Adventist World
Radio is proclaiming
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Jesus soon return
all over this world.
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Follow along as I
am traveling to uncover
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the incredible
stories of lives transformed
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through the airwaves
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from the dangerous
red zone in Madagascar
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to terrorists
in the Philippines.
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The three angels' messages
are encircling our globe.
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Madagascar is one of
the poorest countries
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in southern Africa,
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but despite this,
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in 1996 church leaders
managed to step out in faith
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to establish one
of the very first
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Seventh-day Adventist
FM stations in Africa.
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Today there are
more than 22 FM stations
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covering the urban areas,
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and this combined with two hours
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of daily shortwave broadcast.
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This has triggered the
birth of over 40 churches.
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With just a
handful of paid staff
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and the hundreds of
committed volunteers,
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God is using AWR in a mighty way
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to proclaim the
good news of Jesus love
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and His soon coming.
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I am in Madagascar
and this is AWR360.
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I used to hate the Adventists.
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If they had evangelistic series,
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I would throw
stones on the roof.
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One day Sihalavo watched
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as many beautiful young ladies
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walked into the
Adventist meetings.
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An idea popped into his head.
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I need a good wife he thought,
maybe I can find one here.
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He entered the meeting
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and sitting in the
back surveyed his options.
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One girl stood out to him
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and after the meeting
he introduced himself.
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I didn't tell
her about my bad past
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and I started
praying to impress her.
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We were married soon
after, but instead of marriage
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and a beautiful
wife fixing my problems,
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things got worse.
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Sihalavo had a criminal
record which caught up to him.
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And after being
found guilty of murder,
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he was placed on
the most-wanted list.
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Realizing his situation,
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Sihalavo fled
to a remote forest.
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He lived here for four years.
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I was living like
an animal in the woods.
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I had made a mess of my life
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and felt like
there was no hope for me.
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Like the prodigal son
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who realized he
had nothing to lose,
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Sihalavo ventured
out of the forests,
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knowing his family
had surely abandoned him,
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he went to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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An elder met him
and assured Sihalavo
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that his place was in the church
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and he was always welcomed.
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These words brought a
glimmer of hope to his heart.
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Though the church
elder was very welcoming,
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the other members avoided me.
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My past began to haunt me again.
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And in fear, I
returned to the woods.
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But this time Sihalavo
took something with him
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to the woods, a radio.
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This was his only
connection to the outside world,
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and he listened
eagerly to different programs.
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One day he stumbled
across an AWR broadcast.
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The word stirred his soul
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and he began to fall
in love with the Jesus
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who would forgive
a sinner like him.
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Excited about
his new friend Jesus,
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Sihalavo began inviting
other thieves and criminals
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in the area to come and
hear the AWR programs too.
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Convinced of their salvation
through the blood of Jesus,
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Sihalavo and 15
other ex-criminals
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came out of the
woods and were baptized
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into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Together with my
friends who were once thieves,
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we built a church
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where we all
worship together on Sabbath.
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Today, Sihalavo also
leads out in a small group study
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where they
listen to AWR programs
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and pray together.
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Sihalavo preaches
like John the Baptist
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wherever he goes, and
he is often called Apostle
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by those who know him.
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AWR changed my life.
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Through it, I found
forgiveness and hope.
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As Christians our
family is much larger than
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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 log on to awr.org.
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Adventist World
Radio has been broadcasting
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God's last day message
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to the unreached
people groups of the world
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in their own languages
from its very beginning.
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AWR began 48 years ago in 1971.
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And our mission and vision
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have grown
beyond all expectations.
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I believe Jesus is
coming very, very soon.
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And all God's
people must take part in
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spreading the gospel
all around the world,
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all around this
little ball of mud.
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Our expanded focus of
AWR360 broadcast of baptism
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reaches people not
only through the radio,
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but also through
most media platforms,
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cell phone evangelism
and mobile medical clinics.
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Now incredible results
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are happening all over the world
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because of this
enhanced direction
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which by the way was
the dream of Allen Steele,
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the founder of
Adventist World Radio.
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One of those meetings
took place one year ago
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on the island of
Mindoro in the Philippines.
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Along with the broadcasts,
many meetings took place
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and more than
2,000 were baptized.
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Then soon after
over 77 new villages
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turned their
lives over to the Lord
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as the laymen radio
hosts kept preaching.
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But then some of
the new listeners
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made a surprise visit
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to one of our AWR
radio broadcasters,
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Robert Dulay.
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As he was biking home one day,
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he saw four
strangers at his front door.
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They told him there were rebels.
