Participants: Jim Ayer
Series Code: MW
Program Code: MW000051
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00:01 It's is hot, it's dry, it's dusty,
00:03 it's barren, very little shade. 00:06 I don't know where they find any water 00:07 in this place. But some how these nomads 00:10 survive in land that's so inhospitable. 00:14 Wonderful camel herd, I've never seen 00:15 so many camels in any place on earth 00:17 in my life at one time. And they're very 00:20 nice people even though some of them are 00:22 carrying weapons over their shoulder, 00:25 they're nice people. You find good 00:27 people every where on earth. 01:06 Anthropologists called Ethiopia the 01:08 cradle of civilization. The discovery of a 01:11 skeleton later named Lucy is said to 01:14 be the missing link and was found in the 01:16 far region of the Ethiopian. Some studies 01:19 claim that the dispersion of human beings 01:21 can be traced back to this region. 01:24 However, according to Genesis 1:1, 01:26 we find that God created all the things. 01:29 In the beginning God created the heavens 01:31 and the earth. So we conclude that the 01:33 Lucy account does not fit the Biblical 01:35 record of creation. As we head east the 01:44 terrain begins to change from hilly green 01:46 woods and pasture lands to a volcanic 01:48 wasteland. Even in this volcanic hoarseness 01:56 just look at the beauty that God has 01:58 created to remind us of him. Hope you can 02:03 see these colors. The land is dry and arid. 02:16 There may be rains that come at certain 02:18 times of the year to water the animals 02:21 and supply a little bit of nutrients for humans. 02:25 But most of the time it's just dry, 02:27 it's barren, and there's just no water to be 02:31 found, how do they do it. I don't know it 02:35 seems like God gives every human 02:36 being the ability to somehow survive. 02:57 Much of the area surrounding the well 02:59 of Biblical Samaria was barren desert and 03:02 bone dry. A woman had come out of 03:05 the city to draw the precious water 03:07 of life and Jesus was there waiting for her. 03:10 He was thinking of much more than the 03:12 water that would sustain physical life. 03:15 He revealed to her that whoever drinks 03:17 of this water shall thirst again. 03:19 But whoever drinks of the water that 03:21 I shall give him shall never thirst. 03:24 But the water that I shall give him shall 03:26 be in him a well of water to spring it up. 03:29 He was speaking of water that represented 03:30 the Holy Spirit. The presence of God that 03:33 would make the desert of the human heart 03:35 spring up and blossom to eternal life. 03:39 Today you will visit barren deserts and 03:40 the people who live there. You will 03:42 meet those who have heard the voice 03:44 of Jesus and have allowed the true water 03:46 of life to change them forever. 03:51 We traveled a long way today to get here 03:53 to Ambo, Ethiopia. It's my understanding a 03:56 lot of people have come from many areas to 03:58 meet with us today. So let's go 04:00 on inside and see who's here. 04:06 Foreign language 04:31 What language group is this of the people 04:32 we're going to meet today. 04:33 Oromo language. Oromo, Oromo. 04:37 How many people are in that language group? 04:39 More than 37 million, 37 million, yeah. 04:43 Thirty seven million people in a language 04:46 group. And Adventist Radio is reaching out 04:49 to them? This is an incredible story today, 04:51 because we have many people from many 04:52 places I understand. As a matter of fact 04:55 here many of them here today, 04:57 Akam Bultan, did I get right? Yeah, 05:01 you're right. I got it right and nobody said. 05:04 I tried so hard to get it right. They were not 05:07 expecting that. They weren't expecting that. 05:10 Well let me try, Akam Bultan. 05:13 Okay that's better. It's good to see 05:17 all of you today. How many of you are 05:20 here because of Adventist World Radio. 05:23 You found the love of Jesus Christ through 05:25 Adventist World Radio, I want you to raise 05:26 your hands. Alright, it's alright. 05:31 Is everybody here today from 05:33 the same church group? 05:34 Foreign language 05:38 No, they're not from the same church. 05:40 And so is anybody from here locally? 05:43 Foreign language 05:47 No one. Okay, so they've all come from 05:49 distances to meet us today, right. 05:52 How many churches can we somehow 05:54 split them up into church groups. 05:56 Foreign language 06:01 Let's maybe start with this group here. 06:03 Who, is there a spokesman or is there 06:05 someone that you started out listening 06:07 to AWR and then you shared with everybody else. 06:11 A friend of mine told me about Adventist 06:14 World Radio and after that I began to 06:16 listen to the AWR program. I recognized 06:20 truth in what Adventist World Radio was 06:22 teaching and preaching. After that I shared 06:25 the radio's message with my friends. 