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My name is
Tayana Nascimento da Silva.
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I am a dentist,
and I live in Belém, in Pará.
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My name is Íris Sena.
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I am a physician,
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
in the interior of Pará.
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We assist families in a health center
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
to join the Luzeiro 29.
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I have seen people sitting
in a plastic chair,
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in the middle of the countryside,
living in poor conditions,
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and we did what we could.
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Sometimes we could only
make fluoride applications
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and essential services.
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When I arrived on the boat,
I almost fell back when I entered
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and saw the clinic structure.
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I was so excited.
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I would make videos
and send them to my family.
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I would say, "Guys,
there's a whole office inside the boat."
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I thought I was going
to get here and not find that.”
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A very capable structure for the services.
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There's a lot of collaboration
with donating medicines,
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with supplies for the work
in my area and others.
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It was very encouraging.
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Also, the work itself,
which is the best of all.
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In the most remote places,
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there is a lack
of basic health information,
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so an essential part of the doctors' job
is to educate people
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with good health practices.
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The most common thing
that comes in is decayed teeth.
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We do a lot of restorations,
and unfortunately,
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we do a lot of extractions.
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If I find someone without cavities,
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,
young people, is germs.
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We talk about the purification of water,
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
in giving medicine today.
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Next week, they eat poorly again,
use untreated water,
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and unfortunately,
they can get the disease again.
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Sometimes, one toothbrush
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
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
will pass on to others."
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The lack of information is so significant
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that this information--
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super simple for us,
that we were born knowing--
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practically, for them, it's new.
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Íris and Tayana's stories
began in different places.
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They first met
on this Luzeiro 29 adventure.
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Their story is about
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,
and he came as a doctor.
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We met for the first time
in the van, going to the boat.
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There, we started talking
and started a friendship.
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When we left, we did academic work
with the data from here,
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The friendship continued
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until we started dating
a few months later.
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Then, after that, a little bit later,
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've ever
had that feeling--
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like you’re looking at your life
from the outside.
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You look, and you say, "Wow,
it even looks like a dream.
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Is it really true?"
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When I look at the opportunity
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
a very great feeling of gratitude.
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From Dr. Íris
and Dr. Tayana's perspective,
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it’s heartwarming to do good.
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However, they recognize
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
and many years
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to continue seeing, feeling,
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
of mission accomplished,
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of duty fulfilled.
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To be able to remember
that I was able to help someone,
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that there were people
who left here smiling,
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thanking me because
they weren't feeling pain anymore,
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because they were going
to be able to sleep at night--
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that's the best payoff, I think.