{"id":4575,"date":"2012-01-12T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2012-01-12T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T16:45:44","slug":"spanuguese-doesnt-make-the-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2012\/01\/12\/spanuguese-doesnt-make-the-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanuguese doesn’t make the grade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A missionary takes notes as they learn a language in Brazil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because of my work on NTM’s crisis team, I sometimes am awakened in the night to deal with issues that arise.<\/p>\n

But I have to admit, I don’t really like it, and it seldom presents a ministry opportunity, as it did for a missionary in Brazil recently.<\/p>\n

He awoke suddenly. Someone was standing outside his house in the tribal village, calling his name.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stumbled out of my bed to find Herbert at our veranda door,\u201d the missionary wrote. \u201cI opened the door and he came up on the veranda and sat down in the dark. I did not really know what was going on. I just thought that it was a weird time to come visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Herbert began mumbling in Spanish, moving randomly from odd topic to odd topic. The missionary eventually realized that Herbert had drank a bit too much piyarentsi<\/em> \u2013 a fermented manioc drink.<\/p>\n

The missionary didn\u2019t know much Spanish, but filled in with Portuguese and began explaining the Gospel. He\u2019s still learning the language Herbert and his people speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was quiet as a mouse and I began revving up and my tongue got more loose as I began to really preach it to him,\u201d the missionary wrote. \u201cI thought to myself as I shared with him, \u2018Wow he is really listening.\u2019 I carried on for a few minutes and then turned on my flashlight only to find Herbert fast asleep across from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a great deal of effort, he managed to wake Herbert.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore he left my porch that evening he broke down crying and said, \u2018I have no value \u2026 I am worthless!\u2019,\u201d the missionary wrote. \u201cI felt so helpless as I could not tell him in his own language how much God loved him and that he is very valuable in God\u2019s sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if the missionary knew Spanish, or Herbert knew Portuguese, conveying spiritual truths still would have been very difficult. That’s why NTM missionaries learn the language, and why the investment of time and effort is worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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