It's a tail of a giraffe,
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it was actually
used by the very witch
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doctor in this
village at one time to speak
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and commune with
the evil spirits,
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but today that man
is a Christian in Jesus
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Christ right here in this
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Maasai Village, stay tuned.
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It may not be in
your dietary habits,
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but some of the
folks here love termites.
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I'm told especially
in during the rainy times
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and they'll come
out of their nest,
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the winged ones
especially they'll grab a
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whole of those and
still with wings poking
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out of their mouth and they
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say they taste like butter.
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You know, I'm
probably not going find
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anything in this
way. The best way
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I'm told to, to
really find termites in these
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monster mounds is to
pour quite a bit of water in,
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put green grass down there,
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let it set for a
while and then watch the
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termites come out. I
bet you don't have the
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kind of termite
problem though that they
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have out here in
some of these areas,
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can you imagine if a
mound of termites like
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this got in your home. Oh boy,
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I tell you they take
care of it in short order.
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Africa, second only
to Asian in size and
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population. Covers
over 20% of the earth
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total land area.
Almost 15% of the
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world's human
population lives on the African
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continent. It consists
of 53 countries including
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Madagascar and
various island groups.
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Non-biblical scientist
and Paleoanthropologist
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regard Africa to be
the oldest inhabited
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territory on earth,
and the origin of the
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human species. From
a biblical perspective
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however, it is more
likely that the present
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region of Iran,
Iraq, Israel, and even
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Egypt were the
cradle of civilization.
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Beautiful
ostriches, I mean it's,
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it's pretty great
to see them out here in
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their inhabited.
Earlier we passed an
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ostrich farm where
they raise meat I guess
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in process ostrich
meat, but it's sure nice
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to just see them out
here, God's creation there,
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absolutely
beautiful and they're huge.
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Most people think
of Africa in terms of
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the largest zoo in the world,
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where the animals
run free and the visitors
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are confined to safari vehicles.
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It boasts the world's largest,
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most diverse and
most densely inhabited
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free ranging
animal population on the
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planet with large
wild carnivores like lions,
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hyenas, leopards and
cheetahs and herbivores
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such as cape
buffalo, deer of all kinds,
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elephants, camels
and giraffes all ranging
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freely on mostly
open non private plains.
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Beyond the vast
expansive grass covered
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plains. The jungles
are no less impressive.
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They hold a
tremendous variety of snakes,
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primates,
crocodiles, and amphibians.
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As we view nature,
it should cause us to
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pause and take
note. What is God really
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like that he could
create such diversity?
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What grand mind
could create a mighty
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elephant and
fashion a delicate flower.
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Conceive of a
comical monkey and think of
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the stripes on a
zebra and finish it off
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with a grand sunset. Surely,
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a God who loves us very much.
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What are all these
things you have in front
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of you today?
What, what is this for?
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And all of these
other things that are
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here today why,
why are these here?
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We brought these
things here to show you what
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we were and what we
did before we became
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Christians, but
now we will never use
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them because
Jesus change our life.
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So, you were a
witch doctor then? Yes.
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How many years
were you a witch doctor?
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I was a witch doctor many years.
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And, and while you
were a witch doctor?
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What types of
things that you do? What,
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did you talk with the
Gods, what did you do?
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I lie and just made
stuff up for most of
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the time, it
was all just a trick
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to get things from people.
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You did it for money?
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I got a lot of money.
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Did you become
a rich man because
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of using these things
and tricking people in?
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In the beginning I
had a lot of money,
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but after sometime
I became poor again.
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What types of
payment did you usually
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demand from the
people that you supposedly
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treated? What, what
kind of money or whatever?
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Both money, cows,
and anything of value.
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Both money and cows.
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Yes, cows are very valuable.
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Over, overall the time that you,
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you practiced
witchcraft. How many cows
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do you think you,
you took from people.
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I can't remember how many,
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but there was many, many cows.
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In the Maasai
culture, the cow is about the
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most important thing there is.
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So, you took, you,
you bargained and took
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the most important
thing from these people.
