Participants: Brenda Walsh
Series Code: KT
Program Code: KT000020
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00:03 It's time to share there's a world out there
00:07 Looking for a friend like Jesus 00:10 It's time to share there's a world out there 00:13 Let's tell them that He loves us so 00:16 Let's tell them that He loves us so 00:20 Kids Time, Kids Time, Kids Time, Kids Time 00:24 Hi, boys and girls. 00:26 I've been looking at this map of the United States 00:28 and it has all 50 states in it and if you live here 00:32 you could find out just where you live on this map. 00:35 Perhaps do you have a map in your house like this 00:38 and you could find out 00:39 where your hometown is in your state. 00:41 I found the place where I live, 00:44 right here, let me show it to you. 00:46 Right here in Knoxville, Tennessee. 00:50 I haven't lived there very long actually, 00:52 before that I lived in Boston, Massachusetts, 00:55 right over here. 00:57 Do you see that? When I did move from Boston? 01:01 It was kind of a hard day for me. 01:03 When moving day came I had to say goodbye 01:06 to good friends and my church family 01:08 and I had to leave many things that were familiar to me. 01:11 You know, that made me kind of feel at home. 01:14 I had to leave my house and all my-- 01:16 of course my favorite shopping malls 01:18 and my own dentist and my own doctor 01:21 and even the post-office, where the people there 01:23 knew me and they would-- 01:24 I would walk in the morning and they go, 01:25 hello Brenda, how are you, you know, 01:28 what made you come here today? 01:30 And you know that was kind of hard to move 01:32 and leave familiar things behind. 01:35 But we're going to hear a story today of a woman 01:37 who also left her home and of the sad things 01:40 that happened to her in her new home. 01:42 But don't feel too badly because this woman 01:45 trusted God and He turned her sadness into happiness. 01:50 But before you hear that story, you know what, 01:52 Ranger Jim has something special for you too. 01:55 And he is gonna tell you about some wild food, 01:58 that's right, that you can really eat. 02:08 Hi, boys and girls, Ranger Jim here saying, 02:11 welcome to Nature Time. 02:12 We're glad you could join us today. 02:13 My friend Craig Cylke is here and Craig knows 02:16 quite a bit about foods that you can find to eat 02:18 in the out of doors and some of them amaze me. 02:21 Craig, you tell the boys and girls 02:22 something about these plants we have. 02:24 Well, Ranger Jim, thank you 02:25 and it's great being here, boys and girls. 02:28 Did you know that in life sometimes 02:30 we can be in places we would never expect. 02:33 Why let's think just for a moment, just that 02:35 we found out that we're getting ready to go on a trip 02:38 and on that trip we boarded one of the big 747 jets 02:41 and we had a little problem, 02:43 over one of the large mountain ranges 02:45 the jet just absolutely quit running. 02:48 Oh, no, but, you know, the Lord protected us 02:50 and we're able to make a safe landing 02:52 even though it was an emergency landing 02:53 but we got a problem, Ranger Jim? 02:55 You know, boys and girls, 02:57 they hadn't even served us our lunch yet and so 03:00 we're getting hungry already. Kind of like me. 03:02 And you know some thing, Ranger Jim? 03:05 We're also thirsty, now here we are on the top 03:08 of a mountain were you just landed, and you know what? 03:11 The closest water, Ranger Jim, 03:13 is 600 feet straight down in the ground. 03:16 What in the world do you think we might do 03:17 to find water 600 feet underground? 03:19 Tell me I need to know. 03:20 Well, boys and girls here's what you would do. 03:23 Did you know that there is a wine 03:25 out in the woods called-- a lot of people called 03:29 this wild grape or muscadine wine. 03:32 And you know something, this wine can give you 03:35 enough water to save your life. 03:37 Here's what you would do, you would take this wine, 03:40 boys and girls, and reach as far above your head 03:43 as you can reach and you would take and cut a ring 03:45 to open up the bark and then you would take 03:49 and you would cut the bottom, 03:51 or if you weren't fortunate enough to have a pocket knife 03:53 you could even take two rocks 03:55 and you could beat the bottom apart. 