It's is hot,
it's dry, it's dusty,
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it's barren, very little shade.
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I don't know where
they find any water
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in this place. But
some how these nomads
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survive in land
that's so inhospitable.
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Wonderful camel
herd, I've never seen
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so many camels in
any place on earth
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in my life at one
time. And they're very
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nice people even
though some of them are
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carrying weapons
over their shoulder,
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they're nice
people. You find good
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people every where on earth.
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Anthropologists
called Ethiopia the
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cradle of
civilization. The discovery of a
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skeleton later
named Lucy is said to
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be the missing link
and was found in the
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far region of the
Ethiopian. Some studies
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claim that the
dispersion of human beings
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can be traced
back to this region.
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However,
according to Genesis 1:1,
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we find that God
created all the things.
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In the beginning
God created the heavens
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and the earth. So
we conclude that the
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Lucy account does
not fit the Biblical
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record of
creation. As we head east the
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terrain begins to
change from hilly green
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woods and pasture
lands to a volcanic
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wasteland. Even in
this volcanic hoarseness
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just look at the
beauty that God has
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created to remind
us of him. Hope you can
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see these colors.
The land is dry and arid.
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There may be rains
that come at certain
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times of the year
to water the animals
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and supply a little bit
of nutrients for humans.
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But most of the
time it's just dry,
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it's barren, and
there's just no water to be
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found, how do they
do it. I don't know it
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seems like God gives every human
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being the ability
to somehow survive.
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Much of the area
surrounding the well
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of Biblical Samaria
was barren desert and
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bone dry. A
woman had come out of
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the city to draw
the precious water
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of life and Jesus was
there waiting for her.
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He was thinking
of much more than the
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water that would
sustain physical life.
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He revealed to her
that whoever drinks
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of this water
shall thirst again.
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But whoever
drinks of the water that
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I shall give him
shall never thirst.
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But the water that
I shall give him shall
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be in him a well of
water to spring it up.
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He was speaking of
water that represented
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the Holy Spirit.
The presence of God that
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would make the
desert of the human heart
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spring up and
blossom to eternal life.
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Today you will
visit barren deserts and
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the people who
live there. You will
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meet those who
have heard the voice
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of Jesus and have
allowed the true water
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of life to change them forever.
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We traveled a long
way today to get here
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to Ambo, Ethiopia.
It's my understanding a
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lot of people have
come from many areas to
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meet with us today. So let's go
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on inside and see who's here.
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Foreign language
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What language group
is this of the people
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we're going to meet today.
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Oromo language. Oromo, Oromo.
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How many people are
in that language group?
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More than 37
million, 37 million, yeah.
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Thirty seven
million people in a language
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group. And Adventist
Radio is reaching out
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to them? This is an
incredible story today,
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because we have
many people from many
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places I
understand. As a matter of fact
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here many of them here today,
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Akam Bultan, did
I get right? Yeah,
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you're right. I got
it right and nobody said.
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I tried so hard to get
it right. They were not
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expecting that. They
weren't expecting that.
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Well let me try, Akam Bultan.
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Okay that's
better. It's good to see
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all of you today.
How many of you are
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here because of
Adventist World Radio.
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You found the love
of Jesus Christ through
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Adventist World
Radio, I want you to raise
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your hands.
Alright, it's alright.
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Is everybody here today from
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the same church group?
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Foreign language
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No, they're not
from the same church.
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And so is anybody
from here locally?
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Foreign language
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No one. Okay, so
they've all come from
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distances to
meet us today, right.
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How many churches can we somehow
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split them up
into church groups.
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Foreign language
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Let's maybe start
with this group here.
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Who, is there a
spokesman or is there
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someone that you
started out listening
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to AWR and then you
shared with everybody else.
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A friend of mine
told me about Adventist
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World Radio and
after that I began to
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listen to the AWR
program. I recognized
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truth in what
Adventist World Radio was
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teaching and
preaching. After that I shared
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the radio's
message with my friends.
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So you started
listening because of him to AWR.
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Foreign language
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I was in front
listening to AWR before
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he told about it.
He encouraged me to
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join the church.
But there was no church,
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so we made a phone
call to AWR station
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in Addis Ababa, and
from there we formed
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many other group
of people who were
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Adventist and listening to AWR.
