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08 Bosnia 2002, 2004 10 Chapters (75:56) Script: Bosnia 2002, 2004.pdf 03/25/2023 |
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Our first trip to Bosnia and the capital city of Sarajevo was in May 2002. Reminders of turmoil of the past are all around. Serious open wounds and scars remain of the conflict only ten years earlier. It lasted for an excruciating three years. The war of ethnic cleansing between Catholic Croats, the Orthodox Serbs and the Muslim Bosnians left over 100,000 people dead and the countries in shambles. Those living in the Balkans and Bosnia, in particular, always seem to be at a crossroads. For over a thousand years, the people in this area have been oppressed by towering political and religious systems … one powerful conqueror after another … each casting a shadow over this land, each representing another crossroad in the lives of the Bosnian people. Today the country is at peace after a devastating civil war that occurred only a little over a decade ago. Political stability is maintained by thousands of soldiers from the European Union countries. During this time of calm, the two million Bosnian Muslims, the Bosniaks, are also at a crossroad. They now have access to a Bible in their own language. |
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 01 Dispelling the Darkness (11:53) Because the shadow of Islam covers them in the darkness of deception, the Bosniaks are without the True Light. Of the two million Bosnian Muslims living in the country, only 200 have been identified as evangelical believers. |
02 We’ll Call Him Ibro (4:11) Perched atop a steep Bosnian mountain, Jezcica is much the same as thousands of other Bosnian villages. Ibro’s life is not very different from his father’s or his grandfather’s. Generations have lived and died in the tiny village where his forefathers embraced Islam hundreds of years ago, and where Ibro still follows blindly in their traditions. |
 03 Why was it built? (8:19) In the Balkans, in the country of Bosnia-Herzegovina and on the eastern edge of the capital city of Sarajevo, is a bridge made of concrete and steel. On one end is a small faded foot trail. On the other is a sheer granite wall. This bridge will never be used Why was it built? There are few bridges that are able to cross the barriers that exist between the three major religious groups. The groups have become countries. A new kind of bridge is needed in the hearts and minds of the people. … Pray that the people of Bosnia will discover that Jesus is the only way … the only bridge to God. |
 04 Bosnia … Then and Now (7:02) Less than seven years after the 1984 Olympics held in Sarajevo, a brutal war lasted for nearly four years. The graves of the tens of thousands of people murdered by the warring factions cover the hillsides. They remain as silent testimony of an event that occurred such a short time ago in comparison to the two millennia of recorded history of this land. History, coupled with the beauty of the mountains, makes Bosnia an important tourist destination. The new offices and apartments of Sarajevo show economic progress. Come and visit this historic land and its people! |
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05 The Tunnel (7:08) In April 1992, a long running conflict erupted into a brutal war. Sarajevo became a killing field. As the siege stretched to months, survival was becoming desperate. A tunnel would be dug under the airport runway. 150 men dug day and night, all by hand and in very adverse conditions. The tunnel was 18 feet under the runway, a little over three feet wide and only five feet high. The total length was about one half mile. |
 06 The Cities of Bosnia (4:38) Life in urban Bosnia is much like other western cities. All are hurrying through their day and through their life anxious to reach its end, yet, without true knowledge of what is at the end of life’s journey. Do they know where their journey will end? Jesus is calling them to the life He intended for them all along, but it is difficult to hear Him through all the noise…the traffic…the busyness of each day’s routine. |
 07 Operation Saturation (5:22) Until recently this was a country without the Word of God in their own language ... almost 2 million Bosnian Muslims without any seed to grow in their hearts and minds. … Then, in 2002, the first New Testaments were printed in the Bosnian language. ... Soon a vision was born ... a vision to saturate this land with the Word of God ... to prepare for a great harvest that has never been known in this land of weeds, thorns, and rocks. |
08 The Villages of Bosnia (8:10) Time seems to have stood still in the mountain villages of Bosnia. Many of the villages are built along steep hillsides or on a saddle between two mountain peaks where the air is clear and crisp. Traditional dress is still common. Villagers are usually friendly and complete strangers are invited in for coffee. Daily life is somewhat better in the lower elevation villages with many up-to-date conveniences. |
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Click on the picture for the entire set. The individual prayer walking chapters each lasting about one minute are as follows:
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Prayer Walk Shepard Prayer Walk Gardeners Prayer Walk Masses Prayer Walk Coffee Shops Prayer Walk Workers Prayer Walk Markets Prayer Walk Hopeless Prayer Walk Youth Prayer Walk Blind
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