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Yes, that is right.
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Which ended up
meaning I guess then
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that were you the
most important person
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in the whole village and the
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whole area because of that.
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Yes, I would just
like my father before me.
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He taught me everything I needed
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to know about witchcraft.
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So, your father was
also a witch doctor?
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Yes, he was. And
was his father also?
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Yes, he was also a witch doctor.
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That's a long history of witch
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doctors in, in your tribe.
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Yes, that is true.
Can you tell me on,
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on this what?
What was this use for?
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I, I could, can
you hear the thing,
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what was it used for?
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This is a calibus,
sick people would come to
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me to get cured.
And I will talk to the
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calibus and I would pretend it
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told me about the illness.
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And this one
what about this one?
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I used to keep
my tobacco in that.
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So you, you
grew tobacco or just.
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No. Just use
tobacco. Yes, before I become
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a Christian I used
tobacco. And these.
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Those are ornaments that witch
00:10:14.50\00:10:16.43
doctor hang from their ears.
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But now as a
Christian you took them off.
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Of course. What,
tell me about the
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transformation,
what changed, you're
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no longer a witch
doctor, what changed?
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After many years
as a witch doctor,
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I realized there was no
future in this practice.
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Many people
were deciding to join
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Christianity and I
lost many followers.
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I was no longer as
important in my village.
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After that I heard
the preachers word on the
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radio, and I felt
the truth in my heart
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and then even he
said to follow Jesus.
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Now, that you no
longer have a job as it were.
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You know, getting
money from people for
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witchcraft. How do you
survive? How do you live?
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I am a farmer, I
have cows and goat.
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And I have
children who work with me.
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When we get crops from the farm,
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we take them to the
market and get money.
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So, you saw there
was a real difference
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between those
people who were living
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Christianity and those who are
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using this stuff like you were.
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Yes, Sesu become Christian,
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we have received many blessings.
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God has blessed
me, I have children,
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cows, goats, and a large farm.
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When God touched
your life and you became
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a Christian, you put
all these things away.
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Did you return any
of the cows you'd taken
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from other people
because of witchcraft?
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I could not give them
back because all the cows die.
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Oh, so. Those cows died, okay.
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Wilderness, the
intact undisturbed wild and
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natural areas on
earth. Wild life can be
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found in all
ego-systems, deserts,
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rainforests, plains,
and even the most developed
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urban areas. The survival of one
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species often comes
in the death of another.
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The wilderness is both
beautiful and dangerous.
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The people who live
in and around these areas
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are usually at the
top of the food chain,
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but not always.
The domestication of
00:13:02.43\00:13:05.40
cattle and goats
has enabled the people
00:13:05.40\00:13:07.40
to have a source
of food, milk, and
00:13:07.40\00:13:09.93
clothing for
millennium. The only thing more
00:13:09.93\00:13:12.80
important to
survival then food is water.
00:13:12.80\00:13:15.63
The Maasai are
semi-nomadic tribe
00:13:24.66\00:13:26.76
or ethnic group
living in Kenya and
00:13:26.76\00:13:29.26
Northern Tanzania.
Their lifestyles centers
00:13:29.26\00:13:32.20
on cattle, which are
not only a primary source
00:13:32.20\00:13:35.23
of food, but also a
major of a man's wealth.
00:13:35.23\00:13:37.96
The more cattle
and children he has,
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the more he has
respected and the
00:13:40.70\00:13:42.26
more power he
has within the group.
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Resources in
the bush are scarce,
00:13:53.13\00:13:54.90
so their homes
are build of sticks,
00:13:54.90\00:13:56.76
straw and cow
dung. They surround their
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village with a
fence of twisted branches
00:14:01.43\00:14:03.46
to keep out the
lions and other predators.
00:14:03.46\00:14:05.66
You see, the
protection of the cattle is far
00:14:06.70\00:14:09.50
more important than
the protection of the
00:14:09.50\00:14:11.56
people. A Maasai
myth says that God gave
00:14:11.56\00:14:15.03
all the cattle on earth to them.
