Participants: Jim Ayer
Series Code: MW
Program Code: MW000054
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00:01 The Ancient story of Daniel in the Lion's Den,
00:03 Kenya's Tsavo National park and 00:06 the Man-Eaters lions and a long haul truck driver. 00:09 What do they have all in common, 00:10 don't miss this episode. 01:00 The Majestic Lion, king of the beasts, 01:03 strong and fearsome, these are some of the 01:06 words that come to mind when you think of the 01:08 mighty lion wildlife in Africa. 01:10 One African story of lions is that of the 01:12 Tsavo Man-Eaters, in the late 19th Century 01:16 British Engineer Lieutenant Colonel 01:19 John Henry Patterson, was in-charge of constructing 01:22 a Railway Bridge over the Tsavo river, 01:24 during construction lions began attacking 01:27 the workers, even dragging the men out 01:30 of their tents at night. The exact number of 01:33 people killed by the lions is unclear, 01:35 over the course of his life Patterson gave several 01:38 different figures, once claiming that there was 01:41 as many as 135 victims, recent research indicates 01:45 that the number was probably closer to 35 workers, 01:48 but the bottom line is that's a lot of people. 01:54 So you gather medicinal herbs and barks and plants 01:57 to treat people? Yeah, I do. 02:00 Where, is there any around here you see Reuben, 02:02 that we could use? Yeah, we can use this one here. 02:05 And what is this one? This one is a Sodom Apple, 02:09 I'm sorry, it's what? It is a Sodom Apple, 02:13 yeah great, ah! We remember history of Sodom 02:18 when Sodom was burned, the first plant species 02:22 to grow there was Sodom Apple, really? Yeah, 02:25 and what do you do with this? Ah! 02:27 A Sodom Apple, it is a plant you can use the leaves, 02:32 with the leaves you can use to heal some wounds. 02:38 We dry these leaves under shed and then 02:42 we crush them, after crushing them into 02:44 small pieces, we just apply on top of wounds, 02:47 they'll suck all the, fresh wounds, yeah 02:50 fresh wounds, yeah they'll suck all fluids 02:54 and then it will dry up, then a period of one 02:57 week that wound will be healed. 03:00 How long have you been doing this type 03:02 of treatment? I've been doing this for a period 03:05 of six years right now. And out here, 03:08 you know in the plains and in the jungles, 03:11 how many different types of things do you use, 03:13 plants and barks and. Ah! We use different 03:18 kind of plant species, we use leaves, 03:25 we use the bark of the trees and the roots 03:29 and even grass. I want to know more, 03:33 is there anything else you see around here 03:34 that maybe we can find some place, 03:41 I see one plant here. What do you do with that one? 03:44 Ah! This one oh, it's got stickers, 03:46 we use the leaves, we can use the leaves to 03:52 cure Malaria, we crush it and then we boil it 03:56 in water and then you take that, you drink it, 04:00 you' drink it. How many times? 04:02 Three glasses in a day before meals that 04:06 would be appropriate and we'll take it 04:08 for only four days. We can't forget about this 04:11 small one here, when it is dry, it is very hard 04:15 to uproot we use this one to treat people 04:19 who we can say becoming martyr. Okay. 04:24 It's a bit bitter but it's good. You know what's 04:28 interesting to me Reuben is Scientists have 04:31 discovered many years ago that most of our 04:34 Pharmaceutical products come from the jungles 04:36 and come from other places and they continually 04:39 look to folks like you and those that have done 04:41 medicine for you know a little more, 04:44 not saying primitive, but a little more rural 04:46 areas over the years and it's worked and 04:48 they're finding the fantastic medicine, 04:50 But you haven't always done medicine have you, 04:54 there's been other things in 04:56 your life hasn't there yeah. 04:58 Through the radio waves of AWR God is 05:01 reaching people around the world, 05:05 we'd like to offer you an edition of Making Waves. 05:07 It's four of our episodes brought to you from 05:09 around the world. God's speaking to hearts, 05:13 the hearts of the listeners of AWR, 05:14 exciting stories, we hope that you'll share 05:17 those with friends and neighbors, acquaintances, 05:19 anyone you come in contact with. 05:20 Join us to Make Waves, It's completely free, 05:23 right now the information is on your screen. 05:26 For your free no obligation DVD 05:30 write to Adventist World Radio, 12501, 05:34 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring , MD 20904. 