Participants: Narrator: Chet Damron
Series Code: OTG
Program Code: OTG000037A
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00:01 Adventist World Aviation
00:02 has a mission outpost in Guyana, South America, 00:05 servicing the northwestern part of the country 00:07 with Aviation Services, 00:09 such as medevac, delivering supplies, 00:13 and spreading the gospel. 00:15 This mission outpost has been in existence 00:17 for well over 10 years now and just thriving. 00:20 They use airplanes as a vital tool 00:23 to serve the local Guyanese people 00:25 and share the love of Jesus with them. 00:29 There is such a great need 00:30 for emergency flights from deep in the jungle 00:33 that they need two aircraft to keep up 00:35 with the flight request demands. 01:29 As you can imagine life 01:31 in a remote jungle mission field 01:33 can be quite different and challenging 01:36 from what we experience here in North America. 01:39 Nothing about living in the jungle is simple. 01:42 Yet the Labore family 01:44 has been living here for nine years, 01:47 serving the local Amerindian people 01:50 at the Adventist World Aviation mission 01:52 outposts in Guyana. 01:54 Jungle living is not always ideal. 01:57 And every day is full of unexpected challenges 02:00 that they must face. 02:02 Originally, the Labore's came to the logistical support 02:05 for missionaries already in the area. 02:09 However, over time Bill and Laura 02:11 had to become adaptable 02:13 in order to keep the project running. 02:16 Well, I've always said that you can fly all day, 02:18 but if you don't win anybody to Christ, 02:20 what are we doing here? 02:22 And in the beginning, we are set up to be the helpers 02:26 or the providers for missionaries 02:29 that were here working. 02:30 We don't have anybody here 02:31 that's here just working as a missionary. 02:34 And so we found ourselves doing double duty. 02:36 We see such a need everywhere we look. 02:39 There's, it's almost overwhelming 02:41 with all the needs and all the opportunities, 02:43 things are just ripe here. 02:46 There is no such thing 02:47 as a typical day in this jungle mission field. 02:50 Here in Guyana every day is uniquely different 02:54 with unexpected challenges to be met. 02:56 As the Labore's start their day, 02:59 they never know what to expect. 03:01 Despite whatever plans they may have for the day, 03:04 they could get a call for an emergency flight 03:08 or there could be a local emergency 03:10 that needs immediate attention. 03:12 But over the years, 03:13 the Labore's have learned to just take each day 03:17 as a new adventure 03:18 and be adapted to the circumstances. 03:21 Basically, you really can't plan things here 03:24 and expect the day is going to go exactly 03:26 the way you think is going to go. 03:28 It never works that way. 03:30 Someone comes to the door, 03:32 or a phone call changes everything. 03:35 Somebody's sick, 03:36 you got to now take the vehicle up, 03:37 pick them up, take them to the hospital 03:39 when you really had a plan to be at home, 03:40 working on, you know, whatever. 03:43 So that can be difficult. 03:49 The Labore's day begins very early. 03:52 Laura, a pilot, a nurse, wife, and mother 03:56 has many responsibilities resting on her shoulders. 03:59 Before the day gets too hectic, 04:02 she begins preparing a meal for her family. 04:05 They must make all their food from scratch. 04:09 Since they live in a remote village, 04:11 they do not have access to many supplies. 04:14 So they must find time in their busy schedules 04:17 to make even the most basic foods. 04:20 Shortly, many hungry mouths 04:22 will be showing up at the breakfast table. 04:27 One of the ministries the Labore family started 04:30 was to open up their home and feed hungry students 04:33 before they go to school each day. 04:36 Here in Guyana, very high percentage 04:38 of these students go to school with no food to eat. 04:43 One of the areas that we are involved in that 04:46 we didn't really plan on is outreaching 04:48 to some of the local children. 