Visiting Grandpa

June 6, 2016

The Sanapaná live and die with no clear gospel witness in their own language and culture. While visiting this tribal community, our friends took us for a walk around the village. At the end of a path was our ultimate destination, a man the missionaries called “Grandpa.” We brought fresh tereré along with us in case he […]

And so I said nothing…

November 11, 2014

Hi, my name is Jared Haynes and I’m a missionary to Paraguay, South America. One week ago, I had an opportunity to share the gospel with someone. But I didn’t. In fact, I said very little of anything. You want to know why, don’t you? It’s eating you up inside, I can tell! Perhaps you’re […]

A lesson in trusting God…

January 28, 2014

Growing up in Paraguay, Leah has several great stories of being stuck on the side of the road in mud. When rain (however infrequent) hit the hard, dusty, sun baked clay exterior of Paraguay’s “Gran Chaco” region, the road out of the tribe connecting them to the outside world turned into one large slip-n-slide making […]

Reborn

March 4, 2013

“That’s impossible!” the tribal elder shouted. “If he wants to learn our language, and learn our ways, he would need to be reborn as one of us!” These are statements, I was told, came from a tribal man who met with missionaries about the possibility of a missionary team moving in to learn their language […]

Every day Life? Or Death?

January 20, 2012

The smell of diesel and the sound of breaks fill the air as I approach the stop sign to work in my home town. A typical North Eastern summer morning with a warm breeze blowing through my car window. As I enter the work place and punch in, I begin to realize how habitual the cycle of life […]