03:58 You would hold this over-- if we were fortunate enough, 04:00 you know, once in a while we have 04:01 one of these little survival kits. 04:03 But if you didn't have one of them 04:05 you can find a hollow rock or something that would hold water 04:08 and then you hold the end of the wine 04:10 over that rock or that hollow implement 04:13 that you have found and you will catch 04:15 about a half a cup of the sweetest tasting water. 04:18 Amazing, that you have, it is 98% water 2% sap. 04:22 If I was thirsty, then I could do this, right? 04:24 I could hold it up like this and let it drip in my mouth. 04:26 You sure could, Ranger Jim. 04:27 Wonderful, wonderful, thank you. 04:29 And, you know, I would like to show one another thing. 04:31 You can hold that one, Ranger Jim, 04:32 and let me have this wine 04:33 because this is very important. 04:35 Oh, I know what that is. 04:36 You know, just like we know about in the Bible 04:38 there is good and there is bad young people. 04:41 And boys and girls, this is one of the bad wines, 04:44 but let me show you the difference. 04:46 You see how this one looks kind of fuzzy here 04:49 like grizzly does, you know, little beard. 04:51 Well, this has a beard, this is called Poison Ivy Wine. 04:56 Now this is too early in the spring 04:58 or winter right now for the leaves to be out, 05:00 but this right here, boys and girls, 05:02 some people were so allergic to it 05:04 they would just have to walk by and the pollen 05:07 could actually blow on their skin 05:08 and they could contract Poison Ivy. 05:11 So but see the difference, you see how that's got 05:13 a old man's beard on it and look at here, Ranger Jim, 05:15 you see this is real barky looking, no beard. 05:18 Right. 05:19 And this is a unique thing. See how it sheds. 05:21 That's something, boys and girls, how that sheds. 05:23 Okay, but that's the differences of the two wines. 05:26 We wanted to show you that because you have a good one, 05:28 just as Jesus is good and you have a bad one 05:31 just as the devil is bad. 05:32 We don't want anything to do with that guy, you know. 05:34 All right. Nothing to do with that guy. 05:36 Would you like to learn a little bit more, Ranger Jim? 05:38 Yes, and tell the boys and girls about this one. 05:40 Well, fantastic, did you know, boys and girls, 05:43 that there are no known 05:45 poisonous violets in the United States? 05:47 This little blue violet here and if they-- 05:50 you can see that from where you're at in your homes, 05:52 boys and girls, is a very tasty savor item, 05:56 while you can even eat the leaves, Ranger Jim. 05:58 Do you think it would be okay if I eat this one up? 05:59 Please do, and if you don't mind, you know, 06:01 I didn't quite get all my nutrients at dinner. 06:03 Can I have one of the leaves? 06:05 Very good, very tasty. 06:06 Now, let's take one and share it 06:08 with the boys and girls at home, okay. 06:10 See, boys and girls, isn't that a pretty 06:12 little green leaf, isn't that something-- 06:13 So that would be safe to eat. That would be safe to eat. 06:16 Now, Ranger Jim, I have one of my favorites. 06:21 We have had a salad on our hike, you know, 06:23 that we're trying to find civilization 06:25 after our airplane wreck. 06:27 And now we need something to drink, 06:29 something with a little energy in it, 06:31 and you know what, I like trees, 06:33 don't you like trees, Ranger Jim? 06:34 Oh, I love trees. I love trees. 06:35 Okay, well, Ranger Jim, 06:37 do you have any idea what this might be? 06:39 Let me let you smell it and see if you can 06:41 tell me what that smells like? 06:43 Oh, root beer. Root beer. 06:45 Oh you're absolutely right, only it's called Sassafras. 06:48 And, boys and girls, this is what they used to make 06:51 own fashioned root beer out of 06:53 and it makes a very tasty tea 06:55 that actually can be quite healthy for you. 06:57 Now let me tell you, you won't be able to see 06:59 the leaves because it is winter right now. 07:01 If it were to have leaves, 07:03 this is one of the most unique type of leaves. 