04:50 Some of them don't have enough 04:51 to eat breakfast in the morning 04:53 and when we got here, we noticed that 04:54 they weren't even going to school at all. 04:56 And so they start coming 04:59 and hanging out at our house playing 05:00 with our kids and asking for food. 05:04 And we realized that when they were going to school, 05:06 they're going with empty bellies. 05:08 When we started as they come in the morning, 05:10 and we usually would give them bread and butter and bananas 05:12 or some kind of fruit, just the basics, and feed them, 05:16 have worship with them if we have time, 05:18 and then they go off to school. 05:20 And they just love coming to our house not only to play 05:23 but also for food, 05:25 and it's been a really good outreach. 05:27 They've started coming to Sabbath school now in church 05:30 and enjoying worship, 05:33 and also doing better in the schoolwork. 05:35 They'll come back from school, 05:37 excited to show me their exercise book 05:39 and they'll say, "Look, Sister Laura, 05:40 look what I did in school today!" 05:41 And so it's kind of a guess taken on a motherly figure 05:45 and even though I was thought 05:47 I was busy enough for the children. 05:48 After breakfast, Laura and Bill redirect their attention 05:51 to having their morning devotions, 05:54 with not only their children, 05:56 but also neighborhood guests as well. 06:00 Anyone is welcome to join them 06:02 as Laura reads Bible stories to them. 06:05 Afterward Bill prays 06:07 a prayer blessing over their day's activities. 06:12 Bill and Laura, both have endless lists 06:14 of responsibility that rests on their shoulders. 06:18 They desperately need someone to help share their workload. 06:23 Well, last year in 2013, 06:25 we had four student missionaries here 06:28 and it was fantastic. 06:29 We have never had so much help 06:31 and had our lives made, have been more productive, 06:34 I should say, and that we had so many responsibilities 06:37 that we normally do in the home, 06:39 taken over by these young people. 06:41 And it enabled us to do more ministry, 06:44 more flights or things that we're here to do. 06:47 And it was fantastic. 06:49 Now this year we have zero, and I don't know what happened. 06:52 It went from four to zero. 06:53 And that's been very hard on all of us 06:55 because we all have our primary 06:57 and secondary responsibilities, 06:59 but then our primary responsibility 07:01 above all, as parents, 07:02 we have children and they have to be taught. 07:05 And so homeschooling for our children, 07:09 I'll speak of ours only but when my wife 07:12 is out flying for me as project manager 07:15 from 9 o'clock in the morning 07:16 till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 07:18 I'm nothing but a teacher. 07:19 I mean, not that a teacher's, 07:21 teacher's a great responsibility, 07:23 and I'm happy to do it. 07:24 But I can't do that 07:26 some of my other responsibilities 07:27 that the day dictates that I should be doing 07:29 and so I get behind my work. 07:31 Since there are no student missionaries 07:33 here this year, 07:35 Bill and Laura must juggle the responsibility 07:38 of homeschooling their children. 07:40 In the past, they were able to share this duty 07:43 with student missionaries, 07:45 then, they could focus on their work for the project. 07:48 But this year the Labore's 07:50 are homeschooling their children 07:52 on their own while still operating 07:54 a full time Aviation Project. 07:57 When I was younger homeschooling my children 07:59 is something that never crossed my mind. 08:01 It's something that I would be doing. 08:03 But here we have to homeschool them. 08:05 They have to be on the American system. 08:08 So that when we do go back, they can fit into any classroom 08:11 and we've done the best that we can. 08:15 It's really, really hard 08:16 if we don't have a student missionary. 08:17 The first three years we did it on our own, 08:19 but then it just got too hard. 08:22 Sometimes I'll be homeschooling 08:23 and then I get a call for medevac. 08:25 I have to drop everything I'm doing to go do the medevac. 08:28 Bill then has to step and drop in everything that he's doing 08:31 so he can finish the homeschool, 08:32 so it's very disjointed. 