{"id":219,"date":"2010-07-14T06:02:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/?p=219"},"modified":"2011-02-24T05:01:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T19:01:46","slug":"ungrounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/2010\/07\/14\/ungrounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Ungrounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/files\/2011\/02\/DSCN1254-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1254\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/files\/2011\/02\/DSCN1254-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/files\/2011\/02\/DSCN1254-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Typically \u201cungrounded\u201d and free to fly, the girls seize the opportunity to meet a bird.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>August 2<sup>nd<\/sup> is the start of the first Patpatar literacy course.\u00a0 The curriculum, primers, readers, flashcards, posters, teacher\u2019s manual, and other Patpatar materials are in their final stages of production.\u00a0 The construction materials for the simple village classroom, desks, and chalkboard are on location.\u00a0 After months of negotiation a piece of ground has been selected on a small hilltop a couple of hundred yards above the village.\u00a0 The jungle has been cleared and the site marked.\u00a0 Things are in full swing to be on track for the first Patpatar literacy course\u2026that is, until a few hours ago.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our main objective in doing the literacy course is to teach the Patpatar how to read and write so that they can read God\u2019s Word and know Him better.\u00a0 Other objectives including increasing the education level for the Patpatar in their developing country, equipping parents to be able to read to and teach their children, training future teachers both for literacy and Bible teaching, and laying the foundation for upper-level classes in the future.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited about the start of the literacy class, but have run into another road block.\u00a0 It seems we have been \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">un<\/span>grounded and sent back to our room.\u201d\u00a0 Today a man came and told us we could not continue with the building of the classroom because the land belonged to him.\u00a0 Prestige is a highly valued commodity in this communal society.\u00a0 And a claim to land is one of the factors that gives prestige.\u00a0 Therefore, disputes over property are continuous in the Patpatar and we are affected once again.\u00a0 When property is in dispute nothing can be built on it.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking for your prayer for the Patpatar literacy class.\u00a0 In addition to all the final details that need to be completed, and for the students who will be in the first class, we ask that you urgently pray for the land situation.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know if God allowed this to open up another area which we were considering earlier, or if He will work it out so we can continue on the current sight.\u00a0 Either way we need a solution quickly in order for the first class to continue as planned.<\/p>\n<p>In Him,<\/p>\n<p>Aaron<\/p>\n<p>Fact: Because of government schooling several of the Patpatar can read and write some in English, though most of them have difficulty understanding and speaking it.\u00a0 Ironically though, many of them cannot read and write their own language of Patpatar in which they are fluent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typically \u201cungrounded\u201d and free to fly, the girls seize the opportunity to meet a bird. 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