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I think God
brought all of us listen
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here together to
be a church body.
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So you're
continually sharing AWR with
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other people.
Yeah, yes we're sharing
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with other
people. Are you happy that
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you've been listening to AWR?
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Does it make a
change in your lives.
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Alright fellows,
thank you so much.
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Let's go into
another group here and see
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their story but
don't go away. I may
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want to talk to
you some more, okay.
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As you can see AWR
is frontline mission
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radio. Our first
priority is to travel where
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missionaries
cannot go. We broadcast
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thousands of hours
each day in seventy
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major languages
of the world. AWR has
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the capability and
capacity of blanketing
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almost eighty
percent of the world's
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population. Not
only do we broadcast via
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shortwave radio, but
our signal is on over
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1000 FM and AM
stations around the
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world as well. Our
podcast subscribers,
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Internet users,
satellite downlinks are
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growing rapidly,
evidenced by the hundred
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thousand plus
e-mails, letters and phone
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calls we receive
each and every year.
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Yes, AWR is your mission radio.
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No walls and no
borders. For AWR that
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means changed
lives and changed hearts
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around the world,
because God is using the
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airways of AWR to
reach people everywhere.
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Here's another
story of hope from
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Adventist World
Radio. My name is
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Benjamin Schoun,
I'm the President of
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Adventist World
Radio. Let me tell you
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about our work in
North Korea, a nation
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governed by a
powerfully repressive
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communist regime, where any form
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of evangelism is
strictly forbidden.
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Adventist World
Radio makes daily
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shortwave
broadcast to North Korea
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spreading the Hope
of Christ to a nation
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utterly devoid of Christianity.
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It's extremely
rare that we make any
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contact with
listeners in North Korea.
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However through
communication with North
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Korean refugees
we're encouraged to know
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that people are
listening to our programs.
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We pray that our
listeners in North Korea
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will receive God's word
and find salvation in Christ.
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Adventist World
Radio shares the hope of
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Christ with
millions of people everyday.
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For more
information visit awr.org.
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Now, we're in the
some of most inhospitable
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country in the
world. Volcanic, barren,
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no water, almost no
shade, but these animals
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survive and thrive. I don't
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know exactly how about they do.
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From ancient
Biblical times camels have
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been recognized
as very important to
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many cultures. This
animal has been called
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the ship of the
desert. Most animals
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store fat in their
bodies, but only camels
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keep most of
their fat in a hump.
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If food is hard to
find, the fat in the hump
00:10:05.60\00:10:08.00
provides energy for
the animal. The hump
00:10:08.00\00:10:10.50
is not a storage
place for water as many
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people believe.
The camel's thick coat
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reflects sunlight,
and also insulates it
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from the intense
heat radiated from
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desert sand.
Their long legs help by
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keeping them
further from the hot ground.
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Their mouth is very
sturdy, has 38 teeth
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and able to chew
thorny desert plants.
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Camels eating
green herbage can capture
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enough moisture in
milder conditions to
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maintain their
bodies' hydrated state
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without the need for
drinking. Long eyelashes
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and heavy ear
hair, together with
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sealable nostrils form
a barrier against sand.
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They're able to
withstand changes in
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body temperature
and water content that
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would kill most
other animals. Their body
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temperature
ranges from 93 degrees
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Fahrenheit at
night to 106 degrees
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Fahrenheit during
the day, and only above
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this threshold will
they begin to sweat.
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Evaporation of
their sweat takes place at
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skin level, not at
the surface of their
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coat, thereby being
efficient at cooling
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the body
compared to the amount of
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water lost during
sweating. This ability to
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fluctuate body
temperature and the
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efficiency of their
sweating allows them
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to preserve about
five liters of water a day.
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God really knew
what he was doing when
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he created the
camel. I want you ask you,
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is that
toothbrush? Your stick, yeah,
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where do you find
that? A bush, the stick,
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yeah. You find
that on a bush. Yeah,
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I know, no
translator. I'm lost, thank you.
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There are an
estimated 30 to 40 million
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nomads in the world. Nomads are
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hunter-gatherers
and have by far the
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longest lived
method of survival in
00:12:01.63\00:12:03.46
human history
following seasonally available
00:12:03.46\00:12:06.36
wild plants and
game. They're continually
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on the move with
their herds looking for
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pasture. You see
they're searching for
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a better life.
