They were sacrificing
the animals to their heathen
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Gods, they were gathering
stones, burying them in
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the yard and praying to
the dead, but because of
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the love of a son for
his father all of that
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has changed, stay
tuned to find out how?
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The rains have come
here on the Serengeti Plains
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and the grass is
absolute lush. The animals are
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loving it, from
horizon to horizon there is
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wildebeest everywhere,
Zebras in their midst.
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It's absolutely a
spectacular sight.
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The Serengeti Plains
is undoubtedly the best
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known wildlife
sanctuary in the world. Unequal
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for it's natural
beauty and scientific value.
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The Serengeti Ecosystem
is geographically located
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in North Western
Tanzania and extends to
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the Kenyan border.
Serengeti is derived
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from the Maasai
language meaning Endless Plains.
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This classic East
African landscape has
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broad rolling grass
lands dotted with Lone
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Acacia trees.
The openness of this
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landscape makes
it a perfect home for
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large herds of grazing
Zebras and wildebeests,
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in addition to fast
running predators like
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cheetahs. It's
diverse geography, riverside
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forest, swamps
grasslands and woodlands
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characterized
this landscape. The
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opportunities for
wildlife viewing are
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unparallel, if you
every get a chance to visit,
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don't miss it.
The Serengeti is where
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Africa's mystery
wanders and power surrounds
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you, and where the
beauty of nature can be
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experienced as in few
other places on earth.
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Hi, Hi. Well, all this
is your place? Yes, yes.
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Oh show me around.
Your places so pretty
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not much more
than other areas and
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villages. No, they
really are, yeah, and so
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all this is mud also,
yeah just mud, its mud.
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There is the
kitchen, that's a kitchen too,
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yeah. Well okay,
what's the post in the center,
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just decoration, oh
just decoration yeah,
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excellent, I was
wondering about that
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okay, okay. How
many cows and how many
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goats do you have?
Six cows and 18 goats,
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and how much
land do you have here?
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3 acres and half, 3
acres and half, yeah,
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good size, yeah,
good size. So it goes out
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behind this one
here, yeah, yeah, and out
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of there. Well, this
is very nice, very nice.
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Paul and Simbi, thank
you for inviting me to
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your village
today. Thank you. How many
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children do you
have? 18, and you're one
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of those children,
yeah, where are you in the 18,
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are you older?
Younger? Middle, in the middle
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yeah. You start studying
Christianity didn't you?
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Why did you do
that? I come to find out
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Christianity is good,
because you learn how to
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live with the
people peacefully. So there
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wasn't much peace
before in your life?
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When I get sick, I
blame God. I thought
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he is the one bringing
me sickness, but when I
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come to understand
God then I knew that
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there is Satan, who
can cause me problems. So,
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before you were a
Christian, you did blame
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God for your
sickness? Yeah, yeah, what God,
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which God, the
God who created me.
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So you knew, you
always knew there was a God
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who created you?
Yeah, but I didn't knew,
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I didn't know him
fully. What drove you to
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start that first
study or that first search
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to find out more about
this God that you really
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didn't know? I came
to know that there is a
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church which is
teaching the truth of the Bible.
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How did you
discover that? I discovered
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through radio and
then through listening.
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to AWR. So you began
listening to our radio
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program, yes. How
did you know where to
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find that, was it by
accident? No, no, not
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by accident that is a
certain another member
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of Seventh-Day
Adventist is the one introduced
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me, then I came to
learn many things through AWR,
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and first time you
heard it, did it touch
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your heart or you
just begin listening? Yeah,
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there is one verse
today I listened it touched
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my heart, do you
remember what it program
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was, what it was
taking about? About
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the dead, talking
about the dead, yeah.
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Through the radio
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hated his life, always
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on edge. He often
found himself angry
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of the actions of
others. I lived under
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the controlled of
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The anger and
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wonder if anyone
would miss him if he
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killed himself. The
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Tong tune in to
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listening that night
Tong heard for the first
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time of a God, who
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that night I got
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Right here, one of our
most impressive natural
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cycles plays itself
in out again an again.
