The people in this
village used to believe
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in ancestor
worship, they used to exhume
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the dead bodies
from the graves and
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worship them and
celebrate, but now
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the whole village
is changed because of
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listening to one
radio program, AWR.
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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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The residents of Madagascar,
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the Malagasy have
unusual origins as
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reflected by their
mixed traditions and
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cultural practices.
The Malagasy speak a
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language native to
the distinct country of
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Borneo and
observe some distinctively
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south East Asian
religious practices.
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The residents have
used trains for freight
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hauling and transportation
since colonial times,
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but today there's only
handful still in operation.
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On our way to meet
with our listeners,
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we had to speak
with a Church member
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who worked at the train station,
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so we decided to
check things out.
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How many trains are
like this in the world?
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Many, many, but
after it's out fashioned
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maybe then they gave
up to produce like this.
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All went out of
service. Yes, yes, here, here.
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I understand what there is one
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in the French museum?
One in the French museum,
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one here and one in
the North, but it's not,
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it doesn't work in the North.
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This is the only one that works
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in all over the world
now. Yes, the one yes.
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Wow, what year was
this, this one made?
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In 1940, 19 like this. Is
it okay to look up inside?
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Yes, no problem, you can go
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over here. Over here, okay.
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Oh this is
beautiful; this is the way
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it's been for years. Oh yes.
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Look at all the
bamboo, I bet you get
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a lot of train
buffs or people who love
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trains from around
the world who want to
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come here to see this train.
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Yes, many people from New York,
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even from America come here to
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see this kind of
train. Now does it still run,
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do you still run
it on the tracks? Yes.
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Is this a diesel? Yes, diesel.
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What a beautiful
train from a bygone era,
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the handwoven
bamboo, the seats themselves
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they're not fixed
position, people can
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move them around,
the intricate design of
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the bamboo itself, I
can just imagine from
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this bygone era
as the people sat and
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watched the
beautiful scenery go by,
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on their
destination perhaps to the tea
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plantation or further,
but light conversation,
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maybe even who
knows a chicken or
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two run in the
isles you never know.
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But here today,
it's one of the only ones
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left in
existence, one in a museum in
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France, but this
one still operates,
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what a beautiful
piece out of time.
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Well I don't
know exactly where we
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were going to
head, but we are going to
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head somewhere, if
you ever ride in this
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old train here in Madagascar,
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hope he blows the whistle,
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well see what kind of engineer
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he is and wagon hang on.
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The train bus that
ride from Fianarantsoa
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to Mancora, is an experience
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not to be missed.
This spectacular route
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This spectacular
route which is also one of
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the steepest in
the world, links the
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highland city of
Fianarantsoa with the
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east coast town
of Mancora crossing
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through 67
bridges and 48 tunnels.
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It offers some
magnificent views as
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it descends the
escarpment to the east.
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Closed for a time
then reopened, big efforts
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are being made to
restore the rail and
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make the journey an
indisputable tourist
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attraction for
the entire region,
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nevertheless if you
would like to embark
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on this adventure,
take plenty of time,
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since the ride
with a speed of 25 to 35
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kilometers per hour takes 8 to
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12 hours to make the trip.
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We traveled for hours
to reach this village,
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put down a lot of
four wheeling but this was
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very different with
no phones or electricity
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we traveled fast
than we were coming,
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much faster than we were going.
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It's so exciting to
be here in your village
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and meet with you today.
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I understand you
began listening to
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AWR, but before
we talk about that,
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please tell me about
your villages it's beautiful.
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During the day we
go to the field to take
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care of our
vegetable, and then in the
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afternoon we come
home and we listen to
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the Adventist World
Radio. We raise the volume
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of the radio
programs, so that people around
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us can hear the programs.
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Oh, as you turn the radio up,
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so everybody could listen.
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So what type of vegetables
and crops do you raise?
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We grow sweet potatoes, cassava,
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maize, rice and beans.
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Do you have
cattle and goats also?
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Owing cows depend
on a person's faith,
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some people won't
keep cows, but I have
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cows and chickens because I was
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convinced of the Bible's truth.
