experienced 02:20 political persecution during 02:22 the dictatorship of 02:25 Manuel Noriega and so I-- 02:29 at the time, Canada was 02:31 allowing applicants from 02:34 Panama to apply as 02:37 political refugees and so 02:41 that's how I ended up here. 02:43 It wasn't really my intent to 02:46 do that and probably if that 02:48 hadn't happened I would have 02:49 never come to Canada. 02:50 Yeah. 02:51 >> So you-- I know the 02:54 Canadian Armed Forces was a 02:55 big part of your life. 02:56 >> Yes. 02:57 >> Why did you join? 02:59 >> As a little kid, I would 03:01 sit down for hours and look at 03:03 these encyclopedias with black 03:05 and white pictures and 03:08 look at maps of the world and, 03:10 you know, I would just-- 03:12 for whatever reason, 03:13 I was mesmerized by 03:15 the Peace Keepers, 03:17 the Canadian Peace Keepers in 03:18 Cypress and other places in 03:20 the world, right? 03:21 And that was such a cool thing 03:25 what they were doing and 03:27 I just had, you know-- 03:28 Kid's thought, 03:29 "I wanna be an astronaut." 03:30 Well, for me it was, "Hey!" 03:31 "That would be cool to be a" 03:32 "Canadian Peace Keeper." 03:34 >> Oh! And you were in Panama 03:35 at the time. 03:36 >> Yeah, I was a little kid. 03:37 Yeah. 03:38 >> And you ended up becoming a 03:39 Canadian Peace Keeper. 03:40 >> I had no idea, yeah, 03:41 that's right, yeah. 03:43 >> So when we talk about your 03:45 experience of war, we're 03:47 talking about something that's 03:48 really difficult for you to 03:49 talk about. 03:50 I mean it's affecting you in a 03:51 big way, right? 03:52 >> Yes, yes. 03:54 You get exposed to a variety 03:56 of things that have happened 03:59 or that happened to you. 04:01 Just an example of that, 04:05 I was part of a unit 04:07 investigating any kind of 04:10 intelligence piece that would 04:12 lead us to solve any kind of 04:15 war crime that would have 04:17 happened in the conflict. 04:19 >> Before we talk about that 04:20 and get into any more detail 04:21 about that, I know that 04:24 you're very much into fitness 04:25 and health. 04:26 I wanna introduce you to our 04:28 kitchen... 04:29 >> Oh, OK! 04:30 >> Which is a healthy eating 04:31 experience and experiencing 04:32 life in the kitchen. 04:33 So what kind of recipes did 04:35 you-- I mean, what kind of 04:37 food did you like to eat at 04:38 that time? 04:39 What were the types of things 04:40 to keep you healthy? 04:41 >> Well, I was and I still am 04:43 a big fan of green shakes 04:46 and smoothies. 04:48 Not the sugary smoothies that 04:50 you can buy in certain places, 04:52 but the ones that are natural, 04:54 made from scratch, 04:56 no added this or added that. 04:57 So yeah, those are like 04:59 really awesome. 05:00 >> It's a lot of work to make 05:02 them, but it's so worth it. 05:03 >> It is! 05:04 We're gonna teach you how to 05:05 do that and we're gonna teach 05:07 our guests so-- our viewers 05:09 and Bev in the kitchen, she's 05:12 going to show us how to make 05:13 green smoothies then we'll be 05:14 right back with Otto Castillo. 05:16 >> Hi, everyone! 05:18 I'm Bev and today 05:19 we're experiencing life 05:20 in the kitchen. 05:22 One of the very best things 05:24 you can do for your health 05:26 is to eat more greens 05:28 and a really easy way to 05:30 accomplish that is to actually 05:32 drink your greens. 05:35 Green smoothies are excellent 05:37 powerhouses of nutrition, 05:39 packing a wallop of vitamins, 05:40 minerals, and protein. 05:43 Yes, protein in those greens! 05:46 While fruits are cleansing for 05:48 our bodies, greens are 05:50 healing for our bodies. 05:53 And so today, we're going to 05:55 be making a summer-licious, 05:57 green smoothie, packed with 05:59 great fruits and some spinach. 