We're driven to the military headquarters of the Taliban and this is where the high command are sleeping.

And there's mattresses around the outside of the room that we're meeting.

So present are the education minister, foreign minister, and a guy who called himself the keeper of the Holy Quran, which was the sort of religion minister,

do this huge interview with them. And we say, listen, we've got a gift for you. It's the Holy Bible.

So the education minister is translating and there's a guy at the door with Kalashnikov. It's so tense, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

Welcome, everybody.

This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired.

Inspired.

If you're new to us, it's all about meeting mates of mine

from across the spectrum of all sorts of different life experiences

and hearing what they've been through,

how they've overcome, how Jesus played a role in their journey.

And basically, it's just a counterout, the relentless bombardment we get from the negativity on the news,

a 24-7-year that induces fear and cynicism and anxiety.

And I've got no doubt this week you're going to be inspired and encouraging your faith because we got with us, Amy Ewing. Welcome Amy. Thank you Simon. So great to be on. Yeah, brilliant to have you. So

Amy and I go back. I'm guessing about 20 some years. So I was at school with her husband Frog

and we've overlapped speaking stuff at New Wine and Kesewick and I'm sure you're going to be talking about.

All the places. Yeah. You can be talking about your time at All Saints Peckham, which was an amazing season of your lives. Now Latimer and Gerard's Cross. And anyway, we've got lots to get into. So let's just crack on. on. And I remember coming across your dad in Bath, which where I am now at St. Swithens and

it's Hartman, isn't he? So he just... get into. So let's just crack on. And I remember coming across your dad in Bath, which where I am now,

at St. Swithens, and Hartman, isn't he? So German heritage, kick us off. What was your family

background? Yeah, absolutely. So my dad was born in 1942. Grandparents didn't have faith.

Obviously, they experienced horrors of war, and then where they were living, ended up being occupied by the Soviets. So they were on the eastern side of Berlin. And my grandparents sort of made plans to escape, which essentially entailed one day. My father was a young boy and his sister,

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