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I understand
some people here don't
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want to have certain
types of animals, because
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they're
superstitious, is that true?
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There are many
taboos in our cultures
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but for the people
who have listened to
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the Adventist World Radio;
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there are no more taboos.
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and girls, everyone
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While we're here in
the Ambalavao market,
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it's just getting
started, it's still early
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morning but soon
this will be the biggest
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market in all of Madagascar.
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People are kind of
preparing their wares,
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presentation as
they is everything and so
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they are getting
everything looking
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just perfect.
It's a wonderful place
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ladies with their
raffia hats, many of the men
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with their
sa-wrapies, or I don't know what
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you call them here
actually but they look
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beautiful, they kind
of get a kick out of us
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walking through
the market because they
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don't get to see
too many people that
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from other
countries and other areas,
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they've got their
wood or kindling for
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starting fires,
unfortunately this area
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in the Central
Plateau once was heavily
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forested but
they've cut all of the trees
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now, and this area
gets a lot of rain,
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a lot of cyclones,
little of everything.
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So, now it seems
like this is some of only
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wood that's left,
okay let's check out
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some more of the market.
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Early in the
morning, villagers gather up
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their goods and
walk to the market,
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during this
procession you will see almost
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anything and everything being
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carried on their
backs. If they're lucky they
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may have a homemade wagon or
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cart to bear the
burden. They may travel
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many miles
winding their way to the
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central market, once
they arrive, some are
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fortunate to have
tables while others
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spread a cloth on
the ground to display
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their goods. Most
have very little to
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sell but for many
it is their only way to
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obtain hard currency with which
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to buy the other
necessities of life.
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You need to come
check out this lady
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over here, she is
doing a string leaf and
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she is slicing
everyone just so perfectly,
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it's incredible,
French, her French cut beans.
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I love to visit the
markets no matter where I am?
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They're the
heartbeat of the people you
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become immersed
in the middle of the
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smells, the sights,
the sounds and the culture
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of the residents
as in no other way.
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The markets have a
variety of everything
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from fruits, vegetables,
fish, meat, spices and
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other food items and
you can check out the
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clothes, shoes,
soaps, car parts and in some
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cases you will
discover things that
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may leave you almost mystified.
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Well when you're a
kid and you went out
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and ate dirt, that's
actually what this is,
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it's clay but they say
its rich in calcium and
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other minerals, so
they sell it here at the
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market in order
to eat to, to give
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you your daily supplement.
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Everything in
life needed to survive
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happens by the sweat of the brow
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through the work of their hands.
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It's amazing
it's almost like the
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children of Israel
making their bricks
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out of mud, phenomenal to think
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that they last so long too.
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Malagasy culture
reflects a blend of
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South East
Asian, Arab, African and
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European
influences, houses in Madagascar
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are typically four
sided with a peaked roof,
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in a style commonly
seen in South East Asia.
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As in Asia rice
forms the bases of every
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meal, large portions
of farm are dedicated
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to growing rice, it
is a common site along
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the road to see
mats spread out on the
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ground with rice
drying in the sun.
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Off to the side
you'll see the modern pestle,
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often in the hands
of children pounding the
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rice to remove the
husks. Squatting over the
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drying rice they
carefully pick out the
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stones and other large objects.
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Many villages lack
electricity, much less
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phone service, to know what is
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happening in the
rest of the world they
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often rely on
solar power radios.
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We often hear Malagasy listeners
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say they stumbled on
the voice of Hope broadcast.
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AWR program
producers strategically place
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information on
farming and ways to
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stay healthy in each program.
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This gains the confidence of the
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listeners while
giving them important and
00:12:29.43\00:12:31.83
practical information
for their daily life,
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then they hear the word of God,
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information for
their eternal life,
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this format has proven
successful all over the
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world in
winning souls to Christ.
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Could you elaborate
a little more for me on
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some of the superstitions of the
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people that
live in theses areas?
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People here are
very different from one
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and other, some go
to church others worship
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ancestors, some
don't believe in anything,
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and don't follow
God or worship anything,
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and some people
still practice exhumation.