07:06 Did you know there is three different gloves to each plant, 07:09 one glove has a mitten with our two fingers, young people, 07:14 like this and one has a glove with one finger on it 07:18 and then one of the mittens is no fingers. 07:21 Okay, and that's how you can identify the leaves. 07:24 Well, that's very entertaining, 07:25 Craig, is there one more? 07:26 Well, there is sure is, Ranger Jim. 07:28 You know, it's a very common plant, 07:30 this is called a White Pine and you know, 07:32 it's very easy to identify it, Ranger Jim. 07:34 Boy and girls, watch this, we would take a sprig 07:38 of the white pines and I want you to spell with me. 07:41 At first we're gonna count, we will count one. 07:44 Well, you know, they don't always co-operate, 07:46 but I think one is here that's got all five 07:49 and if you'll notice, young people, there are actually 07:52 five sprigs to this white pine needle, and let's-- 07:56 let us spell with me W-H-I-T-E, 08:01 white for white pine. 08:03 And, you know, young people, 08:04 Ranger Jim, not only is the needle edible. 08:07 The plant is edible. You can-- 08:08 there is a white membrane here, boys and girls, 08:11 just under the bark that you can actually take 08:13 and chew on, or you can make a very nutritious tea, 08:16 that has four vitamin C. 08:18 And God is just so good, Ranger Jim, 08:20 He gives us all these wonderful things to eat. 08:22 We can go through a lot more. 08:24 And we can understand how our Native Americans 08:26 were able to survive in the wilderness and use 08:28 some of these things for medicines. 08:29 Boys and girls, we want to caution you. 08:31 You're not to go out and find these foods by yourself. 08:34 Make sure you have a councilor with you or 08:36 an adult with you to be sure what these foods are. 08:38 Because we don't want you becoming sick 08:40 from eating something like this. 08:41 God has provided an abundance for us to eat and to enjoy, 08:45 but have an adult with you, be sure 08:48 of what we're eating, okay? 08:49 Ranger Jim as always saying, boys and girls, 08:51 don't forget to tell Jesus you love Him 08:53 because He really does love you. 09:02 Hello, boys and girls. 09:04 There is a country called Great Britain 09:06 and that country has a queen. 09:08 Where ever the queen stays in that country 09:11 they fly a flag because they're 09:12 so happy to have her there. 09:14 Boys and girls, we need to show the world 09:16 how happy we are that Jesus is in our hearts. 09:19 Cindy, do you have a text for us please? 09:21 I went with them to the house of God 09:23 with the voice of joy and praise, Psalms 42:4. 09:27 Joy is a flag flying high 09:29 over the castle of our hearts. 09:34 Joy is the flag flying high 09:36 Over the castle of my heart Over the castle of my heart 09:40 Over the castle of my heart Joy is the flag flying high 09:44 Over the castle of my heart 09:46 For the King is in residence there 09:49 So fly it high in the sky Let the whole world know 09:54 Let the whole world know Let the whole world know 09:57 So fly it high in the sky Let the whole world know 10:01 That the King is in residence there 10:05 Joy, Joy, My Heart is filled with Joy 10:09 Joy, Joy, My Heart is filled with Joy 10:12 Because my Savior watches over me 10:16 That's the reason why my heart is filled with Joy 10:19 Joy is the flag flying high Over the castle of my heart 10:23 Over the castle of my heart Over the castle of my heart 10:27 Joy is the flag flying high Over the castle of my heart 10:31 For the King is in residence there 10:34 So fly it high in the sky Let the whole world know 10:38 Let the whole world know Let the whole world know 10:42 So fly it high in the sky Let the whole world know 10:46 That the King is in residence there 10:49 That the King is in residence there 11:04 Hi, today we're gonna make potato salad. 11:06 It's my mom's recipe, I really like it too. 11:09 There's lots of ways you can use potato salad, 11:11 to take it on picnics 11:14 and you can use it in lunches, anywhere. 11:17 I'm gonna read the recipe for you. 11:34 First we're gonna take our potatoes 11:37 and dump them in a bowl. 11:44 Next we're gonna add our pickle relish 11:47 with lemon juice, and olives. 