Timothy Harris

Awesome. Well, that will be one of the appendices that we're going to go over, you know, about how to get that training. But but Timothy, that's all I have for today. And that is that is all I have for this episode. And I cannot wait until the next one. And then right after the next one, we get to dive on into the appendices. So that is all I have for this episode of The Ear.

Awesome. Well, that will be one of the appendices that we're going to go over, you know, about how to get that training. But but Timothy, that's all I have for today. And that is that is all I have for this episode. And I cannot wait until the next one. And then right after the next one, we get to dive on into the appendices. So that is all I have for this episode of The Ear.

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Brandon, thank you so much, man. I'm excited. To be here with you and to just to dive into these stories. Yeah.

Brandon, thank you so much, man. I'm excited. To be here with you and to just to dive into these stories. Yeah.

Well, let me, if I could tell the story that gave the title to this chapter 39. They wanted to, and he said, arrested me for fasting. It was just funny. You as a law enforcement person. So basically this was in June of 2014. Miriam and I were in Knoxville, Tennessee with some friends and we ate dinner. And then some of the friends said that they wanted some frozen yogurt.

Well, let me, if I could tell the story that gave the title to this chapter 39. They wanted to, and he said, arrested me for fasting. It was just funny. You as a law enforcement person. So basically this was in June of 2014. Miriam and I were in Knoxville, Tennessee with some friends and we ate dinner. And then some of the friends said that they wanted some frozen yogurt.

They saw a place that they had seen before around the corner. So we started walking there, and on the way there, I saw two young men walking. And I could just tell by then, we'd been in Muslim ministry for a while, and I could tell that they were Arabs. And I could tell kind of by their appearances that they were most likely from Saudi Arabia or from Yemen. And so...

They saw a place that they had seen before around the corner. So we started walking there, and on the way there, I saw two young men walking. And I could just tell by then, we'd been in Muslim ministry for a while, and I could tell that they were Arabs. And I could tell kind of by their appearances that they were most likely from Saudi Arabia or from Yemen. And so...

Miriam and the others went on into the yogurt place. I just said to her, I just want to kind of see if I can get these guys' attention and talk to them. So she went in with the others to the yogurt place, and I just shouted out to these two young men, salam aleikum, or as-salam aleikum, which in Arabic is peace be upon you, something they always say to one another.

Miriam and the others went on into the yogurt place. I just said to her, I just want to kind of see if I can get these guys' attention and talk to them. So she went in with the others to the yogurt place, and I just shouted out to these two young men, salam aleikum, or as-salam aleikum, which in Arabic is peace be upon you, something they always say to one another.

And so these two young men turned around as it happened to be. They were from Saudi Arabia. And they were kind of shocked. They saw this, you know, white guy with kind of white hair. And they're like, you know, who is this dude? And why is he, you know, I mean, is he a Muslim? What is he? Who is he?

And so these two young men turned around as it happened to be. They were from Saudi Arabia. And they were kind of shocked. They saw this, you know, white guy with kind of white hair. And they're like, you know, who is this dude? And why is he, you know, I mean, is he a Muslim? What is he? Who is he?

and so i just said hi and and invited them to join us um you know for yogurt and so they came in and it was just so cool brandon because miriam and i had i don't know maybe it was 45 minutes or an hour of conversation with them probably 40 minutes and it was pleasant conversation but but also it involved some talking about faith ours and theirs and so at one point though

and so i just said hi and and invited them to join us um you know for yogurt and so they came in and it was just so cool brandon because miriam and i had i don't know maybe it was 45 minutes or an hour of conversation with them probably 40 minutes and it was pleasant conversation but but also it involved some talking about faith ours and theirs and so at one point though

when I was asking them more about their lives here, one of them said that he had an experience in Texas the previous year. He was new to the U.S., and he said in his broken English, this was exactly the quote, they wanted to arrest me for fasting. And so I was just like, my brain was just going, okay, now what in the world is he saying? Like,

when I was asking them more about their lives here, one of them said that he had an experience in Texas the previous year. He was new to the U.S., and he said in his broken English, this was exactly the quote, they wanted to arrest me for fasting. And so I was just like, my brain was just going, okay, now what in the world is he saying? Like,

Okay, I don't, I've been to Texas, but like, so I just said to him incredulously, what? I said, was it during Ramadan, which is the traditional time when Muslims don't eat, you know, during the day for 30 days, they're fasting as part of their religious faith and rituals. And so, but Miriam was so far ahead of me in understanding what this guy was trying to say. And so finally I got it.

Okay, I don't, I've been to Texas, but like, so I just said to him incredulously, what? I said, was it during Ramadan, which is the traditional time when Muslims don't eat, you know, during the day for 30 days, they're fasting as part of their religious faith and rituals. And so, but Miriam was so far ahead of me in understanding what this guy was trying to say. And so finally I got it.