A Normal Day
#5 in my series of what a normal day looks like
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A New Teaching
Sitting in literacy class with four or five grandmas is an interesting way to learn about village life. For some reason the hard work that they’ve done with their syllables loosens their tongues, and by the time class is done they are usually extremely chatty. They color in their workbooks and chatter away. It is […]
Now is the Chance
Queen is worried about the people in her village. We were sitting on short stumps in her warm kitchen, checking the lesson about Nicodemus. She was telling the story back by paragraphs, tracking well with what Jesus had said about being born again. A little later in that story, Jesus makes the point that the […]
Tony
Tony is an old man. By U.S. standards he’s getting up there and by Nahuatl standards he’s ancient. We went to visit him a few weeks ago and he began to reminisce about life. He is by far the oldest individual in this community and asked us if we knew why some people last longer […]
A Life of Adventure
As C.S. Lewis reminded us, adventures are never fun when you’re having them. And although we would probably all say that we’re hoping for a life of adventure, most days I find myself rooting for something a little more mundane. In the last few weeks I have written literacy materials in my third language, including […]
A Missing Idol
by Rachel Chapman As we were getting ready to leave Las Moras this last time, I took time to talk with my Nahuatl friends directly about the Scripture portions that we had been translating. One of the last times with Queen, I asked her what she was believing. She said, “I believe what we’ve […]