06:02 We're gonna be using grapes, 06:05 we're gonna be using oranges. 06:07 Of course oranges are 06:09 fantastic for vitamin C 06:11 and fibre. 06:12 We've got wonderful sweet pear 06:15 here, lots of fibre, vitamins, 06:17 and minerals in that. 06:19 We're using a banana, tons of 06:21 potassium in this banana. 06:24 And I'm gonna be using spinach 06:26 as my green for today. 06:29 And, of course, we're gonna 06:30 use some water 06:31 and we all know water's 06:32 benefits for us. 06:34 Water is fantastic for our 06:35 good health. 06:37 Now, we are using a Vitamix 06:39 blender today. 06:41 We wanna use a high-speed 06:43 blender, so I recommend the 06:45 Vitamix or a Blendtec or one 06:47 of the really high-speed 06:49 Ninjas would do it. 06:50 But you know what? 06:52 I find that my Vitamix is just 06:54 perfect for the job. 06:56 So I'm gonna put the water in 06:58 first, just to get that base 07:00 happening, about a cup of 07:02 water, maybe not quite so much 07:06 because the fruits have a lot 07:07 of water in them. 07:08 We don't want it too watery. 07:10 Then I'm gonna put in 07:11 some grapes. 07:13 Here's these wonderful 07:14 red grapes 07:16 that have so much 07:18 antioxidant activity 07:20 happening in them. 07:21 And just a handful 07:23 depending on how sweet 07:24 you want it. 07:26 OK, let's put in our orange. 07:30 And the really nice thing 07:31 about the Vitamix blender is 07:34 that because it's so 07:35 high-speed, I don't have to 07:36 chunk these up too much 07:38 so I can put nice, big chunks 07:39 in there. 07:41 Next goes our pear. 07:43 This is gonna be so 07:44 yummy-licious! 07:48 And then we've got our banana 07:50 with all that good 07:51 potassium happening. 07:54 And then we've got this 07:56 gorgeous spinach. 07:58 Now when you buy your spinach, 08:00 sometimes the package will say 08:01 that it's triple washed, 08:03 I like to wash it again 08:05 just to be really careful, 08:07 just to be careful with my 08:08 family's health. 08:10 So I'm putting a whole bunch 08:12 of stuff in there. 08:13 It's got the water at the 08:15 bottom so that's gonna get it 08:15 started nice and easy. 08:17 I will put more greens in 08:19 after, but already it's 08:20 stacked up so high. 08:22 So I've got everything in the 08:24 blender, it's good to go. 08:25 Doesn't it look gorgeous? 08:26 All these beautiful colours. 08:28 And now we're gonna start 08:29 our Vitamix. 08:30 The Vitamix will make a little 08:31 bit of noise, so here we go. 08:33 [blender whirring] 08:44 OK, so actually what I'm gonna 08:45 do now, since I've got some of 08:47 it already blended, 08:48 I can push down 08:51 this and add more of my greens 08:54 because we want a good wallop 08:56 of greens in our smoothie. 09:01 [blender whirring] 09:08 And here we have our 09:10 finished smoothie. 09:11 And of course whenever you're 09:12 having a smoothie, 09:14 you simply must have it in 09:18 a gorgeous glass. 09:19 And I'm gonna taste this 09:21 just to make sure. 09:25 Oh, yeah! 09:26 That's good. 09:27 The really neat thing about 09:29 green smoothies, 09:30 those greens are so fantastic 09:32 for our bodies. 09:34 They're gonna help to cleanse 09:36 your blood, to make your blood 09:38 more alkaline and we want more 09:39 alkaline blood 09:40 rather than acidic. 09:42 This is going to promote 09:43 clearer skin, 09:45 better eye sight. 09:46 It's gonna reduce inflammation 09:48 in your body. 09:49 So many amazing things 09:51 that eating greens 09:53 is gonna do for you. 09:54 So eat 'em up, eat 'em up. 09:57 Well, drink 'em up. 09:58 Enjoy this in good health. 