11:54 You can also add celery to this if you like it, 11:57 but today I chose not to, not to add celery. 12:02 And we're gonna take our soya mayo, can also use carrots. 12:08 Let's put some of this in, you put however much, 12:11 however much, like if it's dry, you add more. 12:20 Mix it up. 12:30 This is really good on picnics and stuff, 12:32 it goes with sandwiches and other side. 12:35 It's looking a little bit dry, add a little bit more. 12:49 I said that before you can use carrots or celery, 12:52 if you like them in it. 12:57 It's looking pretty good. 13:03 Now I'm gonna add some seasonings. 13:05 Start with our salt, add a pinch of it. 13:10 And just salt to taste, if you don't want any salt 13:13 or if you like it with salt and just put however much 13:15 you want in there and stir it up a little bit more, 13:18 mix the salt in, add some of our seasoned salt, 13:25 just a dash, okay. 13:32 Looks pretty good, we'll stir it one more time, 13:34 get that stirred in and then pour it into our bowl. 13:54 Here we go, pour it in. 14:01 Go. 14:08 Okay, put this off to the side. 14:16 I'm gonna add some paprika on the top, 14:21 you don't have to add it, it's just for its color, 14:25 on the top, then we're gonna make-- 14:31 we're just gonna add some tomato slices, 14:35 make it look nice and just decorate it. 14:43 Can do what ever you want with the tomato slices 14:45 and the parsley, take the parsley. 14:57 Add some parsley around the sides too. 15:04 You can just add however much you want, 15:05 just to make it look nice and so it, add some color too. 15:12 Now add this rest of this parsley here, 15:14 take the spoon out, show us the finished product. 15:22 Hope you will try this. I think you'll like it. 15:26 And until next time, keep cooking and eat healthy. 15:37 Oh, I'm just so happy and I praise God 15:41 for this beautiful day and for this precious 15:43 grandson of mine, his name is Obed. 15:48 Oh, by the way my name is Naomi. 15:50 You know, when my name was given to me, 15:52 names had special meaning 15:54 and you know what Naomi means? It means my joy. 15:57 And truly this grandson of mine is my joy. 16:01 Oh, wait, I'm getting way ahead of my story. 16:04 You know, I wasn't always a happy person. 16:06 There was a time when I was very, very unhappy. 16:11 Let me tell you about it. 16:13 Sometime ago in my country of Judea, 16:16 in the city of Bethlehem, there was a famine. 16:20 Now, a famine is when there is no food for people to eat 16:23 and they can't grow it and the people starve and die. 16:27 So my husband Elimelech and I decided that we would 16:30 go to a different country where they had food. 16:33 So we traveled with our two sons, Mahlon and Chilion 16:37 and went to the land of Moab. 16:39 Now the people on the land of Moab, 16:41 they didn't worship the true God in heaven like we did. 16:45 Do you know what they worshiped? 16:46 They made little idols out of wood and stone 16:50 and they worshiped them and they thought that 16:52 those little idols would do things for them. 16:55 And, you know, they were afraid of those 16:56 little idols that they made also. 16:59 But we remained faithful and we kept 17:02 worshiping the true God in heaven. 17:05 Well, after a time, my husband 17:08 became ill and he died. 17:11 I was very sad and I missed him very much. 17:16 But I still had my two sons. 17:20 Well, my sons they took wives of the women of Moab 17:23 and they were such good daughter-in-laws, 17:26 one's name was Orpah and the other was Ruth. 17:30 And you know we lived quite happily there for ten years, 17:34 then suddenly both of my sons died and I was left 17:42 with my daughter-in-laws and we were so unhappy. 17:46 We were heart broken and we didn't know 17:49 what we were going to do. 17:51 Because women couldn't own land and we had no way 17:55 to provide for ourselves and we just didn't know 18:00 what we were going to do. 18:02 But about this time, I heard that 18:04 in my country the famine was over. 18:07 So I decided I was going to go back to Bethlehem. 