He was a kind young
man, but he was thrown
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into a pit. He was
a faithful young man
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of God, but he was
thrown into prison.
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Eventually, he was
raised to the second command
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of all of Egypt.
Two hundred years later
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they carried his
mummified remains out
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of the country. Stay
tune to find out why.
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Egyptology, the study
of the language, history
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and civilization
of ancient Egypt.
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The great pyramids and
pharaohs, hieroglyphics,
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and the worship
of Ra, the sun God.
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Ancient Egypt has
been studied by some of the
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world's leading
archeologist in the
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subject of
countless movies and myths.
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Achievements of
the ancient Egyptians
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include a system of mathematics,
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a practical system
of medicine, irrigation
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and agricultural
systems and the coring,
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surveying, and
construction techniques
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that built the ancient pyramids.
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Way of life of
these early peoples remain
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much the same for
thousands of years,
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but as the climate
became increasingly arid,
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the population left
the areas of desert for the
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bank of the Nile
river. Travel with me now
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to the country of
Ethiopia where Haben,
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our AWR producer share stories
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about his
listeners from Eritrea.
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When you read
letters and I know you
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get letters here at the studio
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and you have
people respond about
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your programs. How
do those letters touch
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your heart when you
hear about other people
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who have
struggled like you in such a
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war-torn country
empowers on things.
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Okay, after I am
working in Eritrea about 2 years
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as a pioneer, I am coming here.
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I am starting to
serve here in AWR,
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so I am starting
to get some letters
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from our
listeners, so many letters
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from Eritrea,
e-mail us something,
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from Ethiopia
letters and phone calls.
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I got one friend again like this
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who was in
military in Eritrean army,
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but now he is in Ethiopia.
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He told to me that
when we are producing
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our programs in a
radio, when he was in the
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Eritrean battle, I
mean in Eritrean country.
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They are starting to
hear our radio there,
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and I got so many
letters from Eritrea,
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if you have a
Bible you cannot read it,
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it's illegal in
Eritrea, even the churches
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are all closed in
Eritrea. AWR is reaching
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in there and
changing lives. Yeah.
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The strategic
importance of Eritrea because of
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its Red Sea
coastline and mineral resources
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was the main reason for
Ethiopia to annex Eritrea
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as a province in
1962. Even though Eritrea
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favored
independence, the Eritrean,
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Ethiopian war took
place from 1998 to 2000
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between these two
African neighbors.
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Eritrea broke international law
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and triggered the
war by invading Ethiopia.
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These are two of other
world's poorest countries
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and they both spent
hundreds of millions
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of dollars on the
war, and suffered tens of
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thousands of causalities.
The direct consequence
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of the conflict resulted
in minor border changes.
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Gideon, an
Eritrean Christian served
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in his country's
military and like Joseph Abboud
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who spent time in
an Egyptian prison
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because of his fidelity to God.
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Gideon was cast
into prison no less than
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five times for his
strong belief in God.
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You and I have been
talking already today
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but I want everyone to hear
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your incredible
story. Start early on,
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you were born and raised where?
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In Eritrea.
Eritrea. From 1991, it was
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in the corner out of Ethiopia
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and it is independence now.
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Broke out from
Ethiopian in 1991? Yeah.
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And what were you
doing at that time?
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I was ministering in
the orthodoxy's minister.
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What was your position
in the Orthodox Church?
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When I was in my high school,
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I was a leader of the
fellowship in high school.
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You've always
been a Christian then?
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Yeah, when I was
8 just I received
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Jesus Christ as my
savior and my Lord.
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But there has been many changes
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in your life I
understand. From 1997,
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the Government hit the
priests of the orthodox,
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they kicked out.
They used ministry
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as the church
orthodox and we are searching
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with five of my
partners just we are starting
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a church,
charismatic order of power.
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How did that
happen? The Government kicks
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the whole church
out of the country,
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they shuts it
down, but now you start
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another church.