00:14:15.03\00:14:16.80
So, rustling cattle
from other tribes is just
00:14:17.20\00:14:19.86
reclaiming what
is theirs, but this
00:14:19.86\00:14:22.43
practice is not as
common as it once was.
00:14:22.43\00:14:25.16
Here we are on our
way to Amboseli and
00:14:28.93\00:14:31.46
we have met
these two young Maasai
00:14:31.46\00:14:33.83
herders with their cattle here.
00:14:35.40\00:14:37.53
And we have a
radio and they're very
00:14:37.90\00:14:40.70
friendly with us
and we're very happy to
00:14:40.70\00:14:42.90
get acquainted
with them. We hope they
00:14:42.90\00:14:45.23
are listeners to
AWR as well. Even though
00:14:45.23\00:14:48.16
they don't speak
English and we don't
00:14:48.16\00:14:49.86
speak Maasai we're still
00:14:49.86\00:14:51.60
communicating
through friendship.
00:14:51.96\00:14:53.76
And it's exciting
Ben that we have so
00:14:54.03\00:14:55.33
many listeners in
the Maasai people.
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That's right, sure
is. Your name is Joseph,
00:14:56.93\00:15:00.90
but I just
wonder that doesn't seem
00:15:00.90\00:15:02.63
like a Maasai name.
00:15:02.63\00:15:03.93
Was your name always Joseph?
00:15:04.36\00:15:05.73
That is my Christian name.
00:15:06.83\00:15:08.06
What was your name before?
00:15:08.80\00:15:10.00
Kingi, yeah, Kingi,
Kingi. My name was Kingi.
00:15:12.10\00:15:16.06
So, you changed
your name when you
00:15:16.60\00:15:17.90
became a
Christian, you got a new name?
00:15:17.90\00:15:19.63
I changed my name from Kingi
00:15:20.93\00:15:22.53
to Joseph when I was baptized.
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Tell me, now that you
look back on all this.
00:15:25.40\00:15:27.76
Do you see, really
plainly how the devil
00:15:28.63\00:15:32.06
was working in your life before
00:15:32.06\00:15:33.80
you become a Christian?
00:15:33.80\00:15:34.86
Everyday I ask my
God to forgive me for the
00:15:36.76\00:15:39.80
past, for when the
devil was using me to deceive.
00:15:39.80\00:15:43.40
You're not alone,
but he's a forgiving God,
00:15:45.46\00:15:47.30
same with me. You're now the,
00:15:47.66\00:15:50.23
the leader of your
church congregation.
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And God's used
you in a mighty way.
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Your wife, your dear
wife is sitting here.
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Now, was she with
you in witchcraft.
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Yes, I force her to assist me,
00:16:03.20\00:16:05.56
when I practice those things.
00:16:06.06\00:16:07.46
So, she didn't
want to assist you,
00:16:07.76\00:16:09.13
you forced her to do it.
00:16:09.13\00:16:10.33
Yes, but ever since we
receive Jesus together,
00:16:11.73\00:16:15.10
we both decide to
leave those evil ways.
00:16:15.66\00:16:18.00
The Lord brought
her the same time,
00:16:18.80\00:16:20.90
touched her heart,
the same time as yours.
00:16:20.90\00:16:22.73
Yes, at the same
time. So, she was very
00:16:23.96\00:16:26.60
happy then to get rid of all
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this too at the same time.
00:16:28.70\00:16:29.90
She is very happy.
May I ask your wife a
00:16:31.13\00:16:34.10
question? Please
ask her anything.
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Tell me your part of the story,
00:16:37.06\00:16:39.03
when you saw
your husband thinking
00:16:39.03\00:16:41.20
about Jesus Christ,
what did it mean to you?
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After seeing my
husband follow Jesus,
00:16:45.26\00:16:47.60
I felt the truth in my heart and
00:16:47.96\00:16:50.70
decided to join my husband.
