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MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Whew! That should take care of it!
PENNY:
What a mess! Boy, that could have been really
bad if we hadn’t been here!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: It sure could have. That little
fire could have burned down the whole shop!
PENNY:
Of course, I guess it could have been bad even with
us being here.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: True. Electrical fires can be really
dangerous! Hey gang! Penny and I were just surprised
by a little electrical fire that started from inside
this external drive she has hooked up to her computer.
It caught some papers on fire, and we had a bit of a
scare.
PENNY:
But thanks to Mr. Christopher’s quick thinking
and a little help from this fire extinguisher we were
able to avoid any major damage.
SURFER
BOB: Amigitos! Yo Penny, Christopher! I think
that you hombres better check that external drive Penny’s
been usin’. Something smells a little funny over
there.
PENNY:
Now that information came a little too late.
Surfer Bob, you didn’t have anything to do with
that little fire we just had in my F Drive, did you?
SURFER
BOB: Oh no, Penny! I haven’t been hanging
out in there much. I mean I haven’t even been
in there since about five minutes ago when I was rewirin’
some things with this here soldering iron!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Ah, I think we’re getting
to the bottom of this!
PENNY:
BOB! You’ve got to be more careful! You started
a fire in the drive! You could have really put Mr. C
and me in a lot of danger!
SURFER
BOB: Ooops! Sorry Pennarino! I guess maybe I
should have read the manual on this thing. Now, where
did I put that manual?
PENNY:
NO, no more soldering irons! And, no more fires.
In fact, I thought that you were supposed to be tracking
down information on the country of Burma, which is now
called Myanmar.
SURFER
BOB: Yeah, oh yeah! Myanmar! I knew that I was
supposed ta be doin’ something, but I got sidetracked
with my solderin’ work.
PENNY:
Uh huh, well maybe you need to leave the soldering
up to a professional.
SURFER
BOB: I did remember to scrounge up a Geographic
Locator though, Pennacita. You lil’ dudes watch
this, and I’ll be back before you can say burnin’
britches!
PENNY:
Yeah, well. We’ve had enough BURNING for one day.
Let’s see that GeoLocator.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Any word from Danger-boy about a
video file on Myanmar?
PENNY:
Not yet. But, believe me … I’m sure that
we’ll hear him when he’s found something.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Yes, I’m sure.
PENNY:
In the meantime, I think I need to disconnect this drive.
Fried, internal wires will just tempt Surfer Bob to
try to fix the circuitry himself. I don’t want
him messing around with anymore soldering irons. He’s
dangerous with that thing!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Yes, he is. You know Penny, speaking
of danger, I was reading earlier that the name for the
capital of Myanmar, Yangon … sometimes called
Rangoon by westerners, literally translates to mean,
‘End of Dangers’.
PENNY:
End of dangers? Hmmm … that is interesting.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Unfortunately, contrary to her name
there seems to be no end to the dangers facing people
in the city of Yangon and across Myanmar.
PENNY:
How so?
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Well, Myanmar is controlled by a
military dictatorship. The Burmese people suffer some
of the worst human rights abuses of any country in the
world. Combine that with the government’s strict
attitude towards Christianity and the controlling influence
of the Buddhist faith and the people are left with the
worst of both worlds.
PENNY:
Yeah, I guess that is the worst of both worlds. Basic
human rights are restricted as a result of denied democratic
freedoms. And, the worst situation …, which is
freedom in Christ is denied as a result of the people’s
spiritual condition.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Yes, but no one can really deny
us our spiritual freedom in Christ. We need to make
sure to pray for the Burmese people that they will somehow
have access to the gospel … that they can truly
be free.
SURFER
BOB: Yo amigitos! Here’s that lil’
ditty I promised about Myanmar! This tasty net-fermation
wave is so delicious you could sop it up with a biscuit!
PENNY:
Stop. You’re making me hungry. The piece, please!
SURFER
BOB: Comin’ right atcha! Yee doggies!!!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Myanmar seems to be a very beautiful
country!
PENNY:
Yeah! Very colorful and bright!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Unfortunately, in spite of the beautiful,
external luster of the country, the people, themselves,
continue to live in darkness.
PENNY:
They need Jesus.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: They sure do. And we are responsible
to join with God in bringing the good news of Jesus
to them. We must be the ‘light of the world’
like Christ told us in Matthew 5:14. We, as believers,
need to be the light to the people of Myanmar.
PENNY:
How can we though, Mr. C, if things are so restricted
there in Myanmar?
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Well, we can start by praying for
the people of Myanmar. Choose one of the many people
groups living in Myanmar, learn everything you can about
them and then pray for them. (to camera) Who knows,
by the time that you KOMsters are adults maybe you could
be a missionary, helping to share Christ with one of
these people groups.
PENNY:
To help you to know who to pray for, here is a short
list of some of the people groups that live in Myanmar.
The people groups of Myanmar:
Bamar or Burman, Shan, Mon, Kayin or Karen, Kayah, Chin,
Kachin, Rakhaing, Lisu, Lahu, Akha and Hmong-Mien.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Write us a letter, and tell us about
the people group that you chose to pray for from Penny’s
list. We love getting your letters. Listen to this one
that we received not too long ago.
PENNY:
Send your letter to: Kids On Mission, International
Mission Board, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230. And
don’t forget to visit our Web site at: www.kidsonmission.org.
Stay connected to the world of international missions
by staying connected to us here at Kids On Mission.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Remember, if you’re curious…we’re
curious! Bye!
PENNY:
Bye!
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