Yeah, but the Government
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is illegally but the
police of the orthodox
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they pushed by the
Government to kick out
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the use ministry. And
what was the next steps
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in this process
of this new church
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that you were forming?
From that time up to 1999
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when I had gone to
the military by gathering
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the Government order
at that time for the use
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the church is
growing. This was the time
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that Eritrea and
Ethiopia began fighting
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amongst one another.
Yeah, and the military
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side of Eritrea,
they used all of,
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they used boys and
girls and they took
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from everywhere when you are 18
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it is just you go
to the military place.
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And during that
time what happened
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to your church
congregation that you had?
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Of course, some of the ministers
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they remained in that place
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and they lead the
church. But now you are off
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to the military,
what happens next?
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Already just I
will stay for 4 years
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in the military
place. The military is
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very bad, but I
received the chance
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to preach gospel in that place.
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You are like
Paul wherever you were
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you were sharing
the gospel message.
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Yeah, sure. Through
the Radio Wave of AWR,
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We tend to forget
or maybe we never think
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about it but of
Joseph being an Egypt.
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The children of
Israel spending so much time
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in Egypt over 400
years, but Joseph was a
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man of God who did
so many mighty things
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in the land of Egypt
for the Egyptian too,
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but then one day it
records as Joseph died
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and while the Bible
does not use the word.
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They mummified
Joseph, and when the children
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of Israel left
this land they carried
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his mummified remains with them.
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One of the Bibles
greatest figures lived
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most of his life
in Egypt. His name
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was Joseph. His
life was one of trials
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and struggles,
sold by his brothers
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into slavery in
Egypt, cast into prison
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for a crime he did
not commit and forgotten
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by someone he
helped, a man from Pharaoh's
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own court. But through
it all God did not forget
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him nor leave him. As
a young man Joseph father
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sent him out into
the desert to take food
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to his other ten brothers.
00:10:02.70\00:10:04.00
But the brothers
when they saw Joseph
00:10:04.96\00:10:06.66
they were mad at
him, they were upset,
00:10:06.66\00:10:08.00
they were jealous
of him because they saw
00:10:08.00\00:10:10.10
his coat in many
colors. They took him
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and they cast him
down into an area perhaps
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something like this
for his certain death.
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Well later on we
know the story Joseph
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was sold in the
slavery, ended up in the
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house of
Potiphar, an Egyptian ruler.
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He was in-charge of
all the goods eventually
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because he was so faithful,
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all the goods of
Potiphar. The wife had
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designs on young
Joseph and she wanted to get
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closure to Joseph but
he would have nothing to do
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with it because he
was faithful to his God.
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Finally one day
she literally rip
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the shirt off his
back as Joseph ran away
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but this
conniving woman ended up
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making certain
death. Joseph ended up
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in Egyptian prison.
What to do, what to do,
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would you blame
God. Well, Joseph didn't,
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He kept looking up
to heaven and knew that
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some day somehow
God would deliver him
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from this ugly awful
prison. Some people never
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want to share
what the war is like
00:11:06.03\00:11:07.93
because it's so
traumatic, but do
00:11:07.93\00:11:10.20
you mind sharing
just a little bit about
00:11:10.20\00:11:11.70
some of your
experiences in the war?
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When I was in the
military, the Government
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sent me to a
garage to prepare tanks
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something like
that. How did you end
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your service? Was the war over,
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you no longer in the military?
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No, no, just
after 4 years, just the
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Government gave me a
rest to reach my family.
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Then at that time when I
was sitting at the church,
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the ministers all
gone to the military place.
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Up to this time
the church already
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1300 membership and
the flocks is not a leader.
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They haven't a
leader. Then when I saw
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this church, I would
stay in Asmara to lead a
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Church for one year
something like that.
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After one year just
the Government followed me
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and they catch
me and they send me
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to the prison. But
before this one when
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I were in the
military four, five times just
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I am gone
through the prison even
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one of the longest
time when I was staying
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in the prison
for 9 months 10 days.