00:16:50.70\00:16:52.63
So, now you're both a very
00:16:53.26\00:16:54.23
happy couple in the village?
00:16:54.23\00:16:55.40
Yes, we are
happy. And now for both
00:16:56.33\00:16:59.30
of you, what does Jesus mean in
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your lives? It
was a decision from
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our heart. Jesus is the truth.
00:17:05.23\00:17:09.16
When we arrived at this village,
00:17:25.93\00:17:27.30
there was a large
gathering of Christians,
00:17:27.30\00:17:29.13
Catholics,
Lutherans and Adventists,
00:17:29.56\00:17:31.30
all are praising God
together, full of spirit
00:17:31.30\00:17:33.43
and excitement.
Standing around the
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outside were many non-Christian
00:17:35.50\00:17:37.33
Maasai curious at
the sound of music.
00:17:37.33\00:17:39.83
They're very
musical and their music
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consist of rhythms
provided by a chorus
00:17:50.06\00:17:52.40
of vocalists singing
harmony while the songs
00:17:52.40\00:17:55.23
leaders sings the
melody. The leader begins
00:17:55.23\00:17:57.60
by singing a line or
a number of the song.
00:17:57.60\00:18:00.06
The group will
respond with one unanimous
00:18:00.53\00:18:02.93
call and
acknowledgment. The Maasai can't
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sing without
moving, neck movements,
00:18:05.73\00:18:07.83
jumping for joy
all in a polyphonic
00:18:07.83\00:18:10.30
syncopation and
praise of the Savior.
00:18:10.30\00:18:12.20
Engai is the name
given to the Maasai God.
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He was once a
human who owned all the
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cattle in the
world, when the sky and
00:18:26.60\00:18:28.90
earth split he
sent all the cattle down
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from the sky
along a long bark rope.
00:18:30.83\00:18:33.20
The Maasai people
received all of these
00:18:36.00\00:18:37.73
cattle, when the
jealous group of hunters
00:18:37.73\00:18:40.36
did not receive any
cattle; they cut the
00:18:40.36\00:18:42.30
bark from the
sky. This created a gap
00:18:42.30\00:18:44.80
between the
heavens and the earth,
00:18:44.80\00:18:46.20
which stopped the
flow of cattle to the
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Maasai people.
This leaves the Maasai
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with the belief that
cattle are a direct link
00:18:50.86\00:18:52.93
to Engai. And that
he intended that all
00:18:52.93\00:18:55.33
cattle were for the
Maasai. Looking after
00:18:55.33\00:18:58.40
the cattle is not
just a means of survival
00:18:58.40\00:19:00.60
for them, but a holy
occupation with a direct
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.66
link to their God.
Each Maasai is sent a
00:19:03.66\00:19:08.80
guardian spirit at
birth or so it's believed,
00:19:08.80\00:19:11.06
the guardian is
sent to protect them and
00:19:11.70\00:19:13.36
ward off all
danger until their death.
00:19:13.36\00:19:15.96
At death if the
person was bad in life,
00:19:17.00\00:19:19.16
they're carried off
to the desert with no
00:19:19.40\00:19:21.23
water and no cattle.
If they were good person,
00:19:21.23\00:19:26.00
they're carried off to a land of
00:19:26.00\00:19:27.30
many cattle and
plentiful pastures.
00:19:27.30\00:19:29.53
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Here is another story of hope
00:20:38.66\00:20:40.46
from Adventist World Radio.
00:20:41.00\00:20:43.03
My name is Benjamin Schoun,
00:20:43.03\00:20:44.56
president of
Adventist of World Radio.
00:20:44.56\00:20:46.50
We've been
amazed by God's work in
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Afghanistan.
Recently a relief worker told
00:20:49.26\00:20:52.30
me that many
Afghanis have great interest
00:20:52.30\00:20:54.86
in learning about
Christ, but are afraid
00:20:54.86\00:20:57.16
to purchase Bibles
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Christian radio
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Allowing us to
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00:21:08.76\00:21:11.03
the population.
