Hey, once you come
along with us right now
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we're going to into
enter the state of Leo Tolstoy.
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Tolstoy, the
Russian, you might remember
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who virtually changed history,
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find out how?
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The village right
here over my left shoulder
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is the village that was here
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during the time of Leo Tolstoy.
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His whole state
apparently surrounded
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this particular area,
in this particular village.
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A couple other things
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that are exciting to
me here is Tolstoy's tomb.
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Now it may sound funny to you,
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but I like graveyards,
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so we're going to check that out
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in a minute, but first.
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I want to check
out the green house.
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So let's go and
check out the green house.
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Well, the best laid plants,
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we're locked out of
the green house area
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I can't get in, but
let's check out over the fence,
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looks like a pretty area.
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I sure wish you could be here,
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I mean, it is wonderful,
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the ground cover is phenomenal,
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the trees, the oaks are huge.
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The birds over here are
just absolutely phenomenal,
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I mean this place is gorgeous.
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Maybe a little
hard on camera to see,
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but these trees are intertwine,
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they call it the love trees.
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Couples come from all around,
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it's been tradition
I guess for a long time
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and they cast money
at the base of the tree.
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They make their
wish that their lives
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might be intertwine forever.
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Hey, for those of us
who can't figured out,
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this is the big pond.
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Yasnaya Polyana
meaning "Clear Glade"
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was the home of an own
Russian family of nobility.
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On August 28, 1828,
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Leo Tolstoy, was
born at the state
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and was destined
to change the world.
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The Tolstoy's were connected
to the grandest families
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of Russian aristocracy
and as such Leo was born
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into a life of privilege.
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In 1844, Tolstoy began to study
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law and oriental
languages at Kazan University.
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However his
teachers labeled him as both
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unwilling and unable to learn.
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He found no meaning in
the studies of the university
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and left in midterm.
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Early in his life, he developed
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insatiable thirst for rational
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and moral justification of life.
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He couldn't
understand why there was
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such a difference
in the life he lived
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and the life of the peasants
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that surrounded
the family state.
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It's exciting to think,
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Tolstoy walked on the
bridge just like this.
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Matter of fact, they
have redone this bridge
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over and over to keep
in its original condition.
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But Tolstoy, the man who changed
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so much of the world
who had a huge influence
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on Christianity
walked this barge bridge.
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Tolstoy was never satisfied
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and was disillusioned
by the materialistic
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and selfish bourgeois class.
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In 1859, he started the
school for the peasants.
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Tolstoy felt, he didn't deserve
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the wealth into
which he was born.
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He was known to
bring vagrants to his state
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that he felt
needed a helping hand
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and was very generous to beggars
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handing out large sums of money.
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Tolstoy was a
torched man guilty of being
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born in noble while so
many were born peasants
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with no hope of
education or advancement.
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On the property is a
beautiful old school.
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The grounds are gorgeous,
the balcony everything.
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This school was provided
by Tolstoy for his peasants,
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they take care
of all the property.
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Now that was an
extremely rare thing,
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because during his time
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you could kill your
peasant with no problem,
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wasn't against the law.
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But he provided school for them,
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he provided healthcare,
he provided education,
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phenomenal thing
for a man of his time.
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At one point
Tolstoy began to attract
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disciples in the following.
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People began to refer
to them as Tolstoyans.
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Their religious views were based
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on rigorous study
of the gospels of Jesus
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particularly the
Sermon on the Mount.
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However their view
of Jesus Christ was that
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He was
spiritually guided human being
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rather than the Son of God.
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In the 1930s the Tolstoyans
were routinely rounded up
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by Stalin and
sent to labor camps.
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Tolstoy himself
was a rationalist.
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He held the view that reason was
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the source of
knowledge or justification.
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However by the time he
wrote his most famous work
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War and Peace, his philosophy
was undergoing to change.
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He confessed
that one should live
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so as to have the best
for oneself and one family.
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This shift continued
until he believed that
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you had little
control over your own life
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much less the lives of others.
