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As Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum ramps up high-tech crackdowns on the nation's cartels, Trump's chaotic second term is throwing a spanner in the works. Alex von Tunzelmann speaks to David Shirk, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of San Diego, to find out whether the MAGA movement is helping Mexico's fight against organised crime or making things worse. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to https://indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit.   www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social  Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editors: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Article of NominationsVisual Effects- Robbie's Pick: Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer)- Anticipated Academy Pick: Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould) Sound - Robbie's Pick: The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)Production Design- Robbie's Pick: Dune: Part Two (Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)International Feature Film- Robbie's Pick: I'm Still Here (Brazil)- Anticipated Academy Choice: I'm Still Here (Brazil)Documentary Short Film- Robbie's Pick: Incident (Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Incident (Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven)Documentary Feature Film- Robbie's Pick: Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin)- Anticipated Academy Choice: No Other Land (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham)Music (Original Song)- Robbie's Pick: “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)- Anticipated Academy Choice: “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)Music (Original Score)- Robbie's Pick: The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)- Anticipated Academy Choice: The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)Live-Action Short Film- Robbie's Pick: I'm Not a Robot (Victoria Warmerdam and Trent)- Anticipated Academy Choice: A Lien (Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz)Makeup and Hairstyling- Robbie's Pick: The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)- Anticipated Academy Choice: The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)Film Editing- Robbie's Pick: Anora (Sean Baker)- Anticipated Academy Choice: The Brutalist (David Jancso)Costume Design- Robbie's Pick: Nosferatu (Linda Muir)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Wicked (Paul Tazewell)Cinematography- Robbie's Pick: Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)- Anticipated Academy Choice: The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)Animated Short Film- Robbie's Pick: Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper)- Anticipated Academy Choice: In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi)Animated Feature Film- Robbie's Pick: Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman)- Anticipated Academy Choice: The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)Writing (Original Screenplay)- Robbie's Pick: Anora (Sean Baker)- Anticipated Academy Choice: A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)Writing (Adapted Screenplay)- Robbie's Pick: Nickel Boys (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)Actress in a Supporting Role- Robbie's Pick: Ariana Grande (Wicked)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)Actor in a Supporting Role- Robbie's Pick: Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)Actress in a Leading Role- Robbie's Pick: Mikey Madison (Anora)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Demi Moore (The Substance)Actor in a Leading Role- Robbie's Pick: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)Directing- Robbie's Pick: Sean Baker (Anora)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)Best Picture- Robbie's Pick: Anora (Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers)- Anticipated Academy Choice: Anora (Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers)

Welcome to Connect, a podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with some of the top movers and shakers in the mortgage industry. This week we welcome David Shirk, Managing Member, Shirk Law PLLC Episode discussion timestamps: 1:38 - Tell us how you got into legal representation for the mortgage business. 4:56 - What are some of the issues you're seeing in the market on this these days? 7:25 - How has the NAR settlement impacted real estate agent employment considerations? 10:27 - How does your firm set themselves apart from other law firms? 13:52 - Can you share with our listeners why your firm supports the California MBA? Register for California MBA's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference: https://lirc24.events.cmba.com/ To learn more about the California MBA, visit cmba.com

