Program 02 Wounds of the Heart

PROGRAM 02 WOUNDS OF THE HEART

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Lesson 2 Wounds of the heart
A1 Opening Music
10 to 15 seconds
A2 Host Introduction
Host: Welcome to our Trauma Healing program and thank you for joining me; my name is ______. The Trauma Healing program is a production of ______.
Theme music -10 to 15 seconds
Host: These programs help you recognize trauma in yourself or in others. But what is trauma? Trauma happens when a person faces a circumstance in which he or she feels powerless. Perhaps conflict or natural disaster or even physical abuse. These trauma healing programs reveal biblical principles that lead to healing and allow you to live fully once again.
Theme music. 5 seconds.
Host: When our hearts are wounded, we have difficulty getting along with people, with God, and even with ourselves. This happened to John Mba when his village was attacked by rebels.
A3 Current Life Drama
Music: Swahili Impressions
John Mba: Today was but a lovely day.
Mary: Yes, it was and the children had fun playing outside. At one point, I thought the rain was going to spoil their fun.
SFX (footsteps, door closes)
Mary: Sshh. . . Can you hear that? Can you smell that?
SFX: fade in fire burning a thatched roof, gunshots and screaming
Tom: Mommy, I can smell it, too! The roof it’s on fire!
Jane: Oh no! The roof is on fire!
SFX fire burning a thatched roof, gun shots and screaming, sound of heavy boots running
Running boot kicking the door, rebels shouting out orders urgently, sound of screaming
Rebel: Get him!
(fade out fire burning)
Mary: No!
Rebel: I said get him!
John: Take the children and run!
Tom: Daddy, daddy!
John: It’s okay, Tom. Take Jane with you and go with mommy; I will be fine.
Jane: But mommy we can’t leave daddy!
SFX: footsteps, Mary and the kids running
Mary: (urgent, hushed tones): Don’t stop, keep running!
Rebel: I said shut-up! (to another rebel) Prepare his arm!
SFX: Sharpening of machete on the ground.
Mary: Please don’t, please, please don’t.
Rebel: I will chop it off!
Mary: Please don’t, please don’t for God! Please!
Rebel: Chop his arm off!
SFX: arm being chopped.
John and Mary: (screaming) Aaaahh! Oh no!
SFX: sound of truck driving, squealing brakes, footsteps,
Rebel: Let’s go! Mission accomplished.
SFX: sound of a lift gate, rebels jumping into the truck, truck driving away fast
Mary: (screaming, panting): Oh my god, my husband, he is dead! He is dead!
John: (groaning)
Mary: John, John? . . . (speaking to self) Oh God they have cut his arm; I need to stop this bleeding. I need to take him to the hospital! (Screaming) Someone help me!
Music
Storyteller: - and she did get help. They went to the local hospital where the wound was treated and stitched, and after a little while John’s wound healed. The rebels were chased out of the area and life came back to normal for most people, but for John life would never be the same again.
Mary: No, oh! No, stop it John, stop it!
John: You foolish woman and your miserable children!
SFX: loud slap
Jane: Daddy, please stop!
John: Shut-it or I will kill you. Get out of my house!
SFX: Mary and children run off, Mary sniffing, crying
Music
Jane: Where do we go? Who do we go to?
Mary: Let’s go to the Pastor’s house.
SFX: knocking. Door opening/closing.
Pastor’s wife: Mary, praise the Lord! What happened? Why are you coming to see me in the night?
Mary: I don’t know where to start. It’s John. He has changed: he beats me, he beats the children, and he quarrels with the neighbors. He’s so alone now! His friends never talked about his missing arm; they just pretend nothing happened.
Pastor’s wife: Yes, that’s how people act.
Mary: John does not talk about this problem either; he keeps his feelings inside. It makes me so sad; I don’t feel like eating; sometimes I want to die.
Pastor’s wife: What do you mean? Are you serious? How could you even consider such a terrible thing?
Mary: I get frightened when I’m alone in the house; and I can’t sleep! I often have nightmares and so does John.
Pastor’s wife: (piously) “thou wilt keep him in perfect peace . . . “
Mary: Well, I certainly don’t feel peace inside. And this has affected our children, too. Our oldest son Zachary wasn't even in the village when the attack happened. He used to be such a good school teacher, but now he’s staying out late with his friends and has started drinking. He’s lost interest in his job.
Pastor’s wife: Drinking? Oh dear! That’s sin!
Mary: Well, yes, I know. And he has headaches and stomachaches but the doctor can’t find anything wrong with him.
Pastor’s wife: How can you say all this? You are a Christian! Why Mary, have you no faith? Rejoice in the Lord. Praise him for all things.
Music – Sahara, 5 seconds.
