{"id":367,"date":"2013-01-31T01:18:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T05:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/?p=367"},"modified":"2013-01-31T01:18:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T05:18:36","slug":"marriage-in-dinangat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/2013\/01\/31\/marriage-in-dinangat\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage in Dinangat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeremiah and Tuwe at the Scripture portions booklet dedication<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuwe was on his way home, ready to hike the last hill before getting to his own hamlet when his brother stopped him.\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t go home now, Tuwe,\u201d Sawe told him.\u00a0 \u201cCome over to my house for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot tonight, Sawe.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working the garden all day, I\u2019m tired and I need to get home and feed the kids.\u201d\u00a0 (You see, a couple of years ago, Tuwe\u2019s young wife died giving birth to their third child, and now as a single dad his responsibilities were great.)<\/p>\n

\u201c No, you need to come to my house, don\u2019t go home, just come over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0 Tuwe asked.\u00a0 \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d\u00a0 Sawe was reluctant, but Tuwe would not relent without an answer.<\/p>\n

Finally, Sawe gave him the news.\u00a0 \u201cWe have decided on a wife for you.\u00a0 You are going to get married tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n

Now, you are probably fighting a bit of shock, and likely even feeling some defiance on Tuwe\u2019s behalf\u2026 after all, who do they think they are?\u00a0 But in all actuality, although this is not the way we may have handled the situation, Tuwe was GRATEFUL for the match, that he would no longer have to shoulder his work alone.\u00a0 And the sweet girl they brought for him, Mok, who lived through the tragedy of being abused and is now pregnant and alone, was also thankful to be paired with a believer and for the security that she can now rest in.\u00a0 Believe it or not, this is one of the most appropriate \u201cweddings\u201d that has taken place here in a long time.\u00a0 In fact, most of the \u201cmarriages\u201d that have taken place in the last couple of years have been the after-thought result of a pregnancy.\u00a0 Because although the Dinangat church is doing well in many areas, and their faith is\u00a0growing trial by trial, this area of marriage and child raising continues to be a huge struggle for them.<\/p>\n

We continue to teach through the Word and we have no doubt that the Lord will be faithful and by His Spirit bring about change in the areas where change is needed.\u00a0 However, we also recognize that as ex-pats, we may be missing some basic ways of communicating in a way that is culturally effective.\u00a0 Therefore, to encourage the desire that the Dinangats have to follow the Lord in their family relationships, we have invited\u00a0a church leader from another area of the country who is a PNG citizen to come in and lead a \u201cmarriage seminar\u201d, if you will.\u00a0 Starting tomorrow (and continuing through Monday) he will be teaching 5 or 6 sessions regarding marriage, child raising, dating relationships and everything in between!\u00a0 We are REALLY excited about him coming, and for the Dinangats to hear teaching on this subject from one of their \u2018own\u2019!\u00a0 PLEASE PRAY<\/strong> FOR:<\/p>\n

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  1. Better understanding of the Lord\u2019s design for marriage<\/li>\n
  2. Hearts challenged to be leaders in the home<\/li>\n
  3. Growth in their desire to teach and train their children in the ways of the Lord<\/li>\n
  4. Pray that the Lord would settle their hearts on the issues surrounding the actual \u201cmarriage\u201d (Their culture has changed so much over the last few decades, and now as believers they desire to please the Lord\u2026but their questions remain\u2026what SHOULD a \u2018courtship\u2019 look like since their animistic practices are done away with?\u00a0 What should the actual ceremony look like?\u00a0 Are bride prices biblical?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    THANK YOU for standing with us and the Dinangat church as ALL seek to lift up the Lord\u2019s name in our marriages and family relationships!\u00a0 And please pray for Tuwe and Mok, that their young marriage would get off to a great start in the Lord, and that the things they learn this weekend will strengthen them and challenge them to follow the Lord in their relationship with each other and as they seek to raise their children in Him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tuwe was on his way home, ready to hike the last hill before getting to his own hamlet when his brother stopped him.\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t go home now, Tuwe,\u201d Sawe told him.\u00a0 \u201cCome over to my house for a while.\u201d \u201cNot tonight, Sawe.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working the garden all day, I\u2019m tired and I need to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}