06:28 So you started listening because of him to AWR. 06:32 Foreign language 06:35 I was in front listening to AWR before 06:38 he told about it. He encouraged me to 06:40 join the church. But there was no church, 06:43 so we made a phone call to AWR station 06:45 in Addis Ababa, and from there we formed 06:48 many other group of people who were 06:49 Adventist and listening to AWR. 06:52 I think God brought all of us listen 06:54 here together to be a church body. 06:58 So you're continually sharing AWR with 07:00 other people. Yeah, yes we're sharing 07:02 with other people. Are you happy that 07:04 you've been listening to AWR? 07:06 Does it make a change in your lives. 07:10 Alright fellows, thank you so much. 07:12 Let's go into another group here and see 07:13 their story but don't go away. I may 07:15 want to talk to you some more, okay. 07:19 As you can see AWR is frontline mission 07:22 radio. Our first priority is to travel where 07:25 missionaries cannot go. We broadcast 07:28 thousands of hours each day in seventy 07:30 major languages of the world. AWR has 07:34 the capability and capacity of blanketing 07:36 almost eighty percent of the world's 07:37 population. Not only do we broadcast via 07:41 shortwave radio, but our signal is on over 07:43 1000 FM and AM stations around the 07:47 world as well. Our podcast subscribers, 07:50 Internet users, satellite downlinks are 07:52 growing rapidly, evidenced by the hundred 07:55 thousand plus e-mails, letters and phone 07:58 calls we receive each and every year. 08:01 Yes, AWR is your mission radio. 08:04 No walls and no borders. For AWR that 08:06 means changed lives and changed hearts 08:08 around the world, because God is using the 08:11 airways of AWR to reach people everywhere. 08:19 Here's another story of hope from 08:21 Adventist World Radio. My name is 08:23 Benjamin Schoun, I'm the President of 08:25 Adventist World Radio. Let me tell you 08:27 about our work in North Korea, a nation 08:30 governed by a powerfully repressive 08:33 communist regime, where any form 08:34 of evangelism is strictly forbidden. 08:37 Adventist World Radio makes daily 08:39 shortwave broadcast to North Korea 08:41 spreading the Hope of Christ to a nation 08:43 utterly devoid of Christianity. 08:46 It's extremely rare that we make any 08:48 contact with listeners in North Korea. 08:51 However through communication with North 08:53 Korean refugees we're encouraged to know 08:56 that people are listening to our programs. 08:59 We pray that our listeners in North Korea 09:01 will receive God's word and find salvation in Christ. 09:07 Adventist World Radio shares the hope of 09:10 Christ with millions of people everyday. 09:14 For more information visit awr.org. 09:34 Now, we're in the some of most inhospitable 09:36 country in the world. Volcanic, barren, 09:39 no water, almost no shade, but these animals 09:43 survive and thrive. I don't 09:45 know exactly how about they do. 09:50 From ancient Biblical times camels have 09:52 been recognized as very important to 09:54 many cultures. This animal has been called 09:57 the ship of the desert. Most animals 10:00 store fat in their bodies, but only camels 10:03 keep most of their fat in a hump. 10:05 If food is hard to find, the fat in the hump 10:08 provides energy for the animal. The hump 10:10 is not a storage place for water as many 10:12 people believe. The camel's thick coat 10:15 reflects sunlight, and also insulates it 10:18 from the intense heat radiated from 10:19 desert sand. Their long legs help by 10:23 keeping them further from the hot ground. 10:26 Their mouth is very sturdy, has 38 teeth 10:29 and able to chew thorny desert plants. 10:32 Camels eating green herbage can capture 10:34 enough moisture in milder conditions to 10:36 maintain their bodies' hydrated state 10:38 without the need for drinking. Long eyelashes 10:42 and heavy ear hair, together with 10:44 sealable nostrils form a barrier against sand. 10:48 They're able to withstand changes in 10:50 body temperature and water content that 10:52 would kill most other animals. Their body 10:55 temperature ranges from 93 degrees 10:57 Fahrenheit at night to 106 degrees 10:59 Fahrenheit during the day, and only above 11:02 this threshold will they begin to sweat. 11:06 Evaporation of their sweat takes place at 11:08 skin level, not at the surface of their 11:10 coat, thereby being efficient at cooling 11:12 the body compared to the amount of 11:14 water lost during sweating. This ability to 11:18 fluctuate body temperature and the 11:20 efficiency of their sweating allows them 11:22 to preserve about five liters of water a day. 11:26 God really knew what he was doing when 11:27 he created the camel. I want you ask you, 11:30 is that toothbrush? Your stick, yeah, 11:37 where do you find that? A bush, the stick, 11:42 yeah. You find that on a bush. Yeah, 11:46 I know, no translator. I'm lost, thank you. 11:54 There are an estimated 30 to 40 million 11:56 nomads in the world. Nomads are 11:59 hunter-gatherers and have by far the 12:01 longest lived method of survival in 12:03 human history following seasonally available 12:06 wild plants and game. They're continually 12:09 on the move with their herds looking for 12:10 pasture. You see they're searching for 12:13 a better life. They desire peace, 12:16 seek after happiness, and they want 12:18 answers to questions about life after death. 