Participants: Jim Ayer
Series Code: MW
Program Code: MW000061
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00:01 Well we've almost arrived at the exotic
00:03 Island of Zanzibar, oh! I just the name 00:05 itself conjures up mystic and mystery. 00:07 But let's go, check it out. 00:45 Well, it's before 8 O'clock in the 00:46 morning and the smell of fish is everywhere, 00:49 we're actually at the fish market, it's the 00:50 nerve center for the entire island. 00:53 People bringing in their catches from all 00:54 night long, the people coming on their 00:56 bicycles with their little baskets buying 00:58 fish, negotiating for the right price, 01:01 to carry their wares across the island. 01:03 Chopping up the fish, buying individually 01:07 for the markets, for the restaurants, for the 01:10 hotels. This is where it's all happening. 01:15 Zanzibar nestled in the Indian Ocean; 01:17 it's actually an archipelago in the 01:19 Indian Ocean. 16 to 31 miles off to the 01:22 coast of the mainland and consist some 01:24 numerous small islands and two large ones. 01:31 The people of Zanzibar are of 01:33 different origins, mostly African people 01:35 from the mainland. The population was 01:38 nearly 1 million in 2002; the largest 01:41 settlement is Zanzibar town. Outside of the 01:45 few others small towns, most people 01:47 live in even smaller villages and are 01:49 engaged in farming or fishing. 01:53 I don't think, I'd ever seen so much activity 01:55 in all my life in one place in any 01:57 kind of fish market before. 02:00 There is a barely control chaos of 02:01 people everywhere, the strong odder of 02:05 the bounty of the sea permeates everything 02:07 as buckets of fish are passed from Dhow to 02:09 runners in waste deep water. 02:12 They carry the buckets to shore 02:14 where a variety of catchers are spread 02:15 out on tarp and make shift tables ready for sale. 02:22 The fish market in old stone town begins 02:24 with the small crowded port where Dhow come 02:26 crowding in from a night of fishing, 02:29 from the small crowded port the fish 02:31 make their via bicycle, taxi, 02:33 car and foot to the center of town where 02:36 they're sold in the fish, vegetables and 02:38 spice market in Old Stone town. 02:41 We're gonna head inside the fish market 02:43 now from the sea they bring everything over 02:45 here, this is where everybody 02:47 negotiates and makes the sales. 02:56 Here the clamber of the auction rises to a 02:58 fever pitch as season bidders buy for the 03:01 perfect dish for their hotels, restaurants and 03:04 distant clients. The abundance of the 03:06 sea is overwhelming, elegant barracuda and 03:09 bright red snappers, sailfish and 03:11 kingfish, marlin and tuna. 03:18 They've got to check this out, here's a 03:20 difference between clean and unclean 03:21 fish, a fish that has scales and fins. 03:24 According the Bible that's a clean fish, 03:26 back over here, no scales, no fins, 03:30 squid and octopus, definitely unclean 03:33 according to Bible. The islands provide a 03:36 good catch of fish, but there are other 03:38 catchers we must focus upon. 03:40 Jesus said follow me and I will make you 03:43 fishers of men, our producer in Dar es Salaam 03:46 heard the call of the master and he's 03:48 helping AWR cast the nets. 03:51 Pastor, we're in a very unique position here 03:54 because right outside the city we're using 03:56 short wave to reach into the village that is 03:58 so remote that people don't travel there too often. 04:02 Yes, but you're in a massive city, 04:04 in a huge city, how are we reaching the 04:06 people here in the city. Yeah, in this big city 04:09 of Dar es Salaam, we have different ways of 04:13 reaching people as you have said before 04:16 number one is the FM frequencies that can 04:20 help people. Can you give me an example 04:22 of a un-educational program, what would it entail? 04:26 We have a program called foreign language 04:28 that is in Swahili, talk to the community. 04:33 So, we look to the mothers all the areas 04:36 that community of Tanzanian need. 04:38 For instance, the security of the people, 04:42 or education of the Tanzanians and Africans. 04:46 So, we talk to them that does the 04:48 government fulfill they're aims of their 04:51 education in Tanzanian. Now, I'm sure you get 04:55 letters and phone calls and emails to the 04:58 station asking for help, yes tell me a 05:01 little bit more about that, share with me, 05:03 what type of calls, emails, do you receive? 05:07 We receive emails and SMS, yeah so 05:12 many people asking, they're bringing, 05:14 their priorities to us and we pray to them, 05:18 we have session prayers with the programs. 05:22 And I'm going to imagine that's when 05:23 the voice of prophecy lessons come into 05:25 play then, you start sending them lessons too. 05:28 Leading them that ways is that correct? 