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What is
practicing exhumation and
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ancestor worship,
how does that work?
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They don't
believe in the real God,
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so that's why they worship
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other things like the ancestors.
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How do you, how
do you, someone go
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about worshiping ancestors,
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what is that
involved? Not that you are doing
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but I'm just curious
of what that involves?
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As I understand it
the people worship their
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ancestors because
they believe that their
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dead are saints, but according
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to the Bible that is not true.
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And what is exhumation?
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Exhumation is
when people wrap up the
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dead in new clothes,
there's a great festival
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and people celebrate
by dancing and eating.
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So you open the grave
up, take the bodies out.
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Yes, they even
take their bones out.
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And what's the purpose of that?
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It is collected to
be ancestors themselves,
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because the land
belong to them before.
00:14:19.66\00:14:21.93
So when for
example, you grow something
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you need the
blessing of the ancestors.
00:14:25.30\00:14:27.13
And what time of year is
this festival take place?
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In August. Is there any reason
00:14:32.90\00:14:35.06
that takes place in
that particular month?
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In August the land
is dry and people have
00:14:38.90\00:14:41.46
everything, because
it is after the harvest.
00:14:41.46\00:14:44.43
Now did you ever
practice this at one time?
00:14:45.36\00:14:47.63
We did before when
we were Christians.
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What happens if
there was a bad crop and a
00:14:52.16\00:14:54.03
bad year, does that mean
00:14:54.03\00:14:55.16
the ancestor didn't bless you?
00:14:55.16\00:14:56.63
Our overall view is
that the dead cannot
00:15:00.40\00:15:02.53
bless, only Jesus can bless us.
00:15:02.53\00:15:04.53
But you said
you used to do that,
00:15:05.43\00:15:07.06
and you no longer do, how come?
00:15:07.26\00:15:08.90
It was the
Christian faith, through AWR
00:15:12.56\00:15:15.53
that made us stop
practicing the exhumation.
00:15:15.80\00:15:18.13
It seems that the
entire mountain site
00:15:21.10\00:15:22.76
has many little
caverns many nooks
00:15:22.76\00:15:24.56
and crannies, and
then many of those they
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wall them up
because they become the
00:15:26.53\00:15:28.06
tombs of family
member. Some of these tombs
00:15:28.06\00:15:30.20
have as many as
forty people in them.
00:15:30.20\00:15:32.00
Right behind me
here is a king who died
00:15:37.03\00:15:39.23
about 300 years ago,
they've put his bones
00:15:39.23\00:15:41.66
up there, they
commemorate with an
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oxen because apparently he had a
00:15:43.40\00:15:45.00
lot of his own oxen,
I'm told they've since
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moved his bones
however so they no
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longer come here to worship.
00:15:49.03\00:15:50.20
Traditionally the
Malagasy hold their ancestors in
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high esteem, and
many believe their
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relatives continue to
intervene in events on
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earth after their
death. A powerful individual
00:16:00.06\00:16:03.50
may establish a
Fady or a taboo in his or
00:16:03.50\00:16:06.33
her lifetime.
All the descendents
00:16:06.33\00:16:08.70
and community members will be
00:16:08.70\00:16:10.00
required to respect the taboo
00:16:10.00\00:16:12.06
well after their
death. What does this mean
00:16:12.50\00:16:15.23
for the traveler,
it means you need to
00:16:15.23\00:16:17.20
seek advice from
the village elder or
00:16:17.20\00:16:19.43
authorities to
discover what the local Fady or
00:16:19.43\00:16:21.90
taboo maybe, so
you don't inadvertently
00:16:21.90\00:16:24.93
transgress and
offend the local population,
00:16:24.93\00:16:27.76
not a good idea especially
00:16:28.23\00:16:30.16
in some areas of the country.
00:16:30.16\00:16:31.46
In the 19th century
under Queen Ranavalona I,
00:16:32.86\00:16:35.86
there was infamous
persecution and mass
00:16:36.23\00:16:38.56
extermination of Christians.