10:03 >> I absolutely love green 10:05 smoothies and thank you, Bev, 10:08 for sharing that wonderful 10:10 recipe with us. 10:11 We're talking to Otto Castillo 10:14 and Otto, you were sharing 10:16 with us before Bev showed us 10:18 how to make that green 10:19 smoothie, that you love 10:20 green smoothies. 10:21 >> Yes, I do and that recipe 10:23 actually sounds quite awesome. 10:25 >> It does. 10:26 And it's not so hard. 10:28 I mean, you just throw the 10:28 stuff in the blender and 10:30 let it do its thing, right? 10:31 And then you just drink it. 10:32 So it's just taking 10:33 the time, really. 10:34 And so, tell me-- 10:37 What was the best part of the 10:38 military for you? 10:39 You were in the 10:40 Canadian Armed Forces. 10:41 What did you like the most 10:42 about it? 10:43 >> Um... 10:45 Well, as we were already 10:49 mentioning, the fitness aspect 10:51 was really high for me 10:52 on the list 10:53 and then the second one, 10:55 I think, most of my former 10:58 mates and comrades will agree 11:00 with me, it is the camaraderie, 11:04 the Esprit de Corps, 11:07 the team atmosphere, right? 11:11 You are brought up as a team, 11:13 you always depend on each 11:15 other and the others depend on 11:16 you and so that's... 11:18 a very powerful glue. 11:19 >> Their very life 11:21 depends on you, yeah. 11:22 >> Yes, and vice versa. 11:24 >> Yeah, one of the things, 11:25 I think, that you really 11:26 enjoyed was biking. 11:28 I can see the bike in the 11:29 background there. 11:30 >> Yeah! My baby! 11:31 Yes, yes, I thoroughly enjoyed 11:35 long rides or short fast-paced 11:39 rides, climbing, descending... 11:42 mostly road bikes, umm... 11:45 And it-- 11:48 Up until injuries, 11:50 service-related injuries have 11:52 prevented me from fully 11:55 enjoying the sport. 11:57 I'm still in love with it 11:59 and I will always be 12:00 in love with it. 12:01 Yeah, it's-- 12:04 Cycling is a very therapeutic 12:08 tool, it's very healing. 12:09 You're sitting there and 12:11 you're thinking about things, 12:13 and processing things and when 12:14 you come back home, it's like 12:16 you're tired, but it's-- 12:17 you're lighter. 12:19 >> Yeah, yeah. 12:21 >> So, Otto, can you tell us 12:22 how your time in the 12:24 Armed Forces, in the 12:25 Reconnaissance Regiment, 12:27 affected your family life 12:29 and your personal life? 12:32 >> Yes, that's a very 12:33 common thing. 12:35 Not so much when you don't 12:37 deploy, but when you deploy 12:40 or you have to go for the 12:42 summer on a task and teach 12:44 somewhere for three or four 12:46 months and you're not home, 12:47 then obviously, 12:49 it's inevitable that there 12:50 will be... 12:54 disruptions in the 12:55 family life. 12:56 For example, you're not there 13:00 when your child or your 13:02 children get sick and they 13:05 need to be taken to 13:06 the hospital, 13:07 you're not there when the roof 13:09 starts leaking, 13:10 you're not there when there is 13:12 an issue with the car and 13:15 yes, you're out there doing a 13:17 very important job, but it's 13:19 just as important holding the 13:21 fort back home and that many 13:24 times places, inevitably, 13:26 strain on relationships 13:28 to the point that for some 13:33 traits that require people to 13:35 be away for long periods 13:36 of time, 13:37 the rate of divorces in the 13:39 forces is fairly high. 13:41 Yeah. 13:42 >> That makes sense. 13:44 >> And personally, 13:46 how did it affect you? 13:48 You know, did you experience 13:50 any kind of trauma going off 13:52 in these combat situations. 13:54 >> Yes, that's 13:56 actually a good point. 