Around the globe
Adventist World Radio
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is penetrating
into many difficult
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to reach places.
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Let's go see how the
Lord is changing lives
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through the airwaves.
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We will travel
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from the delightful
country of Argentina
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to the secular
nation of Ukraine.
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Then follow me
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to the bustling cities of Africa
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and to the beautiful island
of Palau and in the Philippines
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to see how God
is using the radio
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to reach people
that are searching
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for the truth.
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Hi, I'm Cami.
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And this is AWR360°.
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On the evening
of August 27, 1920
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Sociedade Radio aired a
live musical performance
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from this city.
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And it became one of the world's
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very first radio broadcasts.
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Their listening
audience, only 20 people.
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Nearly 100 years later,
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more than 24
million radio receivers
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are being used in this country,
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making it the ideal setting
for Adventist World Radio
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to touch countless
lives through the airwaves.
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Today, we are in the
city of Córdoba, Argentina.
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This is Argentina's
main educational center,
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with six major universities
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attracting well
over 100,000 students.
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On the surface, it
is a hip youthful scene.
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But as in every culture,
there are many hurting people.
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I am heading to the
outskirts of the city
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to meet Jorge
Liendo, a local salesman
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specializing in
signs and posters.
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He welcomes me into his home
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and we sit down
to hear his story.
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As Jorge begins, I
start to catch a glimpse
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into the life he once lived.
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I was in the midst
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of one of the
darkest moments of my life.
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Enslaved to
addictions and spiritually dead,
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I didn't even care
about the ones I loved most.
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My heart was full of
selfishness and greed.
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Due to my own mistakes,
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my wife left me and
we were soon divorced.
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It was an extremely
painful time for me.
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I felt even deeper
into despair than before.
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I felt that my life was over.
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One day Jorge arrived home
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to find a flyer
stuck in his gate.
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It was an advertisement
for the Nuevo Tiempo Radio,
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the name for Adventist
World Radio in Argentina.
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He stepped inside and
tune the radio to 92.9.
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The voice of Pastor
Ponce filled the room.
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And Jorge listened as
an invitation was extended
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for listeners to sign
up for free Bible studies.
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For some reason,
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I felt that I needed to respond,
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even though I
had only just begun
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listening to this station.
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Jorge sat there in
the valley of decision,
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should he really sign up.
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It did not take him
long to make up his mind.
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He reached for his cell phone
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and quickly texted the
number provided by the station.
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Although Jorge did not
realize it at the time,
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he had just sent
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the most pivotal
text message of his life.
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He received a
response that same day,
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and soon began his
new Bible study lessons
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from Nuevo Tiempo Radio.
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As I went through those lessons
and learn more about the Bible,
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the darkness that
had one surrounded me,
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began to lift.
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My doubts disappear.
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Peace filled my soul.
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I was becoming a
whole person again.
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Adventist World Radio continues
to play an important role
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in Jorge's spiritual walk.
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He says that hearing
someone explain the Bible
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helps to deepen its
impression on his heart.
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I want to thank
Adventist World Radio,
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for giving me the opportunity
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to know more about
Jesus and the truth.
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They gave me my first Bible
and send me free Bible studies.
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It is my prayer that
Adventist World Radio
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will continue to
change the lives,
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just as mine has been changed.
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One year after signing up
for the AWR Bible studies,
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Jorge Liendo was baptized
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into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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He is very active
in his local church,
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teaching Sabbath School
and serving as a deacon.
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He faithfully brings his
two lovely children each Sabbath
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so they too can
learn about Jesus.
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Come with me as I
discover how a self-tuning radio
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divinely
thwarted a suicide attempt
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right here in Argentina.
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Today, I am in the
western part of Argentina
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in the city of Mendoza.
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Situated at the base
of the Andes Mountains,
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this peaceful place is home
to just over 100,000 people.
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There many streets are
lined with lovely trees
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offering shade to passers-by,
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and those who stopped
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to enjoy the many
colorful shops and cafes.
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Outside of town
like sprawling vineyards
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surrounded by
majestic mountains.
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It's a beautiful place,
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but I'm not here
only to enjoy the sights.
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I'm here to meet Ruben
and hear his conversion story.
