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Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes, 3...2...1...You're It and Through the Gates of Splendor

Our American Stories / Lee Habeeb
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June 3, 2022 3:05 am

Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes, 3...2...1...You're It and Through the Gates of Splendor

Our American Stories / Lee Habeeb

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June 3, 2022 3:05 am

On this episode of Our American Stories, Marija Elden, the Zoological Manager of Birds, shares Enrique the penguin's journey to owning a pair of pretty cool kicks. Robert Frohlich tells the story of his bad road trip while volunteering to bring trucks to impoverished communities in Appalachia. Elisabeth Elliot tells us the story of Operation Auca, an attempt by five American missionaries to reach the Auca tribe (considered the most dangerous in the world) of eastern Ecuador. 

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00:00 - Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes

12:30 - 3...2...1...You're It

25:00 - Through the Gates of Splendor

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What is the animal like what does that not like behaviors that are good and maybe some that are not so good and the veterinarians also receive a lot of information about medical history, signs of arthritis already at that point, so there is no surprise that we didn't just open a box of penguins say that one wasn't feeling well. We knew what we were getting and we were prepared and that's super important. With arthritis you notice that they're slowing down a little bit, maybe not, for fear just as fast.

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Henrique is an active swimmer and that's great. But we can have any topical creams that alleviate some of the arthritic pain they well conference away. So thinking outside the box can help us. I think animal people are a special group of people where very few things surprise us because we have to think outside of the box so often that humans and arm is an arm and leg is a lag but with animals there so much variation our veterinary team who are really great at coming up with all sorts of ideas found a company that makes little shoes for working dogs send dogs that just need additional help. After injuries so our vets were able to connect with that company. We were able to trace Henrique's feet and get measurements and the amazing people who can sell very well made the shoes for him the first time I put them online.

He looked at his feet and looked at us and took off running. What the shoes do is just to protect his feet and get a little bit of extra padding for him.

The original pair that was sent. We found that he just needed a little bit more cushion and it needed to get a little bit more grip rock opera penguins. Their feet are very important. They grip the rockets are climbing up, but because we just put shoes on him.

He couldn't quite grip so we ended up receiving a second pair of shoes. Now this pair of shoes was hot pink on the bottom as opposed to the first set of shoes which was all black, but no one cared. If you just kinda looked some kind tried to come over and check it out, that he would just tell him know he is very vocal and so was her and figured out like he's back and let you mess with issues he was. He is getting his golden it has become such a routine for him that he really doesn't mind and it makes little difference to his mates. So we do plan to monitor about 10 o'clock in the morning and take them off at about three is me Paris she just sees and go up and he comes back and she's like okay this is great. Sometimes you'll see him with his wing over her, which is very cute. It is nice that he does get some time to just penguin the really take his behavior into account.

We do know that it does provide some comfort just based on the way that he stands. We keep track on a weekly basis to make sure is he eating is he getting around and what we have seen is that he does swim with the boots on to and that's an important factor for Penguins Penguins should swim and he does still swim.

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We love to tell stories about every facet of American life and periodically those are sweet stories as we know that faith animates so many Americans in the walk and in their day-to-day lives describes one of the most influential Christian woman of the 20th century. Let's get right into the story. Here's breaking through gates of splendor is a 1957 best-selling book written by Elizabeth Elliott upon release. The book was so popular that it competed with John F. Kennedy's profiles in courage in terms of sales through gates of splendor, tells the story of operation Alka an attempt by five American missionaries, Jim Elliott, the authors husband, Pete Fleming, Ed McCauley pilot Nate St. and Roger you Darian, a participant at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II to reach the Alka tribe of eastern Ecuador. All five men were killed by the tribe in 1967 documentary film also titled through gates of splendor was narrated by Elizabeth Elliott herself. Thanks to the folks at vision video.

We are about to hear the story, here's Elizabeth Republic of Ecuador 3000 air miles due south of New York City is one of our friendly South American neighbor capital city 9000 this story began one time or another almost jungle missionaries stayed with Nate and Marge St. rustic and thoroughly functional house. Marge managed to find time to take care of her three children and supplied jungle missionaries with everything from fresh fruits to screens and nails. Whenever Nate took office supplies. It was Marge bought store weighed and even help Nate load into the plane. She kept his ground log is positioned in the air and stood by at all times with shortwave radio work you need to clean even beg for rides. Even some of the well-known tribe of drinkers called those words of the Lord Jesus and others, and some had come to believe that it is sort of on the wings which would release a parachute supplies Jim and I were just married you station got surprised with my parish finally passed needs testing excited Davis hopes of opening more stations try one day we need to make another search there somewhere jungle killed near Ed station only a few months I talked and prayed a lot about September 19 when they saw the house for this advised ground exchange even got the telephone so we could talk back and forth with the plane. The plane circled slowly and here text experts are still trying this voice decided to try and contact you using for Michelle plane had dropped gifts to give made regular attached drops build platforms near the plane.

