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On Mission in Bangladesh<\/span><\/h1>\n

Bangladesh is a South Asian nation of 162 million people: 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu. Christians total less than 1% of the population. With a high poverty rate and a shortage of adequate health care, the life expectancy ranks #133 in the world.<\/p>\n

There are an estimated 8,000 brick kilns scattered across the countryside, where men, women, and children are employed doing backbreaking work in rough conditions. Paid for each brick made or carried to the kiln, a fast worker might earn the equivalent of $20 in a week.<\/p>\n

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Brick Kilns Scattered Across the Countryside<\/p><\/div>\n

Behind a brick kiln on the outskirts of Dhaka rises the beautiful structure of the Holiness Academy. This is a multi-year project funded largely by the Moses and Dean King family foundation. The structure houses a community school for over 150 local students from Muslim families, as well as the Frances Carter Boarding hostel for some 30 students from Christian families in remote villages. With a computer room, classrooms, large meeting rooms, guest rooms, and dormitory facilities, the building is used for a number of ministries.<\/p>\n

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The Holiness Academy<\/p><\/div>\n

In late February, eight individuals from the U.S., Japan, and the Philippines met in Dhaka to hold a series of medical clinics, with the Holiness Academy serving as the first stop on our itinerary. The goal of the team was to offer care and medicine in the name of Christ, thereby blessing the local communities and assisting the local churches with outreach to their neighbors. Patients appeared in a variety of apparel, reflecting varied ages and religious backgrounds. Each patient received professional care and compassionate concern from our skilled and experienced team.<\/p>\n

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Patients Waiting Their Turn<\/p><\/div>\n

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Patients Being Cared for in Bangladesh<\/p><\/div>\n

Textile factories account for 80% of Bangladesh exports. We held two days of clinics for a garment factory whose Christian owner wished to bless his employees. The 2,000 workers at Alpha Clothing produce goods for Kohl's, JC Penney, and other well-known U.S. brands.<\/p>\n

The next clinic destination was a new church plant targeting impoverished workers at a rice mill compound. With no building to use, we were blessed to be provided with a makeshift tent to work in. The patients here showed signs of malnutrition and lack of regular medical care.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the trip was the dedication of a new church building in south Bangladesh. This building was funded by donations from an Indian brother who runs a garment factory in Bangladesh. Praise the Lord for the generosity of His people!<\/p>\n

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Russell Board Cutting the Ribbon at the New Church Building Dedication<\/p><\/div>\n

A personal highlight for me was to be joined on the trip by my son-in-law, Hiro Bamba and his son, Alex. They brought with them origami and other items from Japan, which proved very popular with the children.<\/p>\n

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Alex Bamba Playing with Children in Bangladesh<\/p><\/div>\n

I want to extend a special thanks to the folks from the U.S. who used vacation time to travel halfway around the world to carry out this medical mission. Also, I want to extend another special thanks to the local pastor who prayed for every individual who was willing to receive it.<\/p>\n

Prayer and Partnership<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u2022 Pray for pioneer missionaries, Vijay and Aparanjani Balla, who have labored faithfully and sacrificially to establish a thriving work in Bangladesh. You may support their ministry by clicking the appropriate button below.
\n\u2022 Pray for the pastors and church planters in Bangladesh as they strive to reach new areas with the gospel, while facing hostile opposition.
\n\u2022 Pray for the teachers, staff, and students of the Holiness Academy and Frances Carter Boarding. Pray that the Word of the Lord will take root in the students, and that they will fulfill God's good purpose for their lives.
\n\u2022 Pray for Sandra and me as we continue to pursue the advancement of the kingdom of God in Asia. You may support our ministry by clicking the appropriate button below.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your partnership in the gospel! We can do nothing without your prayer and support!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russell & Sandra Board<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\r\n\r\nMi esposa, Lois y yo est\u00e1bamos en el pasillo del hotel anfitri\u00f3n en la Conferencia Mundial IPHC 2008 en Vancouver, BC, Canad\u00e1, cuando vimos al obispo Moses Kumar y su encantadora esposa, Dora, venir hacia nosotros. Despu\u00e9s de intercambiar saludos, el obispo pregunt\u00f3 si Lois era la verdadera Lois Hanson, quien se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como secretaria del Director de Misiones Mundiales de IPHC, Rev. RL Rex, durante los a\u00f1os 1973-1977. Despu\u00e9s de agradecer a Lois por hacer una extensa investigaci\u00f3n que lo ayud\u00f3 a<\/u> escribir su primera disertaci\u00f3n de doctorado, Stepping Stones - A History of IPHC Missions in India<\/u> . Se inici\u00f3 una amistad firme, y el v\u00ednculo durante ese tiempo culmin\u00f3 con una invitaci\u00f3n a venir a la India para un tiempo de ministerio en nuestra primera oportunidad.\r\n\r\nComenzamos el ministerio en la India alrededor de 2009, y cada a\u00f1o pudimos ense\u00f1ar y ministrar a los pastores, plantadores de iglesias y l\u00edderes locales de la iglesia. En 2011, escribimos a nuestras iglesias en los Estados Unidos.\r\n