They desire peace,
00:12:13.80\00:12:15.86
seek after
happiness, and they want
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answers to questions
about life after death.
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It's exciting to be
a part of God's great
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work that is truly
changing the hearts
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and lives of
these desert dwellers.
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That is some knife,
got a loft at the base.
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So yours is brown,
it looks like you've
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had yours for a
long time, that's it,
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and kind of bitter.
When he got this off
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the bush, mine is
green, his is brown.
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How long has he had his
piece to brush his teeth.
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Foreign language
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For three days,
three days, okay but
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that of
different kind. Is that one
00:13:12.00\00:13:13.90
better than this
one. This one is the
00:13:13.90\00:13:15.73
best. This is one
is best. What does he
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call it. We call it
badeno, badeno, okay.
00:13:17.76\00:13:23.03
Thank you very
much, I appreciate it,
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thank you. It's
interesting; the people
00:13:25.76\00:13:28.60
here are very
friendly, very nice,
00:13:28.60\00:13:31.73
willing to help you
out. Apparently, this
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is the greatest
little bush to brush your
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teeth. I
understand some of these
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even have various
things that help your
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teeth other than just brushing.
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Now this is
another, another representing
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another church
group here. Yes, we're
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representing another
group. And what's the
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story of this group.
Tell me how did you end
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up coming here
today. How did you end up
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with your
relationship with God through
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AWR because you raised hands
00:14:00.16\00:14:02.00
that you listened to AWR?
00:14:02.00\00:14:03.90
Foreign language
00:14:04.16\00:14:05.60
Before I was a
Christian I was under the
00:14:05.80\00:14:07.73
control of the devil,
I worship him and because
00:14:08.10\00:14:11.23
of that I had so many
problems. I lost all of
00:14:11.23\00:14:14.73
my property and
livestock, worst of all my
00:14:14.73\00:14:17.63
family died.
Thankfully I found a
00:14:17.83\00:14:20.06
brother from a Christian church.
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If I can before he
goes on. I wanna hear
00:14:22.46\00:14:24.63
just a little more
on that, worshiping
00:14:24.83\00:14:27.06
the devil. How did
he worship the devil?
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Foreign language
00:14:29.90\00:14:31.03
I used to go to
the fortuneteller,
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so he could predict my future.
00:14:33.16\00:14:34.93
I lost everything
because I followed
00:14:35.20\00:14:37.20
the fortuneteller's orders.
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So he ended up
losing all of his properties
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and everything
because he followed the
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fortuneteller. The
fortuneteller asked me
00:14:43.20\00:14:46.50
to sacrifice my
cattle and sheep and
00:14:46.50\00:14:49.43
eventually I had no more
cattle left to sacrifice.
00:14:49.43\00:14:52.23
Only my children
and me are left alive.
00:14:53.20\00:14:55.73
So I decided to
protest the devil and I
00:14:56.46\00:14:58.93
refused to follow him
any more. I began to go
00:14:58.93\00:15:02.36
to church and
eventually heard about AWR
00:15:02.60\00:15:05.60
and then I began to
listen to it and read the Bible.
00:15:06.06\00:15:08.86
So he found a
change in his heart.
00:15:09.40\00:15:10.73
God began speaking to
him through the radio.
00:15:10.93\00:15:12.93
Now he must have
shared with someone
00:15:13.33\00:15:14.73
else because he's
representing a whole church.
00:15:14.73\00:15:17.30
I shared the message to other
00:15:18.76\00:15:20.06
people and now about 30 people.
00:15:20.06\00:15:22.60
So Jesus Christ
spoke to you through the
00:15:23.20\00:15:24.70
airways of AWR and
you're happy because
00:15:25.00\00:15:27.13
of that today. We
are very happy with AWR.
00:15:27.13\00:15:30.70
Alright, thank you
fellows. In the 1890s a man
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had a dream to build
a rail road, a rail road
00:15:37.80\00:15:40.36
all the way from the
highlands of Ethiopia to
00:15:40.36\00:15:42.76
French Somali
land. But he had a few
00:15:42.76\00:15:45.50
problems, one of those problems.