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This is very bad
place. You were sent
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to the prison? Yeah, of course,
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five times something like that.
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Specifically
what reason did you,
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were you put in
prison? All the believers,
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the father and the
son and the Holy Spirit,
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they persecuted in the Eritrea,
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still up to now
the persecution started
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in Eritrea is
starting in Asmara legally
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in the Government.
And in 19, no, no 2001,
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January' 17th, the
whole soldiers in there,
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the military when
they got into the church
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and they rounded
and they caught 137
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something like that
Christians soldiers.
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They caught and
they threw to the prison.
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This sounds to me a
little bit like a story
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of Joseph and you
are following God.
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You've got this big
church. You are doing
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everything you
can, you've witnessed
00:13:35.40\00:13:37.10
in the service, you
are telling everyone
00:13:37.10\00:13:38.70
of the love of God, and
you are thrown in prison
00:13:38.70\00:13:41.16
because of it.
Did you ever blame God
00:13:41.16\00:13:44.36
for you being in
prison? No, no, no, I am not
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blame God but this
is the way of gospel.
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I will pass so many
hardships in this prison,
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even the officials of
the prison they beat me
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and I have so many samples here
00:14:01.80\00:14:06.40
like this one. And
those are all over your body.
00:14:06.40\00:14:09.20
Yeah. Scars like
that. This one is the sample
00:14:09.20\00:14:12.43
but in all my
body. I have so many.
00:14:12.43\00:14:16.70
I know there is many
people who eventually
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going to be
watching this program,
00:14:19.93\00:14:22.30
listening to your story,
their lives are following
00:14:22.30\00:14:25.53
apart and many
of them blame God,
00:14:25.53\00:14:27.10
but you don't. Where
did you get that faith?
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Where did you get that hope?
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This all I found from
the Bible. Jesus Christ
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hanged at the cross, at
that time father forgives
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for these
people they didn't know
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how the way of
you. So many even they,
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so many dead in
the prison but there is
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entry search. The Government do
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at this time by the persecution
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and they killed
them even so many,
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they passed hardship,
but all the Christians,
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they didn't blame God.
God gave Pharaoh a dream
00:15:06.60\00:15:13.20
and in the dream
God revealed the future
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of Egypt but he
could not understand it,
00:15:15.53\00:15:17.73
so he called for
Joseph in prison.
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Joseph through the
power of God revealed
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the vision to
Pharaoh. Seven years are plenty
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for Egypt, but followed
by seven years of famine.
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Pharaoh placed
Joseph in a position of
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high authority, number
two to Pharaoh himself.
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He began
gathering all of the crops,
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everything during that
seven years aplenty for
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what was to soon
follow seven years of famine.
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All of Egypt was to
bow to him as he passed
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by on his golden
chariot. His task was to save
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Egypt from the coming
famine soon to blanket
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the land. As with
every job he undertook
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he performed it with excellence,
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soon foreigners
were coming from every
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neighboring land to seek grain.
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Among that group
were abandoned brothers
00:16:01.33\00:16:03.70
from Canaan. His own
family who years before
00:16:03.70\00:16:06.66
sold him into
slavery. You see God use Joseph
00:16:06.66\00:16:10.96
in a mighty way to
not only bless Egypt,
00:16:10.96\00:16:13.16
but he had a special purpose.
00:16:13.16\00:16:14.50
He wanted to
bless his own people.
00:16:14.50\00:16:15.90
His own people
were beginning to starve
00:16:15.90\00:16:18.36
in the land of
Canaan. The 70 members
00:16:18.36\00:16:21.80
of the family came to
Joseph, looking for food,
00:16:21.80\00:16:24.96
looking for
shelter. They had no idea
00:16:24.96\00:16:27.33
who was Joseph for a while.