You can imagine the excitement when one day be sent back roasted monkey in the bucket. Others live gifts and returned offerings of their own men searched constantly for some clearing where the plane might land and they could carry out their mission. Meeting face-to-face strip prayed strip contribute something to the store of knowledge habits attitude. People take God's time had come for them to go and explore the quoted eye River and discovered a patch of beach on which he could land called Chalmette had regular contact with the messages code buys because we wanted the operation successful contact because they believed they were probably watching their shaft identified as those who had dropped gifts from the prefabricated treehouse is electric saw worked all day getting position in case of sudden Jim and the fellows will listening every chance I got the radio message is indispensable whenever Nate was away once every hour. She knew how much gas is born outside the sky know just what kind of weather radio program possible January 6, 1956, after three days waiting on the beach was called the young man, George understood the other, except for words.

Jim had learned from try George seemed completely repellent signs for writing your point younger girl probably nicknamed Delilah was fascinated with the texture of the plane, rubbing her body fabric scratching lately afternoon. Men waited for them to return Sunday radio looks like will be here for the afternoon service was this day will contact you at 434 30. There was only silence.

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Radio service was this day will contact you at 434 30.

There was only silence.

That is until January 30, 1956 issue of life magazine stands magazine cost $0.20 life magazine circulated in 1/2 million American homes every week, but on page 10 of this issue.

There's a stark black and white photo of five young women sitting around the kitchen table takes up almost the entire width of the oversized two page spread through a happy sandwiches and the plates in front of them and toddlers are wiggling in their laps and on the shoulders there listening to a man with his back to the camera man is telling them about the search party that found the dead bodies of their five husbands, the alto had speared them all of them to death. The man is just told them that they are now widows. The headline reads, go ye and preach the gospel five do and die within days. The story of their sacrifice and circulate around the world. People were amazed.

In an era of peace and prosperity that Christians were still willing to pursue something bigger than money or the American dream. The story of sacrifice and surrender for the sake of reaching a remote tribe with the gospel is compelling even to those who question or mock the faith of the missionaries and they weren't done, most notably Elizabeth Elliott and Nate St. sister, Rachel, St. here again is Elizabeth. I went back to Sandy and when Jim and I had lived and continued to work with the key choice.

People all over the world began to pray for the alkyds I prayed to, but it seemed a faithless prayer.

At times I ask God to open the door somehow but I had no idea what to suggest. I asked him to send somebody somebody could tell them five minute wanted to tell them that the God who made them actually cared about them and that he was worth trusting the Lord. I was willing to go if he wanted me to, but that seemed absurd to five men had been killed would ever succeed.

I knew that God could do it if he wanted to and that was the reason for prayer. Prayer is not a vein thing in November 1958, two women came out of their tribe right into a key to village.

I met them and they came back to Shandy to live with me.Yuma girl who had given Jim some help on the language had been with Rachel St. Nate sister for several years now, and Rachel had some valuable language date in which he shared with me. I use this as a basis began to study and talk on man, the two who were with me Sunday when the three got together.Yuma man, they said were going home. So they went and Rachel and I waited for them when they returned they invited the three of us, including my little girl Valerie to go there. We had prayed for this. Others were praying for it to. We knew that this was God's doing three days by foot over jungle trails and streams that I rivers again here came to face the first one we saw was younger sister. One would be to the five men on the beach two days before they die. I had to keep reminding myself the these very people. The ones who killed the man they were called one of the most savage tribes in the world's average human beings played they showed no hostility to us and I learned they had their own strict ideas about right and wrong, even if they were different from ours.

They believed it was wrong to kill people except under certain conditions. Some of them said they thought the five-member outsiders.

They were coming due noble and right thing to do was to kill now man, 1.Yuma had succeeded in convincing them that there were outsiders who were quite all right. These foreigners would come and live in tell them stories about a man named Jesus he was a good they should listen to the stories and learn to talk to Jesus to pray. So just as men, promised me for the people said yes, we will need to kill any and so we decided that the best we could do was simply to live as much like to share what they think they were kind to Valerie and me gave Rachel a place to sleep in one of their shelters turned over whole house they called it a house to Valerie and me began to leak.

None of the houses was any more than there were no walls no floors no doors no privacy problem of communication is a constant one. I couldn't put together more than a sentence or two of those were very short ones.

Rachel and I never cease trying to analyze classified trying to reproduce it verbally. Proper intonation stations and all the things which make a foreign language, especially in unwritten line. Just try pronouncing it. W time in front of your mouth. Do it in a word like in both the valves are neutralized.

Besides Valerie had no trouble she did better with the three-year-old memory and mimicking ability that I did with all my language files tape recorder systems and show them picture books and taught them how to hold a crayon draw. This study attempt to understand, to be understood is where the three explained it one day seven was God that day she was going to talk about him. Everyone was told to come and sit down. Client told simple stories from the Old Testament stories of Jesus from the new told them that Jesus says we must not kill right away some of the men stopped making spears. There were occasions when I need to despair.

While so careful explanation to us about what for their own relatives. They were the same one who killed Jim and me.

They had their God happen in five men God trusted him protection Sunday for the last morning to we rest on the she we go not forth alone against the flow strong, safe and not keeping tender. We rest on succeeded in converting and speaking of the name Jesus never unions could not imagine the real reason is simply took them as a threat to their own succeeded and set out to do God taken literally away (abide great job touching the screen. Elizabeth Elliott story so much of a faith walk at one particular thinking about taking one past due merely with obedience and doing what God and sometimes those are hard things terrific storytelling in about-face Elizabeth Elliott story here on our American stores