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Tens of thousands of
hoofed animals driven
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by the need to
survive, move constantly in
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search of fresh
grasslands. The most
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famous and the
most numerous are the
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wildebeest and
their annual migration is
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Serengeti's
biggest. Wildebeest reach
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almost four feet at
the shoulder and weigh
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360 to 630 pounds.
During the February
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calving season more
than 8000 wildebeest
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calves are born
everyday. It's in this
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setting that the animals such as
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cheetahs, lions,
hyenas, leopards and crocodiles
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find a virtuous enormous amount
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of food. And wildebeests run
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very high on the
list of delicacies.
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But they're not
always cooperating when
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chosen as the food
of the day. People are
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drawn to the
Serengeti National Park and
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in Ngorongoro
Conservation Area to
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view the
magnificent wildlife. Predators
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and prey in unrivaled numbers.
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While the large
animals are wonderful
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to view it's just
as amazing to observe
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the smaller ones,
which are important
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in making such a
balanced ecosystem.
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One tiny
resident that has a huge
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impact is the dung
beetle. The arrival of
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the wildebeest sends
the industrious little
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guys into
overdrive. They are seen
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everywhere, rolling fresh dung
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in the balls about 3
or 4 times their size,
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then they push the
balls backwards for
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considerable
distances, when they've located
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suitable patch or
soft soil they rapidly dig
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a hole and bury the
dung and themselves.
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The life of every
animal depends upon the
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work of these
beetles, returning the nutrient
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rich dung back into
the soil. God's tiny
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but efficient
recycling workers. It is easy to
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imagine how
different the plains would look
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without them, the
soil quality would suffer
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and disease
would spread quickly.
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These humble
recyclers maintain the very
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essence of the short
grass plains, on which
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the famous migration
depends. They roll away
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up to 75 percent of the dung
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drop in all of the Serengeti.
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Tell me about the
first time you listened
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to the AWR
program, what did you think
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about it? Do you remember
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what that program was,
what it was talking about,
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yeah about the
dead, talking about the
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dead, yeah. What
did your family believe
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about the dead
before you were a Christian?
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Yeah, I knew
thought when someone died,
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he can come back
spiritually and disturb
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the one who are
alive. So did the family
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talk with spirits
or do the people in the
00:11:01.90\00:11:03.73
village talk with
the dead, yeah they used
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to through
stones. I think they would
00:11:06.90\00:11:10.06
dugout the stone
here, which my father
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planted for worst
being. When you say
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planted the stones
what does that mean
00:11:17.40\00:11:19.36
exactly? Yeah, he
planted, he took that
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stone in a certain
area, I think it is here,
00:11:23.30\00:11:26.43
they used it to go
out and kneel there
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and pray to God of
dark, that are people.
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How big were
these stones that you
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planted here? Not
so big, did locate
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one too many
tablets, yeah, not so big,
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but he said that
when I received the word
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of God in my
heart, I throw it away.
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Good, yeah, good
Amen. Do you just go
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out and find the
stone, some or is there a
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special stone.
You're not supposed to look
00:12:04.60\00:12:07.90
backward when you're
carrying it, you just
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go straight. Go
straight forward and
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you don't talk to
anybody on the way.
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And then the
dead, when you go out
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and talk to the
stone, the dead are supposed
00:12:17.60\00:12:19.20
to meet you on
that spot. Yeah it is,
00:12:19.20\00:12:20.56
they say that they
respond, and your father
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used to do all of
that. Yeah, a long time,
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did the spirits of
the dead appear to him?
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They never
appear, just kind of in
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your mind. Yeah,
yeah, okay, okay.
00:12:45.16\00:12:47.43
But now that, you
heard that program
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on the dead and all of
a sudden you've started
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comparing the Bible
and realizing this was
00:12:52.30\00:12:55.86
not true. Yeah, I found it
00:12:55.86\00:12:58.86
through the
Bible, that's not true.
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Elephants are the
largest land animals
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now living. They
typically live for
00:13:11.63\00:13:14.33
50 to 70 years,
but the oldest recorded
00:13:14.33\00:13:17.63
elephant lived for
82 years. Healthy adults
00:13:17.63\00:13:21.23
have no natural
predators, although
00:13:21.23\00:13:23.50
lions may take
calves or weak individuals.
