{"id":614,"date":"2009-10-09T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/?p=614"},"modified":"2020-08-03T10:51:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:51:45","slug":"counting-it-all-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/2009\/10\/09\/counting-it-all-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting it ALL joy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-613\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-613\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Anelio-and-family019-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anelio and family019\" width=\"149\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Anelio-and-family019-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Anelio-and-family019-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Anelio-and-family019.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anelio, Silverixia &amp; family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About two years ago a young Kuna couple were sent out by their church to work as missionaries in an unreached village upriver. This was a complete miracle as God opened doors that were previously completely closed to the Gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In these first years of ministry in the village, Anelio &amp; Silverixia have faced opposition and hardship. At first people didn\u2019t want to hear God\u2019s Book. They ridiculed, humiliated, and opposed Anelio &amp; Silverixia in every way. But eventually the children of the village began showing interest in hearing God\u2019s Book and began listening to the chronological Bible lessons. Little by little adults asked for Bible teaching until there were about 80 adults hearing God\u2019s Word and over a hundred children.<\/p>\n<p>Now there is a small group of new believers in the village who are taking stands in obedience to Christ, refusing to participate in the village drinking ceremonies. This puts them under intense pressure from the village and their families. They have to pay monetary fines. They are accused, questioned and threatened. Most of us cannot even imagine the pressure they live with each day. And yet this little group of believers stands tall for Christ, \u201ccounting it ALL joy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would you pray for\u00a0Anelio and Silverixia as they lead this little, hurting flock?\u00a0Pray that they will have God\u2019s wisdom, peace and strength. We will be meeting\u00a0together in November\u00a0for the annual Kuna leadership conference. Pray that they and other Kunas ministering in difficult locations will be\u00a0encouraged and prepared for their ministries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-623\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Iglesia-Wala-0862-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Iglesia \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-622\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Iglesia-Wala-0891-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Iglesia 02\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-624 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2009\/10\/Iglesia-Wala-0991-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Iglesia 03\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About two years ago a young Kuna couple were sent out by their church to work as missionaries in an unreached village upriver. 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