00:15:45.50\00:15:47.16
It's through the most
inhospitable territory in
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all of Ethiopia,
and then another one the
00:15:50.26\00:15:53.56
Afar people. The
Afar people are quite a
00:15:53.56\00:15:57.03
tribal people that
even file their teeth.
00:15:57.03\00:15:58.96
I understand or
did at that time,
00:15:58.96\00:16:00.70
a vicious people who
didn't want this iron
00:16:01.23\00:16:03.16
monster going their land at all.
00:16:03.16\00:16:05.10
They raid, they
pillaged, they plundered,
00:16:06.60\00:16:08.60
they killed the
workers. But finally 800
00:16:08.60\00:16:12.03
kilometers and 20
years later the rail
00:16:12.03\00:16:15.76
road was completed.
But today it lies in
00:16:15.76\00:16:19.30
complete disuse.
The Afar people are one
00:16:19.30\00:16:25.93
of nine recognized
ethnic divisions of Ethiopia,
00:16:25.93\00:16:29.03
inhabiting Djibouti in
North Eastern Ethiopia.
00:16:29.50\00:16:32.16
The Afar language is
based impart from the
00:16:33.53\00:16:35.60
ancient Cush
people as mentioned in the
00:16:35.60\00:16:37.50
Old Testament book
of Genesis in numbers.
00:16:37.50\00:16:39.70
Cush was the
grandson of Noah and the son
00:16:40.40\00:16:42.53
of Ham. He settled
in Africa in the area
00:16:42.53\00:16:45.10
of modern day
Ethiopia. The Karayu people
00:16:45.10\00:16:50.56
are cousins to the
Afar living in the same
00:16:50.56\00:16:52.86
region. But in the
times of drought family
00:16:52.86\00:16:55.70
relations mean
little as the two tribes are
00:16:55.70\00:16:57.80
known to fight
over water. Where's
00:16:57.80\00:17:01.03
our translator,
what's the brand.
00:17:01.03\00:17:03.10
Foreign language
00:17:03.63\00:17:07.16
We call it Farley, Farley okay.
00:17:07.16\00:17:08.43
Does he know
what the bullet size
00:17:08.73\00:17:10.23
is 9mm. No,
they're bigger than that.
00:17:10.23\00:17:13.36
Foreign language
00:17:14.60\00:17:15.90
What's he carrying for.
00:17:16.23\00:17:17.70
Foreign language
00:17:18.30\00:17:20.16
Just for the
protection of animals and for
00:17:20.70\00:17:23.26
themselves. Is he a good shot
00:17:23.60\00:17:25.60
Foreign language
00:17:25.80\00:17:29.50
He doesn't want to brag now.
00:17:29.93\00:17:31.13
Well guns and
radios no mater where
00:17:33.43\00:17:35.90
we are AWR is
reaching out there.
00:17:35.90\00:17:38.46
You fellows, you're one group.
00:17:41.43\00:17:42.66
Yeah, we are one group.
00:17:45.70\00:17:47.90
How far away did
you travel today?
00:17:48.90\00:17:50.50
We came from around
145 kilometers away,
00:17:51.40\00:17:54.06
six hours on foot
and three hours by car.
00:17:54.80\00:17:57.33
So nine and half
hours of travel most of that
00:17:58.00\00:18:00.53
on foot. Share
that story with me,
00:18:00.53\00:18:03.00
what happened?
How come you're here
00:18:03.00\00:18:05.30
today, how come
you're Christians today?
00:18:05.30\00:18:07.06
Foreign language
00:18:07.06\00:18:08.83
We had listened to
AWR to several times.
00:18:09.33\00:18:11.46
But we didn't know
where the church was.
00:18:12.03\00:18:13.83
We eventually heard
from a friend of ours
00:18:14.76\00:18:16.60
where the church was
located. When I heard
00:18:16.60\00:18:19.46
the AWR truth and
talked to my friend
00:18:19.46\00:18:22.10
who is an adventist, I
decided to come this church.
00:18:22.10\00:18:25.66
Now you've been
sharing this message
00:18:26.36\00:18:27.96
with others, is that correct?
00:18:27.96\00:18:29.56
Foreign language
00:18:29.76\00:18:30.90
I have shared
with so many people,
00:18:30.90\00:18:32.36
sometime many
people will gather in my
00:18:33.26\00:18:35.50
home and we listen
to the radio program.