13:58 When you're conducting what we 14:01 call pre-deployment training, 14:03 and even if you're not 14:04 deploying, you get these 14:06 lectures and you get these 14:09 specialists coming and talking 14:10 to you saying, well, if and 14:14 when you get exposed to 14:16 X or Y... 14:21 domestically or abroad, 14:24 then chances are that 14:26 your brain will react this 14:27 way or that way, 14:28 you could develop what, 14:29 you know... 14:32 what some people call PTSD. 14:34 Or maybe just maybe 14:36 depression, or just maybe 14:37 anxiety, and a whole bunch of 14:38 things can come up to 14:39 the surface and not 14:40 necessarily right away. 14:41 >> So you were told this in 14:42 the training. 14:43 >> Yes. 14:44 >> What did you think of that? 14:45 >> You are told that in 14:46 pre-deployment training very 14:47 clearly and nowadays it's even 14:49 part of your, what we call on 14:52 the street, boot camp or basic 14:53 training as well. 14:55 So from that point on, people 14:56 are made aware of that, but 14:58 personally I-- 15:00 back in the day I was feeling 15:04 too much on top of the world. 15:06 I was super fit, I was... 15:10 enjoying my trade and anything 15:12 related to it. 15:13 And I thought, oh-- 15:15 I carelessly dismissed it. 15:18 I was like, "Oh, that's for" 15:19 "people who are weak-minded." 15:22 "That's not me." 15:24 "That's not really me." 15:25 And well... 15:28 And I saw some comrades 15:30 in arms go through it. 15:33 Some of them years after they 15:35 were exposed to, 15:37 whatever they were exposed to 15:37 and then it just 15:39 came out of nowhere. 15:40 Um, so... 15:44 You end up with these 15:46 situations, for example in the 15:48 case of the PTSD, I really 15:50 like this ex-U.S. Marine guy 15:54 that he has it and then he has 15:58 this organization, non-profit, 16:00 in which he tries to help a 16:02 lot of veterans through it, 16:05 but he doesn't call it PTSD 16:07 which stands for, as we know, 16:09 Post Traumatic 16:10 Stress Syndrome. 16:11 He calls it 16:12 Post Traumatic Stress. 16:14 He leaves-- PTS, 16:16 he leaves the syndrome behind 16:20 because he says it's not a 16:22 syndrome, it's-- 16:24 It can happen to anyone. 16:26 So it's just stress-related 16:29 mental injury. 16:31 And so, you know, once you 16:33 have PTSD, due to whatever it 16:36 is that you were exposed to, 16:39 it'll never go away. 16:41 So from that point on, 16:42 you have to recognize that 16:44 you have it and you have to 16:47 really be willing to seek and 16:50 receive help and work hard at 16:52 trying to learn how to live 16:54 with it and still be somewhat 16:56 a useful member to society and 16:58 to, in my case, 16:59 my church, right? 17:01 And to people around me 17:03 instead of being-- 17:05 dragging everybody around you 17:06 down, which can easily happen. 17:09 >> So when you were young and 17:12 you were new in the military, 17:14 you felt, "I'm invincible." 17:17 "This is never gonna happen" 17:18 "to me..." and... 17:19 >> That's for weak people. 17:20 >> It's for weak people. 17:21 >> Yeah. 17:22 Was I ever wrong. 17:23 >> Yeah. 17:24 So how did it hit you? 17:26 >> Little weird things. 17:28 Back from the Balkans, 17:30 back there in theatre, 17:32 the Military Police, 17:34 the Canadian Military Police, 17:35 they use a very specific model 17:36 of American-made vehicle, 17:39 four-door vehicle, white. 17:42 And then it didn't really 17:44 click for me right away, 17:46 but I felt-- I felt like... 17:50 flushing, like when you get 17:52 red in your face. 17:54 I felt like that every time I 17:55 would see back home, after 17:57 deployment, I would see that 17:58 type of car, 18:00 but it never crossed my mind 18:01 that, "Oh, that's because" 18:02 "this is the same car that--" 18:04 >> So it was an association. 18:06 >> Yeah, but I wasn't really-- 18:07 >> Making the connection. 