05:38 Or call 1-866-503- 3531 or log on to 05:45 www.awr.org/MWDVD. Be sure to request 05:52 offer number 10, that number 05:54 again is 1-866 -503-3531. 06:01 Here's another story of hope from 06:04 Adventist World Radio. Igor and Svetlana, 06:07 unlike some other Russians have seen 06:10 nothing but hard times since the fall of Communism. 06:13 The Agriculture Industry so vital to their rural 06:16 town has plummeted leaving the area in poverty, 06:20 watching their dejected neighbors fall to alcohol 06:24 abuse they were concerned about the influence 06:26 such a hopeless society would have on their 06:28 five children. So they searched for a positive 06:32 influence for their family they found it in 06:35 Adventist World Radio, you are the Brightest 06:38 Light in our hard life, they wrote to us, 06:40 we're always looking forward to your next program 06:43 Thank you for your message of kindness and hope. 06:49 Adventist World Radio shares the hope of Christ 06:53 with millions of people everyday in their own 06:56 languages, for more information visit AWR.ORG. 07:06 In the 19th Century it was estimated that more 07:08 than 200 Tanzanians were killed each year 07:12 by lions, crocodiles, elephants, hippos and 07:15 snakes, and that the actual number could be 07:17 double that amount, with lions thought to 07:20 have account for at least 70 of those deaths, 07:24 the lion is one of the big four cats in the feline 07:27 family with some males exceeding 550 pounds 07:30 in weight, lions are unusually social compared 07:34 to other cats. A pride of lions consists of 07:37 related females and offspring and a small 07:39 number of adult males, visually the male lion 07:44 is highly distinctive and it's easily recognized 07:47 by its mane, the ruler thumb is the darker 07:49 and fuller the mane, the healthier the lion. 07:52 They spend much of their time resting and 07:55 are inactive for about 20 hours per day, 07:57 intermittent burst of activity follow through 08:00 the night hours until dawn, 08:02 when hunting most often takes place. 08:09 Groups of female lions typically hunt together, 08:12 preying mostly on large grazing animals such 08:15 as wildebeest, lions are opportunistic hunters 08:18 and after a careful stock will take the 08:21 closet animal regardless of it's age, 08:23 sex or condition. If suitable prey is available 08:27 lions eat every three to four days but can 08:30 go without food for more than a week. 08:33 An adult lion will kill about 15 animals per year, 08:36 most hunting takes places under the poor 08:39 light conditions of early evening or dawn 08:41 and during the night, they have little stamina 08:44 and will usually get up close to the prey 08:47 before charging. Lions do not always hunt 08:50 in a group and single lions account for about 08:53 50 percent of all kills, Lions are extremely 08:56 powerful, by using only a grip on its rump, 08:59 they can grab and throw down a fully 09:01 grown Zebra. The Bible says that the devil is 09:05 like a roaring lion stocking everyone he can, 09:08 looking for those who are not covered by 09:11 God's protection. Reuben realized that 09:13 he was no match for the devil and cried out 09:16 to God just in the nick of time, others have cried 09:20 out to God when facing lions, God sent his 09:22 angel to shut the mouth of the lions for his 09:25 friend Daniel and he gave strength to David to 09:27 slain a lion that was threatening his flock, 09:30 only God is powerful enough to protect us. 09:33 Reuben found that out first hand. 09:36 You were raised as a Christian weren't you? 09:40 Yeah, I was raised as a Christian but when 09:42 I became a truck driver, I decided 09:46 to leave the Christianity way and, 09:50 so you just totally went away from God, 09:53 yeah I just went away from God because you know, 09:56 if you walk with bad people always you'll 10:00 just be drawn to what they're doing also there 10:05 was traumatic experience that came into your 10:07 life though, would you share that with me. 10:09 Yeah! One day as we were coming from Mumias, 10:16 we were cutting sugar and we are going to 10:21 Mombasa, we had a break down at 10:27 Tsavo National Park and when we have that 10:31 break down, now if I, Tsavo, that's where 10:34 the Man-eating lions, that's where the animals 10:37 it's a game pack. When we had the mechanical 10:41 problem, we have our radios where we can 10:44 