00:18:35.50\00:18:37.20
How many people?
There are about seven
00:18:37.80\00:18:40.80
of us in that group. Amen,
brothers thank you so much.
00:18:40.80\00:18:44.06
Foreign language
00:18:44.76\00:18:47.66
We've got to go, there
is one more group, I think.
00:18:48.00\00:18:49.76
Foreign language
00:18:50.00\00:18:53.00
Now this is another
church group here, yes.
00:18:54.56\00:18:56.86
I can't remember
here, this gentleman.
00:18:57.06\00:18:59.60
He's Devon. Tell us how come you
00:18:59.60\00:19:02.10
came today and why
is this group here?
00:19:02.33\00:19:04.50
Before I was a
Christian, I would seek the
00:19:07.36\00:19:09.26
fortuneteller's
guidance all the time.
00:19:09.26\00:19:11.90
I will give him money
and perform sacrifices for
00:19:13.80\00:19:16.03
him. By following
his orders I had so many
00:19:16.03\00:19:19.80
problems. I lost
all my property and my
00:19:19.80\00:19:23.50
entire family was
sick. I even became
00:19:23.50\00:19:26.53
seriously ill.
Finally I heard about God.
00:19:26.53\00:19:30.10
I began to listen
to AWR. Always we heard
00:19:30.70\00:19:34.00
about AWR where she
come to my house and
00:19:34.00\00:19:36.43
worship with us. I
have given a peace of my
00:19:36.43\00:19:40.03
own land and provide
number for us to have
00:19:40.03\00:19:42.76
our own church. I
got to ask you too,
00:19:42.76\00:19:45.73
seems like for so
many people here go to
00:19:45.73\00:19:47.90
fortunetellers. Why
do the people go to the
00:19:47.90\00:19:50.63
fortunetellers, and
it seems like every story
00:19:50.90\00:19:53.90
I've heard it's
always disaster when they
00:19:53.90\00:19:56.46
Go the fortuneteller.
Seeking fortunetellers
00:19:56.46\00:20:00.83
is a tradition in our
culture. Our people know
00:20:00.83\00:20:04.96
nothing about god.
So we're following the
00:20:05.66\00:20:07.80
tradition of our families
and go to the fortunetellers.
00:20:07.80\00:20:11.23
So the entire
culture is wrapped around
00:20:12.53\00:20:15.23
fortunetelling, it's
supposedly trying to tell
00:20:15.23\00:20:17.10
the future. So how
exciting it is to be
00:20:17.10\00:20:19.96
free from all that in
Jesus Christ. Thank you.
00:20:19.96\00:20:23.10
Now you young
fellows, you've said you are
00:20:23.83\00:20:26.30
in fortunetelling
also. Yes, they were.
00:20:26.30\00:20:28.83
What happens if
the fortuneteller tells
00:20:29.33\00:20:31.50
you to do something
and you don't do it?
00:20:31.50\00:20:33.03
Foreign language
00:20:33.53\00:20:35.70
We really fear the
fortune teller and if
00:20:36.33\00:20:38.60
he orders us
and we don't listen,
00:20:38.60\00:20:40.63
we expect something
bad to happen to us.
00:20:40.63\00:20:43.16
And what bad
could happen to you?
00:20:43.73\00:20:45.56
Death! Death! Well
that's pretty final.
00:20:47.30\00:20:50.93
So you've seen it,
it's happened to someone
00:20:52.63\00:20:54.30
you know or you've just thought
00:20:54.30\00:20:55.63
that this is what could happen.
00:20:55.63\00:20:56.90
Foreign language
00:20:57.56\00:20:59.66
We hear that from our
fathers and grandparents.
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.70
We've witnessed
people get seriously sick and
00:21:03.00\00:21:05.70
they say it's
because they're disobedient
00:21:05.70\00:21:08.10
to the fortuneteller's orders.
00:21:08.10\00:21:10.03
Now how have your
lives changed since
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.16
you've found Jesus
Christ. Our lives have
00:21:12.16\00:21:14.73
changes so much.
Fellows, thank you so
00:21:14.73\00:21:17.13
much today, I
appreciate it. We will see each
00:21:17.13\00:21:19.50
other in heaven one
day soon. We need to
00:21:19.50\00:21:21.86
find our other group
here and talk with them
00:21:22.10\00:21:24.00
a moment. Through
the Radio Wave of AWR
00:21:24.00\00:21:28.83
God is reaching
people around the world.