18:08 >> No, I wasn't really 18:09 connecting or putting 18:10 two and two together. 18:11 And then I would go and pick up 18:12 my daughter at 18:14 Deer Lake School, 18:15 she was in grade one, 18:18 and she'd be across the field, 18:21 totally at the end of the 18:22 sports field 18:23 and I had to actually-- 18:25 the first time I started 18:26 walking on the grass 18:27 and I didn't-- 18:29 I stopped and I couldn't go 18:30 forward and I had to actually 18:32 get a teacher to get her for 18:33 me because for so long 18:36 we were drilling in our heads, 18:37 like, in the area that you're 18:39 deploying guys it has one 18:41 of the highest concentrations 18:43 of unexploded mines and 18:45 ordinance in the world 18:46 and so wherever you go, 18:48 be mindful of this, 18:49 don't do this, 18:50 don't that, don't-- 18:51 Only go through approved, 18:52 clear routes, etcetera. 18:54 And then don't ever walk 18:56 on grass. 18:57 And so little things, but 18:58 you know, I said, "OK." 19:00 "That's gonna come and pass." 19:01 And it did pass. 19:02 And these dreams that are so 19:06 over done by Hollywood in 19:07 which you wake up 19:08 covered in sweat. 19:10 Well, that happened to me, 19:11 but that did pass. 19:14 And things got 19:15 quiet for a while. 19:17 When I was going through, 19:22 just prior to being released, 19:24 going through the realization 19:27 with the help of the military 19:28 doctor about my hip injury and 19:30 that it wasn't going to get 19:31 any better and my lower back, 19:33 that it wasn't going to get 19:34 magically better and I was 19:36 gonna be released, 19:38 I think that 19:39 that was a catalyzer 19:42 and then these things really 19:43 hit me hard. 19:44 And... 19:47 there were some days and 19:50 I would lay on the couch in my 19:52 living room, blinds closed, 19:56 doors locked, windows locked, 20:00 TV off, not listening to 20:03 music, not reading a book, 20:04 just laying there, 20:06 not even wanting to eat. 20:09 And so that is a very slippery 20:10 slope and if you don't do 20:13 something about it, with a bit 20:15 of a sense of urgency, 20:18 sometimes that's a slope that 20:20 you cannot climb back out of. 20:21 Yeah. 20:22 >> What did you do? 20:24 [exhales] 20:26 >> Um... 20:27 Eventually, I realized my only 20:33 wise choice would be to seek 20:35 help and to try to work on it. 20:38 And I also was reminded, 20:43 first lovingly and then a 20:44 little more energetically 20:46 by God that 20:48 regardless of what I had, 20:50 I was still expected to go 20:53 and serve. 20:54 I had been the sound team 20:57 leader at my church for a 20:59 long time so 21:01 God told me that He was still 21:02 expecting me to go and fulfill 21:05 that volunteer role and to go 21:09 to Africa and help out for 21:11 a month somewhere and 21:15 not to be so obnoxious to 21:16 people around me. 21:18 Sometimes when you have these 21:20 mental illnesses you go from 21:23 being a pushover to being 21:26 extremely angry at everything 21:28 for nothing. 21:29 And so I was like-- 21:32 Then I realized, like yeah, 21:34 if I don't do anything 21:36 either I'm going to commit 21:38 suicide or I probably would 21:40 end up as an alcoholic or a 21:42 drug addict or 21:43 all of the above, 21:45 hurting someone, and 21:47 unfortunately they do teach 21:49 you how to do that so 21:51 that would have been bad. 21:53 So God made a big push 21:57 through a variety of ways, 21:58 directly and indirectly, 21:59 like, "Hey." 22:01 "Yes, you have this, but" 22:03 "do something about it." 22:04 It's not good enough to sit 22:06 there and mope. 22:09 I'm glad that I had God and I 22:12 still do have God for that 22:13 because this trouble is real 22:16 on a week to week basis. 