00:13:23.50\00:13:25.60
They are however
increasingly threatened
00:13:25.60\00:13:28.40
by human intrusion and poaching.
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Once numbering in
the millions, the African
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Elephant population
has dwindled to just over
00:13:34.20\00:13:36.50
500,000 thousand
individuals according
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to a March, 2007
estimate. Their brains
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are larger than
those of any other
00:13:42.83\00:13:44.40
land animal, and
although the largest
00:13:44.40\00:13:46.70
whales have body masses 20 fold
00:13:46.70\00:13:49.10
those of a typical
elephant. Whale's brains
00:13:49.10\00:13:51.70
are barely twice the mass.
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They have an
exceptional sense of
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hearing and smell.
The hearing receptors
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reside not only in
the ears, but also in
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their trunks, which
were sensitive to vibrations
00:14:00.73\00:14:03.20
and even more
amazing they can hear with
00:14:03.20\00:14:05.73
their feet, which
have special receptors
00:14:05.73\00:14:08.03
for low
frequency sound. They are
00:14:08.03\00:14:11.00
famous for their
trumpet calls which
00:14:11.00\00:14:12.60
were made when the
animals blows through
00:14:12.60\00:14:14.26
it's nostrils.
Elephants also make rumbling
00:14:14.26\00:14:17.23
growls when greeting each other.
00:14:17.23\00:14:18.60
Some of the
elephants like the big bulls
00:14:22.53\00:14:24.10
weigh 6.5 tones.
They've got monstrous
00:14:24.10\00:14:27.66
tusks, I'm told
that the tusk here are
00:14:27.66\00:14:29.70
larger than
many other locations.
00:14:29.70\00:14:31.20
That means they
need a lot of minerals.
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The road right
in front of me here
00:14:33.46\00:14:35.70
closes every
night at 6 O'clock, why,
00:14:35.70\00:14:38.50
because it
basically becomes an elephant
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walk. What are
the elephants doing,
00:14:40.46\00:14:42.50
well they're
digging in areas like this.
00:14:42.50\00:14:44.50
I don't know if
you can see all of the
00:14:44.50\00:14:46.36
tusk marks. They
call them elephant caves,
00:14:46.36\00:14:49.03
they're digging out
dirt. They're actually
00:14:49.03\00:14:51.40
eating dirt, moms
and dads your children
00:14:51.40\00:14:53.16
are eating dirt,
you know why in this
00:14:53.16\00:14:55.00
case because they need minerals,
00:14:55.00\00:14:56.50
they need minerals
to provide for those
00:14:56.50\00:14:58.53
massive tusk, those huge bodies.
00:14:58.53\00:15:00.43
It's an interesting
diet if you think about it.
00:15:00.43\00:15:03.00
God is so
incredible, he gives them enough
00:15:03.00\00:15:05.76
intelligence to
search and to dig and find
00:15:05.76\00:15:08.20
the pockets of
minerals that they need.
00:15:08.20\00:15:10.23
The social lives
of male and female
00:15:14.13\00:15:15.86
elephants are very
different. Females spend
00:15:15.86\00:15:18.40
their entire lives
entitling of family
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groups, made up of
mothers, daughters,
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sisters and aunts.
When a group gets too big,
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a few of the older
daughters will break off
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and form their own small group.
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The life of the adult
male is very different,
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as he gets older he
begins to spend more
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time at the edge
of the herd, gradually
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going off on his own
for hours or days at a
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time. Eventually
days become weeks and
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sometime around the age of 14,
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the mature male
or bull sets out on
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his own for
good. While males live
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primarily solitary
lives. They will occasionally
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form loose
associations with other males.
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The males spend
much more time than the
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females fighting
for dominance with
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each other, only
the most dominant
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males will be
permitted to breed with cycling
00:16:16.20\00:16:18.50
females. The less
dominant must wait
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their turn. It is
usually the older bulls
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40 to 50-years-old that
do most of the breeding.
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The dominance
battles between males can
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look very fierce, but
typically they inflict
00:16:34.73\00:16:37.90
very little injury.
