Marco Polo was
the first European to
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report the existence of
this island, he called it
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the Red island,
eventually named it
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Madagascar, it's
extremely unique in many ways.
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Well, sure there
maybe some plants,
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some animals that you
find in other parts of
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the world, but on
whole it has got the
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most unique animals,
the most unique plants that
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are only found on
this particular island.
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Arriving on the
island of Madagascar,
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you meet a very
nice people, a friendly
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people but quite
reserved in comparison
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to mainland Africa.
Now, of course that's
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the first thing this
people do not want to
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be referred to as
Africans, because it
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seems like they,
they have a feeling of
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superiority or a
feeling that they are totally
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different on the
mainland. They fought hard to
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gain their
independence from France and
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finally after a
revolution, after many things in
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1960, they did
gain their independence,
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Malagasy is the
official language,
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although French is number two,
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and English is
the third language.
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Although I found it
little difficulty that
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very few people
do speak English.
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This is a gorgeous
place, the island from
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one end to the
other transforms into
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different
characters, different parts from
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the, the rocks
and the cliffs and the
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mountains here to,
to jungles in the north
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where they raise
the vanilla beans.
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But it's beautiful
everywhere, it's beautiful.
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Larger than
California and Oregon combined;
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Madagascar is the
world's fourth largest
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island after Greenland,
New Guinea and Borneo,
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Located 250 miles off
the south-east coast of
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Africa, the island
extends 1000 miles in
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length and 360 miles
at its largest width.
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The most ancient
road is not yet 100 years
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old and tourism is
a very young industry.
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Most experts
agree that Madagascar's
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inhabitants
arrived somewhat recently
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and that
subsequent migrations have
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brought other
groups like Arabs and
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Indians into the
mix. The residents of
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Madagascar, the
Malagasy; have unusual origins
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as reflected by
their mixed traditions and
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cultural
practices. The Malagasy speak
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a language native to
their distinct country
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of Borneo and
observe some distinctively
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Southeast Asian
religious practices.
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The Malagasy
people have some very
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interesting
proverb such as he who
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refuses to buy lid
for the pot will have
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badly cooked rice,
or how about done in by
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his own trade like a
water merchant in the rain.
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Very interesting people and some
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proverbs we could
probably identify with.
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Madagascar is home
to 5% of the world's
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plant and animal
species, of which
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more than 80% are
endemic to Madagascar,
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including the beautiful lemur.
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Some ecologists
refer to Madagascar as the
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"eighth continent".
Of the 10,000 plants
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native to
Madagascar, 90% are found
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nowhere else in the
world. Agriculture including
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fishing and forestry
is a main stay of the
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economy, one of
the most important
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exports is
vanilla. Madagascar is the
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world's largest
producer and exporter.
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Yeah, he has a trusty guide,
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did he find the
vanilla? Oh! Yeah.
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Vanilla is a
flavoring derived from orchids,
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which were originally
cultivated in parts of
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Mexico and Central America.
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Attempts to cultivate
vanilla were unsuccessful
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until in 1841, it
was discovered that the
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plant could be hand-pollinated.
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Vanilla is second only
to saffron in its value
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as the most expensive spice.
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The desire for
such spices led to the
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discovery of Madagascar in 1500.
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Now, travel with me
far to the south of the
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island where we're going to
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meet Edmond and his family.
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From what I see
in Madagascar so far
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you live on a
beautiful island, do you live
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here in the city
or outside the city?
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We live in the countryside,
a bit far from town.
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How far where do you live?
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From the capital
it's 90 kilometers.
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So you came quite a
while, how long did it
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take you because
I know some of the
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roads are terrible,
but how long did it take
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you to drive here or
did you take a bus or?
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First of all we had
to walk from our village
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then take a bus, to
drive last two hours.
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Would you share with
me a little bit about
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your village,
so I can understand
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what village life is like?