00:16:27.33\00:16:28.63
That's an
incredible story in itself,
00:16:28.63\00:16:30.70
but God blessed
mightily the children of Israel
00:16:30.70\00:16:34.00
because of Joseph,
because of a dream,
00:16:34.00\00:16:36.90
because of a young man's loyalty
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to the king of the universe.
00:16:38.86\00:16:40.26
No harshness or
retribution was seen
00:16:42.33\00:16:44.70
in the mighty
leader of Egypt, no, only
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the tender love
of one who knew God.
00:16:47.66\00:16:50.30
Even though he
passed through the terrible
00:16:50.30\00:16:53.40
trials of
slavery, false imprisonment
00:16:53.40\00:16:55.80
and much more, he
was still faithful
00:16:55.80\00:16:58.06
to his Lord.
According to the Bible,
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he lived to the
age of 110 and saw
00:17:00.70\00:17:04.06
his great grandchildren grow up.
00:17:04.06\00:17:05.66
Before his death, he
made the children of Israel
00:17:05.66\00:17:08.90
take an oath that
when they left the land
00:17:08.90\00:17:10.96
of Egypt they would
take his bones with them.
00:17:10.96\00:17:12.96
At the exodus, his
bones accompanied Moses
00:17:12.96\00:17:16.30
and were finally
buried in Shechem.
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I know that you
received hope from the Bible.
00:17:19.60\00:17:22.20
I understand you
received hope from
00:17:22.20\00:17:24.00
another place too.
Would you tell me about that?
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Yeah, sure, I got from
another radio programs.
00:17:26.33\00:17:32.40
One of the radio
program is the Adventist Radio.
00:17:32.40\00:17:37.36
In Eritrea even
especially in the prison,
00:17:37.36\00:17:41.86
in the military
place, you can't speak of
00:17:41.86\00:17:46.33
Jesus Christ
loudly. The only way legally
00:17:46.33\00:17:51.93
to preach some
even to hear good news
00:17:51.93\00:17:57.03
for the other
soldier is the radio program.
00:17:57.03\00:18:00.33
Now were you
able in prison to hear
00:18:00.33\00:18:03.53
the radio program?
You were in prison also?
00:18:03.53\00:18:06.60
Yeah, it is not allowed for us,
00:18:06.60\00:18:10.13
for the Christian
prisoners but for other
00:18:10.13\00:18:13.70
prisoners who
injured in the prison,
00:18:13.70\00:18:18.76
they allowed the
Government to use radio.
00:18:18.76\00:18:23.60
I borrowed from
the other prisoners
00:18:23.60\00:18:28.36
and they are hearing.
So you were listening to
00:18:28.36\00:18:31.73
Adventist World
Radio in the prison? Yeah.
00:18:31.73\00:18:34.16
How many people? So many people,
00:18:34.16\00:18:36.86
even the
unbeliever Christian people
00:18:36.86\00:18:40.06
they hear the Radio Adventist,
00:18:40.06\00:18:44.46
even can I give you
a testimony of one day,
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seven people in
one room. At that time
00:18:51.36\00:18:58.70
in the morning, I
will open the radio program
00:18:58.70\00:19:03.03
of Adventist, at the
last when finished the program
00:19:03.03\00:19:07.23
just I will ask for
these people to receive
00:19:07.23\00:19:10.93
Jesus Christ from such 7 people,
00:19:10.93\00:19:13.46
28 people just
they allowed to receive
00:19:13.46\00:19:17.26
Jesus Christ as
a personal savior.
00:19:17.26\00:19:20.53
From the radio
program 28 people.
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Yeah, 28 people
from such 7, 28 people.
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Are you saying that
AWR is making a difference
00:19:27.33\00:19:30.60
all over Eritrea
in the whole country?
00:19:30.60\00:19:33.50
Yeah, yeah. As you
listen to the radio program
00:19:33.50\00:19:37.16
and you listen to
the speaker of the
00:19:37.16\00:19:39.10
radio program that
was bringing you hope.