18:11 Now my two daughter-in-laws they wanted to go with me 18:15 but I told them, "no girls, you go back 18:17 to your mother's house, there you will find 18:21 other husbands and they will be able to take care of you. 18:24 I have no way of taking care of you. 18:26 I have no more sons for you to marry." 18:29 Well, they cried and they didn't want to leave 18:31 but after urging, Orpah kissed me goodbye 18:34 and she did go back to her mother's house. 18:37 But Ruth, she just hung on to me and she pleaded 18:41 she said, please don't make me go back, 18:44 I'll go where you go, your people will be my people 18:48 and your God will be my God. 18:51 You know, Ruth believed in the God of heaven 18:54 and she loved me very much. 18:57 And so I decided after these earnest pleas, 19:00 that I would let her come with me. 19:03 So we started out for Bethlehem. 19:06 We had little food and little money and no protection. 19:09 It was very dangerous for two women to travel alone. 19:13 But we prayed to God before we left for protection 19:18 and you know, He did bring us to Bethlehem safely. 19:22 Is that a good treat? You like that? 19:25 Sure, that's a good treat. 19:26 You know, I'm telling my friends about you 19:29 and about a special story. 19:32 When we reached the city of Bethlehem, 19:34 the women of the city came out to meet us. 19:36 And they looked and they said, "Is this Naomi?" 19:40 And I said, "Don't call me Naomi which means 'my joy,' 19:44 call me Mara, which means bitterness." 19:47 I went away came, I went away full, but returned empty. 19:52 I felt the Lord had dealt bitterly with me 19:54 and letting my husband and my two sons die. 19:59 Well, I just could only think of what was 20:02 going to happen to Ruth and I. 20:04 I imagined that we were going to have to crawl 20:06 on our hands and knees in the fields of strangers 20:09 and picking up just a kernel of grain at the time 20:12 that dropped from what the harvesters 20:15 would drop as they were harvesting the fields. 20:18 And sometimes the people were 20:20 very mean to the gleaners too. 20:22 That's what the people were called that went 20:25 in the fields and picked up these little pieces of grain. 20:27 And sometimes you would get such a little grain 20:30 that you'd go hungry that day. 20:32 Well, I want to tell you that God changed 20:36 my sorrow to joy, He blessed me with Ruth. 20:41 Ruth was such a good daughter-in-law. 20:43 She was better than seven sons. 20:45 And you know, just after we were there, 20:48 just a short time, she was out gleaning 20:51 in one of the fields of a very kind man 20:54 and he was wealthy and he saw Ruth gleaning out 20:57 in the field and his name was Boaz. 21:00 And he asked his servants, 21:02 "Who is that young woman out there gleaning?" 21:04 And they told him that she was my daughter-in-law 21:08 and that her husband had died and she had left 21:10 her family and returned to Bethlehem 21:13 to be with me because she loved 21:16 the God in heaven and she loved me. 21:18 Well, Boaz thought, what a wonderful girl that is, 21:22 that would come and help her mother-in-law out like that. 21:25 And you know, he decided to marry Ruth 21:28 and that's where all my joy became to real. 21:32 Why we had a nice home for ourselves 21:35 and Boaz provided for us so abundantly. 21:39 God used Ruth in this special way. 21:42 And you know, in time Boaz and Ruth 21:44 had this precious grandson of mine. 21:47 Oh and truly this baby is my joy. 21:51 And I want you to know that no matter 21:54 what happens to you, or how hard you're hurt, 21:57 or how sad you get, God will turn your sorrow into joy. 22:01 If you just pray to Him and ask Him 22:04 just like He did mine. 22:07 Is that a good treat, little baby? 22:08 Oh such a good treat. 22:17 Wasn't that a wonderful story about Naomi. 22:20 You know, Jesus will watch over and protect us too, 22:23 won't He? Just like He did for Naomi. 22:24 Well, it's mailbox time, boys and girls, 22:26 and I'm getting ready to see if we have 22:28 some mail in our mailbox. 22:30 I'm hoping I've a letter from you. 22:31 Let's look here and see and oh, I do have some mail. 22:36 Yes, I do. Oh, I think I have one here from, 22:39 boys and girls, I've one letter here from Thailand, 22:43 and one from Idaho, and Alabama. 