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Our village is a small
one, and as I said it is
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90 kilometers from
Antananarivo and it is
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in the
countryside. There are around 25
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houses in the
village and 300 people.
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It's not near to main road.
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Share with me a little
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bit more, are you Christians?
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Yes, we are Christians.
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Have you always
been the Christians?
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Since we were children.
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to the barren lands of Ethiopia,
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from the vast plains of Kenya
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Tea here provides
jobs for hundreds and
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hundreds of people in
this area, it's a good
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living, not a huge
living, I mean little over a
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dollar a day but for
here that's quite of bit.
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It's outdoors in the sunshine
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and the beautiful location.
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What seems to be the
only tea plantation in
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Madagascar is near
the southern town of
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Fianarantsoa,
the name Fianarantsoa
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means the place
where one can learn
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something good.
The expansive tea
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plantation is the
beautiful sight to
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behold as its dark
green bushes covered
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with shiny leaves
blanket the rolling
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hills as far as the eye can see.
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What variety do you call it;
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is this a
special variety of tea?
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Camellia,
Camellia and you only pick
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the top three
leaves. Yes, only these three
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leaves to make black
tea and to make green
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tea, only this one.
And so, more leaves,
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the bigger leaves for black,
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yes smaller for green, yes.
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Do you pay your,
your people who pick,
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do you pay them by
the amount that they
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pick or do you
just give them a wage?
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We pay for the, how
many leaves they cut?
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How many leaves they
cut? What time do they
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start picking in the morning?
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At 7, 7 a.m. when do they quit?
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Like 3 in the
afternoon, afternoon, yes.
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Workers negotiate
a very narrow space
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between rows as
they methodically chose
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and plug the perfect leaves.
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How do you even
know how to walk in here?
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It seems like
it's just I'm stuck.
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Is there a real pathway in here,
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oh there we go maybe that's it.
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Wow, I don't know
how anybody gets in
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here and gets through
here and picks, it's amazing.
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I see maybe little
path this way, maybe, no.
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Most tea is picked by
hand for a better quality;
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machines tend to
be rough and end up
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damaging too many
leaves. Once workers gather
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enough leaves,
their stash is quickly
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carried to the factory located
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right on the
plantation. Once picked the
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leaves must be processed almost
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immediately to
capture the best flavor.
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Tea is similar
to wine and that the
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atmosphere in
which is grown determines
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much of the flavor and quality.
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All tea begins
as the plant node as
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Camellias sinensis.
It is the way that the
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leaves are
processed that yields their
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specific taste, color and scent.
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Everyday taste everyone,
one here is the labeling
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for the different
ones we saw out in the,
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yes, packaging
already. From dust to broken
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pekoe, so we went
from, from this to this.
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How do people earn a
living in your village?
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There are all
farmers in this village.
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And what do they farm?
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They grow rice,
cassava, and sweet potatoes.
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I see when we flew
in the rice farmers look
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like they, they did
rice differently or grow it
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differently then
I've seen it in California
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and other places,
is there a lot of water
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here or just seem
like it was different,
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how do you farm rice here?
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We are fortunate
because in the region
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we live, we have a
lot of water, there is a
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lake near our
village. To grow rice we sow
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the grain in a small
field, then after two
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months when they
are old enough the
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farmers transplant
them into the rice field.
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In my village we
don't use much fertilizer.
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Now, are both of you farmers
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also, are your family farmers?
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Yes, the whole
family is farming,
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but we are also teachers.
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You do both, you're
school teachers and farmers.
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Tell me little bit
about your school, how big,
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how many children do you teach
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and what, what do you teach?
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Yes, I teach in primary school,
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I teach children
from age 6 to 11 and my
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wife teaches in
the technical school.
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If the kids who are all
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done then the ones I teach.
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May I ask you
what, tell me little more
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about the children in your class
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and since they
are little bit older.
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How many students do you have
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and exactly what do you teach?