Storyteller: The words of the Pastor’s wife made Mary feel ashamed so she never tried to talk to anyone else about how she felt. Her whole family went to church every Sunday, and every Sunday the Pastor told them how God was punishing them for their sins, and that they should give more money to the church, and work more on the Pastor’s farm.
Music Transition: Suaheli
Host:Sometimes after a traumatic event, people feel overwhelmed, fearful and helpless. Trauma also can cause physical problems such as headaches or stomach pains. Some people live with in intense fear and nightmares. If you or someone you know shows these symptoms, we encourage you to continue listening.
Music Theme 4 song.
A4 Host Introduce First Discussion
Host: This story of John and Mary demonstrates the loss we feel after tragedy hits. And while their problems seemed overwhelming, John needed to understand his loss and Mary who also suffered needed someone to listen without judgement.
Listen to Jacques, Steven, Magdalene and Rebecca as they take a deeper look at the story.
Music Transition: Suaheli
A5 First Discussion
James: What do you like about this story?
Rebecca: For me, I liked the fact that Mary went back to help John in his very bad situation. She went back and helped him and they were able to take him to the hospital and he actually got well even though he lost his arm.
Magdalene: And the fact that she also went and sought help from the pastor’s wife. She went and asked her and she went to talk to her about the problems that she was facing.
Stephen: Yeah and that shows that she was a courageous woman. Also, another thing about John is that I liked the fact that he was a strong man and even though he had all these troubles he never told anyone.
Rebecca: But does that really show strength?
Stephen: A man should be strong!
Magdalene: Oh really? Do you think that was a good thing? Because look at it this way, it was all built up inside him; it might have helped him if he told someone else about how he was feeling.
James: Yeah, I agree with her. You know John was really, really suffering even though he was trying to be a man and not to show that he is weak and that he was suffering and very isolated.
Stephen: Uh-hum, oh. . .
James: What was difficult for you in this story?
Rebecca: - and it’s sad that John, after everything they had gone through as a family decided to start beating up his wife and children even after his wife saved his life.
Magdalene: Also, I don’t like the way the Pastor’s wife responded to Mary; it made her feel even worse.
Rebecca (NEW) Yes she just responded the way she was taught in church without really thinking about Mary’s pain.
Magadalene: (NEW) Yes, when people go through trauma, they need you to listen, without making any judgements.
James: Let’s think about John. He is a changed man. What did he lose, besides his arm?
Stephen: First of all he lost his self-respect and the respect of the people in the village.
Magdalene: And he lost his family. There is tension and fighting and they aren’t talking to each other anymore.
Stephen: Yes, and he also lost his friends; they all pretended nothing happened.
Rebecca: And he couldn’t sleep at night. He had nightmares.
James: So we agree that John lost a lot?
Group: Yes.
James: But what about Mary? What did she lose?
Magdalene: Mary lost her husband. He was not the man she married.
Rebecca: She lost her home because how do you call a place where you and the children are being beaten a home?
Stephen: Yeah, I know after trying to talk with the Pastor’s wife, she lost her relationship with the church.
Magdalene: and probably her faith in God.
Rebecca: She also lost sleep.
Stephen: And her appetite. And she lost hope: she was thinking about suicide.
James: Mary really lost a lot. Let’s think about the oldest son, Zachary; what do you think he lost?
Magdalene: He lost interest in life; he started staying out late at night drinking.
Magdalene: Yeah, and I think he’s likely to lose his job because is drinking too much. He is trying to kill his pain with alcohol.
Rebecca: But why? He wasn’t even there when it happened!
James: You know, even hearing about a bad thing can disturb you a lot. It’s called secondary trauma.
Rebecca: That’s helpful! I understand now.
James: So John, Mary and Zachary were all wounded inside by the attack. Now, how can you tell if someone has a wound inside?
Rebecca: I don’t think you can really tell because you can’t see into their heart.
Magdalene: But even if you can’t see the heart, you can tell when someone is having a lot of troubles by just looking at their face, the way they look, the way they talk.
James: That’s right. You can tell by the way they behave.
Magdalene: Yeah, somebody who is usually happy can suddenly look sad.They can be angry all the time, or they want to be alone,
Rebecca: or they avoid things, like the place where the bad thing happened. They’ll walk a longer route just to not be near that place.
Magdalene: Some of them, like Mary, don’t want to eat
Stephen: but I know others who start eating a lot.
Magdalene: Yeah, they eat to avoid feeling their pain. It’s like a drug. . .
James: Let’s think about a physical wound, for example, a bad sore on your leg. How is a sore similar to a wound of the heart?
Magdalene: They are both very painful and you have to treat both of them.
James: Maybe the heart wounds are even more painful.
Rebecca: Well, with physical wounds you have to clean them or they won’t heal.