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Finally, in 1901,
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the Orthodox
Church excommunicated him,
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even though he had
been public knowledge
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for many years that
his thoughts on life
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and religion had nothing
in common with the church.
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Standing here at Tolstoy's home,
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I look around at the
grounds and the beauty.
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Russia itself is
truly a beautiful country,
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you are in the cities of Moscow
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and Saint
Petersburg, congestion, fumes,
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but you get out
here in the country
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and it's absolutely spectacular.
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The sound of the
birds are beautiful,
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the water, it must have been
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a tremendous inspiration to him
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as he came here to write.
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As a man of
privilege, he divided his time
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between Moscow
and Yasnaya Polyana.
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He also spent time
between 1856, and 1861,
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traveling throughout Europe.
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In September of 1862, he
was married for the second time
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to Sophia Andreevna Behrs
with whom he had 12 children,
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five of which died in childhood.
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The loss of
children and even the mother
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in child birth was not
uncommon during that era.
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Tolstoy was in
good health for his age,
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but in 1901, he became very ill
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and left his
beloved Yasnaya Polyana.
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He was personally
oppressed by the dichotomy
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of his preaching of
communism and easy life he led.
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His life was one of
guilt, because he had so much
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and saw others with so little.
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Finally in his wanderings
away from Yasnaya Polyana,
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he stopped at the convent
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where his sister
was the mother superior.
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There he died on
November 20, 1910.
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He was buried in
simple peasant's grave
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in the woods 500
yards from his family home.
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He died in November of 1910.
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He was laid in this
beautiful serene place.
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But he was not a
man of serenity himself,
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because he created
ripples around the world
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by his writing, by his lifestyle
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and everything he did
including on his deathbed.
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He spoke directly to
the Russian Orthodox Church
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saying these words.
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"Though I walk
through the valley
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of the shadow of death"
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two plus two does not equal six.
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He was not a man
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who was in love
with the Orthodox Church.
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Tolstoy was looking
for peace and happiness.
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He didn't really find it.
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She is dying of cancer,
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but yet threw a
myriad of miracles
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she found her
peace and happiness.
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Zoya, I love your house,
how long have you lived here?
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For 28 years.
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And you told me you
work not far from here.
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I started
working for the railroad,
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when I was still a student.
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I worked for the
railroad all my life.
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And what did you
do at the railroad?
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I finished my
education at the university,
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but I started work at the bottom
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and I worked my way up.
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For your life, what were you
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as far as during
the time of communism,
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where you an
atheist, or an agnostic,
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or where you a Christian?
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I can't say I was
atheist, because my parents
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and grandparents
were Baptist Christians.
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I wasn't a Baptist, I was living
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during the time of Soviet Union
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by their rules like
all other young people.
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So, you really had
no belief in your life?
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I wasn't a strong believer,
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but I can't say I
was an atheist either.
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At what time in your life
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did you change, what happened?
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Everything changed
when my mother died.
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She always said that
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if you are not
going to come to God,
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He is going to
make you come to Him
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exactly what she said
happened through my sickness.
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Now you say
through your sickness?
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It was swallowing me,
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it was a very serious sickness
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and this sickness
would scare anyone around me.
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If you don't mind,
00:14:11.10\00:14:12.13
would you share with me
more about your sickness?
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I didn't feel sick
and I continue working,
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but the doctors are
watching me closely.
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You actually were
diagnosed with cancer,
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how did that
diagnosis affect you mentally?
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After my first surgery in 1985,
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I was diagnosed with the cancer,
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but they were not
sure, I was scared to death.
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I didn't know if I
could believe them or not?
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But they said cancer
and that was a big shock.
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So the doctors
diagnosed you with cancer,
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what did they say about it?
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Did they give you a time?
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I did eight
rounds of chemotherapy.
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Where you okay?
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They were checking me
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all the time
because after chemo,
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it could either
help me or kill me,
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that's why no one
waits for a good result.
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In 1991, the cancer returned
and I had another surgery.
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Later, I was on a
disability for a whole year.
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After one year,
they cancel my disability
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like my cancer never exist,
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but my sickness came
back every six years.