05:29 Yes, once you start sharing the voice of 05:32 prophecy lessons with them, what type of 05:35 response do you see to people do they 05:37 enjoy the lessons? Yes, people do enjoy 05:39 but we decided to leave that program 05:42 with our churches, so churches do come to 05:46 our session and take these lessons and 05:49 provide them to the people. 05:50 So that from the church we get their 05:52 report of those who radiant, getting baptized. 05:57 So, the station works hand in hand with the 05:59 local churches, right yes, good, yeah. 06:03 Men, women, boys and girls, everyone's 06:05 listening to Adventist World Radio from 06:07 Cairo and the great pyramids 06:12 to the barren lands of Ethiopia. 06:17 From the vast plains of Kenya and the 06:19 Maasai Lands of the Serengeti, 06:23 to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. 06:27 All the way here to the exotic 06:28 shores of Zanzibar and beyond. 06:33 As you can see AWR is frontline mission radio. 06:37 Our first priority is to travel where 06:39 missionaries cannot go. We broadcast 06:43 thousands of hours each day in seventy 06:45 major languages of the world. 06:47 AWR has the capability and capacity of 06:50 blanketing almost 80 percent of 06:51 the world's population. Not only do we broadcast 06:55 via shortwave radio, but our signal is on 06:58 over 1000 FM and AM stations around 07:01 the world as well. Our podcast subscribers, 07:04 Internet users, satellite downlinks 07:07 are growing rapidly, evidenced by the 07:09 hundred thousand plus e-mails, letters 07:12 and phone calls we receive each and every year. 07:15 Yes, AWR is your mission radio. 07:18 No walls and no borders. For AWR that means 07:21 changed lives and changed hearts around 07:23 the world, because God is using the 07:26 airways of AWR to reach people everywhere. 07:37 If you ever have an opportunity, you need 07:38 to visit your local aquarium or you need 07:41 to go to your pet shop and find the section 07:43 that has salt water fish. In all likelihood a 07:46 good percentage of those fish are going 07:48 to come from the Indian Ocean, 07:50 God has given the most gorgeous under 07:53 water scenes in the Indian Ocean and 07:56 around the world, it's just 07:57 another world down there. 07:59 But here especially the water is the most 08:01 gorgeous turquoise color, the sound, 08:04 the smells, the sights, the wind blowing, 08:07 it's a gorgeous place. The Indian Ocean is 08:11 the third largest Ocean on the earth 08:13 starting from 6 degree South Latitude and 08:16 moving north down to by Australia, 08:18 Indonesia and Malaysia on the East, 08:21 India and the Arabian Peninsula to the North 08:23 and Africa to the West. It covers more than 26 08:26 million square miles of Earth's surface. 08:36 I just can't help but the water is so 08:38 fantastic I wish I could dive in right 08:40 now but I'm afraid the sailboat may leave me. 08:50 Fish is a major source of protein in Zanzibar 08:53 and especially for low income households. 08:56 Local fishermen use about 96 percent of 08:58 the total fish catches for the local market. 09:01 Exporting a mere 4 percent, 09:04 most fishermen are very poorly equipped, 09:06 fishing in the waters around Zanzibar 09:08 consist mostly of artisan and semi 09:11 commercial fishing. The non commercial 09:14 fishermen use mostly sailing vessels with 09:17 traditional gear like lines, traps, various 09:20 types of nets and spear fishing. 09:23 They're a few motorize boats using 09:26 traditional fishing techniques, 09:28 catchers from this include various 09:30 reef fish and a few open water fish like 09:32 kingfish and tuna. Semi commercial 09:35 fishing employees purse nets with engine 09:37 powered boats to catch open water fish 09:39 like Mackerel and Sardines. 09:41 There's an old saying that says, the worst 09:43 day of fishing is better than the 09:45 best day of working. But here in Zanzibar 09:48 the life of a fishermen is a hard life, it's a, it's 09:50 a difficult life. They work long hard 09:53 hours all through the night, to pull in 09:55 sometimes a small catch or maybe no 09:57 catch at all. Gas prices rise, 10:00 the price of fish go down, they can't 10:02 control the markets. While it's a gorgeous 10:05 location for the people that live here, 10:06 it can be a difficult time. The people in the 10:09 areas have raise spices, they may have 10:11 a little bit better sometimes, the spice 10:13 farms can grow all the spices that are 10:16 shipped in many locations. 10:19 But for the poor fishermen, it's tough. 10:21 Jesus disciples have been fishing all night 10:24 on the Sea of Galilee but without success, 10:27 in the morning the wrong time to fish in 10:28 those waters, Jesus told these seasoned 10:31 fishermen to cast their nets on the right side 10:33 of the boat, the side Jesus stood on, 10:36 soon their catch was so large that they 10:38 could hardly haul in their nets. 10:41 Well fishermen apply these ancient waters 10:43 for centuries, pretty much in the same 10:45 type of boats that they build by hand and in 10:48 the same waters using the same techniques 10:50 that have been successful for perhaps thousands 10:53 of years from the time of Jesus Christ. 