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As my husband has
said, I teach technical
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school where I teach
the Malagasy language,
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I teach kids from their
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first year to their third year.
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So, you're a
language teacher that is that
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the only language
then you teach is Malagasy,
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and that's the language
of the whole island. Yes.
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Madagascar was
once covered almost
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completely by
forests, but the practice of
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burning the forest
to clear the land for
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cultivation has
denuded most of the
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landscape, especially
in the central highlands.
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Most of the loss of
rainforest according
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to our pilot was
due to past government
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officials telling
the people to slash and
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burn the forest,
locally called tavy.
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So, that
foreigners would not come in
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and steal their
lumber. The results were
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devastating and
erosion is a major problem.
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We've been hiking for
just a little while but
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checking out the
lemurs right above
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me, they are absolutely
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beautiful ring- tailed lemurs.
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Most lemurs are
listed as endangered or
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threatened
species. Many species have
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gone extinct in
the last couple of
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centuries mainly due to habitat
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destruction and
hunting. Lemurs are endemic
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to the island of
Madagascar, the name
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is the Latin
words signifying ghosts
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or spirits, from
which they earned their
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name due to the
ghostly vocalizations,
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reflective eyes,
and the nocturnal habits
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of some species.
Many species live in
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Madagascar's
tropical rainforests, but some
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live in dry deciduous forests.
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Their strong hands
and fingers help them
00:14:44.36\00:14:46.10
to climb trees
easily. Their muscular legs
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are adapted for
jumping. When they need to
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change their scenery,
they hop to another branch.
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Brown lemurs and
ring-tailed lemurs
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scamper along the
forest floor on all fours.
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But other species
find traveling on the
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ground to be a challenge.
Their bodies just aren't
00:15:01.16\00:15:04.20
built for
walking. Sifakas solve the
00:15:04.20\00:15:06.73
problem by
hopping sideways on their
00:15:06.73\00:15:08.70
back legs, as if
they were on a pogo stick.
00:15:08.70\00:15:11.16
Many lemurs are herbivores.
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They will eat almost
everything the forest's
00:15:14.83\00:15:17.20
trees and plants have to offer.
00:15:17.20\00:15:19.03
Ring-tailed
lemurs, for example, eat
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fruits, flowers, buds, bark,
00:15:22.10\00:15:24.33
sap, seeds, and leaves.
00:15:24.33\00:15:26.10
Some species, such
as the mouse lemur,
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are omnivores.
They eat insects, eggs,
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frogs, and
lizards as well as plants.
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You are sweet and I
have no food see, no food.
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I know on the island
here there is a practice of
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exhuming the dead
and at certain times a
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year and doing certain
festivals and ceremonies.
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Did you ever
participate in that or is that
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something that none
of the Christians do?
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As for exhumation we
had participated in it.
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Why did you
practice that, what, what,
00:16:03.26\00:16:05.13
what prompted you
to do such a thing?
00:16:06.06\00:16:08.56
Before we didn't know the Bible,
00:16:11.13\00:16:12.63
so we just followed the
tradition of the country.
00:16:12.96\00:16:15.40
Can you tell me a
little bit more about
00:16:16.03\00:16:17.60
that tradition, be a
little more specific?
00:16:17.60\00:16:19.80
According to their
tradition in this country,
00:16:24.83\00:16:27.00
people believe that the dead can
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communicate if they
are living through dreams.
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For example during
the winter the dead
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says to the living
that they are called and
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then you close from the living.
00:16:36.46\00:16:38.40
There must be
more, you've got me right
00:16:39.06\00:16:41.23
on the edge of my
chair tell me more.
00:16:41.23\00:16:42.83
People in this
country even the Christians,
00:16:47.10\00:16:49.66
think that the dead
can bless the living,
00:16:50.33\00:16:52.20
even some Christians
still practice exhumation.
00:16:52.50\00:16:55.16
So, they, they take
the dead out of the graves?
