{"id":326,"date":"2014-03-04T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-haynes\/?p=326"},"modified":"2014-03-04T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T15:52:44","slug":"tools-of-the-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-haynes\/2014\/03\/04\/tools-of-the-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools of the trade…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our new camera and voice recorder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re anything like me, when you think about certain professions, certain tools come to mind. For instance, when I think about a mason, I picture trowels, cement mixers, trucks, and levels. When I think about a carpenter, a tape measure, table saw, and tool belt come to mind. Over all, the type of tools someone uses speaks to the profession that he is involved in.<\/p>\n

So my question is, when you think about a missionary, what sort of tools come to your mind first? Maybe the first thing you thought of was a vehicle or a Bible. But what else? Those are a given in my opinion. And indeed, they\u2019re necessary for us to minister to unreached people effectively. But my goal in this particular blog post is to show you some other items that you wouldn\u2019t normally think of as tools of the missionary trade.<\/p>\n

If I told you that digital voice recorders and point and shoot cameras were a main tool for us, you\u2019d probably laugh and say, \u201cWell I have that here at home! How is that an important tool?\u201d Well, as it turns out, these items are essential to our language study. If we plan on learning Spanish to a high level of fluency in a relatively short amount of time (2-3 years), these two items are going to be a main tool to help us learn quickly and efficiently. How, you might ask? Well, let me tell you\u2026<\/p>\n

Digital voice recorders<\/strong>: These will enable us to capture high quality sounds we\u2019ll need in order to mimic and acquire language. They also have the capability to store crazy long hours worth of recording. We\u2019ll be able to \u201ctrain\u201d our language helper to speak into our voice recorder. Once he\/she has spoken into our voice recorder and our language learning session is over, we\u2019ll be able to take the recording and place it into a program on our laptops to begin practicing while he\/she is away. Digital voice recorders are going to be a HUGE aid in our acquiring the language of the Paraguayan people.<\/p>\n

Point and shoot cameras:<\/strong>\u00a0This tool will enable us to capture what we call \u201ccultural events.\u201d Language is derived out of culture. We speak the way we speak because of our culture and it\u2019s no different in any other culture\/language. When we\u2019re walking through the city and something begins to take place, we\u2019ll be able to learn new terminology that might be unique only to that specific event or context. With our camera, we\u2019ll be able to take pictures of the cultural event, and maybe even talk to someone afterward who can speak into our voice recorder and give an explanation as to what just took place.<\/p>\n

Together they will enable us to learn a lot of vocabulary quickly. One example of the way that they will help our vocabulary is when our language helper quizzes us by saying, “where’s the fork?” We\u2019ll be able to take a picture of a \u00a0fork and record that phrase in order to acquire the language more efficiently. It will also enable us to truly grasp what is taking place in a \u201ccultural event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes when we see other cultures playing out, whether it\u2019s a festivity, dance, or costumes, we tend to think, \u201cOh, what a beautiful culture.\u201d We\u2019re so awed by the uniqueness of that culture that we often times miss out on what\u2019s truly taking place \u201cbehind the scenes.\u201d As a young missionary and someone who has just begun to delve into worldview study, I would bet that almost every single one of the \u201cdances\u201d that we see on national geographic have some sort of deeper meaning behind them. Maybe it\u2019s appeasing a spiritual force that they believe surrounds them, maybe it\u2019s helping a sick relative live another day. We really can\u2019t say. Either way you look at it, our new tools will enable us to minister effectively and efficiently as we learn what it means to become Paraguayan for the sake of the unreached coming to a clear understanding of the gospel message.<\/p>\n

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Please continue praying for our family and for the unreached in Paraguay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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