00:19:39.10\00:19:41.06
Did you ever think
that some day you might be
00:19:41.06\00:19:44.20
able to meet him in person?
00:19:44.20\00:19:45.73
At that time when I
left my mother country
00:19:45.73\00:19:51.20
just I am thinking at that time
00:19:51.20\00:19:55.03
I will find Robin.
You thought you have
00:19:55.03\00:19:59.16
might find him some
day? Even when I am coming
00:19:59.16\00:20:02.16
in Asmara I am
asking for Robin to follow
00:20:02.16\00:20:07.20
and to appreciate his preaching.
00:20:07.20\00:20:11.06
When you first
heard that program
00:20:11.06\00:20:13.96
you were in the
military, fighting against
00:20:13.96\00:20:16.73
the Ethiopia. The
program is coming from Ethiopia
00:20:16.73\00:20:20.53
is making a
change in your heart.
00:20:20.53\00:20:22.43
That is so like God.
Yeah. As you can see AWR
00:20:22.43\00:20:29.70
is frontline mission
radio. Our first priority
00:20:29.70\00:20:33.03
is to travel where
missionaries cannot go.
00:20:33.03\00:20:35.60
We broadcast
thousands of hours each day
00:20:35.60\00:20:38.86
in seventy major
languages of the world.
00:20:38.86\00:20:41.13
AWR has the
capability and capacity of
00:20:41.13\00:20:44.66
blanketing almost
eighty percent of the
00:20:44.66\00:20:46.50
world's population. Not
only do we broadcast via
00:20:46.50\00:20:50.03
shortwave radio, but our
signal is on over 1000 FM
00:20:50.03\00:20:54.06
and AM stations
around the world as well.
00:20:54.06\00:20:56.83
Our podcast
subscribers, Internet users,
00:20:56.83\00:20:59.90
satellite downlinks
are growing rapidly,
00:20:59.90\00:21:02.66
evidenced by the
hundred thousand plus e-mails,
00:21:02.66\00:21:05.70
letters and phone
calls we receive each
00:21:05.70\00:21:08.70
and every year. Yes,
AWR is your mission radio.
00:21:08.70\00:21:12.63
No walls and no
borders. For AWR that means
00:21:12.63\00:21:16.10
change lives and change
hearts around the world,
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.60
because God is
using the airways of AWR
00:21:18.60\00:21:22.16
to reach people everywhere.
00:21:22.16\00:21:23.70
Here's another story of hope
00:21:27.50\00:21:30.03
from Adventist World Radio.
00:21:30.03\00:21:32.40
My name is
Benjamin Schoun, and I'm the
00:21:32.40\00:21:34.20
President of
Adventist World Radio.
00:21:34.20\00:21:36.23
Everyday listeners
around the Americas tune
00:21:36.23\00:21:39.73
into Clinica
Abierta quite possibly our
00:21:39.73\00:21:42.33
most popular
program. It's a live
00:21:42.33\00:21:44.80
Spanish language
program featuring real doctors,
00:21:44.80\00:21:48.13
answering listener
phone calls and e-mails.
00:21:48.13\00:21:51.16
The goal is to
provide simple, practical,
00:21:51.16\00:21:53.90
medical principles
to people who often
00:21:53.90\00:21:56.56
don't live close to a
hospital or can't afford
00:21:56.56\00:21:59.50
to see a
physician. Listener response
00:21:59.50\00:22:02.06
has been tremendous.
Each program receives
00:22:02.06\00:22:04.93
far more
questions then we can answer
00:22:04.93\00:22:07.06
in one broadcast.
It's part of our effort
00:22:07.06\00:22:09.66
to meet the
physical as well as the
00:22:09.66\00:22:11.70
spiritual needs
of our listeners.
00:22:11.70\00:22:13.80
Adventist World
Radio shares the hope of
00:22:15.16\00:22:18.60
Christ with
millions of people everyday
00:22:18.60\00:22:21.40
in their own languages. For more
00:22:21.40\00:22:23.76
information visit awr.org..