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I find Ruben in town,
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and I am struck by his
contagious laugh and smile.
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Ruben grew up in
a Christian home,
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learning about
God from his parents.
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But as he grew older,
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he began to trust
more in himself than God.
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I worked hard pursuing my dreams
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and soon became a
successful businessman.
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There were ups and
downs economically,
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but always,
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I would look at
myself and proudly say,
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"Thanks to me, I'm
getting back up again."
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But then, something happened
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that would
challenge Ruben's ability
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to get back up again
and alter his life forever.
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One day on his
way home from work,
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Ruben stretched out his arm
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trying to flag
down an oncoming bus.
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For some reason, though,
the bus driver did not see him.
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The next thing he remembers
is waking up in the hospital.
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Both of his legs were broken,
and he had a collapsed lung,
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along with other injuries.
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This terrible accident
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and the
complications that ensued
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would take Ruben two
long years to recover from.
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But God was at work.
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While I was in ICU drifting
in and out of consciousness,
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I felt a peace that I
had never experienced before.
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And I heard a voice
telling me that I was not alone,
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that I would
make it through alive.
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After four
months in the hospital,
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Ruben returned home alone.
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Unable to do the
activities he once enjoyed,
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depression set in.
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I was a terrible mess.
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People would look at me
strange and then start to cry.
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I was no longer
the man I used to be.
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I had lost my job, my money,
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my prestige as a businessman
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and professor, everything.
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My life was one of anguish.
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I didn't wanna live anymore
and decided to kill myself.
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On the day Ruben had
decided to commit suicide,
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something strange
and miraculous happened.
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While listening to his radio,
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it suddenly change
stations on its own.
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Ruben recognize the
voice on the other end.
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It was the voice he
had heard in the hospital,
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and the same feeling
of peace washed over him.
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Unbeknownst to
Ruben what he had heard
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was the first test broadcast
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for the new
Adventist World Radio station
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called Nuevo Tiempo.
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I anxiously listened to
Nuevo Tiempo day after day
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and the words touched my heart.
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I wanted to know
who is the man speaking
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and who are
Seventh-day Adventists?
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To find answers,
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Ruben went to the phone
book and search for Adventist.
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He called the number he found
and a sweet voice answered.
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It was the wife of
the local church pastor,
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and she invited him to
attend church that Sabbath.
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The only problem was the church
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was a mile and a
half from his home,
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and he had no transportation.
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I felt God telling me to walk.
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Walk?
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I can't walk with
my legs like this.
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But God gave me the strength
and I walked the whole way.
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When I got there,
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the members
welcome me so warmly.
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And when I
walked into the church,
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the same feeling of
peace flooded myself.
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While at the church
he met the local pastor
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who recognized
his talent in sales
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and encouraged Ruben
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to attend
colporteur school, this he did.
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And when finished,
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he was invited to
the conference office.
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He went at the appointed time,
not knowing what to expect,
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and was ushered into a room
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and given a briefcase,
books, and a colporteur jacket.
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I was so excited to
become a colporteur.
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I knew in my heart
that this was truth
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and I wanted to
share it with others.
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After completing Bible
studies, Ruben was baptized
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into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Today he's very
active in the local church
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serving as a deacon,
leading out in prayer meetings,
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and a small group study.
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He goes door-to-door
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daily sharing the
saving gospel of Jesus
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through the books he sells.
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Ruben has been
healed completely.
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You would never know
he once could not walk.
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I have not seen God,
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but I feel like I hear His voice
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through the messages and
music of Adventist World Radio.
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Jesus truly the success.
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He is real.
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And I know this
because of the radio.
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To me, it's a
spring of living water.
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I owe my life to the
work of Adventist World Radio.
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Across the globe,
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there are millions living
in difficult to reach places
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where missionaries cannot go.
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North Africa, the Middle East,
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China, North
Korea, and many more.
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It is into these very
countries that AWR's broadcasts
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are penetrating every single day
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from our strategic network
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of shortwave AM/FM
and internet stations.
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As Christians, our
family is much larger
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than our
immediate biological family.
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In fact, we have
brothers and sisters
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that live in more
than 200 countries
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all around the world.
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We want to remember
them in our state plan.