00:16:56.20\00:16:58.13
This is how the Malagasy people
00:17:01.23\00:17:03.26
practice
exhumation. They will go to the
00:17:03.26\00:17:06.06
tomb and take out
the dead bodies and then
00:17:06.06\00:17:08.36
they will buy new
clothes and they rub
00:17:08.36\00:17:10.60
the bodies in it.
The people feast for
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2 or 3 days, they
dance, they sing and
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eat animals like ox.
So, it is a big festivity
00:17:16.36\00:17:20.46
for the Malagasy people.
You told me earlier that,
00:17:20.80\00:17:24.33
you used to believe this but you
00:17:24.56\00:17:26.06
no longer do,
what changed for you?
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We didn't know
that this practice was
00:17:34.06\00:17:35.76
against the Bible's teaching.
00:17:35.76\00:17:37.20
We just followed the
tradition of our family.
00:17:38.00\00:17:40.20
But now we know that the Bible
00:17:41.10\00:17:42.50
does not support this practice.
00:17:42.50\00:17:44.00
How did you
discover or come to find out
00:17:45.00\00:17:47.10
that the Bible
doesn't support this practice?
00:17:47.10\00:17:49.23
We learned it through
from the Ten Commandments,
00:17:55.63\00:17:57.66
because God says in
the First Commandment
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that we should not
have any other God,
00:18:00.06\00:18:02.76
but the Malagasy
people will treat the
00:18:03.80\00:18:05.50
dead like
another God, because they
00:18:05.50\00:18:07.40
think that dead can
bless. But we understood
00:18:07.40\00:18:10.66
that it's not good
to have another God.
00:18:10.66\00:18:12.90
So, you begin
discovering more Bible truth,
00:18:15.10\00:18:17.33
how were you led to
do that or did you just
00:18:18.70\00:18:20.60
start studying or what happen?
00:18:20.60\00:18:21.86
I was not only a
Christian, but I was a
00:18:28.83\00:18:30.96
youth leader in my
church and as a leader
00:18:30.96\00:18:33.76
I had to find many
things to give to my youth.
00:18:34.13\00:18:36.40
That is when I
heard the Adventist World
00:18:37.16\00:18:39.10
Radio program in
the morning at 5:30,
00:18:39.10\00:18:41.93
I really love the
songs on the program.
00:18:42.90\00:18:44.80
I wanted to
share and teach these
00:18:45.86\00:18:47.33
songs to my youth.
And later I found that
00:18:47.33\00:18:50.40
AWR also produce
its sermon on the radio.
00:18:50.40\00:18:53.36
That is when I began to sing.
00:18:54.10\00:18:55.40
Did you read and
study your Bible to
00:18:58.53\00:19:00.16
make certain that the
sermons were the truth?
00:19:00.16\00:19:02.33
Everything started
in 1998 in my church,
00:19:06.66\00:19:10.20
there was a special
class for teachers and
00:19:10.20\00:19:12.46
doctors in the countryside.
Our pastors taught us
00:19:12.46\00:19:16.10
about the Ten Commandments
and he gave us special
00:19:16.10\00:19:18.60
lesson about the
Fourth Commandment, and
00:19:18.60\00:19:21.16
I ask the pastor
what is the Sabbath?
00:19:21.16\00:19:22.83
The pastor explained
the Sabbath is Saturday,
00:19:23.73\00:19:26.03
but then I ask him why
don't we observe Saturday.
00:19:27.03\00:19:30.06
And he said we don't
do that because it is
00:19:30.70\00:19:33.36
only for the Jew.
Then I ask him if the
00:19:33.36\00:19:37.30
Ten Commandments
are only for the Jews
00:19:37.30\00:19:39.40
and he replied no.
Don't listen to other
00:19:40.40\00:19:43.90
preachers; I know
that you are listening to
00:19:43.90\00:19:46.40
some other doctrines he said.
00:19:46.40\00:19:48.20
Then I kept
asking question about
00:19:49.00\00:19:50.60
a Fourth Commandment.