08:34 And the last three years we've been very, very blessed 08:37 to have some really amazing student missionaries to help us 08:40 and these are people... 08:42 And not just student missionaries, 08:43 but also other volunteers 08:44 have come to pinch it when needed. 08:47 And to help homeschool 08:50 is just really a full time job almost. 08:53 And we don't have a homeschool teacher this year, 08:55 it's been very, very difficult for both families to try 08:58 and juggle everything that we're doing, 09:00 maintenance on the plane and flying and homeschooling 09:03 and our ministries is very, very hard. 09:06 As they've homeschooling 09:07 their own children wasn't enough, 09:09 Laura has taken a special interest 09:11 in helping a young 14-year-old boy 09:14 who is unable to read or write. 09:17 So every day Gregory comes to the Labore home 09:21 and is homeschooled along with Danny and Micah. 09:24 And there's a young boy here and his name is Gregory. 09:28 He's kind of grown up in our home. 09:30 Over the years, we've had lots of children 09:32 and just coming in and out of our homes, 09:34 feeding them and playing with my kids' toys 09:37 and having worship with them, 09:38 just giving them a safe environment to be in. 09:41 And Gregory was one of those children 09:42 that kind of grew up with us 09:44 and he actually became best friends with Micah. 09:47 As he got older, 09:49 he started making some bad choices. 09:51 He comes from a very, very rough home, 09:53 where his father died, his mother forsaken 09:56 and kind of growing up on the streets 09:58 if we had streets... 10:00 Yeah, just nowhere to really even go to live, 10:02 nowhere to... 10:04 He owns nothing, he has nothing, 10:06 he just kind of bounced around from house to house, 10:08 whoever will take him in. 10:09 And he just started making some bad choices, 10:12 breaking into homes, that sort of thing, 10:14 running around with the wrong crowd. 10:16 And we found out he is completely illiterate. 10:20 And he's 14 years old. 10:23 And so we are now tutoring him and trying to get him 10:26 just some of the basic reading and math skills 10:28 because there's a really awesome college. 10:31 It's a technical college or trade school, 10:34 where you can go and children can learn 10:37 how to do carpentry, electrical work, 10:40 machinery, you know, 10:43 just basic trades when they're done 10:44 then they can go and get an apprenticeship. 10:47 And so Gregory really wants to get into this 10:50 but he has to be literate before he can join. 10:52 So we're working really, really hard with him 10:53 to get him to the school. 10:55 The Labore's have a fine line 10:58 to walk as they operate a busy aviation ministry 11:02 while not neglecting the responsibilities 11:06 they have as parents. 11:21 The afternoon takes Bill and Laura to the airstrip. 11:25 It's imperative that 11:26 they keep both the airplanes in top working conditions, 11:30 and always prepared for flight. 11:33 They never know when a call will come in for an emergency. 11:38 And they always need to be 11:39 standing by to immediately make the life saving flight. 11:44 Today, they have a little upkeep 11:46 and maintenance to do as well as 11:47 the task of fueling the aircraft. 11:49 Well, getting fuel to this area as you know, 11:52 airplanes run on fuel, we can't do anything, 11:53 if we don't have fuel. 11:55 And when we first got to Guyana, 11:57 we were exploring how we would handle that. 11:59 So actually, what we do is we, when we go into, 12:02 when a pilot flies into town, we fill up all the tanks 12:06 and we fly the airplane back to Mabaruma 12:08 and then we siphon out the amount of fuel 12:10 that we don't need. 12:11 We keep the minimum in there to get to Georgetown. 12:13 Like their groceries, the missionaries can only get 12:16 gasoline in Georgetown. 12:19 They have however devised a system to ensure 12:22 they always have extra fuel here at home. 12:26 So they're never left stranded. 12:28 Siphoning fuel out so we can store fuel here. 12:31 We do hinterland flights without going to Georgetown. 12:33 We need to have extra fuel stored here 12:35 and we can't actually ship it in barrels. 