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On March 29, 1969
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the New
People's Army was formed,
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armed with weapons
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they gradually
infiltrated the country.
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Their goals have been
to overthrow the government
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and establish a Maoist
style communist regime.
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They regularly ambushed
police and military forces.
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Are these men and
women to be feared
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for their
brutality to be rejected
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and abandoned or is God calling
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His faithful to go
out into the highways
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and byways to preach there too?
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They pleaded with
us to send someone
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to the village to preach.
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As they had been
listening to the radio
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and wanted to
know more about Jesus.
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It is now four months later,
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AWR360 is heading to
the forbidden mountain area
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in the midst of
where these rebels live.
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Where Jesus went,
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He often healed
those around Him.
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In like manner, we
are bringing in a team
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of medical
laymen who are committed
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to following
God's healing message
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across the Philippines.
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Helping take
the medical supplies
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to the staging point is
the Philippine military,
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the 4th Division Scorpion Unit.
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Seeing the good
work that AWR has done
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in reaching the rebel soldiers,
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they put forth
their full support
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of what we are doing.
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They load the supplies
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and before we head
out we have a prayer.
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AWR, the medical
laymen, and the military
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all praying hand
in hand to our God
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for His blessing in
what we are about to do.
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Finally, after a
long and difficult drive
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we reached the staging point.
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As we wait, we
notice many porters
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coming down the trail.
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They will help
carry the supplies
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the rest of the
way up the mountain.
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This will be a long
trip with a very heavy load.
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Some of the porters are
members of the rebel group.
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Once again we have a prayer
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and then the supplies are loaded
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for the journey ahead.
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We say goodbye to the laymen
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and the villagers as they
make their way up the trail.
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It will be a tiresome trek
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through the
jungles, rivers, and mud.
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It will take at
least eight hours
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for some to reach the village,
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for others it will
be an overnight walk.
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The next morning we board
a small mission helicopter
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and it takes us to
the top of the mountain.
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I smile as I
relive God's miracles
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and how He reached
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the rebellious
militant minded soldiers
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that we were about
to meet face to face.
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As the
helicopter comes to a halt,
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I look at the
crowd gathered before us.
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They are lit with smiles.
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We are welcomed
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and the natives
eerily give us a tour.
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It's amazing to see how
these precious people live.
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Then I sit down with Ephran,
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the first one who
started listening to AWR.
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My life was always on edge.
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And I did many things I
would rather not talk about,
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but one day as I was
listening to the radio,
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something different came on.
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It was AWR's health program.
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As I listened, I discovered
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that these
people were helping many
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with their health problems.
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They also talked
about the supreme healer,
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one whose life was devoted
to others rather than himself.
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This thought appeals to him
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and he felt the need
to share it with others.
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Then he began to
wonder who are these people
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who are sharing
this loving message.
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He knew he had to
find out for himself.
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I had to know more,
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so I sought out the
speaker of this program.
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I said to fellow
members of my unit to invite him
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to the mountaintop.
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The road we took down
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many times had been used to hurt
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or injured, but this
time it was different.
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My friends asked him,
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"Please, come preach
to us in the mountains."
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As they met, Ephran shared
how he has a desire to learn
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more about Jesus and AWR360
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was happy to oblige.
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Many laymen pastors
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also climbed the
mountain to preach
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and soon many new
rebels heard about God
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through the radio
and Bible studies.
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And they too had the
need to share it with others.
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And then the day
came when Ephran himself
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walked down the
mountain with one final request.
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I want to be baptized
and so do many others.
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And so, on top of this
once dangerous mountain,
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laymen doctors
healed those who were sick
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and the mouths were cleaned
by the volunteer dentists.
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Our AWR360 team
spoke with many villagers
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and prayed with many more.
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Additional rebels arrived
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because they were interested
in witnessing what was going on.
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Our team preached to them
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and then it was time to baptize
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those who had made
their decision for Christ.
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It was a joyous walk
to the baptismal site.
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And I believe all of
heaven was rejoicing with us
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as we watch Pastor McKey
baptized five rebel generals
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along with 60 other soldiers.
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These men who were once killers
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in the land have
now died to self.
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They have laid down
their earthly weapons
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and exchange them
for a heavenly reward.
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What I witnessed
today was truly a miracle.
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In one of the most
dangerous places on earth,
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Adventist World
Radio boldly went forth
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so yearning ears
could hear the mercy
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and forgiveness of Jesus.
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Lives were changed for eternity
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and now many more have a
new hope of heaven forever.
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And this is only the beginning.
