{"id":268,"date":"2013-07-15T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-kern\/?p=268"},"modified":"2013-07-15T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T18:52:49","slug":"visit-to-sm-land-for-culture-language-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-kern\/2013\/07\/15\/visit-to-sm-land-for-culture-language-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to SM Land for Culture &#038; Language Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it\u2019s been almost a month since I traveled to <em>SM<\/em> land with our culture\/language consultant, Sergio, who did an evaluation of our co-workers\u2019 progress in their culture\/language acquisition. The people reminded me a lot of the <em>W<\/em> where I grew up\u2014and our time was very profitable. I was also able to help our co-workers with some additions to their porch on the front side of their house.<\/p>\n<p>As I understood them, some interesting worldview tidbits surfaced during the culture\/language checks; and the <em>SM<\/em> pass these on, to some degree, to the next generation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>SM<\/em> believe that the great evil spirit (they identify him w\/the Portuguese for <em>Satan<\/em>) manifests himself as a HUGE snake (among other things). In fact, he carved out all the river beds on earth by slithering around.<\/li>\n<li>Especially during a hard rainstorm, Satan is roaming about to take the <em>SM<\/em>. (Talk about fear! The <em>SM<\/em> live in the Amazon rainforest where\u2026it rains A LOT!)<\/li>\n<li>Lightning is the tongue of this snake\u2014and the noise of the thunder is obviously associated w\/Satan, too.<\/li>\n<li>It is not uncommon for the <em>SM<\/em> to cover their ears (or their children\u2019s ears) so that they do not hear the thunder.<\/li>\n<li>And what about the rainbow, a reminder of God\u2019s promise not to destroy the earth again w\/a flood? Not so w\/the <em>SM<\/em>\u2014the rainbow is the mouth of the snake eating who knows what! And, be careful because the snake might be coming for you!<\/li>\n<li>Surprise (or any form thereof) is not a good thing to the <em>SM<\/em>. For example, how many of you jump when lightning strikes? Well, when the <em>SM<\/em> are startled, their soul \u201cjumps\u201d within them, trying to escape their body\u2014in fact, Satan is trying to steal their souls from their bodies! And so, they fear Satan\u2019s attempts to take their souls by surprise\u2014and when they are sick or hurt in a specific area on their bodies, they understand that as an attempt of their soul being taken from their bodies, resulting in death. So, they must go to the witch doctor and be \u201csewn up\u201d over that localized pain to keep their soul.<\/li>\n<li>By the way, in their myths they have an account of a bright\u2014i.e., brilliantly white\u2014being appearing on the scene. This they have determined is Satan. So, what will the <em>SM<\/em> do w\/the Transfiguration of Jesus? Or with the descriptions of God in His glory and brilliance? Then again, perhaps this might serve as a segue to teaching about Satan who disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wow! So many things to learn in the culture and language\u2014and even deeper, in their worldview! Pray for the missionaries among the <em>SM<\/em> (and other tribes) as they labor to learn the culture, language, and worldview of the people they are trying to reach w\/the HOPE of Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n<p>Check out our posts on FaceBook (David-Angie Kern), along w\/the photo album we added there, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it\u2019s been almost a month since I traveled to SM land with our culture\/language consultant, Sergio, who did an evaluation of our co-workers\u2019 progress in their culture\/language acquisition. The people reminded me a lot of the W where I grew up\u2014and our time was very profitable. 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