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You know fellows
it's exciting to me today
00:22:29.83\00:22:32.50
because here we are
together as brothers
00:22:32.50\00:22:34.50
in Christ. You were on one side
00:22:34.50\00:22:36.63
in the military conflict.
He was on the other side,
00:22:36.63\00:22:39.56
but yeah, we are
here today together.
00:22:39.56\00:22:41.73
How did you ever
meet? We meet each other
00:22:41.73\00:22:44.43
when I crossed
the border of Eritrea
00:22:44.43\00:22:48.56
and I found the
Christians here in
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.10
Addis Ababa just
one of those I found,
00:22:51.10\00:22:56.00
I meet brothers
and sisters in Ethiopia
00:22:56.00\00:23:00.26
is one of Haben. So
you have been listening
00:23:00.26\00:23:04.50
to AWR, you have been
hearing him on the radio?
00:23:04.50\00:23:07.20
Before him I meet
so many militaries
00:23:07.20\00:23:10.20
from Eritrea. I am
so happy to airways.
00:23:10.20\00:23:12.90
He was in a bad
condition during war that time
00:23:12.90\00:23:16.40
in different side,
but now we are in one side
00:23:16.40\00:23:19.40
in the battle, in a new
battle against the Satan.
00:23:19.40\00:23:23.50
When you were
saying that microphone
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.03
it's just you and a microphone.
00:23:26.03\00:23:28.53
You can't see any of
the listeners out there,
00:23:28.53\00:23:30.83
but then to meet this brother
00:23:30.83\00:23:34.03
and you get so many
others people you hear
00:23:34.03\00:23:37.73
from too and find
out that God is using you
00:23:37.73\00:23:41.26
to change hard some
lives in so many places
00:23:41.26\00:23:43.86
in so many countries.
How does it make you feel?
00:23:43.86\00:23:46.76
I remember
always there are hearers
00:23:46.76\00:23:51.43
of my program. The
God is always dearer,
00:23:51.43\00:23:55.26
God, he didn't
give me what I want
00:23:55.26\00:23:59.23
but he make what
he want on my life.
00:23:59.23\00:24:01.86
So I saw so many souls now today
00:24:01.86\00:24:04.43
accepting
Christ, he is preaching,
00:24:04.43\00:24:07.73
he is serving the God
and he is making a ministry
00:24:07.73\00:24:11.06
for souls, I am
so happy about it.
00:24:11.06\00:24:13.83
You've mentioned to
me that it's even illegal
00:24:13.83\00:24:15.90
to have a Bible in
your country or to share
00:24:15.90\00:24:18.40
the gospel. But now
this brother voice through
00:24:18.40\00:24:22.20
AWR is getting into that country
00:24:22.20\00:24:24.06
and changing lives.
This is the end time
00:24:24.06\00:24:27.40
of the world. I
think Jesus Christ is
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.56
coming soon. Yeah. Even this is,
00:24:30.56\00:24:35.40
God gives us the
opportunity to preach
00:24:35.40\00:24:38.33
gospel, the hope of
God, to preach, to tell,
00:24:38.33\00:24:42.33
to preach the good news for the
00:24:42.33\00:24:45.56
unbelievable people. In Eritrea,
00:24:45.56\00:24:48.16
when I serve the only
opportunity is to hear
00:24:48.16\00:24:53.73
the voice of hope from
outside Eritrea by radio
00:24:53.73\00:25:01.30
or by television,
and this is the only way,
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.36
at this time the
Eritrea people to hear
00:25:04.36\00:25:07.20
the good news of
the kingdom of God.
00:25:07.20\00:25:11.00
Fellows I just want to tell you,
00:25:11.00\00:25:12.80
I appreciate so much
being able to be a part
00:25:12.80\00:25:15.16
of the excitement in you too.
00:25:15.16\00:25:17.70
Can I give you
guys a big hug? Okay.
