May 2010 Update<\/p>\n
May has come and gone, and so we want to catch you up on what has happened that month. \u00a0It was a special month for me as a Mom, as I got \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d wishes from the US on the 9th<\/sup>, but then on the 27th<\/sup> (Thur.) was Mother\u2019s Day here in Bolivia.<\/strong> Our friend came over that afternoon, with her 2 daughters and 1 son. \u00a0They brought me a small pillow and a rose; and that evening we took them to a special hamburger place in town, and then went to get ice cream.<\/p>\n Not only that, the Sunday following (30th<\/sup>) there was a special program at church for the mothers. \u00a0The climax of the program was the last skit….which the men put on. Dwight took part in the skit, and since \u201cpictures speak louder than words\u201d I will just let you look at the pictures. Many of the ladies were laughing so hard….Dwight was tagged as the \u201cestudiante intercambio\u201d (the exchange student). \u00a0After the program, we all went out to the yard of the church where the moms got to serve themselves first to the yummy chorizos the guys had grilled.<\/p>\n You think that would be celebration enough, right? Well, I\u2019m not done yet. \u00a0The ladies group wanted to have a special mother\u2019s day ladies\u2019 meeting. \u00a0I invited them to have it here at the Mission home since we have a small chapel with a piano. \u00a0We decided we were going to grill hamburgers since there were two grills. \u00a0Well, the small chapel \u201cwent out the window\u201d as the number of women grew from 30-40 to about 60! \u00a0\u00a0We couldn\u2019t fit 60 chairs in our small chapel, so Dwight and I worked hard getting 3 of the 5 tables out of the dining room and then\u00a0 set up the chairs in there. \u00a0When we had more help, we brought in the piano also. \u00a0Well, the ladies started coming and filled up the chairs! \u00a0There were ladies standing up in the kitchen area! \u00a0We ended up with 79 ladies! <\/strong> I was told later that some of the ladies had brought friends that were not saved, so the speaker brought in the salvation message in her sharing. \u00a0It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun, as several helped to put things back in place afterwards, and then sat and visited over a cup of coffee!<\/p>\n On to another topic now: on the 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> the leadership had their meetings again. \u00a0It was approved for Dwight and I to attend a seminar being offered in Sanford. \u00a0It is called the \u201cPeacemakers\u201d. \u00a0It is course on how to help solve conflicts in a practical way. \u00a0Dwight and I are very desirous of going, as we feel this could really be a positive thing in helping us develop more in the roles we have here on the field. \u00a0We are looking forward to being in Sanford, FL on the 18th<\/sup>-23rd<\/sup> of July. <\/strong>Of course since we are on American soil, we want to take advantage of that and spend a bit of time with our kids and if we can find some \u201cwheels\u201d we would like to go visit our church in Iowa. \u00a0We will only be in the US for about a month, and we will be bringing Dwight Samuel back with us to Bolivia for a short visit. He has been given a donation towards a ticket.<\/p>\n One more thing I want to tell you, is that I took a friend from church who talks Quechua to meet my \u201cmamita\u201d and to tell her about the Lord in her mother tongue. \u00a0Please pray for mamita that she will get saved before it is too late.<\/strong> That day we went, I was so exhausted I was tempted to postpone the visit till a later date. \u00a0But all I could think of was: \u201cWhat if she dies?\u201d and I didn\u2019t want to go just because I was tired??!! \u00a0Her life was worth way more than that! She got really sick after we had made our visit, and I was so glad that I had taken that time.<\/p>\n Dwight, along with our church planting consultants, flew into two remote areas to encourage the believers and see how they are doing.<\/strong> When they flew into the Chimane work, they took in the \u201cfixed\u201d transmitter for the radio station. \u00a0They hooked it up and it ran for several hours and went out again. \u00a0So it was once again flown to town where our co-worker, Carlos (who is very handy in things like this) fixed it. \u00a0Dwight was able to fly it back up there later on, and went in and hooked it back up. \u00a0The radio station is in operation again…..sending out teaching in Chimane and even a few other languages.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Prayer requests:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pray<\/strong> that our time at the seminar will be very profitable and that we will retain what we learn.<\/p>\n Pray <\/strong>that we will have a time of rest and relaxation, as Dwight and I are really feeling the need for a break.<\/p>\n Pray <\/strong>for Dwight S. as this is his last semester in college. He was encouraged to find out that NTM has 4 openings for a graphic designer! \u00a0Pray as he works to pay off his student loan and looks to the Lord for raising up supporters.<\/p>\n Pray<\/strong> that as we interact with our local church, that we will be a challenge to them to get involved in reaching out to others in their own country who have not had a clear understanding of the gospel…..especially in those hard to reach places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 2010 Update May has come and gone, and so we want to catch you up on what has happened that month. \u00a0It was a special month for me as a Mom, as I got \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d wishes from the US on the 9th, but then on the 27th (Thur.) was Mother\u2019s Day here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dwight-brown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}