{"id":4859,"date":"2014-10-02T09:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2014-10-02T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T13:26:15","slug":"a-path-we-all-must-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2014\/10\/02\/a-path-we-all-must-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"A path we all must walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian will be going to Mexico this month as part of a team gathering stories and photos for NTM@work <\/em>magazine. So we wanted to share this article about a people group in Mexico that Ian wrote for NTM’s weekly email series.<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more!<\/p>\n

Since Ian is going through San Diego, he’s going out a few days early to see our oldest daughter, Jackie, who lives there, and also to stop by our home church, Sunrise Church Ontario, on Sunday, Oct. 12. Please let us know<\/a> if you’d like to say hi, or get together for a meal or a cup of coffee, the weekend of Oct. 11-12.<\/p>\n

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\"Cemetery\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dark is the path that leads past the little Nahuatl village to the cemetery.<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s a path we all must walk,\u201d said the father of a little boy crushed to death under a truck when a jack slipped. He shrugged, and walked on.<\/p>\n


\nA Shadowy Path<\/h3>\n
\"Peter<\/a>
Peter Hypki talking with Will<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Word of the boy’s death reached missionaries Peter and Liesl Hypki on a Saturday. They also heard why it happened: magia negra, the villagers said without a hint of doubt: black magic.<\/p>\n

Two days later, the boy’s coffin was at the head of the procession ambling down the shadowy path. The moment the coffin began to be lowered into the grave, his father turned his back on the boy and faced east. His family followed his example, and then the whole crowd turned away.<\/p>\n

They had to; the Nahuatl people believe that if you do not, the deceased person will take your soul. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s the saddest part,\u201d Peter said. \u201cThe imagery is stark.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Path We Walk with Hope<\/h3>\n
\"Katie<\/a>
Katie Moore with Ben’s daughter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It also reminds Peter of another Son who died. Of Christ, rejected, dying to conquer death and bring us eternal, abundant life, and to give us hope.<\/p>\n

This is why Peter and Liesl, and their co-workers, Rachel Chapman and Katie Moore, are there. To share this hope. In order to share God’s message clearly, they must understand how the Nahuatl people think \u2013 this is the grid through which the people will understand everything that is said about God.<\/p>\n

The walk to the cemetery is indeed a path we all must walk. But, Peter added, “For those who know Christ, it is a path we walk with hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you like this article, you should sign up for NTM’s Weekly Prayer Bulletin.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ian will be going to Mexico this month as part of a team gathering stories and photos for NTM@work magazine. So we wanted to share this article about a people group in Mexico that Ian wrote for NTM’s weekly email series. But wait, there’s more! Since Ian is going through San Diego, he’s going out […]<\/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":[448,38260,637,1511,9375],"class_list":{"0":"post-4859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-magazine","9":"tag-new-tribes-mission","10":"tag-photography","11":"tag-writing","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4859","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=4859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}