12:39 So we have to fly it in on the airplane, 12:40 take it out here. 12:41 We leave the minimum in to get to Georgetown 12:43 and then, you know, 12:45 hopefully we can go back to Georgetown and refill, 12:47 just keep storing it that way until we really need it. 12:50 Over the past few years 12:51 the Labore's have become accustomed 12:54 for tasking student missionaries 12:56 to help them with simple maintenance needs, 12:59 as the fueling of the airplanes. 13:02 This is proven to be a tremendous help. 13:05 The project is always greatly blessed 13:07 by having student missionaries help with cleaning the planes, 13:11 helping the mechanics with routine maintenance, 13:15 fueling the airplanes and loading the planes. 13:18 By having extra hands to help ease the workload, 13:22 they accomplish so much more and focus their attention 13:26 on the growth and expansion of the project. 13:29 This year, however, they've not been so fortunate. 13:33 With no student missionaries to help, 13:35 they must find the time 13:37 to do all the plane maintenance themselves. 13:41 Even in the bad weather the work must go on. 13:44 Laura does her best to keep working 13:46 with whatever circumstances she is given. 13:51 Laura and Bill have finished prepping 13:53 the plane just in time. 13:57 They have just received a call 13:58 for an emergency medevac flight. 14:02 Today's passenger is a pregnant woman 14:05 who is having complications, 14:07 and her baby's life is in danger. 14:11 They don't have any time to waste. 14:13 Even though they've had a busy day already, 14:17 the Labore's cannot slow down now. 14:20 They must devote their full attention 14:22 to helping keep this woman and her baby alive. 14:27 The missionaries cannot fly after dark, 14:30 since there are no lights on the runways, 14:33 so they must load the patient 14:35 get in the skies very soon 14:37 in order to make this flight during the daylight hours. 14:41 Well, with a rainstorm 14:42 approaching the flying conditions 14:44 have worsened 14:46 and the weather threatens to slow them down. 14:49 Nevertheless, take care for proceed 14:52 to load the patient into the back of the plane. 14:55 This can sometimes be tricky. 14:58 Laura climbs into the back of the plane 15:01 and carefully helped slide the patient 15:04 from the stretcher on to the airplane seat. 15:09 This is a very scary time for both the patient 15:13 and the family surrounding her. 15:15 Flying to Georgetown 15:17 is an unknown experience for her. 15:22 And none of them, 15:23 she or the family know what to expect. 15:27 So to help calm their nerves and give them peace, 15:31 Laura offers a prayer over there. 15:35 There's God who loves you so very, very much. 15:37 And we know that God's a great physician. 15:39 And pray that His healing hand will be his shield, Lord. 15:43 And they still reach home and got saved very, very soon. 15:46 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 15:49 Laura now finishes strapping in the young mother. 15:53 The flight will be just over an hour, 15:55 a nurse travels with the patient 15:58 to make sure that the patient 15:59 is stapled throughout the flight. 16:02 AWA pilots have had 16:04 pregnant mothers deliver their babies 16:07 in the planes while airborne! 16:09 What an adventure! 16:11 So for this reason, 16:13 they like to take a nurse along with them 16:15 to help if the patient's condition 16:17 changes while in flight. 16:20 The patient is finally loaded into the airplane 16:23 and now they can begin their journey to Georgetown. 16:27 Today's flight will be directly 16:28 into the capital of Guyana 16:30 to deliver this patient 16:31 to a hospital that can better help her 16:35 and the new unborn child. 16:38 Over the next hour, 16:40 the flight will take them over raw jungle terrain. 16:44 If this plane 16:45 and the mission post were not in Guyana, 16:49 this mother would have no hope of making this journey. 16:53 The opportunity to make this flight today 16:55 is truly life saving! 16:58 As Laura guides the plane toward Georgetown, 17:01 the skies begin to clear 17:04 and the clouds begin to dissipate. 