00:25:17.70\00:25:20.30
Amen, it's so
good. So, great you guys.
00:25:22.73\00:25:25.36
It is so
wonderful to even know you.
00:25:25.36\00:25:28.13
You are doing so much
for the Lord's Kingdom
00:25:28.13\00:25:30.93
and keep it up. Amen. Amen.
00:25:30.93\00:25:33.00
Brothers thank you so much.
00:25:33.00\00:25:34.23
God bless you. Thank you.
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.23
I have been noticing
the reports on the country
00:25:36.23\00:25:38.83
of Eritrea for the
last several years.
00:25:38.83\00:25:40.73
I've noticed how the
country is tightening
00:25:40.73\00:25:43.70
down in their
restrictions on the
00:25:43.70\00:25:46.10
Christian religion.
They forbid Christians
00:25:46.10\00:25:49.13
from worshiping,
closing churches. In our story,
00:25:49.13\00:25:53.16
we find an example of
how people in difficult
00:25:53.16\00:25:57.53
circumstances learn how
to maintain their faith,
00:25:57.53\00:26:00.76
kind of like the
times of Joseph that we've
00:26:00.76\00:26:04.53
talked about in this
episode. We see Joseph,
00:26:04.53\00:26:08.80
a young man in the
Old Testament thrown into
00:26:08.80\00:26:12.23
a pit as a young
man, taken off to Egypt,
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.20
treated unfairly and
yet God was able to use him.
00:26:15.20\00:26:19.86
He was able to stand
faithful and accomplished
00:26:19.86\00:26:23.20
a great thing for
the people in Egypt
00:26:23.20\00:26:25.96
and for God. Gideon
the man in our story
00:26:25.96\00:26:29.43
also suffered. He
went to prison five times
00:26:29.43\00:26:33.26
and he has the
marks of his suffering
00:26:33.26\00:26:35.66
on his body. Adventist
World Radio is the only
00:26:35.66\00:26:39.86
connection for
these people with the
00:26:39.86\00:26:41.70
larger church. They
are able to hear it because
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.60
the radio waves
travel in over the borders
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.63
of the country
and they can hear it.
00:26:47.63\00:26:49.56
It's the only
source of Bible instruction
00:26:49.56\00:26:52.63
for them. It's
their only assistance
00:26:52.63\00:26:54.46
with their worship,
but they have to listen
00:26:54.46\00:26:57.16
in secret. Gideon
is one of these people.
00:26:57.16\00:27:00.46
We are so happy
to hear his story
00:27:00.46\00:27:03.20
and to try to encourage him
00:27:03.20\00:27:04.63
and strengthen his
faith. Adventist World Radio
00:27:04.63\00:27:08.03
will continue to
broadcast the message
00:27:08.03\00:27:11.10
of hope to these
people in Eritrea
00:27:11.10\00:27:13.83
and we will do
it with your help.
00:27:13.83\00:27:16.80
If you would like to
partner with AWR to take
00:27:16.80\00:27:19.33
this gospel to
the ends of the earth.
00:27:19.33\00:27:21.10
Give us a call, 1-866-503-3531,
00:27:21.10\00:27:25.80
or you can write us at
12501 Old Columbia Pike,
00:27:25.80\00:27:29.60
Silver Spring,
Maryland 20904 or log on to:
00:27:29.60\00:27:33.76
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Thank you for watching
00:27:33.76\00:27:38.56
and please join us
again for another exciting
00:27:38.56\00:27:40.76
gospel adventure because around
00:27:40.76\00:27:42.70
the world AWR is making waves.
00:27:42.70\00:27:45.46
to the ends of the earth.
00:27:45.46\00:27:46.43
Give us a call, 1-866-503-3531,
00:27:46.43\00:27:47.43
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00:27:47.43\00:27:48.40
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00:27:48.40\00:27:49.40
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Thank you for watching
00:27:49.40\00:27:50.36