{"id":2396,"date":"2018-08-21T04:17:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T11:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2018-08-21T04:17:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T11:17:53","slug":"2396","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/2018\/08\/21\/2396\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brian takes off from a Monobo village with a woman in extreme pain. She was pregnant and suffering advanced stages of a condition caused by parasites in her body. Bailey drove her from the helicopter to the hospital and took care of her until the missionary could make arrangements for her to get treatment. She has returned to the village with the proper medication to treat her illness and keep her baby safe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A large percentage of our flying is for patients requiring medical attention that they cannot get in their village. Many of our missionaries set up clinics in the early stages of language and\u00a0culture learning. These clinics can treat the majority of ailments because\u00a0most of them are caused by poor\u00a0drinking water sources\u00a0and unsanitary living conditions. However, there are times that the clinics cannot provide sufficient care and a person needs to be flown out for help. In\u00a0these cases it\u00a0really is a life-or-death situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

We don’t enjoy seeing people suffer, but we do like being a part of these medical flights. It is such an immediate and tangible way to help people\u00a0who can’t help themselves. We always hope\u00a0and pray that this leads them to be humbled enough to see God’s\u00a0love for them to provide help for their physical suffering so that ultimately He can save them from their spiritual suffering.<\/p>\n

It is always such a joy to help these dear people live\u00a0to hear the Good News of God’s rescue operation\u00a0in their own language. As an example, the Banwaon people recently received Ephesians in their own language.\u00a0They can\u00a0read and understand\u00a0the passage below, and\u00a0there a\u00a0number\u00a0of them who are here today reading it\u00a0because they were\u00a0whisked away on a medivac\u00a0flight. Can you imagine what it would be like to live life in spiritual darkness and fear and then\u00a0read\u00a0this message from\u00a0your Creator\u00a0for the first time in your own language? This is what it is all about!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.\u00a0You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil\u2014the commander of the powers in the unseen world.\u00a0He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.\u00a0All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God\u2019s anger, just like everyone else.
\nBut God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,\u00a0that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God\u2019s grace that you have been saved!)\u00a0For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.\u00a0So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.
\nGod saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can\u2019t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.\u00a0Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.\u00a0For we are God\u2019s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. –<\/em>Ephesians 2:1-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A large percentage of our flying is for patients requiring medical attention that they cannot get in their village. Many of our missionaries set up clinics in the early stages of language and\u00a0culture learning. These clinics can treat the majority of ailments because\u00a0most of them are caused by poor\u00a0drinking water sources\u00a0and unsanitary living conditions. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-ethnos360","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}