12:22 It's exciting to be a part of God's great 12:23 work that is truly changing the hearts 12:26 and lives of these desert dwellers. 12:31 That is some knife, got a loft at the base. 12:48 So yours is brown, it looks like you've 12:50 had yours for a long time, that's it, 12:53 and kind of bitter. When he got this off 12:57 the bush, mine is green, his is brown. 13:00 How long has he had his piece to brush his teeth. 13:03 Foreign language 13:09 For three days, three days, okay but 13:12 that of different kind. Is that one 13:13 better than this one. This one is the 13:15 best. This is one is best. What does he 13:17 call it. We call it badeno, badeno, okay. 13:23 Thank you very much, I appreciate it, 13:25 thank you. It's interesting; the people 13:28 here are very friendly, very nice, 13:31 willing to help you out. Apparently, this 13:34 is the greatest little bush to brush your 13:35 teeth. I understand some of these 13:37 even have various things that help your 13:41 teeth other than just brushing. 13:45 Now this is another, another representing 13:48 another church group here. Yes, we're 13:50 representing another group. And what's the 13:53 story of this group. Tell me how did you end 13:55 up coming here today. How did you end up 13:58 with your relationship with God through 14:00 AWR because you raised hands 14:02 that you listened to AWR? 14:04 Foreign language 14:05 Before I was a Christian I was under the 14:08 control of the devil, I worship him and because 14:11 of that I had so many problems. I lost all of 14:14 my property and livestock, worst of all my 14:17 family died. Thankfully I found a 14:20 brother from a Christian church. 14:22 If I can before he goes on. I wanna hear 14:24 just a little more on that, worshiping 14:27 the devil. How did he worship the devil? 14:29 Foreign language 14:31 I used to go to the fortuneteller, 14:33 so he could predict my future. 14:35 I lost everything because I followed 14:37 the fortuneteller's orders. 14:39 So he ended up losing all of his properties 14:41 and everything because he followed the 14:43 fortuneteller. The fortuneteller asked me 14:46 to sacrifice my cattle and sheep and 14:49 eventually I had no more cattle left to sacrifice. 14:53 Only my children and me are left alive. 14:56 So I decided to protest the devil and I 14:58 refused to follow him any more. I began to go 15:02 to church and eventually heard about AWR 15:06 and then I began to listen to it and read the Bible. 15:09 So he found a change in his heart. 15:10 God began speaking to him through the radio. 15:13 Now he must have shared with someone 15:14 else because he's representing a whole church. 15:18 I shared the message to other 15:20 people and now about 30 people. 15:23 So Jesus Christ spoke to you through the 15:25 airways of AWR and you're happy because 15:27 of that today. We are very happy with AWR. 15:31 Alright, thank you fellows. In the 1890s a man 15:37 had a dream to build a rail road, a rail road 15:40 all the way from the highlands of Ethiopia to 15:42 French Somali land. But he had a few 15:45 problems, one of those problems. 15:48 It's through the most inhospitable territory in 15:50 all of Ethiopia, and then another one the 15:53 Afar people. The Afar people are quite a 15:57 tribal people that even file their teeth. 15:58 I understand or did at that time, 16:01 a vicious people who didn't want this iron 16:03 monster going their land at all. 16:06 They raid, they pillaged, they plundered, 16:08 they killed the workers. But finally 800 16:12 kilometers and 20 years later the rail 16:15 road was completed. But today it lies in 16:19 complete disuse. The Afar people are one 16:25 of nine recognized ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, 16:29 inhabiting Djibouti in North Eastern Ethiopia. 16:33 The Afar language is based impart from the 16:35 ancient Cush people as mentioned in the 16:37 Old Testament book of Genesis in numbers. 16:40 Cush was the grandson of Noah and the son 16:42 of Ham. He settled in Africa in the area 16:45 of modern day Ethiopia. The Karayu people 16:50 are cousins to the Afar living in the same 16:52 region. But in the times of drought family 16:55 relations mean little as the two tribes are 16:57 known to fight over water. Where's 17:01 our translator, what's the brand. 