communicate with our bosses in Mombasa, 10:48 we tried out best we communicated with them 10:51 so that. If I can interrupt you said we, 10:54 so you had a partner, yeah I had a partner, 10:57 when you're tired another person was 10:59 can drive so when we have that problem 11:03 we communicate with our bosses in Mombasa 11:07 and he promised to bring us, to give us some 11:11 security policemen to at least help us, 11:14 because we had sugar, and sugar is very 11:17 expensive so we just needed security to assist us 11:20 and maybe they could send mechanics to come 11:24 and repair the vehicle. What was the security for? 11:27 For wild animals or bandits or both? No, 11:30 the security was suppose to be for the bandits 11:34 and also the wild animals. So you got multiple 11:37 things to be afraid of, bandits and wild animals, 11:40 lions or, lions and bad bandits, because we had 11:43 sugar and that sugar is expensive, 11:45 if it is stolen I will have ended in jail, 11:49 you would have ended up in jail, yeah. 11:51 How will my employer agree that it was stolen? 11:57 I got you, they may not believe that, 11:59 you could have thought it was a set up, yeah, 12:02 so you're out there broken down, yeah after 12:05 the truck was broken down and we could not 12:08 move any further we communicated with our 12:11 bosses in Mombasa, but they said that the security 12:16 are on the way coming, but we didn't see it. 12:23 Now, you mentioned to me today about the 12:25 cheetahs and their eating habits, ah! Cheetahs, 12:29 are very, very selective to food, they have to 12:34 look for only healthier animals. 12:37 So that's it, healthy only, if they see 12:39 something sick, they won't touch it or. 12:42 They never get close to the sicker animals, 12:45 this is because of genetic study shows 12:49 that all the cheetahs are very closely blood 12:54 related, so probably according to genetics, 13:00 they are very weaker to diseases, 13:03 all of them came off Noah's ark. 13:09 The cheetah is atypical member of 13:10 the Cat family that is unique in its speed, 13:13 it is the fastest land animal, reaching speeds 13:16 between 70 and 75 miles per hour in short 13:20 bursts covering distances up to 1500 feet 13:23 and has the ability to accelerate from zero to 13:26 68 miles an hour in three seconds, faster than 13:31 most super cars. The cheetah is a carnivore, 13:36 eating mostly mammals under 90 pounds, 13:38 including the Thomson gazelle, the impala, 13:41 and the young of larger mammals such as 13:43 wildebeests and zebras are also taken at times, 13:46 it hunts either early in the morning 13:49 or later in the evening when it is not so hot, 13:52 but there is still enough light, prey a stock to 13:58 within 30 to 100 feet and then chased, 14:01 this is usually over in less than a minute 14:04 and if a cheetah fails to make a catch quickly, 14:06 it will give up. When sprinting, 14:09 the cheetah's temperature becomes so high 14:12 it would be deadly to continue, this is why 14:14 they're often seen resting after it is caught 14:16 it's prey. Our guide received a call from 14:21 a fellow guide saying he found a cheetah, 14:23 so we're heading to see if we can find it. 14:32 There, about a 100 yards out, looks like 14:35 a female she's stalking a wildebeests, 14:37 considering the height of the grass 14:38 she's about 28 inches tall at the shoulder, 14:41 I'm surprised the herd is not spooked at all, 14:44 there she goes, wow look at the speed, 14:46 look at the speed. She's got him, 14:50 she's got him, look at that, she's about 14:53 120 pounds, that calf is throwing around 14:55 like she weighs nothing, wow this is quick 15:01 What's this? Look Whoa! Did you see that, 15:11 that Cat doesn't know what hit her, 15:16 it's sure good to know there won't 15:17 be any need for hunting like that in Heaven. 15:21 So for my understanding it was a dry shaft 15:23 and a new joint that went out of the truck yeah, 15:25 you're not going anywhere, I could not go. 15:29 How far away, how far away is the company? 15:31 From Mombasa? Well whoever's got to come 15:36 rescue you now. We just needed the security 15:39 because it was far from Mombasa, 15:41 it's almost 20 kilometers I think from Mombasa, 15:45 but when it reach, around 7 we had a radio after 15:55 the news, there used to be a program, 15:59 there is a preacher who always preach 16:03 in the radios and that caught your attention, 16:07 yeah it caught my attention for some time, 16:10 although I was also smoking, so I didn't 16:13 put my attention to what he was speaking. 