The response has been
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incredible, just
one example is a letter
00:21:13.43\00:21:16.36
we received from
an orphaned teenage
00:21:16.36\00:21:18.56
refugee saying,
Jesus is now the hope
00:21:18.56\00:21:21.50
I cling to in my sea of pain.
00:21:21.70\00:21:23.90
How can I become a Christian?
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This gentleman is a Christian,
00:21:40.36\00:21:41.53
not only that he's
the head of his church,
00:21:41.53\00:21:43.16
but he wasn't
always a Christian he was
00:21:43.76\00:21:45.56
a witch doctor.
Today he's considered to
00:21:45.56\00:21:47.46
re-enact for us
some of the things in
00:21:47.70\00:21:49.76
his Maasai village
that he did as the witch
00:21:49.76\00:21:51.73
doctor. This lady
acting as his wife,
00:21:51.73\00:21:54.23
this lady acting as
the person that needs
00:21:54.66\00:21:57.16
the help. So, go ahead and
00:21:57.16\00:21:59.10
let see what you are do?
00:21:59.10\00:22:00.13
Central to the
Maasai culture and village
00:22:03.43\00:22:05.50
life is the
absolute belief in the witch
00:22:05.50\00:22:08.00
doctor who
appearedly does shamanistic
00:22:08.00\00:22:10.30
healing,
revelations and prophecies.
00:22:10.30\00:22:12.50
And ensure success in war,
00:22:13.10\00:22:14.90
on adequate land. They wanted to
00:22:15.13\00:22:17.70
demonstrate how
the once evil witch
00:22:17.70\00:22:19.53
doctor took
advantage of those who sought
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.00
his help. They
wanted to make sure
00:22:22.00\00:22:24.03
we understood how
the devil uses those
00:22:24.03\00:22:26.26
in the village possesed by him
00:22:26.26\00:22:28.10
to destroy the
lives of everyone.
00:22:28.63\00:22:30.70
She pleads for her sick child,
00:22:35.40\00:22:36.96
but Joseph demands payment.
00:22:37.26\00:22:38.80
The Gods are
telling me that your husband
00:22:39.16\00:22:41.10
must bring the cow
by tomorrow or something
00:22:41.10\00:22:43.93
bad could happen.
This is no idle threat.
00:22:43.93\00:22:47.56
Without the
protection of God the devil can
00:22:48.26\00:22:50.66
inflict great
harm on the villagers.
00:22:50.66\00:22:52.33
During his days
as a witch doctor,
00:22:53.60\00:22:55.43
Joseph began to
listen to the gospel
00:22:55.66\00:22:57.56
message of AWR.
Shortly after he heard
00:22:57.56\00:23:00.36
the radio, two
evangelist came to his village.
00:23:00.36\00:23:03.23
You're not wanted
here says the witch doctor,
00:23:07.46\00:23:09.53
but God had been
preparing his heart.
00:23:10.16\00:23:12.03
The evangelist
respond, we do not come
00:23:13.73\00:23:16.26
to change your
culture, but to bring the
00:23:16.26\00:23:18.10
word of God. We
want to share the
00:23:18.10\00:23:20.63
true God with you,
to save you from your
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.36
evil ways.
Joseph listened to the
00:23:22.36\00:23:24.93
evangelist because
they were saying the
00:23:24.93\00:23:27.40
same things he had
been hearing on the radio.
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.00
The radio, the
evangelists and the Bible
00:23:31.13\00:23:34.00
all have the same
message of a God who
00:23:34.00\00:23:36.36
personally loved
him. They removed the
00:23:36.36\00:23:38.53
old things of the
devil from him and now
00:23:38.73\00:23:40.86
they tell him that
God will clothe him with
00:23:40.86\00:23:42.80
eternal life. He no
longer needs his gourd.
00:23:42.80\00:23:45.90
He no longer needs his necklace,
00:23:46.30\00:23:48.00
and now convinced.
He removes his copper
00:23:48.00\00:23:50.63
earrings and soon
removes his wife's
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.76
head band. God has spoken to him
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.30
and he has decided to follow.