For more than a decade, the topic of immigration has remained at the center of national debate in the U.S. and has become an unfortunate source of rancor between the two major political parties. As a result, efforts to reform an aging and ineffective immigration system have been largely unsuccessful. Meanwhile, pressures on the U.S.-Mexican border continue to grow.  A convergence of factors, including climate change and a rise in organized crime and authoritarian leadership, is forcing desperate families from Central and South America and other parts of the globe to seek refuge in the U.S. Many experts point to these externalities and the expiration of Trump-era asylum restrictions as the combined cause for the Border Patrol's record-breaking numbers of migrant encounters in the second half of 2023.  In response to this surge and a growing backlog of asylum and immigration cases, Congress attempted to pass historic bipartisan reform under the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in February 2024. The bill would have increased support for border security efforts and the immigration court system. Like many previous attempts at reform, it succumbed to politics.  Why has the U.S. dragged its feet on improving immigration processes and monitoring for more than 20 years? What does this mean for frontline communities in the Ten Across region as global trade becomes more regionalized, and climate and political tensions intensify? Listen in as Ten Across founder Duke Reiter and U.S.-Mexico border relations expert David Shirk explore these questions, as well as the history of this fraught political boundary, from its establishment to its significance to modern American isolationism.  Relevant links and resources:  justiceinmexico.org  “Takeaways from the Texas Tribune-Associated Press report on 24 hours along the Texas-Mexico border” (The Texas Tribune, 2024)  “How the 10X Region Can Plan for Climate Migration with Abrahm Lustgarten” (Ten Across Conversations, 2024)  “10X Trendline: Unprecedented Migration Patterns Are Testing U.S. Diplomacy in the Ten Across Region” (Ten Across Blog, 2024)“Alternative Visions of the Southern U.S. Border Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today”  (Ten Across Conversations, 2023)

Bringing together five authors and the two co-directors of «Borders and Border Walls : In-Security, Symbolism, Vulnerabilities», this first webinar of a series of five will provide an overview of the state of border and border walls studies, while marking the launch of the book.Hosted by : Élisabeth Vallet, director, Observatoire de géopolitique, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, UQAM, professor, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (Canada) amp; Andréanne Bissonnette, Observatoire de géopolitique, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, UQAM (Canada)With :Matthew Longo, Assistant Professor, Leiden University (The Netherlands)Margath Walker, Associate Professor, Louisville University (U.S.A.)Raphaela Kormoll, Teaching Fellow, Durham University (U.K.)David Shirk, Department Chair amp; Professor, San Diego University (U.S.A.)Christine Leuenberger, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University (U.S.A.)Cet épisode a été réalisé avec l'appui du

Greg Sund David: [00:00:00] Good afternoon and good evening. We have no idea what time zone you guys will be in when you're watching this, but I am David Shirk. I'm director of Friends of Kijabe, and I'm sitting here with Greg Sund, our newest addition to the Kijabe team. Greg: [00:00:17] We moved here from a small village, rural hospital in Burundi, where we have been for about five years. David: [00:00:26] What was your training and background and specialty in the States before you started doing this Africa stuff? Greg: [00:00:34] So I'm a board-certified anesthesiologist. I did a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia and I was in private practice for several years before we moved to Burundi about five years ago. And during my time in private practice, I was doing annual trips to various places in Africa and kind of prayerfully trying to discern with my wife where God might be calling us to. And we ended up at this hospital in Burundi, which was a teaching hospital, and it was a place where I could not just do anesthesia, but also teach anaesthesia to medical students and nonphysicians.  David: [00:01:22] What was the terminology for them?  Here we call them KRNA, Kenya Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Did you guys have a designation? Greg: [00:01:29] So that's one of the problems, is that the training for nonphysician anaesthetists is variable from country to country. In Africa, there's no continent wide standard. And so in Burundi, they were anesthesia technicians and so they had a bit less training than the Kenyan nurse anesthetists have here. And unfortunately, it's different in every country. And unfortunately, there's still a lot of hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa where the anesthesia is being provided by underqualified and sometimes not even trained providers who are just there to fill in the gaps. David: [00:02:13] And this was the case in Kijabe for a very long time. I want to get into Burundi, I want to hear more about that, because I actually don't know - I know you, and I know some of your colleagues, but I don't know much about the hospital and particularly the medical kind of situation that you guys were facing there before that. Why does somebody who's a private practice anesthesiologist in America walk away from that and move to Africa? Greg: [00:02:42] Yeah, well, ultimately, it was definitely a calling from the Lord that he laid on our hearts after doing frequent trips to Africa. I saw just the massive discrepancy in anesthesia care between what's going on in most of sub-Saharan Africa and what's going on and in the United States. And I was just really convicted that here I have the ability and the capacity to go to a place like Burundi or Kenya and teach anesthesia. And it was something that the Lord laid on my heart and thankfully on my wife's heart as well. David: [00:03:23] That's awesome.  