16:17 So after he had preached and he made his call, 16:22 I didn't give up my life to Jesus, I just stayed 16:28 where I was, I didn't want to turn back to God 16:33 and repent, but later at around 7:20, 16:39 it was now almost dark, we saw some antelopes 16:46 passing by as if they're grazing in a flock of 16:50 antelopes but the speed at which they were 16:54 moving at, it was a bit on a high speed as 16:58 if there is an enemy, faster than grazing yeah, 17:01 it was faster than grazing, is an enemy behind them. 17:04 They burst out close the roads, 17:10 after I saw a lion, I never seen a lion before. 17:15 In all your life, I never saw, that was my first 17:20 time to sit closer to me, it saw the truck 17:24 it came and stood in front of the truck, 17:29 came around the truck and I could remember 17:36 one of windows could not reach where 17:41 it's supposed to reach, it was stuck, 17:43 you couldn't roll it up all the way, 17:45 the animal came and stood, looked up in 17:49 the window, yeah looked up at the window, 17:51 it went down I was, now this was a male 17:55 or a female, it was a male, big male, 17:57 it's a big male with hair, so it fill the 18:01 whole window, that's when I started remembering 18:05 about a call, the preacher who made, 18:09 the preacher made for us to surrender our lives. 18:13 So you were very scared at that moment, 18:15 I was scared, my body was full of sweat, 18:20 I was very frightened, now what's your 18:25 partner doing? I tried to advice him, 18:28 because we used to be given some lectures 18:32 and they used to, they gave us some rare 18:37 reflective coats, well that's what this is for. 18:40 And I told my colleague to put this on 18:45 because some lion, these wild animals 18:51 at night they don't like this red colors, 18:54 so I told my friend to put it on but he said 18:58 what will a coat do if you're going die then 19:05 all of us we're going to die. So he denied, 19:09 but you put yours on, yes I took mine 19:11 and just put it on like that 19:14 and that's the way it was. 19:22 As you can see AWR is frontline mission radio. 19:25 Our first priority is to travel where missionaries 19:29 cannot go. We broadcast thousands of hours 19:32 each day in seventy major languages of the world. 19:36 AWR has the capability and capacity of blanketing 19:39 almost 80 percent of the world's population. 19:42 Not only do we broadcast via shortwave radio, 19:45 but our signal is on over 1000 FM and AM stations 19:49 around the world as well. Our podcast subscribers, 19:53 Internet users, satellite downlinks 19:55 are growing rapidly, evidenced by the hundred 19:58 thousand plus e-mails, letters and phone calls 20:02 we receive each and every year. 20:04 Yes, AWR is your mission radio. 20:07 No walls and no borders. For AWR that means 20:10 change lives and change hearts around the world, 20:13 because God is using the airways of AWR to 20:16 reach people everywhere. 20:22 Here's another story of hope 20:24 from Adventist World Radio. 20:26 In the summer of 2003, 50 volunteers set out 20:30 on bicycles across the Karnataka, 20:32 Goa region of India. Their mission was 20:35 to invite town's people from around the region 20:37 to one of fifty different locations where they 20:40 could listen to Adventist World Radio. 20:43 Many people in the Karnataka, 20:44 Goa region do not own radios and those that 20:48 do often have never heard of 20:50 Adventist World Radio. The goal of the project 20:53 was to established listener clubs that would meet 20:55 regularly to listen to the programs, 20:57 hopefully leading the people to Christ. 21:00 To date over 2500 people have been 21:04 baptized through the listeners clubs. 21:09 Adventist World Radio, shares the hope of Christ 21:13 with millions of people everyday in their own 21:16 languages, for more information visit AWR.ORG. 21:26 Let me show you how it was. See the lion 21:31 came from this side and then first came 21:35 it left the antelopes, where it saw that the 21:41 truck it became interested to see what was in the 21:47 truck, and so we were inside the truck, 21:51 I and my colleague. So it came and stood here, 21:55 stand at us look at us, it was not satisfied, 22:00 it was came to this side that's when I remembered 22:09 that we had these red jackets and I told 22:13 my colleague now it's time we should put 22:15 on our red jackets because we really 22:18 need it now, my colleague said no, 22:22 what's you need, the red jacket cannot help me, 22:27 we're gonna to be eaten. So I said okay 22:31 but let me just put on mine, so I took mine 22:35 and worn it after a short while the lion 22:40 came back and stood again, stare at us 22:45 and looked at my colleague. So he didn't 22:48 look at you, he looked at your colleague. 