11:05 The village of Nungwi nestled 11:07 among palm groves of Zanzibar's 11:08 northernmost tip, is a dhow-building center, 11:11 and one of the island's major tourist destinations. 11:15 Among this beautiful white sand beach 11:17 rough-hewn planks slowly take on new 11:19 life as skilled craftsmen ply their 11:21 centuries old trade. Now, perhaps for the 11:24 single family fishermen, they might have a 11:27 boat such as this. One piece carved out 11:30 of one single log with a few additions of 11:33 course but can you imagine one sing log, 11:37 it serves it's purpose, they can get out to the 11:40 sea and they can fish for the family and 11:43 provide for them. As we fish for men 11:46 according to the master's plan, 11:48 we are guaranteed of success. 11:51 AWR is heard across these waters and 11:53 islands and men and women are been 11:55 caught for Christ. Fishermen like 11:57 Apostle Peter are becoming fishers of men. 12:01 From your station here in Dar es Salaam, 12:04 how many languages are you broadcasting? 12:06 Oh! We have two languages, Swahili 12:10 and English, and it's my understanding 12:13 that most people in the city understand 12:15 either Swahili or English or sometimes both. 12:18 Yes, so they're getting the double dose of the 12:21 gospel message. We don't take for 12:23 granted that people understand both, 12:28 there are people in the city who does not 12:29 really understand Swahili. So, we take them I mean, 12:32 we bring them programs to reach them. 12:36 Because yeah we know this that the city 12:39 is having different people. So how many people 12:42 does it take to pull together 12:43 these programs, so you're the manager 12:45 how many staff members do you have? 12:48 We have, we have 12 staff members, 12:52 none of them are permanent employed 12:55 and we have three of them that just now joined. 12:59 I don't imagine many people appreciate how 13:01 much time and energy it takes to start 13:04 programs from nothing to build an 13:06 entire program just one. But now you're doing 13:09 17 hours a day, 19, 19 excuse me 19 hours a 13:13 day of programming that's phenomenal. 13:20 The sea, it's full of abundant life, 13:23 here as seaweed washes up on the land 13:26 look at and it doesn't look too appetizing 13:28 but many of you buy it in the supermarket. 13:31 We put it in so many types of food and it's 13:33 extremely good, it's high in nutritional 13:35 value not only for humans, but for the 13:38 animal kingdom as well. They harvest seaweed 13:41 in this area, although this time of the year 13:43 it's not the time to harvest. 13:45 Apparently they say that the sea is casting 13:47 off the seaweed getting ready for new 13:50 crop, a new cycle but give a try 13:53 sometime it tastes pretty good. 14:01 Nungwi is a home to hawksbill and green 14:03 turtles that are being nurtured as part of a 14:05 local conservation initiative. 14:08 These turtles are critically endangered, 14:10 like most sea turtles they migrate great 14:12 distances to feeding grounds returning 14:14 here to crawl ashore and lay their eggs. 14:17 Those lucky enough to reach maturity 14:19 can live up to 80 years. What's the biggest 14:23 these get, size wise? Green turtle about 14:26 1 and half meters, that's just the size of. 14:29 So, they're shells this big yeah and how 14:32 much weight is in a turtle that size up, 14:34 how many kilos? Will be between 200 14:38 to 250 kilograms, 250 kilos oh 14:43 so five over 500 pounds. 14:48 Tell me about the bones over here? 14:50 This is a humpback whale on the 28th of 14:54 April; these fishermen go out from around 14:57 for very far out with these big nets. 15:01 So, they caught this in their nets and they 15:06 dragged the boat and the net behind so the 15:09 fishermen decided to cut the net and let it 15:11 go in about two week, one week time the 15:16 whale was found washed up on the 15:18 beach without the nets. It kill it, and this, 15:24 between this, all the discs of the spine, yeah. 15:30 I don't think I've ever seen that, look at that. 15:35 Whales are warmed blooded and have a 15:37 skeleton similar to our own, the forelimbs 15:39 are their front flippers and they have a bone 15:41 structure similar to our own arms and hands. 15:45 All whales have muscle with a high 15:46 level of Myoglobin, this was a red 15:49 pigments similar to hemoglobin that 15:51 stores oxygen in the muscle for use 15:53 during deep dives. When the whale 15:55 surfaces the oxygen in the Myoglobin is 15:58 replaced, similar to the process that 16:00 happens in our own muscles during a sprint. 