And you guys came out...so you've been doing short travel trips and then you moved for a year in 2013? Greg: [00:03:31] Yeah, it was twenty fourteen. We moved to Burundi for a year and we joined a multi-specialist team that had just settled there a few months earlier that I had met on one of these short-term trips to Tenwek hospital in Kenya in 2010. We heard they were moving there [Burundi]. They had three surgical specialists and the anesthesia care at the time was provided by one non-physician anesthetist with coverage by some, actually, non-trained, providers. Their community health worker, who normally gives vaccines, was taught how to give Ketamine to get people through surgeries and caesarean sections on at nights and on the weekends. They asked me if we would come out for initially for a year to help work with this one non-physician anaesthetist to try to help increase her capacity for what she could do, and during our year there, we realized that there's actually, an anesthetist training program that sends students to this [Kibuye] hospital.  They're actually medical students who had a required anesthesia in critical care rotation and there was no anesthesiologist to teach them. And so we felt like this is where we were called to be for longer than just one year. So we went back to the States to support raise for a year, and then to France for a year for language training, because it's a Francophone country, and then in twenty-seventeen we moved there and we've been there up until just a few months ago. David: [00:05:12] We've had this KRNA program in Kijabe for about a decade [2007]. Officially. I think before that, unofficially. What what is the difference between anesthesiology training for a physician level anesthesiologist versus for nurse-level in Africa? Greg: [00:05:34] In general, nonphysician anaesthetists are there to put the patients to sleep, to monitor them during surgery, to wake them up. Physician anesthesiologists are there to be consultants for more complicated cases, when complications arise at any time during the perioperative period. They are also, typically in Africa, the ones that will be a lot more involved in intensive care medicine, in post-operative pain management, and also in leading and teaching medical students, anaesthetists, students and other other health care specialists that that need some training in anesthesia, critical care and or resuscitation. David: [00:06:31] What's what did ICU care look like in Burundi versus what it looks like somewhere like Kenya?  I know Kenya, we're behind America, but you still walk in to [Kijabe] ICU and we've got real ventilators and usually good oxygen supply, right? Greg: [00:06:49] Yeah, I think in the entire country of Burundi, there are about 12 ICU ventilators, unfortunately, none of them are at the hospital that I worked at. Those are all at the main university teaching hospital in the capital city. And when we arrived, there was no Intensive Care Unit. During my time there, we made a small step forward by designating four surgical beds that we were where we were able to do a little bit more intensive monitoring, nursing surveillance. But it was still a far cry from what you have at Kijabe, and what we're used to in the U.S. David: [00:07:35] What would what you want to see if you were to think five, 10, 15, 20 years out? What would you like to see happen in our region, in East Africa?  You could speak to Burundi or you can...I don't know how familiar you are with other countries?  So answer however you want. Greg: [00:07:57] I would say anesthesia care and critical care in general are very variable right now. And there are a lot of places where anesthesia is simply not safe. Mortality under surgery in sub-Saharan Africa, in general, is twice what it is in the US. And so there needs to be a great deal more invested in training nonphysician anaesthetists, which ultimately needs to be done by physician anesthetists. And that's kind of leading into why we decided to move to Kenya. David: [00:08:34] Awesome. David: [00:08:35] Mark Newton does some sessions here just on training. Training trainers, essentially. That's the that's the vision, right? Greg: [00:08:43] If you're teaching people who are qualified to teach others, that's the Biblical model from the 2 Timothy Chapter 2 - "teach others who will be able to teach others who will be able to teach others." Greg: [00:08:57] And so that's a big part of why we moved here. We saw that what we were doing, training nonphysician anesthesia providers in Burundi and medical students was good work and it was important, but it wasn't sustainable in the long term. And so in Burundi, for example, there are only seven physician anesthesiologists..  [00:09:20] I was the only one working outside the capital city. And so that leaves the vast majority of hospitals without any anesthesia consultants, without somebody who can manage critically-ill patients in an intensive care setting. And so ultimately, during our time in Burundi, I came to realize that Burundi was not alone. There are a lot of other East-African countries where this is the case. [00:09:47] If you look at the numbers, there is a recommendation by the World Federation of Anesthesiologists to have a minimum five physician anesthesiologists per one-hundred-thousand population. David: [00:10:06] How many people are in Burundi? Greg: [00:10:08] So the number in Burundi came out to. . .it was about zero point zero one eight [0.018/100,000], I believe.  It's better in Kenya [1.7/100,000], but it's still far from five per one-hundred-thousand. And so I came to realize over our time in Burundi that sub-Saharan Africa, while it does need more nonphysician anaesthetists, in order to to form and train more nonphysician anesthetists, we have to, at the same time, train physician anesthesiologists. David: [00:10:41] So what has the groundwork looked like for building up to this training program starting? Greg: [00:10:47] There started to be some discussions going on between a small group of us who are anaesthesiologists, who are missionaries in Africa in twenty-seventeen. Three years ago, and most of us had been exposed to or involved in helping to do some anesthesia training with surgeons under the PAACS, which is the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons. And so we already had some relational foundation with PAACS programs and the leadership of PAACS. We started talking together as a group about the need to start creating Anesthesiology Physician Anesthetist training program.  It seemed to us logical to try to partner with PAACS. And so, last year at the PAACS board meeting in Chicago, a group of us went and presented the idea of starting an initial, anesthesiology residency program under the umbrella of PAACS to their board. It was received favorably and they agreed to allow us to start this initial program in January twenty-twenty-one here in Kijabe. David: [00:12:06] Awesome. David: [00:12:07] And what has to what has to fall in place for things to kick off in January? I assume there's a few things. Greg: [00:12:16] Thankfully we have now three board certified physician anesthesiologists that will be serving here myself, Dr. Roger Barnette and Dr. Mark Newton. Both of them have been here already previously for several years. So that's the first piece. And we can check that one off. The second piece is we do need funding to support this program. To train each resident costs about twenty-five-thousand dollars a year per resident. Greg: [00:12:53] Our plan is to start with two residents and build up from there. And so we are currently in the support raising phase of this. David: [00:13:03] How long is the program? Is it three years? Greg: [00:13:05] Yes. So, all of our, anesthesiology residents will have done one a one year internship that might be done in Kijabe. It might be done elsewhere. But once they're once they've completed that, it will be three years of anesthesia and critical care training also. David: [00:13:26] That means total sort of three years. So seventy-five-thousand dollars per resident to get through the entire program. Greg: [00:13:36] The other thing you know, once that piece falls into place, the next thing we need to do is recruit our first two residents. The announcement that we would be starting this program was just sent out three weeks ago. Within a week we had over one hundred inquiries and within a week later, we had over 30 applications already submitted. We're currently, the the anesthesiology council under PAACS, is currently in the process of going through those applications,to find who will be our first two residents. David: [00:14:15] It's exciting. Yeah, it is really, really cool. It's been a dream long, long coming. David: [00:14:22] And then the other side of this, I assume that these guys will do have a bond service bond similar to how the surgeons do so, where the surgeons, if they come under PAACS, they're obligated to work the same number of years at a Christian Mission Hospital. Is that the same? Greg: [00:14:41] So that's our plan. And that's the model. Greg: [00:14:45] A big reason for that is because typically it is the rural areas that are that are underserved, both in terms of surgeons and anesthesiologists. And so, we're really looking to to recruit and train people who are going to go to those hard places and live in those rural areas where, you know, unfortunately, their salaries might not be as high as they would be in the city. And, their lifestyle is going to be very different. So, it's definitely a calling from the Lord, because they're going to have to give up a lot of the lifestyle that they might have in the bigger cities. Greg: [00:15:23] So that is our plan, to recruit residents who are who want to do that,  are willing to serve in rural mission hospitals after their training is done. David: [00:15:37] It might be worth explaining, because I'm sure some people will not be familiar with terms like missionary.  