Most of the bouts are in the
00:16:37.90\00:16:42.83
form of aggressive
displays and bluffs.
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Ordinarily the
smaller, younger and less
00:16:44.70\00:16:47.70
confident animals
will back off before any
00:16:47.70\00:16:50.06
real damage can be
done. However, during
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the breeding
season the battles can get
00:16:53.70\00:16:55.46
extremely
aggressive and an elephant is
00:16:55.46\00:16:57.93
occasionally
injured. During this season,
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a bull will fight
with almost any other male
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it encounters, and
it will spent most of
00:17:05.66\00:17:08.43
its time
hovering around the female
00:17:08.43\00:17:09.56
herds, trying to
find a receptive mate.
00:17:09.56\00:17:12.23
Before I made it
here to the Serengeti
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I never thought
about it being so beautiful
00:17:21.40\00:17:23.53
and so lush in
many places. Makes me
00:17:23.53\00:17:26.46
think of the
Garden of Eden, how God
00:17:26.46\00:17:29.13
in the cool of the
day walked hand in hand
00:17:29.13\00:17:31.46
with Adam and Eve,
and God caused all the
00:17:31.46\00:17:34.66
animal creation to
come before Adam, and
00:17:34.66\00:17:37.40
Adam made every
single one. Apparently a name
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that would
signifying what type of animal,
00:17:40.93\00:17:42.90
what type of
characteristics. I can't
00:17:42.90\00:17:45.30
even begin to
imagine what that must have
00:17:45.30\00:17:47.33
been like, but Adam
perfect from the hand
00:17:47.33\00:17:49.46
of the creator had
such intellect, such
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incredible wisdom.
As I look around and
00:17:52.20\00:17:55.50
see the beauty
that's still here, see the
00:17:55.50\00:17:59.10
animals themselves
and think about the mind
00:17:59.10\00:18:01.36
of God watch must
the mind of God be
00:18:01.36\00:18:03.53
like to create a
giant cat, a wonderful cat,
00:18:03.53\00:18:06.60
so majestic and
beautiful. To parrots
00:18:06.60\00:18:10.03
and buffalo and,
well the list just goes
00:18:10.03\00:18:13.36
on and on and you've
got to think, the mind
00:18:13.36\00:18:16.13
of God has to be
absolutely infinite, and
00:18:16.13\00:18:19.86
loving, because he created
00:18:19.86\00:18:21.90
it all for you and for me.
00:18:21.90\00:18:24.66
I can't wait to get to heaven.
00:18:24.66\00:18:27.80
The Bible says
the lion will lay down
00:18:27.80\00:18:30.03
with the lamb. Just
imagine no more sin,
00:18:30.03\00:18:33.46
which means
complete harmony among the
00:18:33.46\00:18:35.76
creation. I'll be
able to snuggle with
00:18:35.76\00:18:38.16
the lions, maybe
ride a giraffe or run with
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the zebras. When
exploring the great
00:18:40.90\00:18:43.30
wilds of Tanzania,
it is easy to become
00:18:43.30\00:18:46.16
enthralled with the
beauty and glory of the
00:18:46.16\00:18:48.23
creation, but even
more exciting is the joy of
00:18:48.23\00:18:51.70
meeting listeners
whose lives have been
00:18:51.70\00:18:53.43
dramatically affected
by the God of creation.
00:18:53.43\00:18:56.36
It never seizes to
amaze me how the Lord
00:18:56.36\00:18:59.53
speaks to each and
every person in ways
00:18:59.53\00:19:02.00
that call, draw and eventually
00:19:02.00\00:19:04.33
win them to his comforting side.
00:19:04.33\00:19:06.40
When I was baptized
then I used to listen to
00:19:09.40\00:19:12.16
AWR everyday. I was
trying to find a way
00:19:12.16\00:19:16.06
how I can convince my
father, because I know
00:19:16.06\00:19:19.30
that when my father
is convinced, then the
00:19:19.30\00:19:21.40
whole family will be
convinced, because the
00:19:21.40\00:19:24.30
father comes
everybody yeah, everybody would
00:19:24.30\00:19:26.76
follow. Then
because my father is usually
00:19:26.76\00:19:30.50
to sit there
during the evening time,
00:19:30.50\00:19:33.53
I just turn to AWR
and then come to sit
00:19:33.53\00:19:37.53
and I'll be here
like see we're sitting
00:19:37.53\00:19:39.73
now here. You would
bring your radio and
00:19:39.73\00:19:41.70
turned up so he had
to listen. Yeah, yeah
00:19:41.70\00:19:42.73
so that he can hear.