I continue listening to
00:19:50.60\00:19:53.46
AWR and then there
was a special week of
00:19:53.46\00:19:55.96
decision in
Adventist World Radio.
00:19:55.96\00:19:58.60
I heard all my
Biblical question were
00:19:59.56\00:20:01.70
answered in these programs.
00:20:01.70\00:20:03.13
Then I stopped
attending my church's
00:20:03.93\00:20:05.43
service, but my wife
continued because she
00:20:05.43\00:20:08.23
was a deaconess in that church.
00:20:08.23\00:20:10.13
As you can see AWR is
frontline mission radio.
00:20:14.76\00:20:18.03
Our first
priority is to travel where
00:20:18.73\00:20:20.73
missionaries cannot
go. We broadcast thousands
00:20:20.73\00:20:24.46
of hours each day
in 70 major languages
00:20:24.46\00:20:27.26
of the world AWR
has the capability
00:20:27.26\00:20:30.53
and capacity of
blanketing almost
00:20:30.53\00:20:32.16
80 percent of the
world's population
00:20:32.40\00:20:34.23
not only do we broadcast
00:20:35.00\00:20:36.30
via short wave radio but our
00:20:36.30\00:20:38.53
signal is on over
1000 FM and AM stations
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.93
around the world as well,
00:20:41.93\00:20:43.53
our podcast
subscribers, Internet users,
00:20:44.26\00:20:46.63
satellite downlinks are growing
00:20:47.10\00:20:48.63
rapidly, evidenced
by the hundred thousand
00:20:48.63\00:20:51.30
plus emails,
letters and phone calls we
00:20:51.30\00:20:54.33
receive each and every year.
00:20:54.33\00:20:56.13
Yes, AWR is your mission radio,
00:20:56.50\00:20:59.20
no walls and no borders.
00:20:59.70\00:21:01.33
For AWR that
means changed lives and
00:21:01.56\00:21:03.56
changed hearts around the world
00:21:03.56\00:21:05.36
because God is
using to airwaves of AWR
00:21:05.36\00:21:08.76
to reach people everywhere.
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.00
Men, women, boys
and girls, everyone
00:21:16.00\00:21:17.00
is listening to
Adventist World Radio from
00:21:17.00\00:21:18.80
Cairo and the great Pyramids,
00:21:18.80\00:21:20.73
to the barren lands of Ethiopia,
00:21:24.03\00:21:25.80
from the vast plains of Kenya
00:21:29.20\00:21:30.66
and the Maasai
lands of Serengeti
00:21:31.23\00:21:33.16
to the slopes of
Mount of Kilimanjaro.
00:21:34.80\00:21:36.60
All the way here to the exotic
00:21:38.90\00:21:40.43
shores of Zanzibar and beyond.
00:21:40.43\00:21:42.86
One of the favorite
things people like about
00:21:44.96\00:21:47.10
AWR is its
stories. We have stories
00:21:47.10\00:21:50.70
from all over the
world, some of them
00:21:50.70\00:21:52.80
involved danger
many of them involved
00:21:52.80\00:21:54.90
miracles of God,
but certainly all of
00:21:54.90\00:21:57.06
them involved the
miracle of changed lives.
00:21:57.06\00:21:59.76
I've written a
little book of some of the
00:22:00.06\00:22:01.73
favorite stories
in the face of death,
00:22:01.73\00:22:04.36
another radios given by angels.
00:22:04.60\00:22:07.56
Coming to Christ in a
Muslim country these and
00:22:08.70\00:22:12.10
many other
stories, just write to
00:22:12.10\00:22:14.36
AWR and ask for
the book, stories.
00:22:14.36\00:22:17.46
For your free,
no obligation book,
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write to Adventist
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00:22:19.40\00:22:23.73
Columbia Pike, Silver
Spring, MD 20904 or call
00:22:23.73\00:22:29.06
1-866-503-3531 or log
on to www.awr.org/mwbook.