22:49 And he looked at my colleague and then 22:51 just came down, took some steps behind as 22:56 if it was preparing to come over, it came 23:02 and then broke the window and got my 23:05 colleague and pulled him outside. 23:09 So he yanks him out of the truck yeah 23:11 just brings him out, put him down here, 23:15 my friend was screaming but that's the way 23:19 he passed away. After some time it took 23:25 some steps back again that's when 23:29 I remembered how to pray after a long time, 23:32 I had forgot how to pray that when I asked 23:37 God to forgive me 'cause I was a sinner 23:40 and if he could grant me a second chance, 23:45 I could change my life that way. 23:47 And what next, the lion just came back, 23:50 and now looked at me, it just stood there 23:55 for some time and took back some steps 23:58 behind it come running again grabbed the 24:03 dash board and went up on top of the vehicle. 24:07 So if I understand this correctly he actually 24:09 had to use his paws perhaps to set his paw 24:12 inside the dash of your vehicle to jump on up, 24:15 yeah it grabbed the dash board and then 24:18 it went up and that is where it stayed until 24:24 morning, sat there all night then, yeah it's 24:31 even hard for you to think about it now, 24:33 you know some time when I think about 24:36 I always shed tears because it was terrible. 24:42 What was going through your mind that night? 24:44 Sitting in that truck all night along waiting 24:46 for rescue, I couldn't do anything I guess 24:49 I had to stay there and wait to see what ever, 24:52 what was going to happen in the morning the 24:57 game came and they shot on the air these animals 25:04 ran way, that's when that women came out 25:07 of his vehicle, it came straight to where I was 25:11 and asked me whether I was a Christian, 25:15 really? That's what she told me, are you a 25:19 Christian, so that lady knew that the only way 25:22 you could have survived this whole situation is 25:24 if God had protected you that night yeah, 25:26 so the God used a Radio to touch your heart 25:30 and then used a lady you had no idea who she was, 25:33 to lead you on the pathways or nudge 25:36 you on the pathway, that's what happened. 25:39 You must thank him everyday, yeah, 25:41 I do thank him everyday, every moment for 25:46 what he did for me, you know the bottom line 25:51 is you are happier now then you were then 25:54 before you were a Christian. I am very 25:57 happy right now, because if I would have continued 26:00 that life maybe I would have died, 26:03 because you told me, you told me that you said 26:06 I was having a good life, I was having a happy life, 26:08 I didn't want anything of Christianity but 26:11 now that you had both sides. Where is the best 26:13 place to be? To be a Christian is best. 26:17 You know Reuben, I know this was hard 26:19 for you today brother, to share this story tonight, 26:21 I sure appreciate it. Thank You, 26:24 thank you very much. 26:32 The Eternal Feature of Every Living Human 26:35 Being depends on their relationship with 26:38 Jesus Christ, Reuben was living the good life, 26:41 he thought he had everything that he wanted 26:44 but he not accepted Jesus Christ and 26:48 the blood of the cross to cover his sin. 26:51 Friend, if you know that your relationship with 26:55 God is not all that it should be, perhaps you need 26:59 to give your life to Jesus Christ as well, 27:02 perhaps Reuben's story has touched your heart 27:07 and you may not have had as a dramatic 27:10 experience as Reuben, but yet you need, 27:14 you feel the call of God in your life. 27:17 Please ask for forgiveness right now, 27:19 please pray a prayer to Jesus, telling him that 27:23 you want to follow all the principles 27:25 that he gives in his Holy Scriptures. 27:27 The soon coming of Jesus Christ that's the 27:30 message AWR is telling the around the world, 27:32 if you'd like to partner with us give us a call 27:34 1-866-503-3531 or you can write us at 27:39 12501, Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, 27:43 Maryland 20904. 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