00:21:28.83\00:21:30.80
We'd like to offer
you an edition of Making
00:21:32.56\00:21:34.50
Waves. It's four of
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you from around
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00:21:36.86\00:21:39.93
to hearts, the hearts
of the listeners of AWR
00:21:39.93\00:21:42.30
exciting stories. We
hope that you'll share
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.70
those with friends and
neighbors, acquaintances,
00:21:44.70\00:21:46.80
anyone you come in contact with.
00:21:47.10\00:21:48.46
Join us to make
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Right now the
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00:22:21.53\00:22:26.73
Here's another story
of hope from Adventist
00:22:29.60\00:22:32.60
World Radio. In
the summer of 2003,
00:22:32.60\00:22:35.80
fifty volunteers set
out on bicycles across
00:22:36.06\00:22:38.76
the
Karnataka-Goa region of India.
00:22:38.76\00:22:41.23
Their mission was
to invite town's people
00:22:41.46\00:22:43.66
from around that
region to one of fifty
00:22:43.66\00:22:45.96
different locations,
where they could listen
00:22:45.96\00:22:48.13
to the Adventist
World Radio. Many people in
00:22:48.13\00:22:51.03
the Karnataka-Goa
region do not own radios,
00:22:51.03\00:22:54.16
and those that do
often have never heard
00:22:54.60\00:22:57.03
of Adventist World
Radio. The goal of the
00:22:57.03\00:22:59.60
project was to
establish listeners clubs
00:22:59.80\00:23:01.83
that would meet
regularly to listen to the
00:23:01.83\00:23:03.80
programs, hopefully
leading the people to
00:23:03.80\00:23:06.66
Christ. To date over
two thousand five hundred
00:23:06.66\00:23:10.33
people have been baptized
through the listeners clubs.
00:23:10.33\00:23:13.26
Adventist World
Radio shares the hope of
00:23:16.40\00:23:19.16
Christ with millions
of people everyday in
00:23:19.43\00:23:22.53
their own languages. For more
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.50
information visit awr.org.
00:23:24.50\00:23:27.76
Now, you're a
great group of people.
00:23:29.23\00:23:30.76
Are there more
people that couldn't come
00:23:30.76\00:23:32.53
to join you today?
Yeah, they are some
00:23:32.53\00:23:35.40
more. Now I see
several of you, now forgive
00:23:35.40\00:23:39.36
me 'cause I'm old
but you look very young.
00:23:39.36\00:23:41.43
It's great to see
young people accepting
00:23:42.26\00:23:44.10
the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Can one of
00:23:44.10\00:23:46.93
you that's the
younger of the group tell
00:23:46.93\00:23:49.03
me how it
happened? Most of us young
00:23:49.03\00:23:52.83
people are in
school. So it's easy for us
00:23:52.83\00:23:55.80
to read and
understand the truth in the
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.76
Bible and because
of that many of us
00:23:57.76\00:24:00.80
are accepting Jesus
Christ. So, you're all
00:24:01.06\00:24:04.40
sharing Jesus with others? Amen.
00:24:04.40\00:24:06.60
Yeah, yes we're
sharing. You've been
00:24:06.60\00:24:08.43
grinning and
smiling so much I got to ask
00:24:08.43\00:24:10.80
you the question. So
you're instrumental in
00:24:10.80\00:24:14.43
kind of helping
these people as they
00:24:14.43\00:24:15.90
listen to AWR, and
then they begin coming
00:24:15.90\00:24:19.36
to you and asking
questions? I travel to
00:24:19.36\00:24:24.00
their villages and
there was no Adventist
00:24:24.23\00:24:26.40
Church, but most of
the people they were
00:24:26.40\00:24:28.66
listening to AWR.