El Hyderabad Bible College en el sur de la India est\u00e1 avanzando a nuevos niveles de ministerio en la capacitaci\u00f3n de plantadores de iglesias y equipando a sus ministros para el crecimiento, la evangelizaci\u00f3n y el discipulado. El obispo de la India, el Dr. Moses Kumar, tiene una visi\u00f3n para la ampliaci\u00f3n del Colegio B\u00edblico para satisfacer las oportunidades del ministerio en la India. Para enfrentar el desaf\u00edo, la biblioteca de la escuela necesita ser actualizada. Lois y yo iremos all\u00ed para ense\u00f1ar a los l\u00edderes de las conferencias y para establecer y organizar la biblioteca en un sistema computarizado de clasificaci\u00f3n.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Necesitamos computadoras y libros de referencia teol\u00f3gicos actualizados en ingl\u00e9s, hindi y telegu. Operation Teaching Tools y Carolina Graduate School of Divinity est\u00e1n ayudando con libros electr\u00f3nicos y libros impresos. Sin embargo, todav\u00eda necesitamos al menos tres computadoras y software para clasificar y acceder a los libros. \u00bfAyudar\u00eda a equipar plantadores de iglesias y pastores para cumplir la Gran Comisi\u00f3n en nuestra vida?<\/em><\/p>\r\n

El obispo Moses Kumar est\u00e1 viendo crecer a medida que sus l\u00edderes desaf\u00edan a cada uno a traer uno cada a\u00f1o desde nuestros dos seminarios all\u00ed. Lois estaba ocupada entrenando al personal de la biblioteca y catalogando una monta\u00f1a de libros para la Escuela B\u00edblica. En el \u00faltimo informe, hay m\u00e1s de 3,000 libros en el sistema computarizado.<\/em><\/p>\r\nEn 2011, ense\u00f1amos a los plantadores de iglesias \"Los Diez Pasos del Discipulado\". El obispo Moses Kumar ret\u00f3 a sus pastores para que dirigieran a sus congregaciones a adoptar la meta de \"Cada uno, traiga uno, cada a\u00f1o\". Regres\u00e9 unos meses m\u00e1s tarde para ense\u00f1ar los \"Diez Pasos\" a los l\u00edderes locales de la iglesia y la conferencia.\r\n\r\nLois instal\u00f3 la Biblioteca Hyderabad Bible College en un sistema de clasificaci\u00f3n computarizado. Dean Bapujee dijo: \"Hemos estado anhelando esta biblioteca durante a\u00f1os\". El obispo Moses Kumar declar\u00f3: \u201cGracias al compromiso y la pasi\u00f3n de la hermana Lois Hoyle, nuestra biblioteca est\u00e1 en las manos adecuadas. Ahora, tenemos una biblioteca muy bien organizada y computarizada en la ciudad de Hyderabad. Ayudar\u00e1 a traernos la acreditaci\u00f3n para nuestro programa de posgrado y bendecir\u00e1 a muchas generaciones por venir \u201d. Muchas gracias a la Conferencia Latina de Texas, especialmente a la Iglesia El Aposento Alto, por contribuir fielmente a nuestro fondo ministerial, haciendo posible la compra de la computadora y el software de la biblioteca.\r\n\r\nEn 2014, ense\u00f1amos en la Church Planters School, as\u00ed como en un retiro para el Ministerio de la Mujer, un retiro para parejas y un retiro de oraci\u00f3n en India. Hugh tambi\u00e9n ministr\u00f3 en Visakhapatnam, India, con l\u00edderes de todas las conferencias indias, un viaje que lo llev\u00f3 en un viaje en tren de 12 horas a la costa, lo cual fue una experiencia nueva para \u00e9l.\r\n\r\nEn 2016, el Dr. Hugh Skelton nos acompa\u00f1\u00f3. El Dr. Skelton era director del Centro para el Ministerio Cristiano Internacional cuando el obispo Moses Kumar era estudiante. Pasamos dos semanas ministrando en la Escuela de Plantaci\u00f3n de Iglesias. Hugh Skelton, incluso a los 87 a\u00f1os de edad, dio un tremendo desaf\u00edo a los j\u00f3venes ministros, compartiendo muchos ejemplos de su testimonio personal, a trav\u00e9s de muchos a\u00f1os de ministerio. Lois tambi\u00e9n ayud\u00f3 a actualizar el software de la biblioteca y habl\u00f3 en un retiro de parejas en la iglesia local.\r\n\r\nA trav\u00e9s de los a\u00f1os, hemos visto crecer a la Iglesia Donald Memorial y al Ashram en n\u00famero, alcance y visi\u00f3n. Me anim\u00f3 el testimonio de uno de los miembros de la iglesia, el hermano Israel, quien, un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de que se ense\u00f1\u00f3 la clase, se par\u00f3 frente a la congregaci\u00f3n y comparti\u00f3 nuestra ense\u00f1anza sobre el Drama de la Redenci\u00f3n junto con diagramas h\u00e1bilmente dibujados.\r\n\r\nLois y yo valoramos nuestra amistad con el obispo Moses Kumar y Dora, as\u00ed como con el obispo Samuel Moses y su esposa, Smitha, ya que proporcionan un liderazgo ejemplar en el sur de la India. Hemos llorado con ellos al fallecer la madre de Dora y nos regocijamos con ellos en la boda de su hija, Smitha. Nos han hecho sentir parte de su familia natural, ya que todos somos part\u00edcipes de la familia de Dios.\r\n\r\nFelicitaciones por cumplir los 25 a\u00f1os de ministerio en Hyderabad. El Ashram del Memorial de Donald ha crecido desde tierras des\u00e9rticas rocosas hasta una hermosa iglesia, un albergue, un edificio de tres pisos del Bible College y una escuela para albergar a m\u00e1s de mil estudiantes de primaria y secundaria.\r\n\r\nNuestra oraci\u00f3n es que a trav\u00e9s del Poder del Esp\u00edritu Santo, este ministerio crecer\u00e1 de gracia en gracia, a la Venida de Jesucristo, nuestro Se\u00f1or y Rey.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","author_name":"Russell & Sandra Board","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Story-From-The-Field.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-VY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}