22:46 But before I get into the letters 22:49 I want you to meet a friend of mine 22:51 that's joining us on Sharing Time today. 22:53 This is Emily and Emily is from Knoxville, Tennessee. 22:56 Thank you, Emily, for joining me today on Sharing Time. 22:59 You know, Emily, I really like the story 23:03 that you told me about how you share Jesus. 23:05 Can you tell the boys and girls at home, 23:07 how you share Jesus? Sure. 23:09 What do you do with it, to show 23:12 something very special? I really liked it. 23:14 Every year my friends and I go take 23:17 a large box and we decorate it. 23:19 We put little butterflies on it and flowers 23:21 and Bible verses, and we take fruit and snacks and-- 23:29 Now you just take, take a big box. 23:31 Take a big box, cardboard box. 23:34 And you've fun decorating it all over with. 23:36 And we decorate it. 23:37 You said that, you'll put butterflies, 23:39 they're real butterflies? No. 23:40 No. What that? Not real butterflies. 23:43 But we put little paper butterflies that you can get 23:49 a little shade of butterflies, a little shade 23:51 of sail boats, and cut them out, 23:55 and then we glue them on to the box. 24:02 Oh well, that's pretty. And then we take fruits. 24:07 And we'll take snacks and all kinds-- 24:14 You put juice boxes. 24:16 Juice boxes and water bottles and crackers, 24:19 things like that in the box and then we take it-- 24:25 What do you do with it? We take it to the hospital. 24:27 Now you take a big box like this full 24:29 of all these goodies now. 24:30 What, why would you take that to the hospital for? 24:32 What would you do? 24:34 We'll take it to the waiting room where people 24:37 are waiting to see their loved ones and then, where-- 24:41 Like for the intensive care unit or the surgical unit. 24:44 And then when you, when you go in there, 24:46 now do the people they get mad at you 24:47 when you come in there with that box? 24:49 No. No, what do they do? 24:50 We give it to them and we sing songs and we pray 24:54 with them and ask Jesus to please heal their loved ones. 24:59 Oh, that... And-- 25:02 I'm sure that makes the people very happy. 25:04 Doesn't it? You know, boys and girls, 25:06 when you are waiting for a loved one in the hospital. 25:09 When you're in the waiting room that can seem 25:11 like a long time because you're very, very worried 25:15 about your, maybe it's your mother, your father, 25:17 or friend, or you know someone special and that 25:20 they're sick and you're worried about them. 25:21 So you're in the waiting room waiting to see 25:23 what's gonna happen and how they're doing? 25:24 That's a wonderful way to witness to them 25:26 because they really, they need some 25:28 comfort at that time, don't they? 25:30 So I'm sure that made them feel very special. 25:33 All right now, let's read 25:34 a couple of letters from the kids. 25:35 Can you open this one for me, Emily? 25:36 And I'm really crazed about this one from Thailand. 25:39 And this one says, "Dear Brenda, 25:42 "I really like witnessing for God. 25:44 "And one day there was a lady at school who didn't know 25:46 "Jesus and I told her about Jesus. 25:48 "She wasn't interested in being Christian, 25:50 but I'm still praying for her. Love, Button." 25:53 P.S. Please send me a Kids' Time Activity Book. 25:55 Button, I will definitely send you a book, 25:58 and keep praying for your friend, okay. 26:00 Do you have a letter right there? 26:02 There we go. And, oh look, we've a pretty picture 26:05 on this one it says, "My name is Floretta, 26:08 "and I'm eight years old and I make pictures 26:11 "to give to people and I put Bible verses on them. 26:14 Love, Floretta." Thank you, Floretta. 26:16 Isn't that a pretty picture, Emily? 26:18 I really like that. 26:20 Well, Emily, I want to thank you so much for joining me 26:22 today on Sharing Time and also sharing your story 26:26 with the boys and girls. 26:27 I really loved having you here. 26:29 And boys and girls, remember, wherever you go, 26:31 whatever you do, it's Kids' Time to share Jesus. |
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