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My name is[br]Tayana Nascimento da Silva.
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I am a dentist,[br]and I live in Belém, in Pará.
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My name is Íris Sena.
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I am a physician,[br]specializing in family medicine,
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and I live in Belém, Pará.
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I am training as a dental surgeon,
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but my routine involves academic study.
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I am studying medicine as well.
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I am a doctor in a town[br]in the interior of Pará.
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We assist families in a health center[br]called The Family Health Strategy.
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As a doctor and a dentist,
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Dr. Iris and Dr. Tayana were excited
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when they heard an invitation[br]to join the Luzeiro 29.
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I have seen people sitting[br]in a plastic chair,
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in the middle of the countryside,[br]living in poor conditions,
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and we did what we could.
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Sometimes we could only[br]make fluoride applications
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and essential services.
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When I arrived on the boat,[br]I almost fell back when I entered
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and saw this clinic structure.
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I was so excited.
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I would make videos[br]and send them to my family.
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I would say, "Guys,[br]there's a whole office inside the boat."
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I thought I was going[br]to get here and not find that.”
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A very capable structure for the services.
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There is a lot of collaboration[br]with donating medicines,
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with supplies for the work[br]in my area and others.
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It was very encouraging.
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Also, the work itself,[br]which is the best of all.
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In the most remote places,
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there is a lack[br]of basic health information,
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so an essential part of the doctors' job[br]is to educate people
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with good health practices.
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The most common thing[br]that comes in is decayed teeth.
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We do a lot of restorations,[br]and unfortunately,
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we do a lot of extractions.
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If I find someone without cavities,[br]I think they are infrequent,
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just a few cases.
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I think I can count them on one hand.
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The most common in children,[br]young people, is germs.
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We talk about the purification of water,[br]about the correct way to wash your fruits,
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vegetables, legumes, and everything else,
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to avoid contamination.
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There is no point[br]in giving medicine today.
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Next week, they eat poorly again,[br]use untreated water,
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and unfortunately,[br]they can get the disease again.
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Sometimes, one toothbrush[br]is used for the whole family
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or more than one person in the house.
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That's common.
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Then, "No. Look, here's[br]a toothbrush for you,
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one for your father, one for your mother.
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Don't let everybody use the same brush
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because the disease you have[br]will pass on to others."
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The lack of information is so significant
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that this information,[br]super simple for us,
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that we were born knowing,[br]practically, for them, it's new.
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Íris and Tayana's stories[br]began in different places.
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They first met[br]on this Luzeiro 29 adventure.
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Their story is about[br]how they cared for people,
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but it is also a story of love.
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I came as a dentist,[br]and he came as a doctor.
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We met for the first time[br]in the van, going to the boat.
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There, we started talking[br]and started a friendship.
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When we left, we did academic work[br]with the data from here,
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The friendship continued
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until we started dating[br]a few months later.
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Then, after that, a little bit later,[br]we got married.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm inside a dream.
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I don't know if you have ever[br]had that feeling --
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like you’re looking at your life[br]from the outside.
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You look, and you say, "Wow,[br]it even looks like a dream.
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Is it really true?"
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When I look at the opportunity[br]to be working here,
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I feel like an active part,
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like being an extension of God's arms.
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I can tell you that it is[br]a very great feeling of gratitude.
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From Dr. Íris[br]and Dr. Tayana’s perspective,
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it’s heartwarming to do good.
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However, they recognize[br]that there are still thousands of lives
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that need care and the love of Jesus.
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It will still take many miles of sailing[br]and many years
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to continue seeing, feeling,[br]and living Project Luzeiro.
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At the end of the day, however,
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when we lay our head on the pillow,
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we feel that sense[br]of mission accomplished,
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of duty fulfilled.
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To be able to remember[br]that I was able to help someone,
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that there were people[br]who left here smiling,
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thanking me because[br]they weren't feeling pain anymore,
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because they were going[br]to be able to sleep at night,
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that's the best payoff, I think.