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Travel with me from
the war-torn mountains
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in the Philippines
to the island of Okinawa
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to witness how one
man's loyalty to God
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is tested under
extreme circumstances.
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I'm in Japan
standing on Hacksaw Ridge.
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This is where the
true story of Desmond Doss,
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a Seventh-day Adventist
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stood boldly for
God and his convictions.
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He was here in Okinawa
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during the bloodiest
battle of World War II
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and saved 75 men without
firing or carrying a gun.
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As an army medic
he singlehandedly
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evacuated the wounded
from behind enemy lines.
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Braved fire while
tending the soldiers
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and was even
wounded by a grenade,
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but God preserved his life.
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Desmond was loyal to God
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and is a witness
to the whole world.
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What is more important
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than being
loyal to our Redeemer.
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All through the ages,
God has had moral heroes
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and He has them now,
just like Desmond Doss.
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AWR listeners
from around the world
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are taking their stand
for Jesus, at all costs,
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even at the risk
of their own life
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we must stand up
for all God's truths
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and live a life of prayer,
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Bible study and
witnessing to others.
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Friends, we need a
generation of believers
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who are not
ashamed of the gospel,
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an army of believers
that hate to be lukewarm
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and will stand on God's
Holy Word above all else.
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Friends, we need to
learn to fight on our knees.
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There is
limitless power in prayer.
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Only the Lord knows
how many countless lives
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have been touched
00:15:54.12\00:15:55.45
by the testimony of Desmond Doss
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and the
testimonies of AWR listeners.
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You too can make
00:16:00.72\00:16:02.06
an eternal
impact on lives today.
00:16:02.09\00:16:04.33
The Holy Spirit is ready
to work through you, just ask.
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I welcome you to
our website awr.org,
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where you can
read miracle stories
00:16:12.23\00:16:13.94
and watch more
testimonial videos.
00:16:13.97\00:16:16.44
My friends, remember
that those who stand for Jesus
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in these last days,
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He will stand for you
in the courts of heaven.
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Just like Desmond's
prayer, let us each pray.
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Please, Lord, give me
just one more, just one more.
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Now let's travel
together to Argentina
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to witness how the Holy
Spirit used an AWR broadcast
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to save a man in
his darkest hour.
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Adventist World
Radio is in Argentina.
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With our many radio stations
00:16:50.04\00:16:51.64
the message of
the Lord is going out.
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And because of the broadcasts
many churches have started,
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thanks to this ministry.
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Sometimes the
people discover the radio,
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thanks to a friend.
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Other times it is thanks
to godly people passing out
00:17:06.09\00:17:08.92
flyers on how to listen to AWR.
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Today we are in Rosario,
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a city with no
shortage of people needing God.
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I am here to meet German.
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As we greeted each other
he began to tell me his story.
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I have many
regrets about my past,
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opportunities wasted,
00:17:33.65\00:17:35.18
relationships broken.
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I know the Lord
was trying to call me,
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but I just didn't listen.
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German lived a life
of earthly pleasures,
00:17:42.89\00:17:45.99
a man of the world.
00:17:46.03\00:17:48.06
He has had multiple
marriages and many girlfriends,
00:17:48.10\00:17:51.50
but then he started to
date someone different.
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She called herself an Adventist.
00:17:56.34\00:17:59.57
She was different from
all the other girls I dated.
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She even got
him to go to church.
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But then he did
something he would regret.
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He didn't speak to
us about what happened,
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but I could see his pain.
00:18:18.39\00:18:22.20
He turned his back on God
00:18:22.23\00:18:24.27
and went back to the world
00:18:24.30\00:18:26.00
hoping to block out his regrets.
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Life was empty
and I felt the worst
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I had ever felt in my life.
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At work, the
darkness brought back
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all the bad memories.
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But even in the
darkness, God can bring light.
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While on a break at work,
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he decided to
listen to the radio.
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As I was tuning, I
stopped at a channel
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I never heard before.
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It was AWR Radio.
00:19:03.74\00:19:06.07
And as the
music filled the room,
00:19:06.11\00:19:07.91
it also filled his soul.
00:19:07.94\00:19:09.94
He continued to
listen day after day
00:19:09.98\00:19:12.18
and he began to feel
Christ's love for him.
00:19:12.21\00:19:15.22
Light was entering his heart.
00:19:15.25\00:19:16.79
I started to see that
Jesus had forgiven me.
00:19:20.36\00:19:22.82
Back at home he
started studying his Bible.
00:19:27.26\00:19:31.53
Each passage gave him strength
00:19:31.57\00:19:33.37
to believe his
past was forgiven.
