Quit Talking While the Movie Is On

Quit talking while the movie is on! I think everyone has either said or heard those words at least once in there life. However, I found myself encouraging the opposite counsel Friday evening.

I had the opportunity to show a film and preach for a young Burkinabe pastor here in Ouagadougou. I told him it was his choice of film and we would try to accommodate. He wanted to show “The Passion of the Christ”. This created a little problem. Only 20% of the people here are literate. For those who have seen the film, you know it is in Aramaic. How were we going to communicate this film and its message to them in Moore (their tribal tongue)? That is when we decided to have one of our Bible institute students, Paul, give a commentary in Moore at the same time that the movie was playing. We kept the volume up, but not as loud as Paul’s microphone. It worked GREAT! I wish I could say it was my idea, but that would be lying. It was actually the idea of another Missionary who did the same thing a few weeks ago.

I preached just before the end of the film. We invited those who wanted to know more about salvation to stay and talk afterwards. Praise the Lord! We had 6 people accept Christ as their Savior. Please pray that they will become faithful members of this new church.