17:07 Although this day has been a busy one, 17:10 Laura wouldn't have it any other way. 17:13 Her life here in Guyana isn't always easy 17:17 and her days rarely go as planned. 17:20 But Laura knows she's on God's mission. 17:24 After an hour long flight, 17:26 the coastline begins to come into view. 17:29 This is a welcome view 17:31 for all aboard this medevac flight. 17:34 Soon they reach the runway safely 17:37 and land the aircraft. 17:39 Thankfully, the ambulance 17:40 is standing by ready to pick up the patient. 17:44 She's quickly turned over to the medics. 17:47 The completion of this medevac means 17:49 they have saved yet another life. 17:53 Praise God. 17:54 I don't think it's a sacrifice to live here at all. 17:56 In fact, I think there's lots of lessons. 17:57 It's a huge blessing. 17:59 There's so many days when I just wake up 18:00 and I used to think, 18:01 "Oh, just praise God for my job. 18:03 I think I have the best job in the world." 18:05 And even though some days are hard, 18:07 every day is full of excitement and stuff. 18:09 And sometimes just day-to-day living here can be hard. 18:11 So I missed the conveniences. 18:13 Yes, I miss family, I miss friends, 18:15 but it's really worth it because of all the other things 18:19 that we get to do here. 18:21 I mean, there's no way I could have a job like this 18:23 in the States where I get to fly one day 18:25 and do nursing the next day, and, you know, 18:27 washing the airplane the next day. 18:29 And so, for a person who doesn't really like 18:31 scheduled in the box type job, it's perfect. 18:36 It's actually very peaceful. 18:37 And it's a good way to live 18:39 and we do have job satisfaction. 18:43 A lot of people don't have job satisfaction, 18:45 they hate their jobs and I love it. 18:46 Because I think 18:48 if you completely submit to God, 18:49 He is going to take you 18:51 and help you do what your talents are. 18:53 He knows best what your talents are, 18:55 'cause He is the one that gave them to you. 18:57 And so, if you submit to Him, He's gonna take you 19:00 and grow you and make you blossom 19:03 into something that you never thought you could be. 19:18 Since Laura is in Georgetown, 19:20 she now has opportunity to do her grocery shopping. 19:24 Since they never know 19:26 when the next trip to town will be, 19:28 they typically try to do 19:30 all their shopping in large quantities, 19:32 for pantries at home are almost empty. 19:35 So Laura heads to the market to restock her kitchen. 19:40 Like most everything else, 19:42 grocery shopping in Guyana is much different than here 19:45 in North America. 19:47 The open air markets 19:49 are alive with vendors selling their fresh goods. 19:52 Laura's been shopping here for nine years 19:55 and knows exactly where she can get 19:57 the freshest fruits and vegetables. 20:00 She's developed a friendship over the years 20:02 with these vendors. 20:04 And they're always happy to see her. 20:07 Getting groceries here again is an adventure. 20:11 All to its own. 20:13 Where we live in Mabaruma is a town, 20:16 they have a market, but they only have the basics. 20:19 It's very hard to get fruits and vegetables. 20:22 And we pay about twice as much here. 20:24 It's ironic, we live in the middle of a jungle 20:26 and we can't get fruits and vegetables very easily. 20:29 But we can go to Georgetown, the capital city, 20:32 and there's a plethora of fruits and vegetables there 20:35 that we can get in a whole lot cheaper. 20:37 And, but even in Georgetown, it's different than at home. 20:42 It's not like Vons where you just get 20:44 a little shopping cart and you fill everything up 20:46 and you put in your cart and go. 20:47 There's, you get all your dry goods 20:50 in one store, 20:51 and then you go halfway across town 20:53 and that's where the fresh goods are. 20:55 It's like a farmers' market. 20:56 And so we get everything there. 20:58 And you go to one man and get fruits, 21:00 and then you go to the lady and you get your vegetables. 21:07 After she collects all her fresh produce, 21:10 Laura loads everything 21:12 into the taxi and heads back to the airport. 