{"id":4235,"date":"2010-08-04T11:33:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4235"},"modified":"2010-08-04T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T15:34:10","slug":"is-your-neighborhood-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2010\/08\/04\/is-your-neighborhood-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your neighborhood like this?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missionaries and Gaviao believers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Picture your neighbors running around town waving weapons.<\/p>\n

Grabbing lumber from their yards and running through the streets carrying it.<\/p>\n

Singing together loudly all night long.<\/p>\n

Obsessively scrubbing everything in sight.<\/p>\n

Building a big hut to house an influx of visitors.<\/p>\n

In some neighborhoods, you might not need much imagination. I hope your neighborhood isn\u2019t like that.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what it would be like if you lived in a Gaviao village where someone had died recently. All the things they do after a death have spiritual significance to them. When the rituals are done, the village can get back to normal.<\/p>\n

The Gaviaos respond to death differently from us because they view death differently. To them, death isn\u2019t caused by old age or disease or accident. All deaths are caused by the spirits, and sometimes caused by someone manipulating the spirits. So each death is a reminder of the fear they all live in.<\/p>\n

Even sadder, however, is their complete lack of hope.<\/p>\n

Virtually all of America is steeped in enough of a smattering of Bible knowledge to think there\u2019s a good place that people go when they die. And no matter what people\u2019s loved ones are like \u2013 and what the survivors are like or what they say they believe — there\u2019s usually at least a hope that they\u2019ll be reunited in some happier place.<\/p>\n

The Gaviaos traditionally don\u2019t have even that. Death is just an end. The grave is permanent. There is no hope.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important for missionaries Arnie and Diane Kitchener to live among them and share God\u2019s Word. That\u2019s why it\u2019s such a milestone that 13 Gaviao believers were baptized \u2013 fittingly, on Independence Day. And that\u2019s why your involvement in our ministry is so important.<\/p>\n

Julie and I are helping others get involved in the work God is doing \u2013 helping people like you help the Gaviaos and others who have had no hope. This glorifies God, blesses you and others who get involved, and of course brings God\u2019s hope to people who have lived in darkness and fear.<\/p>\n

Please look around our site and find ways you can be involved, or more involved. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture your neighbors running around town waving weapons. Grabbing lumber from their yards and running through the streets carrying it. Singing together loudly all night long. Obsessively scrubbing everything in sight. Building a big hut to house an influx of visitors. In some neighborhoods, you might not need much imagination. I hope your neighborhood isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"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":[4],"tags":[2086],"class_list":{"0":"post-4235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-gaviao","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}