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.63
Joseph no longer
lives the life of a
00:24:10.96\00:24:12.73
man who talks with demons.
00:24:12.73\00:24:14.23
A man who cheats
people out of their
00:24:14.66\00:24:16.20
livestock , no he is
a transformed person,
00:24:16.20\00:24:19.60
when he heard the
voice of God speaking
00:24:20.36\00:24:22.20
to him through the
radio program and the
00:24:22.20\00:24:24.00
Evangelist; he
answered and turned
00:24:24.00\00:24:26.50
his back on his former life.
00:24:26.50\00:24:28.23
You look at the
devil, he always wants to
00:24:30.53\00:24:32.10
take you down, down, down.
00:24:32.10\00:24:33.60
God really wants
to lift us up, up, up,
00:24:34.60\00:24:36.40
if you hadn't heard AWR would
00:24:37.20\00:24:41.30
your life be different today?
00:24:41.30\00:24:42.96
Yes, I would be lost.
00:24:44.20\00:24:46.03
And how about
you, same question.
00:24:46.66\00:24:48.60
It's the same.
What did you do when
00:24:49.36\00:24:51.33
you first begin
listening to those programs?
00:24:51.33\00:24:53.53
We prepare in
paper, I would write down
00:24:56.03\00:24:58.46
the verses from the preachers,
00:24:58.46\00:25:00.06
message and then I
would continue reading
00:25:00.46\00:25:02.46
the Bible even after the
preacher had finished it.
00:25:02.46\00:25:05.60
Now, do you share
this gospel message
00:25:05.90\00:25:07.70
with others? Yes.
Just in your own village
00:25:07.70\00:25:12.26
right here or do you
go out and tell others?
00:25:12.26\00:25:14.36
We go to all
the villages around,
00:25:16.00\00:25:17.53
this heals and
share the AWR message.
00:25:18.06\00:25:21.00
So, everywhere
you take your cattle,
00:25:21.76\00:25:23.36
when you go
spread the gospel message
00:25:23.60\00:25:25.33
of Jesus. So,
from witch doctor to
00:25:25.33\00:25:28.60
leader of a
church, praise the Lord.
00:25:28.60\00:25:30.56
From the time of
the Garden of Eden,
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.16
Satan has tempted
people with power.
00:25:35.83\00:25:37.90
He told Adam and
Eve that they could
00:25:38.56\00:25:40.16
become like Gods,
if they just followed
00:25:40.16\00:25:43.10
his way. A lot of
people in the world today
00:25:43.10\00:25:45.76
don't think there is a devil,
00:25:45.76\00:25:47.03
but when we see these stories,
00:25:47.30\00:25:49.00
we see that the
devil is indeed real.
00:25:49.00\00:25:51.56
The realm of
darkness is very evident,
00:25:52.76\00:25:55.03
but AWR's purpose
is to bring people
00:25:55.76\00:25:59.13
into the light, the
light of God's truth.
00:25:59.13\00:26:02.16
In Acts 26 verse 18 it says,
00:26:02.53\00:26:05.70
"I am sending you
to these people to open
00:26:06.40\00:26:10.23
their eyes and
turn them from darkness
00:26:10.23\00:26:13.10
to light and from
the power of Satan to
00:26:13.10\00:26:16.33
God, so that they
may receive forgiveness
00:26:16.33\00:26:19.33
of sins and a
place among those who are
00:26:19.33\00:26:22.40
sanctified by faith in Me."
00:26:22.40\00:26:25.23
Your gift to AWR
will help us to reach more
00:26:25.80\00:26:29.10
people around the
world and bring them out
00:26:29.10\00:26:31.76
of the realm of
darkness into the
00:26:31.76\00:26:33.60
marvelous light of
God's love and salvation.
00:26:33.60\00:26:36.80
If you would like
to partner with AWR
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.93
to reach the
world for Jesus Christ.
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.80
Give us a call
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00:26:41.30\00:26:46.50
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00:26:49.26\00:26:53.36
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