00:19:33.40\00:19:35.80
German wanted to know more.
00:19:39.67\00:19:41.08
He went to a
local Adventist Church
00:19:47.22\00:19:48.92
requesting Bible studies.
00:19:48.95\00:19:52.85
He was falling
in love with Christ
00:19:52.89\00:19:55.42
and he knew he had
to share this message.
00:19:55.46\00:19:57.23
I couldn't stay silent.
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.86
The love of Christ had
to be shared to others.
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.37
Even as he was still
studying the lessons himself,
00:20:08.54\00:20:11.57
German invited his sister
and niece to study with him,
00:20:11.61\00:20:15.64
and soon both he and
his sister were baptized
00:20:15.68\00:20:18.01
into the Adventist Church.
00:20:18.05\00:20:21.42
Words cannot express
how thankful I am to AWR.
00:20:21.45\00:20:25.95
I am in the church
today, thanks to this ministry.
00:20:25.99\00:20:30.86
It is testimonies like these
00:20:30.89\00:20:32.79
that make me
grateful for the work of AWR.
00:20:32.83\00:20:35.86
So many people
living in darkness
00:20:40.64\00:20:43.14
are searching
for hope and truth.
00:20:43.17\00:20:45.74
God is using AWR
to light their path.
00:20:45.77\00:20:49.48
Together with your support,
00:20:49.51\00:20:51.11
the gospel is being
spread around this world
00:20:51.15\00:20:53.42
like beacons of light, no walls,
00:20:53.45\00:20:55.88
no borders, no limits.
00:20:55.92\00:20:58.12
This is AWR360.
00:20:58.15\00:21:00.69
I grew up in Indiana,
00:21:15.07\00:21:16.47
and I've been a
farmer all my life.
00:21:16.50\00:21:19.51
My father, every
time we plant a field,
00:21:19.54\00:21:22.21
when we got through
00:21:22.24\00:21:24.08
we'd always kneel
down and have prayers.
00:21:24.11\00:21:26.08
We've done our part,
now the Lord will do His,
00:21:26.11\00:21:29.12
and He always come through.
00:21:29.15\00:21:30.85
After praying
about it, my wife and I
00:21:34.79\00:21:36.89
decided to do a gift annuity
through Adventist World Radio.
00:21:36.93\00:21:41.20
It goes to people that normally
you're not going to hear.
00:21:41.23\00:21:45.27
And that's what our
00:21:45.30\00:21:47.44
three angels'
message is all about,
00:21:47.47\00:21:49.10
to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
00:21:49.14\00:21:53.68
When you're a farmer,
00:21:53.71\00:21:55.04
you don't have
a retirement plan.
00:21:55.08\00:21:57.51
It was a good way to
supplement our retirement.
00:21:57.55\00:22:00.98
It's been a blessing to us,
00:22:01.02\00:22:02.65
and I know it's going
to be a blessing to those
00:22:02.68\00:22:04.42
others around the world.
00:22:04.45\00:22:06.42
The Holy Spirit is being
poured out all over Madagascar
00:22:12.23\00:22:16.10
and I am returning to witness
00:22:16.13\00:22:18.07
how the radio is
the pioneer of pioneers
00:22:18.10\00:22:21.27
in the most
dangerous part of this country.
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.17
Isolated in the Indian
Ocean, 80% of all the animal
00:22:27.91\00:22:31.65
and plant species on this island
00:22:31.68\00:22:33.62
are found nowhere
else in the world,
00:22:33.65\00:22:36.05
from its towering
baobab trees in the desert
00:22:36.08\00:22:38.89
to the dense rainforest jungles,
00:22:38.92\00:22:41.06
this is a land of wonder.
00:22:41.09\00:22:45.46
Come with me as I discover
00:22:45.49\00:22:46.86
how AWR is reaching into
00:22:46.90\00:22:48.73
the most dangerous
part of this country.
00:22:48.76\00:22:51.43
I'm in Madagascar
and this is AWR360.
00:22:51.47\00:22:55.50
There are three
things they hate.
00:22:58.34\00:23:01.81
Cars, military, and
well-dressed people,
00:23:01.84\00:23:07.68
they kill when
they see these things.
00:23:07.72\00:23:10.79
They are taught from a young age
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.76
how to steal cows.
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.70
When they get older, all
they do is drink alcohol,
00:23:22.73\00:23:26.63
and steal and kill.
00:23:26.67\00:23:30.74
They are called
dahalo which means bandits
00:23:30.77\00:23:35.74
in the Malagasy language.