16:04 There is no doubt that as we view the beauty 16:07 thoughtfulness, creative genius and 16:09 love that went into all we see, we're drawn 16:12 to the creator. The God who seeks 16:14 to become our best friend. 16:19 I was in a museum one time and there 16:21 they had the King of Nineveh, they had his 16:24 welcome mat from his palace and I couldn't 16:26 help but reach down and touch that 16:28 welcome mat and think that perhaps 16:30 Jonah had walked across that very mat 16:32 to proclaim to those people the day of 16:35 God, the judgment of God was upon them 16:37 and they needed to repent, then I also 16:39 thought about the sea and Jonah running 16:42 away from the call of God. 16:44 Oh! did he run from God? But you know, you 16:46 can't run from God when God speaks to 16:48 your heart, when God calls you. 16:51 You need to answer God, because he'll 16:52 continually work and do everything he can 16:55 to will you, to call you and in this case with Jonah. 16:59 They threw him overboard because the 17:01 seas were so wild, so ragging, they knew it 17:03 was a curse from God and a huge fish the 17:06 Bible says came up and swallowed him, 17:08 and he lived in that fish for three days, 17:10 the stench and the smells must have 17:12 been almost overwhelming to him. 17:14 And it gave him time to think and he finally 17:17 decided to accept and answer the call of God. 17:22 AWR producers Richard Khankiki 17:24 are committed to serving the kingdom 17:26 of heaven and sharing Christ. 17:28 Pastor I was talking to some young people 17:30 that have been listeners of the 17:31 program whose hearts and lives were 17:33 drastically changed by one, they said the 17:37 music, what type of music do you play? 17:39 Okay, you see Tanzania, Tanzania is growing 17:43 with music but our FM radio is different 17:47 from other music that have been spreading 17:49 in the city. You know with other 17:52 FM radios they use Christian music to 17:56 entertain people, but we does, we do 17:59 entertain people but we have a target of 18:01 bringing them back to Christ. 18:03 So, it's music with a message and a 18:05 mission, right. You know talking 18:07 biblical programs all topics with the radio 18:11 the Adventist Radio is the life, so you just 18:15 target as to what time you're going to meet 18:19 people so you get the time to prepare things 18:21 that will read, although they ask for 18:24 God but they should also touch their 18:27 the personal needs, so we took, we took, 18:31 we took many time to prepare for that. 18:34 So, you really look at the whole person 18:37 yeah not just a biblical topic but you, 18:39 you do family and health and various 18:43 segments to kind of round out the whole 18:47 person, to touch every aspect of a person's life. 18:49 Yes, that's so now it's my understanding on 18:53 the biblical part of your programming, 18:55 there were times you also use the Quran, 18:59 yes, could you explain that a little more? 19:02 Yeah, we have a pastor there who was 19:04 formally a Muslim he's now our pastor 19:08 and he's the director of foreign language 19:11 this town of Dar es Salaam. 19:14 So, he uses his experience as he was 19:17 a Muslim comparing with his experience 19:21 in Christianity. Yeah, I personally have seen 19:23 some of those results people that have 19:25 really appreciated that program. 19:26 Yes, this program is somehow difficult 19:32 you cannot leave it the hands person 19:34 who's not experienced to Muslim, I mean 19:37 traditions but this pastor knows them 19:40 very much so sometimes he invite 19:43 people, pastors on how to 19:47 to reach these people the Muslims. 19:51 AWR is frontline mission radio. 19:54 Our first priority is to travel where 19:56 missionaries cannot go. We broadcast 19:59 thousands of hours each day in seventy 20:01 major languages of the world. 20:03 AWR has the capability and 20:05 capacity of blanketing almost 80 20:06 percent of the world's population. 20:09 Hindus, Buddhist, Muslims, animist 20:12 or no belief at all. 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For your free no obligation 21:57 Book write to Adventist World Radio, 22:00 12501, Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, 22:04 MD 20904. Or call 1-866-503-3531 22:11 or log on to www.awr.org/MWBOOK, 22:18 that number again is 1-866-503-3531. 22:25 Pastor, how many evangelistic meetings 22:27 are held each year in conjunction with AWR? 22:32 Now we have put a wild strategy that we 22:34 should have for instance last year we 22:37 conducted a four, this year we have six. 22:41 Six campaigns, so one every other month 22:43 virtually, yes we have now six campaigns 22:46 for the whole year and we're going 22:49 continue for 3, I mean 4, 3 to 4 weeks each. 22:55 So, have AWR FM radio that's 22:57 broadcasting to the entire city, yes. 23:00 Then you got the, the VOP Bible studies 23:02 that are sent out to the people, yes, the 23:04 churches are working with those people 23:06 then all of your team is holding an 23:08 evangelistic series every other month. 