If somebody is not familiar with how the structure works, missionary might sound like an odd or archaic word. But but it's important to set up like what the need is because it gives a framework for what somebody like you or Roger Barnette or Mark Newton, how your life looks logistically, and why we need people to help with this training program. So what does it mean to be a missionary and how does that process work for you being here? Greg: [00:16:24] Wow, that's a that's a big question. David: [00:16:27] I mean, more practically than theologically, it's somebody who is sent by God. I felt a you talked a little about that in the beginning, as a spiritual call from God. This is your purpose. This is what you feel like you're being led toward in your life. But then what does that what does it look like practically after that? Greg: [00:16:49] I think those of us who are doing this feel called to to go to places where we can minister to the needs of people, both physically and spiritually. And so, you know, we're not just here to teach anesthesia. I'm not just here to teach anaesthesia, but also to to to disciple and to try and deepen my students, my residents, and hopefully my patients, to the understanding of who Jesus is, what he's done for me and and and the world, and point them to the hope that we have in him. Greg: [00:17:28] Logistically speaking, those of us who are missionaries working in medicine outside of the U.S., typically that means that we give up our salaries and we have to live off the support of others. So for all of us, we have a team of supporters in the U.S. Who give some give once a year, some give monthly, to meet all of our the expenses that that we have our living expenses and that allow us to be here and do this work. So for a lot of us that's going to be churches in the US or individual families. But that's really the only way that we can be here and continue to do this work. Greg: [00:18:17] Then that financial support goes through our mission agency. We are here under mission agencies who also care for us, who keep an eye on us, who help us logistically with all the particularities that come with living in rural Africa, which we can't be here doing what we're doing without them either. David: [00:18:42] I think this is helpful for people to understand the framework and complexity because we've talked about several organizations, and I don't want anybody's heads to get muddled over by this. But it's just important to know that it takes multiple organizations to make these things happen. So, they have their different roles. Your mission agency is Serge. But we've got PAACS, who's the overseeing body for the for these [training] programs. And we've got COSECSA, the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa, who's the accrediting body for the thing. And then we've got the little organization out of all of them, Friends of Kijabe, which is our nonprofit just dedicated to Kijabe Hospital.  David: [00:19:31] You have a great question of "Why, David, why are you doing this? What's your role in this process?  Why would funds come to Friends of Kijabe instead of PAACS?" David: [00:19:42] The short answer is ultimately funds are going to both. But Friends of Kijabe, we have connections with people who pass through here over time. And Kijabe Hospital has been around for 100 years. I think we're...2020...we just turned one-hundred and five [105] in May. So there's just a deep, deep network of people who care. And ultimately, this is why I think Kijabe is a cool place, is because we get to be part of these training programs that affect not just this one place, but affect the entire region. So for me personally, my role is just to help you guys amplify your message with the people we already have connected. And so that's our hope with Friends of Kijabe - essentially as money comes into Friends of Kijabe, a portion goes to PAACS for the education resources and a portion ends up at Kijabe Hospital. And we will just, really, follow the Anesthesia Council's instructions on where to write the check.  The biggest involvement of Friends of Kijabe, though, is the storytelling and connecting donors and just helping, hopefully, in that process. Greg: [00:21:03] Yeah, we're really grateful for friends of Kijabe. As I mentioned, the need to raise twenty-five thousand dollars a year per resident to us is a big part of this. And we are, as an Anesthesia Council, not really equipped to to do that. And so we were really grateful David and Friends of Kijabe agreed to help us with that with that arm of this program, as these guys are amazing. David: [00:21:34] You know, I spent a lot of time with Roger Barnette over the years, a lot of time with Mark Newton, and what they do for our countries, Kenya and Burundi, and for these parts of the region, and for our world, these guys are amazing.  For you [listening] as potential volunteers, once the world returns to normal, you will be really, really valuable. I know there's some people probably watching this. Joleen has been here. Usually, every summer she will come over for a month. I believe Liz Drum has been here before. Matt Kynes, we're hoping to get him here for a longer term basis, but he's been here, pretty regularly, teaching. And I know Roger Barnette has had some folks over from Temple and Mark Newton has brought folks from Vanderbilt.  