Sometimes when he's or
00:19:42.73\00:19:46.56
has done
something, I used to explain
00:19:46.56\00:19:49.13
it to him. So, you
liked it when your son
00:19:49.13\00:19:53.33
brought the
radio out, so you could
00:19:53.33\00:19:54.80
listen to the
radio. He said yes.
00:19:54.80\00:20:03.30
What it did mean to
you then as you listen
00:20:03.30\00:20:05.56
to radio programs,
how did affect your heart?
00:20:05.56\00:20:08.03
I really enjoy
hearing the prayers and
00:20:08.03\00:20:12.40
the word of God when I heard the
00:20:12.40\00:20:14.86
prayers it touched
my heart. I'm able to
00:20:14.86\00:20:17.76
read a little bit.
So reading the Bible
00:20:17.76\00:20:20.26
also helped me
find it through. When I
00:20:20.26\00:20:23.93
heard Adventist
world radio I knew
00:20:23.93\00:20:26.83
this were the
true people of God.
00:20:26.83\00:20:29.00
Tell me, what
changes now, what has changed
00:20:29.00\00:20:32.56
in the whole family
now that you've accepted
00:20:32.56\00:20:35.50
Christ, now that your lives are
00:20:35.50\00:20:37.20
changed how are they different?
00:20:37.20\00:20:38.33
Our entire family
is changed. We are no
00:20:38.33\00:20:44.93
longer serving the
spirit and now we are
00:20:44.93\00:20:48.46
all at peace. We used
to sacrifice sheep for
00:20:48.46\00:20:51.86
the God whenever
we thought we need
00:20:51.86\00:20:53.93
to satisfy his
spirit but no longer.
00:20:53.93\00:20:56.20
So you sacrifice
goat. Yes, yes, yes.
00:20:56.20\00:20:59.06
Sacrifice. And who
did you sacrifice to,
00:20:59.06\00:21:02.40
what to the Gods or
what were the sacrifices for?
00:21:02.40\00:21:08.70
They were two kind of
sacrifices, one to the
00:21:08.70\00:21:15.96
spirit, the other
to the red God. We will
00:21:15.96\00:21:19.63
slaughter the
animal, eat some of the meat
00:21:19.63\00:21:22.66
and then take the
rest of the meat to our
00:21:22.66\00:21:25.33
dead family members
grave. So, the family
00:21:25.33\00:21:28.76
all the way from
the fathers or maybe
00:21:28.76\00:21:30.73
generations here
used to sacrifice put
00:21:30.73\00:21:34.30
in the stones in the
ground and talk to the
00:21:34.30\00:21:36.16
dead, but now Jesus
Christ has completely
00:21:36.16\00:21:39.43
changed your lives.
Now, you said you had
00:21:39.43\00:21:42.26
a radio, I don't see
any power lines or anyway
00:21:42.26\00:21:45.50
to what do you
do for radio, what
00:21:45.50\00:21:47.20
your radio look
like? We used batteries,
00:21:47.20\00:21:50.33
batteries, do you
a radio that I might
00:21:50.33\00:21:53.06
see if your radio
here handy, the one
00:21:53.06\00:21:55.90
I was using, yeah I have it.
00:21:55.90\00:21:58.26
Can I bring it,
yeah it sounds good?
00:21:58.26\00:22:01.20
As you can see AWR is frontline
00:22:03.23\00:22:05.50
mission radio. Our
first priority is to
00:22:05.50\00:22:08.40
travel where
missionaries cannot go.
00:22:08.40\00:22:10.56
We broadcast
thousands of hours each day in
00:22:10.56\00:22:14.00
70 major languages
of the world. AWR has
00:22:14.00\00:22:18.00
the capability and
capacity of blanketing
00:22:18.00\00:22:20.06
almost 80 percent of
the world's population.