00:16:38.56\00:16:40.16
Ranavalona I was
a Merina queen of
00:16:41.03\00:16:43.26
Madagascar, over
the course of her reign
00:16:43.26\00:16:45.83
and after it, she was
referred to by western
00:16:45.83\00:16:48.73
scholars as the
modern Messalina,
00:16:48.73\00:16:50.66
the bloody Mary of Madagascar.
00:16:51.03\00:16:52.80
Ranavalona's
objections to Christianity were
00:16:53.73\00:16:56.23
generally based on
her antagonism to the
00:16:56.23\00:16:58.63
Christians behavior. They prayed
00:16:58.63\00:17:00.76
frequently but
refused to pray to her idols,
00:17:00.76\00:17:03.56
they shunned fornication,
they assembled repeatedly
00:17:04.03\00:17:06.90
for worship. Her attempts to
00:17:06.90\00:17:09.06
annihilate Christianity
are typically cited as
00:17:09.06\00:17:11.60
testimonials to the
fervency of that faith
00:17:11.60\00:17:13.96
as its adherents
refused to recant even
00:17:14.50\00:17:17.63
under extreme torture and death.
00:17:17.63\00:17:19.40
Ranavalona was a
violent persecutor of
00:17:20.33\00:17:22.60
the native
Christians after expelling the
00:17:22.60\00:17:24.50
alien missionaries,
but she failed eradicate
00:17:24.50\00:17:27.50
Christianity from her island.
00:17:27.50\00:17:28.90
Today about 45 percent of the
00:17:29.83\00:17:31.86
Madagascar
Christians divided almost evenly
00:17:31.86\00:17:34.76
between
Catholics and Protestants.
00:17:34.76\00:17:36.63
Many incorporate the
cult of the dead with
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their other religious
beliefs and bless their
00:17:39.56\00:17:42.00
dead at church
before proceeding with the
00:17:42.00\00:17:44.20
traditional burial
rights. They also may invite
00:17:44.20\00:17:47.66
a Christian ministry
to attend the exhumation
00:17:47.66\00:17:49.93
service for the
dead, many of our
00:17:49.93\00:17:52.23
Malagasy listeners
believe in the strange
00:17:52.23\00:17:54.46
ritual until
they accepted Christ,
00:17:54.46\00:17:56.50
now things are different.
00:17:57.13\00:17:58.26
You said that
AWR changed all the
00:17:59.43\00:18:01.40
ancestor worship
and exhumation but how
00:18:01.40\00:18:04.66
did you listen to the
Adventist World Radio,
00:18:04.66\00:18:06.30
you're clear
out here I don't see
00:18:06.30\00:18:07.63
any power or anything else?
00:18:07.63\00:18:09.13
There is no electricity
here, but I was given
00:18:11.53\00:18:14.40
the solar radio from AWR,
00:18:14.40\00:18:16.30
I changed
because AWR is preaching
00:18:17.00\00:18:19.10
the truth
according to the Bible.
00:18:19.10\00:18:20.66
So how did you get the radio?
00:18:21.50\00:18:22.56
It was a gift from
AWR. This was one of the
00:18:24.20\00:18:26.93
radios then that we worked with
00:18:26.93\00:18:28.80
government of Madagascar to get
00:18:28.80\00:18:30.86
people radios
across the island, were you
00:18:30.86\00:18:33.30
one of the first
people then to receive the
00:18:33.30\00:18:35.10
radio in this
village? Once you received the
00:18:35.10\00:18:38.90
radio, and you began
listening to the programs,
00:18:38.90\00:18:41.13
what did you
think of the programs?
00:18:41.46\00:18:42.80
I think this radio
programs are such a
00:18:47.63\00:18:50.36
great blessings for
entire village, because
00:18:50.36\00:18:53.60
all of us gathered
together to listen to the AWR.
00:18:53.60\00:18:56.53
So then are you
what we call an AWR
00:18:57.50\00:19:00.23
listener group,
and you're the leader?
00:19:00.70\00:19:02.20
Yes, I'm the leader.
Tell me a little more
00:19:03.30\00:19:05.56
what does the leader do?
00:19:05.56\00:19:06.53
To encourage others to listen
00:19:11.70\00:19:13.86
and to follow the truth.