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We can help you
with that process.
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Just call 800-337-4279 toll free
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or log on to awr.org.
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As I'm leaving Argentina,
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I am reminded once again
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of how God uses our broadcast
to save lives for eternity.
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Our next stop brings us
halfway around the world
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to hear the story
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of Adventist World
Radio in the Ukraine.
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Here, in this
beautiful country of Ukraine
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God is at work in a big way.
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In the last two
years of work here
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in Ukraine has been revived
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because of a group of
dedicated young people.
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AWR became the first
Christian FM radio station
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in all of Ukraine.
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And it's
currently touching the lives
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of over 800,000 people.
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We're here in the
beautiful brand new studio
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of Adventist World
Radio in Kiev, Ukraine.
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In Ukraine,
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a lot of wonderful
things are happening.
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We have eight stations
across this beautiful country.
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And seven, in those seven cities
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we're the only
radio station there.
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And so when
people listen to radio,
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when they turn the radio on
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in any one of
those seven cities,
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the only station there is,
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is the Adventist
World Radio Station.
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One gentleman, he was known
to be a very rough character,
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and people kind of feared him
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because he was so
angry all the time.
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He use terrible language.
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He decided to buy a radio.
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He bought a radio turned it on,
the only station he could get
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was the Adventist
World Radio Station.
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So he started to
listening to that,
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started listening
to music, the sermons,
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changed his life and
people started saying,
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"What has happened to you?"
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Oh, he said, "I'm listening
to Adventist World Radio.
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It's changed my life."
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I don't feel like
being mad anymore.
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It's changed his
heart, touched his life.
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And so that's what
happens here in Ukraine
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when people listen
to the beautiful music,
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the beautiful
messages right here at
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Adventist World Radio in Kiev.
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Beside the 24/7
radio broadcasting,
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three apps have been developed.
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Through the internet
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we now have
potential of reaching
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even a broader audience.
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We know that people
all the way up in Russia
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are listening via the Internet,
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and they're writing
us for Bible studies.
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Thanks to the generous donations
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the radio program
that we have in Kiev
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actually is broadcasting
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a live program each
morning called Wake Up.
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Last year, God gave a
vision and understanding
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what to do here in
radio, and praise God,
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almost one week ago,
we began live program.
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These live programs
have become very popular,
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and we hope to have
more of the live programs
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as fund become available.
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We also have a daily
program on prayer in Ukraine
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where people can call in
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and they leave
their prayer requests.
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And during that
45-minute program,
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they often have more
than 90 people call in
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with prayer requests.
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We have a wonderful
Bible school there in Kiev,
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this kept very busy
just readying the lessons,
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just sitting in the
back and making comments
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and calling people by phone
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and encouraging them
and praying with them.
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Over the last 25 years,
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over 85,000 people
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had written in for Bible studies
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and complete the courses.
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Many lives are
being touched by the work
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of Adventist
World Radio in Ukraine,
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but we want to
reach more for Jesus.
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We have wonderful
young people in Kiev,
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but they need your help
that they have limited space,
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they have competition,
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and they need your
help, financial help
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to make it happen in Ukraine.
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Please
prayerfully consider giving
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to help the work of AWR
advanced here in Ukraine.
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So the message of
Jesus can be broadcast
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all across this
great city of Kiev,
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and across the
country of Ukraine.
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I grew up in Indiana,
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and I've been a
farmer all my life.
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My father, every
time we'd plant a field,
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when we got through,
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we'd always kneel
down and have prayer.
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We'd done our part,
now the Lord would do His,
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and He always come through.
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After praying about it,
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my wife and I
decided to do a gift annuity
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through Adventist World Radio.
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It goes to people that
normally is not going to hear.
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And that's what our
three angels' message
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is all about, to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and people.
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When you're a farmer,
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you don't have
a retirement plan.
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It was a good way to
supplement our retirement.
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It's been a blessing to us.
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And I know it's
gonna be a blessing
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to those others
around the world.
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I am heading to the continent
of Africa to see for myself
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how the Lord is
using dedicated workers
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to reach the people
here through AWR airwaves.
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Welcome to Zambia,
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a land of smiling
faces, impressive waterfalls,
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wide expanses, and wild animals.