00:22:20.06\00:22:22.66
Not only do we
broadcast via short wave radio,
00:22:22.66\00:22:26.36
but our signal is
on over 1000 FM and
00:22:26.36\00:22:29.50
AM stations
around the world as well.
00:22:29.50\00:22:31.60
Our podcast
subscribers, Internet users,
00:22:31.60\00:22:35.00
satellite downlinks
are growing rapidly.
00:22:35.00\00:22:37.70
Evidenced by the
100,000 plus emails,
00:22:37.70\00:22:40.93
letters and
phone calls we receive
00:22:40.93\00:22:43.30
each and every
year. Yes, AWR is your
00:22:43.30\00:22:46.73
mission radio. No
walls and no borders
00:22:46.73\00:22:49.63
for AWR that
means changed lives and
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.96
changed hearts
around the world because
00:22:51.96\00:22:53.86
God is using the airways of
00:22:53.86\00:22:56.50
AWR to reach people everywhere.
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.70
Here is another story
of hope from Adventist
00:23:03.30\00:23:06.10
World Radio. In
the summer of 2003,
00:23:06.10\00:23:09.46
50 volunteers set
out on bicycles across
00:23:09.46\00:23:12.40
the Karnataka,
Goa region of India.
00:23:12.40\00:23:14.83
Their mission was
to invite town's people
00:23:14.83\00:23:17.33
from around the
region to one of 50
00:23:17.33\00:23:19.63
different
locations where they could
00:23:19.63\00:23:21.50
listen to Adventist
world radio. Many people
00:23:21.50\00:23:24.43
in the
Karnataka, Goa region do not
00:23:24.43\00:23:26.93
own radios and
those that do often
00:23:26.93\00:23:29.73
have never heard of
Adventist world radio.
00:23:29.73\00:23:32.30
The goal of the
project was to established
00:23:32.30\00:23:34.60
listener clubs
that would meet them
00:23:34.60\00:23:36.30
regularly to listen
to the programs hopefully
00:23:36.30\00:23:39.06
leading the people
to Christ. To date over
00:23:39.06\00:23:42.33
2500 people have been baptized
00:23:42.33\00:23:45.63
through the listeners clubs.
00:23:45.63\00:23:46.90
Adventist world
radio shares the hope of
00:23:50.20\00:23:53.10
Christ with
millions of people everyday
00:23:53.10\00:23:55.76
in their own languages, for
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.10
more information visit AWR.org.
00:23:58.10\00:24:01.46
This is your radio,
this is my radio. Wow,
00:24:05.43\00:24:07.60
it's a big
radio. Yeah it is big.
00:24:07.60\00:24:09.43
How many
batteries does that take,
00:24:09.43\00:24:11.43
four, four, four
big batteries yeah.
00:24:11.43\00:24:13.50
Where is, where is
AWR on the dial and
00:24:13.50\00:24:16.96
you got it
already set there. Yeah.
00:24:16.96\00:24:18.83
I do like this, but
sometimes it's around
00:24:18.83\00:24:28.00
here and here, but
now it's not there,
00:24:28.00\00:24:31.90
it's middle of the
day, yeah, we don't
00:24:31.90\00:24:34.03
broadcast in the
middle of the day.
00:24:34.03\00:24:35.33
Everybody is out
farming and taking care
00:24:35.33\00:24:38.66
of their animals.
Alright, well thank you
00:24:38.66\00:24:41.63
for showing me
that. If you had never
00:24:41.63\00:24:44.16
heard AWR what would
your life be like now,
00:24:44.16\00:24:48.10
if your father
had never heard AWR,
00:24:48.10\00:24:50.66
if you haven't been
able to sit our here
00:24:50.66\00:24:51.80
and play the radio and
hear those radio waves,
00:24:51.80\00:24:54.83
what would your life
be like? I would go on
00:24:54.83\00:24:58.36
doing ungodly
things. So there are others
00:24:58.36\00:25:02.23
listening AWR and
the group is growing
00:25:02.23\00:25:04.26
and getting larger, more people
00:25:04.26\00:25:05.96
believing, my
mother also listen the
00:25:05.96\00:25:09.30
and my sister now
they're all baptized.