00:19:13.86\00:19:15.26
What's the favorite
program or is there a
00:19:16.26\00:19:17.93
favorite program,
because I know that
00:19:17.93\00:19:19.63
you have family
programs and Bible
00:19:19.63\00:19:24.46
programs and
music, is there something
00:19:24.46\00:19:26.86
that's kind of a
favorite of everyone's?
00:19:26.86\00:19:28.60
The family programs
are the most popular
00:19:31.83\00:19:34.03
here but we also enjoy
the songs and preaching.
00:19:34.03\00:19:37.90
How has AWR changed your heart?
00:19:38.90\00:19:41.06
The Adventist
World Radio convinced me
00:19:43.60\00:19:46.13
of the truth and encouraged
00:19:46.13\00:19:47.70
me to follow the true God.
00:19:47.70\00:19:49.53
From the time that
the people in the village
00:19:50.40\00:19:52.40
began listening to
the programs, do you see
00:19:52.40\00:19:55.40
a change in the
hearts and the lives
00:19:55.40\00:19:57.10
of the people in the village?
00:19:57.10\00:19:58.10
People in this
village show more respect for
00:20:01.36\00:20:04.30
one another since
we began listening to
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.50
the radio and became Christians.
00:20:06.50\00:20:08.80
Now if you were able
to tell people all over
00:20:09.90\00:20:12.20
the world why they
should listen to the
00:20:12.20\00:20:14.40
AWR programs, what
would you tell them?
00:20:14.40\00:20:16.43
I would tell
people that they should
00:20:20.60\00:20:22.43
listen, so the gospel can be
00:20:22.43\00:20:24.63
shared throughout the world.
00:20:24.63\00:20:26.23
Would you mind showing me where
00:20:27.13\00:20:28.40
your home is? And how you gather
00:20:28.40\00:20:29.90
together to listen to the radio?
00:20:29.90\00:20:31.86
And thank you so much
for sharing with me up here.
00:20:33.26\00:20:36.13
We're here and I
love to see your home.
00:20:37.93\00:20:40.46
As you can see AWR is
frontline mission radio.
00:20:43.86\00:20:47.20
Our first
priority is to travel where
00:20:47.80\00:20:49.80
missionaries cannot
go. We broadcast thousands
00:20:49.80\00:20:53.66
of hours each day
in 70 major languages
00:20:53.66\00:20:56.36
of the world AWR
has the capability
00:20:56.36\00:20:59.63
and capacity of
blanketing almost
00:20:59.63\00:21:01.30
80 percent of the
world's population
00:21:01.30\00:21:03.40
not only do we broadcast
00:21:04.13\00:21:05.46
via short wave radio but our
00:21:05.46\00:21:07.70
signal is on over
1000 FM and AM stations
00:21:07.70\00:21:11.10
around the world as well,
00:21:11.10\00:21:12.66
our podcast
subscribers, Internet users,
00:21:13.30\00:21:15.80
satellite downlinks are growing
00:21:16.30\00:21:17.86
rapidly, evidenced
by the hundred thousand
00:21:17.86\00:21:20.50
plus emails,
letters and phone calls we
00:21:20.50\00:21:23.50
receive each and every year.
00:21:23.50\00:21:25.30
Yes AWR is your mission radio,
00:21:25.73\00:21:28.43
no walls and no
borders for AWR that
00:21:29.03\00:21:31.66
means changed
lives and changed hearts
00:21:31.66\00:21:33.50
around the world
because God is using
00:21:33.50\00:21:35.96
the airways of AWR to
reach people everywhere.
00:21:36.30\00:21:39.46
Men, women, boys
and girls, everyone
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.93
is listening to
Adventist World Radio from
00:21:45.93\00:21:47.70
Cairo and the great Pyramids,
00:21:47.70\00:21:49.76
to the barren lands of Ethiopia,
00:21:53.00\00:21:54.76
from the vast plains of Kenya
00:21:58.03\00:21:59.53
and the Maasai
lands of Serengeti
00:22:00.26\00:22:02.10
to the slopes of
Mount of Kilimanjaro.
