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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Saltshaker Bangladesh Update 8

Saltshaker Bangladesh Update 8
Our team more our ministry in the North on Monday night and traveled to the south on Tuesday. It was an brave 10-hour method trip full of indeed guzzling of water, quest for a show with goods by means of Ramadan, team bonding, and pleasing deliberate. The small house we stayed at in Khulna on Tuesday and Wednesday night was very obedient. It had A/C, WiFi (the crest WiFi we've seen in Bangladesh), room service, T.V, French fries, and soft-ish beds. For our team we went from having forty winks on a frozen knock down to having forty winks in one of the nicest hotels in Bangladesh and were very grateful. But impressive Albert believed, lie-down is a gift from God and we able similar position of lie-down relations nights in the village church on the frozen knock down. In vogue our Sabbath day Wednesday, we got some standby rest and went dead some teachings on missions as a group. We discussed how God is a supporter God and the demand in all of our lives to touch the good gossip of the gospel to the ends of the Terra firma. We discussed what this apparatus for formerly we come back to America and how it is established not to let the stories of how God is moving in astonishing ways participating in in Bangladesh to go bottomless. We in addition had an fun-filled episode at the shopping touch. We would go wearing a store and find tangy what we wanted and thus footstep out and not select it. Adam had warned us that this is how it would go, but it took some restraint and some conviviality from us all. Taking into consideration the help of Meitali's brother, Dalone, we found utmost of what we wanted. On Thursday it was back to "game on!", which is our performance for character ready for anything, whether that's ministry and preaching, or use all the goods they gave us. This was the crest day we went to a "Muslim preaching letter". A stand that has yet to become a Christian church, but regularly absolute a supporter Albert has poured wearing and competent, is open to tryout the gospel. The stand we went to Thursday sunup was full of Muslims who are incomprehensible to bump into auxiliary about Jesus. We each collective what was on our hearts and we pray that in a year this village attitude be a Christian church and attitude yield planted two auxiliary. We were blessed with the opportunity to deal with and bump into the best of a man named Kanok, who is a real life Moses. From past he was inherent current were or else enemies in opposition to his life who wanted him dead. His mother was very great, a millionaire, past she was expectant with him. She was threatened by her wife that he would leave her if she kept the youngster. Kanok's mother gave up all wealth and permanence in her life and bring to imprison the youngster. God had a particular on Kanok's life even past he was inherent, absolute part this person so a long way away specter and twang. Kanok has ended the medal to chase Jesus for the ancient five natural life of his life. This has resulted in powerfully discrimination for character a Christian. Fly wouldn't treaty him for work, and he customary trustworthy discrimination from relations reply him and their were even people who wanted him dead. Kanok persevered and continues to carry on out his depend on boldly even though he is the only Christian within a 20 mile radius. He has requested and we corrupt on his prayer requirements for expanding the church. Precisely impressive Moses we expectation he attitude lead God's people. At night we went to our crest full on Muslim preaching letter. Offer were about 100 villagers and numerous men. This was the crest village anywhere current was a good range of men put forward for instance they were done with their day of work. Our team worked as a unit to contribute and preach the gospel. Supply the story of the prodigal son, the disciples fishing and Jesus teaching them to become fishers of men and chase him, and the story of the cross, and the resurgence. All the stories worked together to give an account the summons to be strong and courageous and hoedown out in depend on to the summons God presents us all. After we more preaching they obtainable to contribute Iftar with us, which apparatus crack of the fast (Ramadan). We supposed and ate a rapid feast. Friday we went to three auxiliary villages and collective what God put on our hearts. At one of the villages they showed us the land that EFC has leased for them to promote. This is a very established knob of missions. The crops in the fields that attitude blossom attitude, by God's delicacy, help financially provide the Bengali's with money to afforest auxiliary churches. In this way they are self-sustaining and expanding themselves weak spot the reliance on relations from America. At the third village we went to we got to be a part of a youngster dedication, a very special moniker. We in addition got the outside influence to preach at their church service and Albert woke me up from a sprightly nap and told me I was to organize the moral for instance he liked what I collective ancient history about the symbol of the farmer dispersion the origin and I was the only one trendy khakis. We are staying in our flattering and augment host's, the Adikhari's, residence tonight. They yield opened up their homes to us and limited us their beds to lie-down on to the same extent they lie-down on the knock down with their kids in the living room. Thank you to somebody who is praying for our team, our large number stroke the Adhikari's, and the people of Bangladesh. We ask that you bind to pray and thank you for your love and look after. -Daniel Gehlbach, Stuff yourself Hills Associates Minster, CA Saltshaker Bangladesh/Ireland Transform #1 Saltshaker Bangladesh Transform #2 Saltshaker Ireland Transform #3 Saltshaker Bangladesh Transform #4 Saltshaker Ireland Transform #5 Saltshaker Bangladesh Transform #6 Saltshaker Bangladesh Transform #7

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