What Does a “Normal” Day Look Like?
Ok, so I have to be honest; the following events took place over the coarse of two days but they may just as well have happened all in the same day. So I woke up early in the morning with all the noise...
View ArticleLanguage Learning with the “Terminator”
One of the most trying things about Kaxuyana work has been that it just doesn’t fit the mold of “normal” tribal church planting – if there is such a thing. It’s been different all around including the...
View ArticleLaying strong foundations as master builders…
Our ministry amongst the Kaxuyana is much like the passage in Matthew about the wise man’s house. In Matthew 7:24-28 Jesus speaks of two men who set about building a house. Both conclude their...
View ArticleSo What Happens When They Insist You Teach?
On a certain Saturday in March I got up early and together with the ex-chief took my co-worker down river to the nearest community where he would continue the trip to “civilization.” It was a full...
View ArticleGod’s Best?
You want God’s best for you life? You might want to think twice! In the country where I work, during the last decade, mega churches have found their way into the spot light of “The Trendy Spiritualism...
View ArticleFertile Soil (Part 1)
There is a reason my village thatch house had no doors or windows on it and no real way to close it up and lock it down. No, its not that I’m so poor that there are no “goodies” in it. In fact, to any...
View ArticleFertile Soil (Part 2)
I remember praying, during my training, almost 6 years ago, that the Holy Spirit would go ahead of me and prepare the soil – the hearts – of those to whom I would be sent. But I could not have imagined...
View ArticleBy Who’s Word?
Recently I was talking with a few of my Kaxuyana friends. We were working on a first draft translation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. As we talked through many issues in the text I was stuck by...
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