00:23:35.78\00:23:37.41
Who are these dahalo
and what the cow thieves
00:23:46.32\00:23:48.99
have to do with AWR?
00:23:49.02\00:23:50.96
I'm on a journey to find out.
00:23:50.99\00:23:54.76
I am here in
Madagascar with Ray Allen,
00:23:54.80\00:23:57.43
one of our vice presidents.
00:23:57.47\00:23:59.13
As we travel I have learned that
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.07
nearly 1/3 of this country
00:24:01.10\00:24:03.27
is locally
referred to as red zones.
00:24:03.30\00:24:06.88
This amounts to an area
the size of South Dakota,
00:24:06.91\00:24:09.91
where the government
exerts a little or no control
00:24:09.94\00:24:13.52
and where bandit thrives.
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.15
Stricken by poverty,
00:24:16.18\00:24:17.55
the majority of the
population in Madagascar live
00:24:17.59\00:24:20.42
on less than one dollar a day.
00:24:20.46\00:24:24.29
Deprivation drives theft
and the stealing of cows,
00:24:24.33\00:24:27.70
an illegal exploitation
of natural resources
00:24:27.73\00:24:30.37
is the pulse of the
culture in these areas.
00:24:30.40\00:24:33.34
This makes them
extremely dangerous
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.24
and difficult for the
outside world to reach.
00:24:35.27\00:24:37.44
A Seventh-day
Adventist couple named
00:24:41.94\00:24:43.61
Andrew and Rashua
are bravely working
00:24:43.65\00:24:46.41
to share the
gospel in these remote
00:24:46.45\00:24:48.65
and dangerous areas.
00:24:48.68\00:24:50.22
Both are nurses and
through their medical treatment
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.95
of all people
including the dahalo,
00:24:52.99\00:24:56.19
they have influenced a
region that many others do not.
00:24:56.22\00:24:59.89
One Sabbath we
travel to a distant village
00:25:03.83\00:25:06.97
and were surprised to
find a group of people
00:25:07.00\00:25:10.44
worshiping
together and praising God.
00:25:10.47\00:25:12.74
We had never seen this before
and started to ask questions.
00:25:17.55\00:25:23.39
Andrew and Rashua found out that
00:25:23.42\00:25:24.99
many years ago the
group leader discovered
00:25:25.02\00:25:27.89
an AWR broadcast.
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.82
Fascinated by what he
heard he continued listening
00:25:38.07\00:25:41.44
and soon
organized a little group
00:25:41.47\00:25:43.24
that began
meeting every Sabbath.
00:25:43.27\00:25:45.87
That group has grown
00:25:45.91\00:25:47.58
and though they have never seen
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.38
another Adventist, met a pastor,
00:25:49.41\00:25:51.71
or been to a church before,
00:25:51.75\00:25:53.58
they sing together
and teach the truth
00:25:53.62\00:25:56.55
they have heard from the radio.
00:25:56.58\00:26:00.06
And what's more,
00:26:00.09\00:26:01.42
the leader is a
converted dahalo cow thief.
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.46
We could hardly believe
00:26:07.53\00:26:08.86
what you are seeing and hearing.
00:26:08.90\00:26:11.63
Truly, miracles are
happening through the radio.
00:26:11.67\00:26:14.94
Isn't God amazing?
00:26:23.41\00:26:24.88
I love what a
district pastor here told us.
00:26:24.91\00:26:27.72
He said that he views the radio
00:26:27.75\00:26:30.09
as the pioneer of
pioneers in these distant
00:26:30.12\00:26:33.52
and difficult to reach areas.
00:26:33.56\00:26:35.89
So what do
dahalo and cow thieves
00:26:35.92\00:26:38.19
have to do with AWR?
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.56
They are people whose
lives are being touched
00:26:40.60\00:26:42.93
and transformed by Jesus
00:26:42.96\00:26:45.00
and the truth
heard on the radio.
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.30
We know there are other stories
that have not yet been heard,
00:26:54.04\00:26:57.18
other Sabbath
keeping groups meeting
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.01
unknown to the outside world,
00:26:59.05\00:27:00.98
other cow thieves
yearning for truth.
00:27:01.02\00:27:04.22
Thank you for
supporting Adventist World Radio
00:27:04.25\00:27:07.06
and helping the good
news of salvation penetrate
00:27:07.09\00:27:10.06
into the dark
corners of the globe.
00:27:10.09\00:27:11.63
I can't wait for heaven
00:27:15.26\00:27:16.90
to hear more stories like these.
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.10
Together we are making
waves from broadcast to baptism,
00:27:19.13\00:27:23.07
until next time this is AWR360.
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