Those connections are also really, really, really important.So if you're watching [or listening to] this, I know for some of you it may be possible on a regular schedule, and for some of you and may be less frequent, but it is a huge, huge, huge help for the people doing this [anesthesiology] on a daily basis, to either give them an extra hand, or give them a week or two off, where they can recover and get back into the fray. So definitely, as if you're watching this, keep that [a volunteer visit] in the back of your mind. David: [00:22:54] Also, how you can participate?  There's really three ways of really participating. You know, there's the financial component, there's the volunteer component, and then there's making connections with with colleagues that you may have around the States or around the world.Anything you would add to that? Greg: [00:23:19] No, I would second everything you just said. And yeah, I would encourage any anesthesiologist out there who's watching this, to come see for yourself. Kijabe is a really special place. A big part of the reason why we're able to start this program is because Kijabe is a place where we do get short-term volunteers who come and help and teach and give the long term folks a break. And it also is great because it gives the students a different perspective, because everybody who comes has something different to teach different areas of expertise, different experiences to share. And and all that, I think, is what's going to make this program so rich. David: [00:24:04] For me, this is really exciting because I've come in with my wife, Arianna, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor. We've been in Kijabe almost seven years now. When we came, we would hear legends, honestly, about these people who started these programs and how they came to be. So for me, just looking at this, this is just amazing. This is something that one hundred years from now, people are going to look back on and think, "Wow, this started there in this specific place with these people." Greg: [00:24:41] Thank you, David. Appreciate all that time and all your help. So it's exciting. David: [00:24:46] And so for all you guys out there who might be watching [or listening to] this, thank you in advance for however you are able to join us in making this making this dream of better quality, more accessible, more affordable health care a reality for people everywhere in the world. So thank you. Thank you.

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Pastor Helmers: Grace be to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 10:34 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. 39 “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, 40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day In the name of Jesus, my dear friends, it is truly an honor to be here with you this morning. This is my second visit to Kijabe Hospital. I was here in 2017, and was honored to witness the ministry of Kijabe hospital. I was able to walk to you and see what you do for Jesus and his people in Kenya. When I left Kenya and went back to the United States, and I can honestly tell you. I couldn’t stop talking about this place. I was impressed with your motto, everywhere I turned staring at me, healthcare to God’s glory. I was impressed with the commitment of all of you, the commitment providing quality healthcare for the people of Kenya. The commitment to providing training for future healthcare workers in Kenya. The commitment to minister to the spiritual needs of patients in this hospital. I’ve never witnessed a hospital in the US that had healthcare to God’s glory. I see it everywhere here, and it struck me so deeply. And your commitment to the three pillars of your ministry. I was also deeply impressed by your commitment to Jesus. He’s our savior isn’t he? But he’s also our Lord. Lord of the church and Lord of our lives. See what you are doing here in Kijabe Hospital, I would say in simple, plain English is a downright good thing. That’s what Peter is trying to say as he describes Jesus’ ministry in his sermon. Peter talks about Jesus’ death – a death on on the cross that atoned for the sins of the world, so that everyone regardless of their race, their nationality, their language – all might live with God forever. He talks about Jesus’ resurrection, a sign that the power of sin and death over us has been destroyed by Jesus of Nazareth, the son of God. And that because he lives, we too shall live and join that great throng mentioned in the book of revelation, that throng from every tribe and nation and language offering praise to God forever. I made special emphasis in reading of one line, that always grabs my attention, “he went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil.” One simple line, isn’t it, “he went about doing good.” What better thing could be said about a person at the end of their earthly journey, “he went about doing good.” What better thing to be engraved on a headstone in a cemetery, “this person went about doing good?” You’re doing good at Kijabe Hospital, you are doing what Jesus did – going about doing good. Why did Jesus do this? Go about doing good even to the extent of dying on the cross. Very simply put, Jesus