00:22:03.66\00:22:05.50
All the way here to the exotic
00:22:07.80\00:22:09.33
shores of Zanzibar and beyond.
00:22:09.33\00:22:11.80
One of the favorite
things people like about
00:22:13.83\00:22:15.96
AWR is its
stories. We have stories
00:22:15.96\00:22:19.60
from all over the
world, some of them
00:22:19.60\00:22:21.66
involved danger
many of them involved
00:22:21.66\00:22:23.80
miracles of God,
but certainly all of
00:22:23.80\00:22:26.00
them involved the
miracle of changed lives.
00:22:26.00\00:22:28.66
I've written a
little book of some of the
00:22:28.90\00:22:30.60
favorite stories
in the face of death,
00:22:30.60\00:22:33.46
another radios given by angels.
00:22:33.46\00:22:36.36
Coming to Christ in a
Muslim country these and
00:22:37.70\00:22:41.03
many other
stories, just write to
00:22:41.03\00:22:43.26
AWR and ask for
the book, stories.
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.20
For your free,
no obligation book,
00:22:46.43\00:22:48.33
write to Adventist
World Radio, 12501, Old
00:22:48.33\00:22:52.63
Columbia Pike, Silver
Spring, MD 20904 or call
00:22:52.63\00:22:57.90
1-866-503-3531 or log
on to www.awr.org/mwbook.
00:22:57.90\00:23:08.50
That number again
is 1-866-503-3531.
00:23:08.50\00:23:13.76
How long have you been
00:23:15.53\00:23:16.50
listening to
the radio like this?
00:23:16.50\00:23:17.76
One year. And how big a,
00:23:18.30\00:23:20.70
how big a crowd
do you usually gives?
00:23:20.70\00:23:22.40
200 people. You
fit 200 people in here.
00:23:24.63\00:23:28.83
Yes, because there are
00:23:29.43\00:23:30.46
people who also sit up there.
00:23:30.46\00:23:32.40
Now, I see you
put a little, is that
00:23:32.90\00:23:34.83
a solar panel up
on your roof. Yes.
00:23:34.83\00:23:38.20
How long will that
allow you to play the radio?
00:23:39.96\00:23:41.83
Once you tune
it on; it will last
00:23:43.36\00:23:45.63
for around 4 to 5 hours.
00:23:45.63\00:23:47.70
So on, as soon as
night comes you still
00:23:48.50\00:23:52.33
got 5 hours of listening time,
00:23:52.33\00:23:53.93
once you charged it? Yes.
00:23:54.26\00:23:56.73
You don't seem to
have a church in this
00:23:57.50\00:23:59.10
area are you planning on other
00:23:59.10\00:24:01.00
church one of these days? Yes.
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.23
I know I can speak
for all the AWR staff
00:24:03.56\00:24:05.90
around the world.
We are so happy and
00:24:05.90\00:24:07.80
so excited for you
and all of your people
00:24:07.80\00:24:10.40
here and we wish
you God's blessings and
00:24:10.40\00:24:13.13
all that you're doing here.
00:24:13.13\00:24:14.23
Thank you very much
for coming and all of
00:24:16.23\00:24:18.36
us here are
grateful you have come
00:24:18.36\00:24:20.40
because we are all
part of God's people.
00:24:20.76\00:24:22.73
Amen. Well I
know, we came on very
00:24:23.56\00:24:25.73
short notice so
I wanna thank you
00:24:25.73\00:24:27.46
today for
allowing us to come and be
00:24:27.46\00:24:29.76
a part of your family here.
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.10
We are all pleased.
It's a real privilege for
00:24:32.40\00:24:36.30
us to be here and
to find people who are
00:24:36.30\00:24:38.63
worshiping the creator
the God of the universe;
00:24:38.63\00:24:40.60
I look forward to being
with all of you in heaven.