Stephen: Yeah, once I fell off my motorcycle and skinned my arm very badly; I had to get all the gravel and dirt out so that it could heal.
Rebecca: I can imagine if you didn’t take the time to remove the dirt from the wound then it would have gotten infected.
Stephen: Right! But with a wound of the heart, I am much more like John Mba. I feel like if I had been a man, I shouldn’t have heart wounds.
James: So the first step is to admit you are wounded!
Stephen: Or maybe I would try to kill the pain with drink or drugs, like Zachary did.
James: And that would just bring more problems! Now, what if the skin on your wound had healed on top but not inside; what would have happened?
Stephen: Well, it might look okay, but then the infection might grow and the wound could burst open, or it could go into my blood and I’d get really sick.
James: That’s right. And the same thing can happen with a heart wound when people only treat their heart wounds superficially---maybe you say a short prayer and the pastor tells you you’re fine now. But if you don’t ever get the pain out of your heart, you may look okay on the outside for a while, but in the end it will cause a lot of trouble..
Magdalene: Yes, so true! It’s painful to admit that we are hurting inside, but it’s the only way to get well.
James: Only God heals our physical wounds, but often he uses doctors. What about wounds of the heart?
Rebecca: It’s the same. We need other people to help us.
Stephen: Yes, and they need to know what they are doing so they don’t hurt us even more.
Magdalene: That’s so true! And I think heart wounds take a long time to heal. We have to be patient.
James: That is it! When the pain is gone we know the wound is healed. The wound may leave a scar -- We may be changed by what happened, but the pain is gone!
Magdalene: And we are healed!
Transition: Suaheli, 5-10 seconds
A6 Host Call to Action
Host: God is always at hand. Give Him your hearts and your wounds. He uses His people to bring us healing.
Do you need someone to talk to or someone to pray with you? You can call or SMS us on ___; start your SMS with the word Trauma and send it to ___. You can also send us an email to ___.
Transition: 10-15 seconds of Program 2 music
B1 Host introduces biblical drama
Fade music out here
Host: When Jesus died, many people were confused and sad. How did Jesus respond to them? Listen to the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
B2- Biblical Drama
Opening Music: Egypt 1, 5 seconds.
Storyteller: After Jesus died, his disciples were hiding behind closed doors for fear they might be captured and killed, too. But two disciples decided to leave the city and go to a village called Emmaus. As they walked together, they talked about everything that had happened.
SFX: two men talking
Storyteller: While they were talking, Jesus joined them and walked with them, but they didn’t know who he was. Jesus asked them:
Jesus: What are you talking about?
Music: Egypt 3
SFX: Footsteps stopping
Storyteller: They stood still, their faces downcast.
Cleopas: Are you the only person from Jerusalem who doesn’t know what happened there these last few days?
Jesus: What do you mean?
Cleopas: The things that happened to Jesus. He showed that he was a powerful prophet by what he did and said.
(fade out Music: Egypt 3)
Disciple 2: But our leaders had him arrested and sentenced to die on a cross.
Cleopas: We had hoped that he would be the one to set our country free.
Disciple 2: But it has already been three days since all this happened.
Fade out mysterious music: Egypt 3
Cleopas: Some women in our group surprised us. They had gone to the tomb early in the morning but they did not find the body of Jesus. Instead, they came back, saying that they had seen a angels who told them that he is alive.
Disciple 2: Then some men from our group ran to the tomb and found it just like the women said, but they didn’t see Jesus either.
Fade in Egypt 3
SFX: Continuing footsteps as the move along.
Music: Egypt 3 Leave music for a few seconds.
Jesus: Why can’t you understand? Didn’t you know that the Messiah would have to suffer before he entered his glory?
Fade out Egypt 3
Storyteller: Then Jesus explained everything the Scriptures said about him. (SFX: Talking) When they got to the village of Emmaus, Jesus seemed to be going further. But they begged him to stay.
Disciple 2: Stay with us!
Fade in Egypt 1
Cleopas: It’s already late and the sun is going down.
Storyteller: So Jesus went into the house to stay with them. They sat down to eat, and Jesus took some bread, blessed it, broke it,
SFX: prayer mumbling in background
Storyteller: and gave it to them. At once they knew who he was, but before they could do or say anything, he disappeared!
SFX: Chairs moving along the floor as the disciples eat
Music: Fade in Egypt 1
Cleopas: When he talked with us along the road and explained the Scriptures to us, didn’t our hearts burn inside us?
Storyteller: They got up and returned to the city to tell the other disciples what had happened.
Transition Music : Suaheli
B3- Host introduces second discussion
Host: That’s the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Listen to Jacques, Steven, Magdalene and Rebecca as they take a deeper look at it.