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So during this time,
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what was your mental condition
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going through all these?
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It was a horrible time,
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because I didn't believe in God
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and was alone and scared.
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At that same time,
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I remember that my mother said,
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everything was
horrible mess in my life.
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I got passed this
mess and begin to work down
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a new road with the God.
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Now I saw that my soul was empty
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and if I die soon,
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I will stand
before God as my judge.
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I understand your
condition is terminal.
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I felt pretty
healthy and month or two ago,
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I was attending
church, I was walking
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and doing all my house work,
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and now I'm sick again.
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There are so many
people around the world
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that have cancer,
that have great problems,
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but you have one of
the greatest really,
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it sounds like doctors haven't
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given you a long time,
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but please share with
people, what gives you hope?
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All my strength I get from God,
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it doesn't matter
whether you are sick or healthy,
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because we all stand before God
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and all my friends who
were healthy have already died,
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but I am sick and still alive.
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That's why any doctor diagnoses
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shouldn't scare anyone.
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Only one thing can scare you
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and that is how you are
going to stand before God.
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Here is another story of
hope from Adventist World Radio.
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Kaluram was a poor field laborer
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near Gujarat in India,
finding his work tedious,
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Kalu purchased a small
radio to relieve the boredom.
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One day, he
came across a program
00:17:47.06\00:17:48.80
talking about Jesus, it
was from Adventist World Radio.
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After listening for a few days,
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Kalu looked for a pastor
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who could tell
him more about Christ.
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Soon convinced of
the Christian truth,
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Kalu was baptized and
became an outreach leader
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in his hometown and
the surrounding area.
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Witnessing in predominantly
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Hindu towns is not always safe
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and Kalu was once attacked
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when approaching
a town to preach.
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However, through
the efforts of Kalu
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and the
volunteers he has trained
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nearly 1,000 people
have accepted Christ.
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Adventist World Radio
shares the hope of Christ
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with millions
of people everyday.
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For more
information, visit awr.org.
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Through the radio wave of AWR,
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God is reaching
people around the world.
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We would like to offer
you an edition of Making Wave.
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It's four of our episodes
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brought to you
from around the world.
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God speaking to hearts,
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the hearts of the listeners
of AWR exciting stories.
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We hope that you will
share those with friends
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and neighbors, acquaintances,
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any one you
come in contact with.
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Join us to make
wave, it's completely free.
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Right now the
information is on your screen.
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For your free no obligation DVD
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write to Adventist World Radio,
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12501, Old Columbia Pike
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or call 1-866-503-3531
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or log on to www.awr.org/MWDVD.
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Be sure to
request offer number 10,
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that number again
is 1-866-503-3531.
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Tell me more about this,
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what happened in
your life spiritually?
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My mother and I used to
attend Baptist house churches
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while she was alive.
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She used to read the Bible to me
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and talk about Saturdays
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and it did not say
anything about Sunday.
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My mother was uneducated,
00:20:42.56\00:20:44.66
she could read,
but couldn't write.
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She said I can understand
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why we celebrate
Sunday instead of Saturday
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and those words stay in my mind.
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So at a point
now if I understand
00:20:57.63\00:20:59.70
this correctly,
you lost your mother,
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you've got a terrible disease
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that apparently is incurable.
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But yet God uses all
this to bring you to Him.
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I think that is right.
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She's not a young person,
00:21:20.13\00:21:22.10
but she is a little
bit younger than me.
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She live in Athabasca village
were there Adventist Church.
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I didn't know about this church.
00:21:28.50\00:21:30.20
She came to visit her
mother and we start talking,
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she explained me about Saturday
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and the Sabbath and
invite me to her church.
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She invite me to
church in special day
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when there are going to
be visitors from America.
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That is were I learned
everything about the Sabbath.
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It was really important,
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because I had never
learned about the Sabbath.
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I knew God existed, but
I knew nothing about him,
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that's why I was
so thirsty to learn
00:22:19.06\00:22:21.86
and I begin to
correspondence school.
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Now, I attend church every week.
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Bless you. Yes, God bless you.