22:17 Some weeks are good, some 22:19 weeks are not so good, but... 22:24 through people, through things 22:26 that were lined up in front of 22:28 me, God made it very clear to 22:31 me that I needed to, you know, 22:33 take action which is not easy 22:35 and, yeah, so I-- 22:39 I mean, of course I'm thankful 22:40 that He is my God, but-- 22:43 and even more thankful beyond 22:46 words and thoughts because He 22:49 still shows me the way to 22:51 actually go and try to work on 22:53 my things. 22:56 I have friends from the forces 23:00 that are not with me anymore 23:02 because they committed suicide 23:04 because of mental illness. 23:06 I have friends that are not 23:09 dead but are alcoholics 23:11 and drug addicts and 23:13 yes, so I could have 23:16 just as easily been 23:17 one of them, 23:19 end up like that. 23:21 God has a purpose for everyone 23:22 and in my particular case, 23:25 He reminded me that... 23:28 I guess He wasn't done with me 23:30 yet. 23:31 >> How important is 23:32 God to you? 23:34 Umm... 23:36 >> He's always been 23:37 important to me. 23:40 But through my physical 23:43 breakdown and my emotional 23:45 breakdown, He has reminded me 23:51 how important He should be, 23:53 not how important I think He 23:54 is, but how important He 23:56 really is to me, right? 23:58 So to me, that's quite 24:00 powerful. 24:02 Yeah, yeah, it's just-- 24:04 I could sit here and try to 24:05 explain it, but it's beyond my 24:07 words in Spanish, French, or 24:10 English, it's just 24:11 beyond my words. 24:12 >> Otto, tell us in closing 24:14 about scriptures. 24:16 How do the scriptures come 24:17 into your life? 24:19 >> I'm very aware of the 24:20 importance and the beauty of 24:23 the Holy Spirit and... 24:26 the commandments and 24:29 forgiveness and all those 24:31 attributes, but to me the 24:34 Godly attribute that really 24:38 blows my mind every single 24:39 time is grace, 24:41 God's grace and... 24:46 I don't know where we would 24:47 be, I don't know where I would 24:48 be if it wasn't for God's 24:49 grace, right? 24:51 So... 24:53 That's my favourite one, 24:54 but that cannot exist without 24:56 love and so that's why 25:00 I Corinthians 13, 25:02 the whole chapter is like my 25:04 very favourite. 25:06 Yeah, and especially 25:08 I Corinthians 13, 25:10 the last verse is so amazing. 25:12 >> As we close off today, 25:14 I'm going to ask you, Otto, 25:15 would you close off with a 25:16 word of prayer for us? 25:18 >> Oh, for sure, yes. 25:20 Dear Lord, I humbly thank You 25:23 for the opportunity that 25:24 You have 25:27 led me to be here, 25:30 sitting in front of the 25:32 cameras with René and Mike. 25:38 It's not something that-- 25:39 and You know it's not 25:40 something that I like doing, 25:44 but You know better than me 25:47 and thank You for the 25:49 opportunity to actually 25:52 arrange things so that 25:53 this happened and I 25:56 ask humbly that You 25:58 allow what we share here to 26:02 impress even just one person 26:03 out there 26:05 and to know that 26:07 no matter what they go through 26:09 they're never alone. 26:11 And thank You for Your love, 26:12 thank You for Your grace, 26:14 and thank You for 26:15 It Is Written Canada and for 26:17 all they do and their labour 26:19 of love through so many people 26:23 and homes and individuals 26:27 and please keep us safe, 26:29 in Your name, amen. 26:30 [Mike and René] Amen. 26:32 >> Although Otto was not born 26:35 in Canada, he was so proud 26:37 when he became a Canadian that 26:38 he was prepared to wear the 26:40 maple leaf and become a member 26:43 of the Canadian Armed Forces. 26:46 >> So what makes Canada great? 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