17:03 Foreign language 17:07 We call it Farley, Farley okay. 17:08 Does he know what the bullet size 17:10 is 9mm. No, they're bigger than that. 17:14 Foreign language 17:16 What's he carrying for. 17:18 Foreign language 17:20 Just for the protection of animals and for 17:23 themselves. Is he a good shot 17:25 Foreign language 17:29 He doesn't want to brag now. 17:33 Well guns and radios no mater where 17:35 we are AWR is reaching out there. 17:41 You fellows, you're one group. 17:45 Yeah, we are one group. 17:48 How far away did you travel today? 17:51 We came from around 145 kilometers away, 17:54 six hours on foot and three hours by car. 17:58 So nine and half hours of travel most of that 18:00 on foot. Share that story with me, 18:03 what happened? How come you're here 18:05 today, how come you're Christians today? 18:07 Foreign language 18:09 We had listened to AWR to several times. 18:12 But we didn't know where the church was. 18:14 We eventually heard from a friend of ours 18:16 where the church was located. When I heard 18:19 the AWR truth and talked to my friend 18:22 who is an adventist, I decided to come this church. 18:26 Now you've been sharing this message 18:27 with others, is that correct? 18:29 Foreign language 18:30 I have shared with so many people, 18:33 sometime many people will gather in my 18:35 home and we listen to the radio program. 18:37 How many people? There are about seven 18:40 of us in that group. Amen, brothers thank you so much. 18:44 Foreign language 18:48 We've got to go, there is one more group, I think. 18:50 Foreign language 18:54 Now this is another church group here, yes. 18:57 I can't remember here, this gentleman. 18:59 He's Devon. Tell us how come you 19:02 came today and why is this group here? 19:07 Before I was a Christian, I would seek the 19:09 fortuneteller's guidance all the time. 19:13 I will give him money and perform sacrifices for 19:16 him. By following his orders I had so many 19:19 problems. I lost all my property and my 19:23 entire family was sick. I even became 19:26 seriously ill. Finally I heard about God. 19:30 I began to listen to AWR. Always we heard 19:34 about AWR where she come to my house and 19:36 worship with us. I have given a peace of my 19:40 own land and provide number for us to have 19:42 our own church. I got to ask you too, 19:45 seems like for so many people here go to 19:47 fortunetellers. Why do the people go to the 19:50 fortunetellers, and it seems like every story 19:53 I've heard it's always disaster when they 19:56 Go the fortuneteller. Seeking fortunetellers 20:00 is a tradition in our culture. Our people know 20:05 nothing about god. So we're following the 20:07 tradition of our families and go to the fortunetellers. 20:12 So the entire culture is wrapped around 20:15 fortunetelling, it's supposedly trying to tell 20:17 the future. So how exciting it is to be 20:19 free from all that in Jesus Christ. Thank you. 20:23 Now you young fellows, you've said you are 20:26 in fortunetelling also. Yes, they were. 20:29 What happens if the fortuneteller tells 20:31 you to do something and you don't do it? 20:33 Foreign language 20:36 We really fear the fortune teller and if 20:38 he orders us and we don't listen, 20:40 we expect something bad to happen to us. 20:43 And what bad could happen to you? 20:47 Death! Death! Well that's pretty final. 20:52 So you've seen it, it's happened to someone 20:54 you know or you've just thought 20:55 that this is what could happen. 20:57 Foreign language 21:00 We hear that from our fathers and grandparents. 21:03 We've witnessed people get seriously sick and 21:05 they say it's because they're disobedient 21:08 to the fortuneteller's orders. 21:10 Now how have your lives changed since 21:12 you've found Jesus Christ. Our lives have 21:14 changes so much. Fellows, thank you so 21:17 much today, I appreciate it. We will see each 21:19 other in heaven one day soon. We need to 21:22 find our other group here and talk with them 21:24 a moment. Through the Radio Wave of AWR 21:28 God is reaching people around the world. 21:32 We'd like to offer you an edition of Making 21:34 Waves. It's four of our episodes brought to 21:36 you from around the world. God speaking 21:39 to hearts, the hearts of the listeners of AWR 21:42 exciting stories. We hope that you'll share 21:44 those with friends and neighbors, acquaintances, 21:47 anyone you come in contact with. 21:48 Join us to make waves, it's completely free. 21:52 Right now the information is on your screen. 21:55 For your free, no obligation DVD, 21:57 write to Adventist World Radio, 12501, 22:01 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, 22:03 Maryland 20904, or call 1-866-503-3531 22:11 or log onto www.awr.org/MWDVD. 22:19 Be sure to request offer number 10, 22:21 that number again is 1-866-503-3531. 22:29 Here's another story of hope from Adventist 22:32 World Radio. In the summer of 2003, 22:36 fifty volunteers set out on bicycles across 22:38 the Karnataka-Goa region of India. 