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and we wish you all
the very best for you
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.70
and we will
remember you forever.
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.06
What would you like to
say to all those people
00:23:37.26\00:23:39.20
who maybe watching today
00:23:39.20\00:23:41.00
and they don't know
Jesus Christ like you do?
00:23:41.00\00:23:43.56
What would you
like to tell them?
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My advice is to come to Jesus,
00:23:50.26\00:23:53.06
He's given me
strength and health
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and He is the only one
that can give you a long life,
00:23:55.10\00:23:59.33
everything in His
hands, just believe in Him,
00:23:59.33\00:24:02.83
because in your own
strength you can do nothing.
00:24:02.83\00:24:06.96
Doesn't matter
what your sickness is,
00:24:06.96\00:24:09.73
small or serious, you
cannot live without God.
00:24:09.73\00:24:14.80
Zoya, you're a courageous woman
00:24:14.80\00:24:17.46
and I know that it
took a lot of strength
00:24:17.46\00:24:19.30
to even be here with us today.
00:24:19.30\00:24:21.26
I understand the doctors
actually gave you a diagnosis
00:24:21.26\00:24:24.33
that you would be dead already.
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.10
Yes, the doctors
told my relatives
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.33
to get ready for my funeral,
because I was going to die.
00:24:31.33\00:24:36.03
Every single test they
did show that I was dying,
00:24:36.03\00:24:40.33
only a miracle can save me.
00:24:40.33\00:24:42.43
I have a brother
living in Moscow.
00:24:42.43\00:24:44.96
He is a Christian,
00:24:44.96\00:24:46.33
and he asked his
church to pray for me
00:24:46.33\00:24:49.33
for 35 days I was
in intensive care,
00:24:49.33\00:24:52.90
but God saved me
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and put me on my feet again.
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In our show today,
we had two individuals
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each of them seeking
something better in life
00:25:02.80\00:25:06.06
than what they already had.
00:25:06.06\00:25:08.00
Tolstoy on the one hand
00:25:08.00\00:25:09.63
was seeking
better community life,
00:25:09.63\00:25:13.30
a better way of
life, more justice.
00:25:13.30\00:25:16.93
On the other hand,
Zoya, was looking for God
00:25:16.93\00:25:20.40
and especially
when she got sick,
00:25:20.40\00:25:23.00
she wanted to know God
and bring God into her life,
00:25:23.00\00:25:27.93
so she could have peace of mind.
00:25:27.93\00:25:29.93
Both of them were
hoping for something better.
00:25:29.93\00:25:33.10
And that's what
Adventist World Radio
00:25:33.10\00:25:34.73
really is all about, is to
bring hope to people's lives.
00:25:34.73\00:25:39.70
In the Psalms it says,
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.76
"He who trust and hopes in
God will never be ashamed."
00:25:41.76\00:25:46.70
And that certainly the case,
00:25:46.70\00:25:48.40
because Adventist World
Radio is seeking to bring hope
00:25:48.40\00:25:51.40
from person to person,
from village to village,
00:25:51.40\00:25:54.20
from country to country.
00:25:54.20\00:25:56.03
Wouldn't you like to join us
00:25:56.03\00:25:57.96
in our work of sharing hope
with people around the world?
00:25:57.96\00:26:01.73
If you like to know more
00:26:01.73\00:26:02.73
about the mission of
Adventist World Radio,
00:26:02.73\00:26:04.80
give us a call, the
number is 866-503-3531.
00:26:04.80\00:26:09.76
If you would like to write us
00:26:09.76\00:26:11.06
do so at 12501
Old Columbia Pike,
00:26:11.06\00:26:14.40
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904
00:26:14.40\00:26:17.86
or if you like to
check a site on the web,
00:26:17.86\00:26:19.50
you can do that at www.awr.org.
00:26:19.50\00:26:24.53
And thank you for watching,
00:26:24.53\00:26:26.10
please join us again
00:26:26.10\00:26:27.10
for another
exciting gospel adventure,
00:26:27.10\00:26:29.06
because around the
world AWR is making waves.
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