was filled with compassion. Several times in the gospel it says Jesus met this person, Jesus met that person, and he is filled with compassion. In the Greek language it says, his gut was moved by what he saw. Compassion is a Jesus word, isn’t it? It’s what Jesus is all about. Compassion is his nature. It’s his words and his works as he shows his love for people. I think there are three things that encompass compassion. (every good sermon has to have three parts!) Compassion means having eyes that see It’s easy to look away sometimes. Some situation are so tragic that it’s downright hard to look at them. I’ve been going to Uganda once or twice a year since 2005. the first time that I went I saw thousands of children, protruding stomachs, children who were hungry, who were sick, who were dying. I remember being overwhelmed by it. I had seen it on television in the united states, but to see it up close with my own eyes, that was something else. Jesus had two good eyes. He saw people who were hungry, lame, deaf, blind. He saw people who were grieving over the loss of loved ones. Jesus was not afraid to see hurting people with his two good eyes, and that’s where compassion begins. Compassion means having hearts that can be moved. Sometimes we get hardhearted don’t we? We may see a tragic situation and say, well, that’s not my problem. Or we may see someone in need and say, well, they brought it upon themselves. But Jesus, this son of God, son of Mary, he’s an emotional guy. He has a heart that can be moved. We are told in the gospels that Jesus looked out over the city of Jerusalem and he cried, because they rejected them as messiah. When his friend Lazarus died, Jesus wasn’t afraid to show his emotions. He wept. Jesus is not afraid to let his feelings be known. He’s not afraid to be vulnerable. He sees and hears and his heart is moved. Compassion is having eyes that see, hearts that can be moved, and willingness to do something about it. We see and feel sorry for someone, sometimes it’s difficult to take the next step. Maybe it’s too costly, maybe it’s too dangerous. We’re not willing to give God what God has first given to us. But Jesus, he’s not only able, Jesus is willing. A man with leprosy came up to Jesus one day and said, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” Jesus says, well, I want to! And he touched him. Jesus is able and willing. Jesus fulfills those words in Isaiah that talk about the messiah coming and about restoring creation and restoring human beings. Jesus speaks these words of Isaiah about himself. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. That’s Jesus, with eyes that see, a heart that is overflowing love, deeply moved as Jesus willing to do something about it. Jesus willing to give what he has a son of God – to give his power, to give his grace, to make people whole again. To go about ministry to the whole person, soul and body. Because he has eyes that see, a heart can be moved, and he wants to do something about it. Jesus gives and he gives and he gives, almost until he has nothing left to give, when he dies on the cross to pay the price of our sinfulness, hat we might be set free from a guilty conscience, that we might be set free from the power of the devil, that we might be set free to go into the world and be Jesus to others, to be his hearts and to be his hands. In the US we have an expression, he’s preaching to the choir. What that means is that the preacher is talking to people who already know what he is talking about, and that they are doing what he says they ought to do. I feel this morning like I am preaching to the choir: People who are already the heart and hands of Jesus. People who have eyes to see, hearts that can be moved, overflowing with love. People who are willing to give what they have first been given – knowledge, wisdom, skill to make bodies whole, to uplift souls and spirits. To give people the peace of Jesus, peace the world cannot give. I feel like I’m preaching at the choir, but I’m going to pray for you, but I’m going to go a little bit farther. I’m going to pray that you may continue to do this good work. I’m going to pray that God will pour out an extra measure of his holy spirit so that you may increase in what you are already doing, the existing hospital, future operating theatres, whatever happens in this place, that you may do it all for Jesus for the glory of all. Prayer: I thank you that you have given me the opportunity twice now to see a spectacular place, to see a downright good thing that is happening at this hospital. I pray for each one gathered here today, I thank you for the faith you have planted in their hearts. I thank you for the commitment you have given them. I thank you for their willingness to use their gifts for the welfare of your people, for your glory alone. Be with everyone here, deliver them from evil, be with them from the hour of temptation to be less than what God has created them to be. Pour our your spirit on them so that they may have courage, faith, and can continue your good work in this place. In the name of Jesus, amen.” Ken Muma I would like to thank Friends of Kijabe Two years ago we had a retreat to brainstorm about how efficiently and how best to partner together. We came up with a raft of things