22:41 Their mission was to invite town's people 22:43 from around that region to one of fifty 22:45 different locations, where they could listen 22:48 to the Adventist World Radio. Many people in 22:51 the Karnataka-Goa region do not own radios, 22:54 and those that do often have never heard 22:57 of Adventist World Radio. The goal of the 22:59 project was to establish listeners clubs 23:01 that would meet regularly to listen to the 23:03 programs, hopefully leading the people to 23:06 Christ. To date over two thousand five hundred 23:10 people have been baptized through the listeners clubs. 23:16 Adventist World Radio shares the hope of 23:19 Christ with millions of people everyday in 23:22 their own languages. For more 23:24 information visit awr.org. 23:29 Now, you're a great group of people. 23:30 Are there more people that couldn't come 23:32 to join you today? Yeah, they are some 23:35 more. Now I see several of you, now forgive 23:39 me 'cause I'm old but you look very young. 23:42 It's great to see young people accepting 23:44 the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Can one of 23:46 you that's the younger of the group tell 23:49 me how it happened? Most of us young 23:52 people are in school. So it's easy for us 23:55 to read and understand the truth in the 23:57 Bible and because of that many of us 24:01 are accepting Jesus Christ. So, you're all 24:04 sharing Jesus with others? Amen. 24:06 Yeah, yes we're sharing. You've been 24:08 grinning and smiling so much I got to ask 24:10 you the question. So you're instrumental in 24:14 kind of helping these people as they 24:15 listen to AWR, and then they begin coming 24:19 to you and asking questions? I travel to 24:24 their villages and there was no Adventist 24:26 Church, but most of the people they were 24:28 listening to AWR. Most of them knew something 24:32 about the sabbath too. many had questions 24:34 about adventist church, so I help them 24:37 understand the awr message. eventually they 24:40 all accept jesus christ and we have all 24:43 begun worshiping together. so are you all 24:46 happy in jesus christ today. yes, we do 24:49 have. has god changed your lives every 24:52 one of you? yes. i'm seeing this grin, 24:55 i like this grin. it's always a blessing to meet 25:00 dozens of people living in extremely remote 25:03 areas, who have spent their entire lives 25:05 believing the fortunetellers and following their 25:08 lives until they've turned on their radios and 25:11 a spring of little water filled them to over 25:14 flowing. Now, no matter how hard the devil 25:33 tries to disrupt the result, even during the 25:36 baptism of celebration, they will not be 25:39 robbed of victory in Christ. 25:59 Today in our program we've seen an example 26:01 of what AWR does. Usually what happens, 26:05 one person somehow begins to listen to the 26:08 radio. They feel their heart s with a message 26:12 of what they've heard, and then they have 26:14 the impulse to tell somebody else. 26:16 We begin to get another listener and they 26:19 listen, they form a group, and the next 26:21 impulse is to become a church. And as we've 26:24 seen here today, we have six different 26:26 churches that have been formed all from 26:29 the listening to Adventist World Radio. 26:32 In the scriptures, in the Book of Colossians, 26:34 chapter 1, there are several verses here 26:37 that the Apostle Paul writes to his people. 26:40 And I think they apply to these people 26:42 here as well. We thank God, the Father 26:46 of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for 26:48 you because we have heard of your faith 26:51 in Christ Jesus and of the love that you 26:54 have for all the saints. All over the world 26:57 this gospel is bearing fruit and growing just 27:01 as it has been doing among you since the 27:04 day you heard it and understood God's 27:07 grace in all its truth. That's happening 27:11 in so many places all over the world this 27:14 gospel is growing, because they're able to 27:17 hear it, and internalize it into their hearts. 27:21 And we at AWR will keep making waves 27:23 as well as long as we have the resources 27:26 to continue our work and you can be a part 27:28 of this as well. If you'd like to partner with 27:31 us, give us a call today 1-866-503-3531 27:37 or you can write us at 12501 Old Columbia 27:40 Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904 or 27:44 log on to our website www.awr.org, and 27:49 thank you for watching. Please join us again 27:51 for another exciting gospel adventure 27:53 because around the world AWR is Making Waves. 27:57 er with 27:58 us, give us a call today 1-866-503-3531 27:59 or you can write us at 12501 Old Columbia 28:00 Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904 or 28:01 log on to our website www.awr.org, and 28:02 thank you for watching. Please join us again |
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