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I'm here to document the
work of Adventist World Radio
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and how the Lord
is using our broadcast
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to touch the
lives of people here.
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In preparing for the
Zambia for Christ campaign
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and the 1,000
meetings to be held
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here in Lusaka,
Zambia, Adventist World Radio
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began airing a special one
hour program every morning.
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Partnering with a
high powered radio station
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here in Lusaka,
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AWR was able to
reach even more listeners.
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For three months
before the speakers arrived,
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and the
evangelistic campaigns begin,
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the people were being
prepared by the radio.
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The program started with
a practical health nugget
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and transition to a
Bible based doctrinal sermon.
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This was to
ignite their curiosity
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and encourage them to attend
one of the upcoming meetings.
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After the sermon, a
question of the day was posed
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based on the message given
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and people could
call in with their answers
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or further questions.
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Many listeners responded,
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but one particular
man caught the attention
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of the radio producer.
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His name was Mr. Wika.
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This man calling
almost every single day
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for three months,
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I couldn't understand
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how he would have
the time to be listening
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and calling in so much.
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I wonder what he did.
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Was he retired or what?
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Mr. Wika often
had the correct answer
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to the daily questions,
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and sometimes
even called off-air
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with further inquiries.
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There was something
unusual about this man.
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And Nalu was determined
to find out what it was.
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Upon further questioning,
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Nalu and the
team of AWR volunteers
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found out more about Mr. Wika.
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And in turn, I was able to
hear the exciting story as well.
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As it turns out, Mr.
Wika's wife is an Adventist
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and has long
prayed for her husband
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to know Bible truth.
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Every Sabbath Mr. Wika's wife
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and their four
beautiful daughters
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walk to church alone,
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wishing that he would come too.
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Mr. Wika owns his own
business here in Lusaka.
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He is a woodworker, building,
and repairing sofas, chairs,
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bed frames, and other furniture.
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The business is growing
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and he has hired
several others to work for him.
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One morning while at work,
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Mr. Wika stumbled across
an unfamiliar radio program.
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He listened
attentively not knowing that
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this was one of the
first daily AWR broadcasts
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airing in preparation
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for the evangelistic
campaigns coming to Lusaka.
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The word spoken
touched Mr. Wika's heart,
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and he decided his
workers needed to hear as well.
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What followed quickly
became a daily tradition.
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For three months, Mr. Wika
gathered his employees together
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around the radio
every morning for one hour
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to hear the AWR broadcast.
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They listened intently
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and would only start work
after the program had ended.
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And even then
they carried the words
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they heard with them
throughout their day.
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When we aired the last program
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before the Zambia for
Christ campaign began.
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Mr. Wika called in dejected.
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What are we going to do
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without your radio
program every morning?
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He almost cried.
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Inspired by the new
truths he has learned,
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Mr. Wika has started bringing
his family together daily
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for Bible reading.
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His wife and
daughters are encouraged
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by the change they see in him.
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And hope one day soon,
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he will also
attend church with them.
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If funding was available,
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we would have loved to
continue airing this program
00:22:48.40\00:22:53.57
because the
impact has been massive
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and people are still yearning
for more just like Mr. Wika.
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With your support to
Adventist World Radio program,
00:23:02.98\00:23:06.45
you can make Zambia
for Christ's radio program
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continue to minister
to millions of people.
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Come with me to
the island of Palawan
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to discover how ice
cream and the perseverance
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of one man on the radio
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have led to multiple
baptisms in the Philippines.
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Hundreds of
evangelistic meetings
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are being held across
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the beautiful island of Palawan.
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Many of those
attending the meetings
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heard about the
events on AWR broadcasts.
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And a major
portion of the success
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is due to the
devotion of the laymen.
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These wonderful men and
women volunteer their time
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and talents to
spreading the Word of God.
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We are on our way
00:23:55.53\00:23:56.87
to meet one of
these dedicated men.
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The scenic drives
showcase God's creative beauty
00:23:59.10\00:24:01.84
here in the Philippines.
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Jun lives in the city of Nara,
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which is known as the
primary producer of rice
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in this province.
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As we arrived, Jun is
busy making ice cream.