00:24:40.60\00:24:42.30
It's always
exciting for me to see how
00:24:49.13\00:24:51.20
God is working to change lives
00:24:51.20\00:24:53.06
everywhere in the
world. All people may have
00:24:53.06\00:24:56.20
different cultural beliefs,
00:24:56.20\00:24:57.86
be poor or
richer, live in wood homes
00:24:57.86\00:25:00.40
or mud houses
but around the world
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.96
the basics are
the same everywhere,
00:25:03.33\00:25:05.20
they are hungering for peace,
00:25:05.40\00:25:06.70
stability and
happiness, exactly what God
00:25:06.70\00:25:09.80
offers to every
man woman and child on
00:25:09.80\00:25:12.40
planet earth. I
love watching the
00:25:12.40\00:25:14.86
excitement of the
children, the smiles of
00:25:14.86\00:25:17.03
the parents, and
the joy of everyone when
00:25:17.03\00:25:19.93
we talk about what they have
00:25:19.93\00:25:21.23
discovered in the word of God.
00:25:21.23\00:25:22.86
Hunting over on the
second floor of this
00:25:23.80\00:25:25.60
humble home was an absolute joy,
00:25:25.60\00:25:27.73
especially as I
heard the 200 people
00:25:28.00\00:25:30.76
gathered in the
court yard to listen to the
00:25:30.76\00:25:33.06
radio programs,
from a radio give away
00:25:33.06\00:25:35.43
program that AWR
spirit headed several
00:25:35.43\00:25:38.00
years ago, what
a pay off imagine,
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.70
one radio reaching
hundreds of villagers.
00:25:41.33\00:25:43.83
In this story
today, we've seen a whole
00:25:46.86\00:25:49.03
village of people
that were caught up into
00:25:49.03\00:25:51.23
witchcraft, dealings
with the devil and Satan.
00:25:51.56\00:25:54.80
Lot of people in
the world today don't
00:25:55.26\00:25:56.70
think there is a
devil. But when we see
00:25:56.70\00:25:58.93
these stories, we see
that the devil is indeed real.
00:25:58.93\00:26:02.40
The realm of
darkness is very evident,
00:26:03.50\00:26:05.90
but AWR's purpose
is to bring people into
00:26:06.66\00:26:10.40
the light, the
light of God's truth.
00:26:10.40\00:26:13.03
In Acts 26 verse 18
it says, I'm sending you
00:26:13.50\00:26:18.56
to these people to
open their eyes and
00:26:19.36\00:26:22.33
turn them from
darkness to light,
00:26:22.33\00:26:24.63
and from the power
of Satin to God so that
00:26:25.36\00:26:28.60
they may receive
forgiveness of sins
00:26:28.60\00:26:31.00
and a place among those who are
00:26:31.40\00:26:33.20
sanctified by faith
in me. What an amazing
00:26:33.20\00:26:37.73
transformation,
200 people now in this
00:26:37.73\00:26:41.30
village have become
followers of Jesus and
00:26:41.30\00:26:44.70
members of his
church, but you know
00:26:44.70\00:26:47.23
there are still
many people in many
00:26:47.23\00:26:49.00
places, who do
not know about Jesus
00:26:49.00\00:26:52.20
Christ and the
salvation he offers.
00:26:52.20\00:26:54.53
They are still in
that realm of darkness,
00:26:54.73\00:26:57.26
your gift to AWR
will help us to reach more
00:26:57.80\00:27:00.93
people around the
world, and bring them
00:27:00.93\00:27:03.36
out of the realm
of darkness into the
00:27:03.36\00:27:05.60
marvelous light of
God's love and salvation.
00:27:05.60\00:27:08.66
This is just one example of AWR
00:27:09.50\00:27:12.30
listener groups
around the world,
00:27:12.30\00:27:13.80
people gathering
together, you heard
00:27:14.20\00:27:15.70
here that over
200 people gather on a
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.96
daily basis to
listen to the God's message
00:27:17.96\00:27:20.60
spoken through
the air ways of AWR.
00:27:20.96\00:27:22.96
I hope you'll
join us, give us a call
00:27:23.70\00:27:25.96
1866-503-3531 or you
can write to us 12501
00:27:26.40\00:27:32.33
Old Columbia
Pike, Silver Spring,
00:27:32.33\00:27:34.46
Maryland 20904 or you can log on
00:27:34.46\00:27:38.30
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