Next year I plan to do 3 pieces of art. I am inviting people to 'Be a Part of my Art," by coming to the event and participating in a photograph that will be used in at least one of the art pieces.
#1 I Give Thanks?
#2 The center piece, #2 will be called, I Forgive - on Behalf of all Generations.
There will be a robed person in the center of the photograph depicting this decree.
I am looking for a person who has been instrumental in creating forgiveness between warring parties. I plan to ask Brother Andrew initially. His last book, "Light Force" impacted me in a special way.
#3 To the right will be a piece called, Give - And you will Receive This is the piece that will require a lot of people. At this point, I see the picture focusing on hands, open next to each other with rows and rows of people with a feeling of connectedness, or possibly beginning with giving a small amount and ending up with a lot.
Brother Andrew, famous for bringing the gospel behind the Iron Curtain, now is taking it to the Taliban. In this report from Joel News he describes how:
"I just go there. I find out where they live and show up at the doorstep. They ask what I come for, and I tell them about Jesus. We've become way too diplomatic and careful in our approach. Next week I hope to visit the Taliban again. They now say: 'Anne, this is your second home.'
"One day I visited a large, notorious Qur'an school where 90 percent of the graduates immediately join the ranks of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. A war factory of human weapons, targeted to wage war against the infidels. I arrived at a square where hundreds of these students waited in line for military exercise. The head of the school and a minister of the government gave a short talk, and suddenly the microphone was handed to me: 'Anne, it's your turn.'
"I was surprised as I only came to visit. ... I told them about Jesus. I believe every Christian should be able to speak about his faith in Jesus unprepared for at least 15 minutes. It would be pity to waste such an opportunity.
"After my talk, the leader of the Qur'an school, also a high official in the Taliban and government circles, came up to me and said: 'Anne, would you please come back and tell us more about Jesus, also to our graduate class?' I asked the leader how many guys he had in his final class, and he said 1,300. This is an amazing mission field."
http://www.sethbarnes.com/?filename=taking-the-gospel-to-the-taliban