21:15 She only has a short amount of time 21:17 to get back to her village before the sun sets. 21:21 It's been a full day, but it's not over yet. 21:24 She still has to make the journey back to her family 21:28 and attend to them. 21:30 You pack everything up, 21:31 and you put it all on the back of a car, 21:33 and then we take it to the airport 21:35 where we then load the plane up, 21:37 and we fly it in... 21:40 Meanwhile, Laura is on her flight home. 21:45 Bill's had a busy day as well. 21:48 A few months ago he committed 21:50 to regular Bible studies with a nearby church. 21:54 He dedicates his evening 21:55 to travelling to a nearby village 21:57 and teaching the church biblical truths 21:59 that they have never heard before. 22:02 The village members all congregate 22:04 in their local church 22:05 to meet with Bill and read the Bible together. 22:08 I've taken them through a lot of studies 22:11 on the Sabbath and Daniel 2, Daniel 7, 22:16 we're into Revelation 13 now, 22:18 and the light is beginning to come on. 22:20 They were very resistant to the Sabbath idea at first 22:23 and still are somewhat, 22:24 but they're beginning to see the issue. 22:26 And I think they're realizing 22:29 they've been told a lot of things 22:30 that are not in the Bible. 22:33 Bill's been studying with this congregation 22:35 for months now. 22:36 They become good friends 22:38 and enjoy the time spent together 22:39 focusing on God's message of love. 22:45 Bill closes the Bible with prayer. 22:47 He knows that the Holy Spirit 22:48 is working here in the hearts of this church. 22:51 And he's excited to be a part of God's work here in Guyana. 22:56 With the sun setting in the west, 22:59 the Labore Family once again reunites at their home 23:04 after a very busy day. 23:07 We wish we could say that it's time to relax, 23:11 but that isn't the case. 23:14 They still have to sort and put away all the groceries 23:17 that Laura brought home from town. 23:20 As you can imagine, 23:22 refrigeration space is at a premium here. 23:25 So they must store as much as they can 23:28 in plastic Tupperware containers 23:31 to keep bugs and rodents out of the food. 23:35 Everything must be packed away in order to ensure 23:37 that this shopping trip lasts them 23:40 for a few weeks. 23:42 Once we get here, then Bill 23:44 or someone will come out and meet us with a truck 23:46 and we load the truck up and then drive it to her house 23:49 and then we carry it 23:50 about two flights of stairs to our house 23:52 and then we unpack it all. 23:54 So we do that every month 23:56 and with smaller grocery runs in between. 23:59 So it's a very interesting. 24:01 You get back and you find out, 24:03 "Oh, no, they put the watermelon 24:05 on top of the guava 24:06 or the bananas and now they're smashed 24:08 all over after all that travelling." 24:11 This day is an example of a typical day 24:14 for the Adventist World Aviation 24:15 Missionaries in Guyana. 24:19 Every minute is filled with activity. 24:23 All this work was for the sole purpose 24:26 of sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people 24:31 who have never heard. 24:33 However, the team in Guyana 24:36 is greatly hindered by not having help, 24:41 the help that they have 24:42 so frequently counted on to student missionaries 24:48 who work right alongside the regular missionaries. 24:53 Why a student missionary 24:55 could have had a part in any aspect of today's work. 25:00 They could have helped 25:01 with the homeschooling of the children, 25:04 some of the plane maintenance, such as fueling the aircraft, 25:09 giving Bible studies. 25:12 They can help with medevac or even grocery shopping. 25:17 You see these jobs can be fulfilled by volunteers. 25:23 You know, my friends, 25:25 that the greatest progress in human history 25:30 has been made by willing volunteers. 25:34 Well, the opportunities for student missionaries 25:36 here are really, 25:38 I mean, I would say almost unlimited 25:40 on what they want to be able to do. 25:42 It all depends on the background of the SM 25:44 and what they're going to school for, 25:45 what they're trying to learn. 