Most of them knew something
00:24:28.93\00:24:32.10
about the sabbath
too. many had questions
00:24:32.10\00:24:34.90
about adventist
church, so I help them
00:24:34.90\00:24:37.30
understand the awr
message. eventually they
00:24:37.30\00:24:40.50
all accept jesus
christ and we have all
00:24:40.50\00:24:43.86
begun worshiping
together. so are you all
00:24:43.86\00:24:46.76
happy in jesus
christ today. yes, we do
00:24:46.76\00:24:49.93
have. has god
changed your lives every
00:24:49.93\00:24:52.00
one of you? yes.
i'm seeing this grin,
00:24:52.00\00:24:55.43
i like this grin. it's
always a blessing to meet
00:24:55.43\00:25:00.80
dozens of people
living in extremely remote
00:25:00.80\00:25:03.66
areas, who have
spent their entire lives
00:25:03.66\00:25:05.80
believing the fortunetellers
and following their
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.66
lives until they've
turned on their radios and
00:25:08.93\00:25:11.63
a spring of little
water filled them to over
00:25:11.63\00:25:14.00
flowing. Now, no
matter how hard the devil
00:25:14.00\00:25:33.63
tries to disrupt the
result, even during the
00:25:33.63\00:25:36.20
baptism of
celebration, they will not be
00:25:36.40\00:25:39.00
robbed of victory in Christ.
00:25:39.00\00:25:40.80
Today in our program
we've seen an example
00:25:59.70\00:26:01.70
of what AWR does.
Usually what happens,
00:26:01.70\00:26:05.06
one person somehow
begins to listen to the
00:26:05.06\00:26:08.03
radio. They feel
their heart s with a message
00:26:08.03\00:26:11.73
of what they've
heard, and then they have
00:26:12.30\00:26:14.20
the impulse to
tell somebody else.
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.33
We begin to get
another listener and they
00:26:16.90\00:26:19.03
listen, they form
a group, and the next
00:26:19.23\00:26:21.63
impulse is to become
a church. And as we've
00:26:21.63\00:26:24.53
seen here today,
we have six different
00:26:24.53\00:26:26.50
churches that have
been formed all from
00:26:26.50\00:26:29.26
the listening to
Adventist World Radio.
00:26:29.26\00:26:31.80
In the scriptures, in
the Book of Colossians,
00:26:32.26\00:26:34.76
chapter 1, there
are several verses here
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.30
that the Apostle
Paul writes to his people.
00:26:37.30\00:26:39.80
And I think they
apply to these people
00:26:40.23\00:26:42.40
here as well. We
thank God, the Father
00:26:42.40\00:26:46.20
of our Lord Jesus
Christ when we pray for
00:26:46.20\00:26:48.43
you because we
have heard of your faith
00:26:48.43\00:26:51.23
in Christ Jesus and
of the love that you
00:26:51.23\00:26:54.00
have for all the
saints. All over the world
00:26:54.23\00:26:57.76
this gospel is
bearing fruit and growing just
00:26:57.76\00:27:01.90
as it has been
doing among you since the
00:27:01.90\00:27:04.20
day you heard it
and understood God's
00:27:04.20\00:27:07.40
grace in all its
truth. That's happening
00:27:07.40\00:27:11.40
in so many places
all over the world this
00:27:11.40\00:27:14.40
gospel is growing,
because they're able to
00:27:14.40\00:27:17.40
hear it, and internalize
it into their hearts.
00:27:17.40\00:27:20.70
And we at AWR
will keep making waves
00:27:21.23\00:27:23.60
as well as long as
we have the resources
00:27:23.60\00:27:26.26
to continue our work
and you can be a part
00:27:26.26\00:27:28.96
of this as well. If
you'd like to partner with
00:27:28.96\00:27:31.10
us, give us a call
today 1-866-503-3531
00:27:31.10\00:27:36.70
or you can write us
at 12501 Old Columbia
00:27:37.20\00:27:40.10
Pike, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20904 or
00:27:40.30\00:27:44.43
log on to our
website www.awr.org, and
00:27:44.43\00:27:49.40
thank you for
watching. Please join us again
00:27:49.40\00:27:51.26
for another
exciting gospel adventure
00:27:51.26\00:27:53.30
because around the
world AWR is Making Waves.
00:27:53.50\00:27:57.50
er with
00:27:57.50\00:27:58.50
us, give us a call
today 1-866-503-3531
00:27:58.50\00:27:59.46
or you can write us
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00:27:59.46\00:28:00.43
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Spring, Maryland 20904 or
00:28:00.43\00:28:01.43
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00:28:01.43\00:28:02.40
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00:28:02.40\00:28:03.36