23:11 And you are reaping souls from that, 23:13 people are coming to Christ aren't they? 23:15 Yeah, of course, what do you see for radio, 23:18 do you believe radio really works? 23:20 It works a lot and I have started my 23:22 campaigns but we should not, not we 23:25 should not but if possible we stop and 23:29 invest much on the public crusades, 23:33 becauseit cost a lot but people do come then, 23:37 they came from, they come in with one door 23:40 but they go out with the other door. 23:42 So, instance of invent, I mean investing 23:46 much in the public, the outside campaigns, 23:51 I'm trying to convince people that we should 23:52 take those investment and put them in the 23:54 radio, so because we can reach many 23:56 people outside. What would you tell 23:58 people about why they should support 24:01 the work of AWR? As I have said before 24:04 that, some men limitation with 24:06 different government in this country, 24:09 but with a radio you cannot or you cannot 24:13 stop a person who is listening to a radio. 24:15 Today it was me I know it can become 24:18 very difficult to reach the president of this 24:20 country, but if the president is having his 24:23 radio in his bedroom nobody can. 24:28 So, it becomes is that reach him, 24:30 that's why I said that if possible we should 24:32 invest in AWR and Wave I mean Radio 24:35 Waves because they become very helping 24:39 hand to reach people for Christ. 24:41 So, in the city you could reach the 24:42 prisoner and you could reach the 24:43 president, right yeah of course let me tell 24:46 you one thing. The president of this 24:48 country is in fact always the FM Radio 24:50 that we use, we had our program there but 24:54 nowadays he's not with us he was up 24:56 front to the president. So as he was conducting 24:59 his morning programs normally he was 25:02 praying for the president and one day 25:05 the president brought him a message that 25:07 I'm very happy about you have prayed for 25:09 me today. Alright, yes Pastor I wanna thank 25:12 you so much, so do I, I appreciate this and 25:15 may God bless you and all of your work 25:17 to reach this massive city with FM Radio 25:19 with AWR, thank you, thank you very 25:20 much indeed. Thank you, God bless you too. 25:26 There is no doubt that everyone gets excited 25:28 when there is a baptism, but there is 25:30 just something about the gathering of the 25:32 church family and friends participating 25:34 in a baptism in the Ocean. 25:40 Good morning, good morning, 25:41 How are you? Good to see you, 25:42 good to see you, same to you. 25:43 Now, are you going to do the baptism, 25:44 yes oh! Good, good, yes we're ready. 25:47 It never ceases to amaze me how God 25:49 speaks to hearts and lives through the 25:51 waves of AWR. He touches the 25:54 listeners in the exact manner that 25:56 will cause them to respond to him. 25:59 Our listeners today are rejoicing in their 26:01 new found love with their best friend Jesus Christ, 26:05 God never rests and AWR never quits 26:08 broadcasting the good news of his love and 26:10 salvation, which means that the stories 26:13 of changed lives just keep coming. 26:20 What a joyful day this has been, seeing these 26:23 people baptized and there by showing their 26:26 public commitment to Jesus Christ that's our goal. 26:30 Adventist World Radio doesn't just 26:32 want to send the Radio waves out into 26:35 the air and not see any follow up from those 26:38 waves, instead we want to see people 26:41 listen and then respond and then 26:43 contact made and finally be 26:46 baptized in Jesus Christ. 26:49 That's why we call our program making 26:51 waves, because we not only make the 26:53 radio waves that go out, but our goal is 26:57 to reach the baptismal waves, when people 27:00 are laid down into the water symbolizing 27:02 their death to sin and the devil and being 27:05 raised in the new resurrection and the 27:07 new life of Jesus Christ. I had a wonderful 27:11 privilege of extending a hand of welcome to 27:14 these people as members of the church, 27:17 members of God's family. Adventist World Radio 27:21 wants to continue doing that around the 27:24 world and we will with your help. 27:27 If you'd like to be a part of the AWR team 27:29 to spread the gospel message around the world. 27:31 Give us a call today 1-866-503-3531 27:37 or you can write us at 12501, Old Columbia 27:40 Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904 or log on 27:44 www.awr.org. Thank you for watching 27:49 and please join us again for another 27:51 exciting gospel adventure because 27:53 around the world AWR is making waves. |
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