25:47 For medical students, there's tremendous opportunity 25:50 to go out on river trips where they go up the river 25:53 and, you know, handout, you know, 25:56 give blood pressure checks and blood sugar checks. 25:59 In some cases give vaccinations 26:01 working with the local ministry of health. 26:04 There's opportunity 26:05 to volunteer at clinics here in the region. 26:07 Now we have a great hospital 26:08 down here at the road well, 26:09 and it's a clinic and opportunity to see 26:11 a lot of unique things here that they don't see back home. 26:15 And there's opportunities for, 26:19 you know, getting involved in construction projects, 26:22 you know, working with local people 26:24 and ministry going out 26:25 and reading to those that can't read. 26:27 We had a lot of SMs doing that, 26:29 we have a lady down the street here that's blind. 26:31 They would go and read to and spend some time with. 26:36 There are really just a wide plethora 26:40 of opportunities depending on 26:41 what the student is trying to get out 26:43 of their SM experience. 26:44 We see such a need, everywhere we look there's, 26:47 it's almost overwhelming with all the needs 26:50 and all the opportunities, things are just ripe there. 26:54 And people coming to us 26:55 and just begging for us to come out 26:57 and do Bible studies with them. 26:59 And there's so many places, 27:02 different areas have asked us to come and do 27:04 Bible studies with them 27:05 or start churches in their areas. 27:06 We just do not have enough time to do it all. 27:09 And we would love to have more people come. 27:12 You don't have to be a pilot to be with AWA. 27:14 We need volunteers that will come 27:16 and commit themselves for a long term like, say, 27:19 three to five years even 27:22 because it's all about developing relationships 27:24 with the people here. 27:25 And there's just, it breaks our hearts to see 27:29 how many people really do want to know more. 27:33 And we just don't have the time to do it. 27:35 Having the airplane here has really opened the doors 27:38 and to the hearts and the minds of the people. 27:40 There's been times when I've flown people in 27:43 and they become more interested on to what we know. 27:47 And they've come to us 27:49 because of a direct response to a flight that we've done. 27:54 And just being here in the community 27:55 and people after a while knowing that 27:57 we are here 'cause we really do care about them 27:59 and we do want to help 28:01 and so because of that, 28:02 then the doors for evangelism have really opened. 28:05 It's a very busy time. 28:08 And it's almost getting to the point 28:10 where we can't handle anything more, 28:12 we can't do it anymore than we've done. 28:14 The project is ripe. 28:16 I can honestly say that in all the places 28:18 I've been in the world, 28:20 I cannot see a more ripe harvest 28:23 than exists in Guyana. 28:24 I've never seen anything like it. 28:26 People come to us, 28:28 entire village is asking us to come 28:30 and give Bible studies there. 28:32 We can't physically do it. 28:34 We don't have the time to do it because we're busy 28:36 doing all these other ministries 28:38 and flying airplanes. 28:40 So if I seem a little animated 28:43 and maybe a little bit heated about it, 28:45 I am because I know there's many people out there 28:49 that feel a call to work for God and then... 28:52 But then there's always the enemy there that saying, 28:54 "Well, you can't go because you have a house and you have, 28:57 you know, you have these responsibilities 28:59 and, you know, 29:00 you can't take your kids overseas," 29:01 and these kinds of things. 29:03 And so they never come. 29:04 And they never fulfill, perhaps, 29:07 what God really has planned for them. 29:09 And I think we need to step out in faith, 29:11 because God is more than able to take care of us, 29:14 provide for us, keep us safe. 29:16 If we're stepping out on His errand, 29:18 He's going to provide the way for it to happen. 29:21 We need to trust more and stop worrying about 29:23 all those things and let's get the work done 29:25 because Jesus is going to come. |
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