00:24:13.52\00:24:16.72
It is fascinating to see
the various steps he takes
00:24:16.75\00:24:19.62
to create his famous flavors.
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As we sit down to chat,
00:24:26.63\00:24:27.96
he offers me a delicious
cup, which I'm happy to accept.
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He begins to
share his testimony.
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One day, Pastor
Robert approached me
00:24:39.27\00:24:41.91
asking if I would
host the radio program.
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Over the past year,
00:24:46.01\00:24:47.35
AWR broadcasts have
had tremendous success
00:24:47.38\00:24:49.95
in reaching many
precious Filipinos.
00:24:49.98\00:24:52.45
With the
increase in broadcasting
00:24:52.49\00:24:54.42
and with the upcoming meetings,
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.06
the local AWR
crew needed assistance
00:24:56.09\00:24:58.69
to meet the demands.
00:24:58.76\00:25:00.33
Jun was asked
by our AWR producer
00:25:00.36\00:25:02.26
to volunteer his time
as a radio broadcaster.
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My immediate thoughts
were, "I can't do that.
00:25:09.10\00:25:12.91
This is a job for someone else."
00:25:12.94\00:25:16.64
Jun initially
refused, feeling doubtful
00:25:16.68\00:25:19.21
that he could
ever do such a thing.
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But as the days passed,
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.55
he felt the Lord
was impressing him
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to be on the radio.
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So he committed
to giving it a try.
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After listening
to AWR on the radio,
00:25:29.26\00:25:32.36
I was impressed
that I too needed
00:25:32.39\00:25:34.83
to do my part for God.
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His first day
was very challenging.
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I thought that I was doing well.
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But then I discovered
00:25:42.47\00:25:43.81
that I had forgotten
the most important step.
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It wasn't until after
his radio presentation
00:25:47.11\00:25:49.24
that he realized
that his microphone
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had not been turned on.
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It was such a
disappointing first day,
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.15
the enemy impressed
him to give up and quit.
00:25:55.22\00:25:59.52
I felt such
shame and embarrassment
00:25:59.55\00:26:02.59
that all I
wanted to do was quit.
00:26:02.62\00:26:06.23
It was during
this troubling time
00:26:06.26\00:26:07.66
that Jun purchased
a cup of ice cream.
00:26:07.73\00:26:10.23
In this moment, a
creative idea came to him.
00:26:10.27\00:26:15.87
I still felt
impressed that God led me here
00:26:15.90\00:26:18.71
to reach the people.
00:26:18.74\00:26:20.48
And the thought came to me,
00:26:20.51\00:26:21.98
I can offer ice cream
in addition to the studies.
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He would ask a Bible
question on the radio,
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.35
and those who would call
in with the correct answer
00:26:29.38\00:26:31.99
will receive a free
cup of home-made ice cream.
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God blessed this simple idea
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.23
as more and more listeners
studied their Bibles harder
00:26:37.26\00:26:40.60
in hopes of
answering Jun's daily question,
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.63
each hoping to call in first.
00:26:43.67\00:26:47.07
As they came for the ice cream,
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.10
we would continue to
discuss the sweetness of Jesus.
00:26:49.14\00:26:53.24
As the
evangelistic meetings began,
00:26:53.27\00:26:55.64
those same
non-Adventist listeners
00:26:55.68\00:26:57.85
started attending
the nightly meetings
00:26:57.88\00:27:00.35
and many were baptized.
00:27:00.38\00:27:03.39
Jun could have said
no to the call of God.
00:27:03.42\00:27:06.15
He could have quit
at his first failure.
00:27:06.19\00:27:08.99
But he used his talent.
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.96
And now because
of his ice cream,
00:27:10.99\00:27:13.19
more souls will be in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:27:13.23\00:27:16.36
God is calling you to
be a servant for the Lord.
00:27:16.40\00:27:19.33
He will take you as you are,
00:27:19.37\00:27:21.17
and bless
whatever talent you have.
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.71
All He needs is a willing heart.
00:27:23.74\00:27:26.04
Won't you join AWR
00:27:26.07\00:27:27.54
in spreading the
sweet news of the gospel?
00:27:27.58\00:27:30.38
From broadcast to
baptism, this is AWR360°.
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