that looked so impossible them, but they are coming to fruition. I’d like to thank David Shirk, we’ve been walking this journey together. I’d like to thank your church members from Lutheran, we are forever grateful. I’d like to thank this boy, Joe Lehman, who started a crowdfunding campaign and the person who raised the most money would have a mention of their university and their university football team for who they love the most. That is why today I am wearing an Ohio State Jersey, because the ones who gave the most amount is from Ohio State. I want to thank this boy very much, and the family and the parents. Asante sana, wherever he may be, I hope this message reaches him. I was just comparing him to my boy – while he is doing crowd funding, my boy is chasing after baboons. (laughter) Africans, where did we go wrong? Thank you to all. And thank you to a core team that has been instrumental in delivering this project. I saw Dr. Bird somewhere. He has been instrumental in providing the wisdom and experience of how the project was done in the past and bringing that experience to this final concept. I’d like to thank Dr. Barasa who has been the lead of the project as the head of surgery. I’d like to thank and acknowledge Dr. Hansen in abstentia. He has been instrumental, he did the original mathematics about the needs and future needs based on the number of surgeons and the trajectory of the growth of training. I’d like to thank Grace Kamau and the infection control team and the peri-operative nurses and everyone who participated in giving information for the Archeterion team. . .and the people who developed (the design). Thank you very much, even the education team with Dr. Evelyn Mbugua. This is an example of when everything comes together in perfect harmony. But above all, I’d like to thank God for making this a possibility. Asenteni sana.

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and others warn against the destruction of confidence between the US and Mexico and call on all parties to invest in what they say is the most important relationship for both countries. Political scientist David Shirk of the University of San Diego and security analyst Guillermo Valdes of of Grupo de Economistas y Asociados of Mexico follow with presentations on the Merida Initiative and other programs aimed at enhancing security and building prosperity in North America. This is the fifth program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32108]

Recent, unprecedented collaboration among Mexico’s political parties led to an ambitious package of reforms affecting key sectors and issues, including energy, telecommunications, education and the justice system. In this second session of Mexico Moving Forward, panelists evaluate the state of the reforms, the challenges to their implementation and their long-term impacts on the country. Panelists include Ernesto Canales, Partner, Canales y Socios Abogados; Claudio X. Gonzalez, President and Co-Founder, Mexicanos Primero; Judith Mariscal, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); and Jeremy Martin, Director of Energy Program, at the Institute of the Americas. David Shirk, the director of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30335]

Recent, unprecedented collaboration among Mexico’s political parties led to an ambitious package of reforms affecting key sectors and issues, including energy, telecommunications, education and the justice system. In this second session of Mexico Moving Forward, panelists evaluate the state of the reforms, the challenges to their implementation and their long-term impacts on the country. Panelists include Ernesto Canales, Partner, Canales y Socios Abogados; Claudio X. Gonzalez, President and Co-Founder, Mexicanos Primero; Judith Mariscal, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); and Jeremy Martin, Director of Energy Program, at the Institute of the Americas. David Shirk, the director of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30335]

After welcoming remarks from Consuls General Andrew Erickson and Remedios Gomez Arnau, Mexican analysts and scholars evaluate initiatives on the reform agenda of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Speakers include IMCO CEO Juan Pardinas, Clare Seelke of the Congressional Research Service, Duncan Wood of the Wilson Center ,Edna Jaime of Mexico Evalua and David Shirk of the University of San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28128]

After welcoming remarks from Consuls General Andrew Erickson and Remedios Gomez Arnau, Mexican analysts and scholars evaluate initiatives on the reform agenda of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Speakers include IMCO CEO Juan Pardinas, Clare Seelke of the Congressional Research Service, Duncan Wood of the Wilson Center ,Edna Jaime of Mexico Evalua and David Shirk of the University of San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28128]

On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And, an emerging movement in Mexico points to how both Mexicans and Americans can play a role in creating change.

On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And, an emerging movement in Mexico points to how both Mexicans and Americans can play a role in creating change.