00:22:29.06\00:22:39.66
That number again
is 1-866-503-3531.
00:22:39.66\00:22:44.80
I'm just curious do
you and your wife get
00:22:46.70\00:22:48.60
long better now
since you've been listening
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.46
to programs, and
since you've been
00:22:51.46\00:22:53.30
following the
Bible more closely?
00:22:53.30\00:22:55.03
There were problems
in our home but since
00:22:58.40\00:23:00.36
we started listening
to the programs there
00:23:00.36\00:23:02.60
has been a change in our family.
00:23:02.60\00:23:04.20
We feel we have
peace in our hearts.
00:23:05.10\00:23:07.40
Amen, amen, do the
girls listen to programs too?
00:23:08.60\00:23:12.16
Yes, they do. So, they
like the programs also?
00:23:13.76\00:23:16.30
There are programs
for children, so they
00:23:17.90\00:23:20.00
can enjoy listening to those.
00:23:20.00\00:23:21.70
Is it appropriate to
say then that the radio
00:23:22.16\00:23:24.73
programs have changed your life?
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.43
Yes, it was
Adventist Radio that changed
00:23:32.00\00:23:35.03
our life, because at
our church, our pastor
00:23:35.03\00:23:38.26
couldn't answer our
question, but AWR did.
00:23:38.26\00:23:41.66
Now do you share
that program with
00:23:42.83\00:23:44.50
others now, do you
tell others to listen also.
00:23:44.50\00:23:46.56
We don't tell others
to tune in directly but,
00:23:49.63\00:23:52.23
what we do is raise
the volume very high
00:23:52.63\00:23:55.00
and then people
around us hear the
00:23:55.23\00:23:56.76
program, because
that we have heard many
00:23:56.76\00:23:59.86
of our neighbor listening to the
00:23:59.86\00:24:01.20
program in their
homes. So, you turn it up
00:24:01.20\00:24:03.73
high enough the volume that many
00:24:03.73\00:24:05.43
people in the village
can hear it from your home?
00:24:05.43\00:24:07.26
Yes, but before
we had gone to their
00:24:09.93\00:24:12.76
homes to evangelize but
they didn't listen to us.
00:24:12.76\00:24:16.23
So, that's where we tune
the volume up in our radio.
00:24:16.53\00:24:19.36
But, now you know
many of them are listening.
00:24:20.10\00:24:21.90
Almost everyone in
our village can hear
00:24:25.33\00:24:27.50
AWR programs from our house.
00:24:27.50\00:24:29.53
You are wonderful
family, and I'm so
00:24:30.30\00:24:31.90
glad you all came today,
00:24:31.90\00:24:32.86
I really appreciate
it. Thank you so much,
00:24:32.86\00:24:35.90
thank you, thank you too.
00:24:37.40\00:24:39.43
It's always
exciting for me to see how
00:24:42.66\00:24:44.70
God is working to change lives
00:24:44.70\00:24:46.53
everywhere in the
world. All people may have
00:24:46.73\00:24:49.96
different cultural
beliefs, be poorer or
00:24:49.96\00:24:52.26
richer, live in
wood homes or mud houses,
00:24:52.26\00:24:55.00
but around the
world the basics are the
00:24:55.00\00:24:57.90
same everywhere,
they are hungering for
00:24:57.90\00:25:00.16
peace, stability and happiness.
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.20
Exactly what God
offers to every man,
00:25:02.76\00:25:05.20
woman and child on planet earth.
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.30
I love watching
the excitement of the
00:25:08.13\00:25:09.83
children, the smiles
of the parents, and the
00:25:09.83\00:25:12.46
joy of everyone,
when we talk about what
00:25:12.46\00:25:15.33
they have
discovered in the word of God.
