1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:10,140 --> 00:00:12,140 Hello , my name is Daniel lighter , 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:14,970 Major Deputy Task force chaplain with 4 00:00:14,980 --> 00:00:17,110 Task force Oceania from Seattle 5 00:00:17,110 --> 00:00:18,888 Washington . Hello , my name is 6 00:00:18,888 --> 00:00:21,040 Jonathan martin staff sergeant from 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:22,984 Task Force Shoshanna from Honolulu 8 00:00:22,984 --> 00:00:25,670 hawaii . Our expectations initially 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,780 were blown out of the water when we 10 00:00:27,780 --> 00:00:31,420 came here to palau . The engagement 11 00:00:31,430 --> 00:00:35,080 from local faith leaders was very , 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,020 very high and we were pulled 13 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:42,000 in many different directions because of 14 00:00:42,010 --> 00:00:45,440 the excitement and the desire for local 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,220 leaders of faith engage with this 16 00:00:48,220 --> 00:00:51,650 religious support team . And we got to 17 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:55,180 do ministry outreach and engagement 18 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,980 with local leaders . Um and to be 19 00:00:57,980 --> 00:01:00,036 honest , I expected maybe some lunch 20 00:01:00,036 --> 00:01:02,450 meetings here and there uh connecting 21 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:05,830 fella shipping , but to the extent that 22 00:01:05,830 --> 00:01:07,941 we've got the opportunity to actually 23 00:01:07,941 --> 00:01:11,710 do ministry together . It was well 24 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:15,560 beyond I think our expectations caveat 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,470 all that is especially the networking 26 00:01:18,470 --> 00:01:20,980 that we've done while we were here . Um 27 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:23,101 just linking up with the pastors , we 28 00:01:23,101 --> 00:01:25,460 were able to meet the president , the 29 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,260 vice president , good staff , 30 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,630 numerous governors and just x political 31 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:35,660 officials here in palau . And you never 32 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:38,760 think just by engaging a pastor all of 33 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,760 a sudden you're reaching out to the 34 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,816 highest levels of government . We've 35 00:01:42,816 --> 00:01:42,580 been here in palau . So that was 36 00:01:42,580 --> 00:01:44,747 probably the most surprising for me is 37 00:01:44,747 --> 00:01:47,210 just with the engagement actually led 38 00:01:47,210 --> 00:01:50,030 us to do . Who really knows ? So our 39 00:01:50,030 --> 00:01:53,930 first engagement uh was with the plow 40 00:01:53,930 --> 00:01:56,510 evangelical Church . We got the chance 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,530 to minister in a sunday service to the 42 00:01:59,540 --> 00:02:02,340 main church here in ca roar and then 43 00:02:02,350 --> 00:02:04,950 after that they asked us to re engage 44 00:02:04,950 --> 00:02:07,910 with them um participate in their 45 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:10,250 weekly prayer service that they have 46 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:13,030 with all the um palau evangelical 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,560 churches from around palau also along 48 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,780 with that we also did some fisher 49 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:21,510 ministries . We actually preach to some 50 00:02:21,510 --> 00:02:24,410 of the youth . Um probably the most 51 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,410 enjoyable time was actually another 52 00:02:26,410 --> 00:02:28,577 jackets and really enjoyed teaching to 53 00:02:28,577 --> 00:02:30,743 the youth of anger . That inspired one 54 00:02:30,743 --> 00:02:32,743 of the highlights of the trip . The 55 00:02:32,743 --> 00:02:35,077 flight over there was awesome of course . 56 00:02:35,077 --> 00:02:37,560 But when we were just being around kids 57 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,727 that enthusiastic was probably the one 58 00:02:39,727 --> 00:02:41,727 of the most highlights that we have 59 00:02:41,727 --> 00:02:43,838 here . Yeah , join in pacific mission 60 00:02:43,838 --> 00:02:46,140 aviation uh in their weekly visit to 61 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:48,196 the remote island of Anger . Was was 62 00:02:48,196 --> 00:02:50,720 definitely one of the highlights . Uh 63 00:02:50,730 --> 00:02:53,750 there's about I think probably like 30 64 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:56,840 40 families on the island of Anger . Um 65 00:02:56,850 --> 00:02:59,440 they're very located in an isolated 66 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,800 area and we got a chance to visit with 67 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,090 the kids . Play some games share an 68 00:03:04,090 --> 00:03:06,930 encouraging message and also hand out a 69 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:08,940 few goodies . The importance of the 70 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:12,530 mission here in T . F . O . Is to build 71 00:03:12,530 --> 00:03:14,790 strategic relationships with our 72 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,440 partners , our allies and build upon 73 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,250 those relationships to be peacekeepers . 74 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:24,160 To conduct non kinetic 75 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,130 activities to where we prevent any kind 76 00:03:28,130 --> 00:03:31,250 of uh conflict in this part of the 77 00:03:31,250 --> 00:03:34,740 world . This anything socialize 78 00:03:34,940 --> 00:03:37,500 something that are made every serious 79 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,060 kid . Not because I made every size . 80 00:03:40,540 --> 00:03:42,707 Do not believe in religious freedoms . 81 00:03:43,340 --> 00:03:45,310 And that's one of the founding 82 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,990 principles of the United States is 83 00:03:47,990 --> 00:03:50,220 religious freedom . So that's one of 84 00:03:50,220 --> 00:03:52,053 the ways we exercise that , like 85 00:03:52,053 --> 00:03:54,387 talking to , not just christian pastors . 86 00:03:54,387 --> 00:03:56,480 We also talked to um the mom and the 87 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,480 president of the Islamic Center . I 88 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:01,230 visited their place and and they didn't 89 00:04:01,230 --> 00:04:03,341 participate in any worship , which is 90 00:04:03,341 --> 00:04:05,452 going on . The participle place was a 91 00:04:05,452 --> 00:04:07,619 nice experience . The main effect that 92 00:04:07,619 --> 00:04:09,563 we had is demonstrating our shared 93 00:04:09,563 --> 00:04:11,674 value of religious freedom and how we 94 00:04:11,674 --> 00:04:14,130 honor the right to exercise your faith 95 00:04:14,140 --> 00:04:17,690 or to not exercise faith at all as you 96 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:21,160 seem fit . And palau is a 97 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,150 nation where we share a common value 98 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,150 of the right to worship as 99 00:04:29,150 --> 00:04:32,930 we want and to be free to practice 100 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:34,660 that faith .