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Dr David Chong is a volunteer reconstructive plastic surgeon from Australia.

So you come to a place like Senegal and you meet someone who's got an unrepaired cleft lip

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Well, today on the show with Tom, we're tackling some pastoral issues. And again, we will

give our usual caveat here. Tom is a very pastoral person, but he is not your pastor. And if you

do have issues, we can only deal with them on a very surface level, obviously,

on the podcast.

Do seek out wise council, Christian council that can help you navigate the really difficult

pastoral issues.

That is what the church is there for.

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