00:25:15.33\00:25:17.20
Well, I'm told
the guide tells me we
00:25:18.46\00:25:20.00
have got to go
down through this cave,
00:25:20.00\00:25:21.60
we come out on the
other side some place
00:25:21.60\00:25:23.30
for few more
lemurs, and a better look of
00:25:23.30\00:25:26.13
the hill sides, so let's,
come on lets check it out.
00:25:26.13\00:25:28.70
As you join me
on gospel adventures
00:25:32.76\00:25:34.56
around the world,
my hope is that it
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.56
will be a learning
time for you as well as a
00:25:36.56\00:25:39.30
spiritual experience.
Exploring the land of
00:25:39.30\00:25:42.26
our listeners
provides a better understanding
00:25:42.26\00:25:44.83
of the culture and
people who live here.
00:25:44.83\00:25:47.13
When we here the
testimony of changed
00:25:47.73\00:25:49.76
lives, we realize
that the Holy Spirit is at
00:25:49.76\00:25:52.13
work, there can be
no other explanation,
00:25:52.13\00:25:54.80
and to see the
beauty of ring-tailed lemurs
00:25:55.23\00:25:57.53
must point us to
our caring creator.
00:25:57.53\00:25:59.50
Exploring the land,
cannons, cracks, and
00:26:00.10\00:26:02.56
giant rocks, speaks
of the harshness of the
00:26:02.56\00:26:04.96
environment where
people must survive,
00:26:04.96\00:26:06.93
but all this
tempered with flora and fauna
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.76
that almost show that
there is a God of love.
00:26:09.76\00:26:12.50
The more we understand the
00:26:13.20\00:26:14.36
members of the human race,
00:26:14.36\00:26:15.80
the places they
live, and the way they
00:26:16.13\00:26:18.13
worship, we are
better prepared to reach
00:26:18.13\00:26:20.53
them with the finial
message of hope in life.
00:26:20.53\00:26:22.66
Honest hearted
people will always keep
00:26:24.80\00:26:27.06
seeking for truth.
The Holy Spirit will
00:26:27.06\00:26:29.70
lead them, guide
them. The scripture say
00:26:29.70\00:26:32.63
that's why God gave
us the gift of the Holy
00:26:32.63\00:26:35.06
Spirit, is to convince
us of truth, that's what
00:26:35.06\00:26:38.46
the Jakeeno family
did. The lack of a church
00:26:38.46\00:26:41.70
in their area,
did not stop them from
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.83
seeking God and worshiping him.
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.03
They built a little
shelter under a tree
00:26:47.63\00:26:49.60
and worship first
together as a family.
00:26:50.33\00:26:52.50
We would all do well
to take a lesson from
00:26:53.46\00:26:55.83
the Jakeeno family,
to follow the leadings
00:26:55.83\00:26:59.00
and promptings of
God's Holy Spirit,
00:26:59.00\00:27:01.06
and then to respond
and to make decision.
00:27:01.06\00:27:03.76
AWR is dependent
upon the spirit of God
00:27:04.66\00:27:07.70
in all of its work,
we can't do it ourselves.
00:27:07.70\00:27:10.50
And with the
resources provided by
00:27:11.30\00:27:14.06
our friends, we
will continue to guide
00:27:14.06\00:27:17.00
people through
the power of the Holy
00:27:17.00\00:27:19.26
Spirit to a closer
relationship with God.
00:27:19.26\00:27:22.20
AWR is reaching people with the
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.56
gospel message of
Jesus Christ everywhere.
00:27:24.56\00:27:27.20
You would like
to partner with the
00:27:27.43\00:27:28.46
ministry give us a
call 866-503-3531 or
00:27:28.46\00:27:34.10
write us at
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00:27:34.10\00:27:36.96
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00:27:36.96\00:27:40.33
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Thank you for watching.
00:27:40.33\00:27:46.30
Please join us
again for another exciting
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.30
gospel adventure,
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00:27:48.30\00:27:50.10
world AWR is Making Waves.
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