00:25:09.30\00:25:12.90
So with just a
family it's a whole church,
00:25:12.90\00:25:15.53
there's enough
people for a church, yeah.
00:25:15.53\00:25:18.00
So you're
starting to make waves,
00:25:18.00\00:25:19.66
you heard the
radio waves and now
00:25:19.66\00:25:21.23
you're making
waves of the Holy Spirit
00:25:21.23\00:25:22.90
into other lives,
yeah, yeah, yeah, alright.
00:25:22.90\00:25:25.00
Thank you very
much, thanks you too,
00:25:25.00\00:25:27.36
thank you, thanks
to you. You've got
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.70
a good son Paul
here, he's a good son.
00:25:30.70\00:25:32.76
he says, he can, but
his eyes got problem,
00:25:32.76\00:25:42.36
but maybe you can
find glasses for me
00:25:42.36\00:25:46.46
so that I can read
well, that's his problem,
00:25:46.46\00:25:50.26
he can't read his
Bible, yeah. The scripture
00:25:50.26\00:25:57.06
says therefore if
anyone is in Christ,
00:25:57.06\00:26:00.80
he is a new
creation, the old has gone,
00:26:00.80\00:26:04.96
the new has
come. Today we saw the
00:26:04.96\00:26:08.76
story of two
individuals who are a brand new
00:26:08.76\00:26:11.20
creation in Jesus
Christ. They have new
00:26:11.20\00:26:14.76
life, no more
sacrifices to the dead, no more
00:26:14.76\00:26:19.20
stones buried so
they can talk to the
00:26:19.20\00:26:21.53
spirits but
instead happiness and joy
00:26:21.53\00:26:24.56
and peace of mind, because
00:26:24.56\00:26:27.33
they have found Jesus Christ.
00:26:27.33\00:26:29.33
We have a
wonderful example of a father
00:26:29.33\00:26:32.90
and son
relationship in this story.
00:26:32.90\00:26:35.33
In this case the
son became a follower of
00:26:35.33\00:26:39.26
Jesus first and
then made it possible for
00:26:39.26\00:26:42.70
his father to hear
the radio broadcast and
00:26:42.70\00:26:46.30
that attracted him
to become a follower
00:26:46.30\00:26:48.83
of Jesus Christ as
he put it, the word of
00:26:48.83\00:26:51.56
God to come into
his heart. We also
00:26:51.56\00:26:54.76
have some new information here,
00:26:54.76\00:26:56.60
Paul who is the
son in our story today
00:26:56.60\00:27:00.20
is now assisting us
in the production of AWR
00:27:00.20\00:27:04.66
programs for the
Maasai language and
00:27:04.66\00:27:07.60
so we're very
happy to welcome Paul as
00:27:07.60\00:27:10.60
one of our
producers for AWR in the
00:27:10.60\00:27:14.03
Maasai language.
Adventist world radio
00:27:14.03\00:27:17.03
is going to
continue to share this gospel
00:27:17.03\00:27:20.50
of the Kingdom
with the Maasai people
00:27:20.50\00:27:22.93
and other people
around the world,
00:27:22.93\00:27:25.46
and I know you
will want to be a part
00:27:25.46\00:27:28.50
of this ministry as
well. If you'd like to
00:27:28.50\00:27:31.70
partner with us
and let the world know
00:27:31.70\00:27:33.26
that Jesus
Christ is coming soon.
00:27:33.26\00:27:35.20
Give us a call 1-866-503-3531
00:27:35.20\00:27:39.90
or you can write us at 12501
00:27:39.90\00:27:42.40
Old Columbia
Pike, Silver Spring,
00:27:42.40\00:27:44.70
Maryland -
20904 or log on to our
00:27:44.70\00:27:48.06
website www.awr.org.
Thank you for watching
00:27:48.06\00:27:53.46
and please join
us again for another
00:27:53.46\00:27:55.33
exciting gospel
adventure, because
00:27:55.33\00:27:57.10
around the world
AWR is Making Waves.
00:27:57.10\00:27:59.73