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Cramming for My Test<\/strong><\/em>
\nAs always, time is ticking right along, and with a dental clinic in April and a work team in May, it surprised me to realize that June is just around the corner. During the beginning of that month, our consultant will be coming to town to give our team language tests. Although we have been studying diligently every day, sometimes it\u2019s hard to see progress. Please pray for our team as we work on fluency in Nahuatl. It\u2019s a long, hard, and sometimes daunting task and we want to do it in the strength of the Lord and not just by our own desperate efforts.<\/p>\n

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With some neighbor girls who came to play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walking the Dead<\/strong><\/em>
\nIn the last few weeks, several of the families in the village have been taking part in a ceremony in which they help \u201cwalk\u201d their dead loved ones to the next life. With the help of a witchdoctor, they feed the spirit of the deceased with tortillas, make a pile of any belongings they might need, and saddle and kill a cow who will take them to the afterlife. If the spirit is not sent on, he or she can make other family members ill, in a desire to be accompanied in the world of the dead. Amidst all this tribal superstition are traces of Catholicism. The spirit will go to be \u201cwith God,\u201d and the family spends time praying and lighting candles. As far as what God wants, who he is, and what it is like where he lives, however, no one knows. Join with us in prayer that the Nahuatl will soon be able to hear and understand the truth and be freed from the fears that enslave them. For we know that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.<\/p>\n

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Butchering a cow for the celebration of walking the dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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These mini tortillas will be fed to the spirit on its way to the afterlife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even Your Underwear Could Burn<\/strong><\/em>
\nYesterday a woman from a nearby village came to visit. She had grey hair, wrinkly skin, and lots of missing teeth. She was much bolder and more talkative than most of the women around here and began to talk about the rumor that God wants the people to change the kinds of clothes they wear. She said people are saying that if you don\u2019t wear a certain cloth, then God would punish you. Some of the ladies have changed what kinds of skirts they wore, but were told that wasn\u2019t enough. Even your underwear could burn if you didn\u2019t make a complete change. She then looked slightly embarrassed and we both started laughing. When she asked what I thought, I told her it was good to look at what else those people were saying. They said the world was going to end on New Year\u2019s day and here we all are. They said animals were going to eat people that didn\u2019t wear the right clothes and that hasn\u2019t happened. One village has changed to the \u201cright\u201d cloth and one hasn\u2019t; there is no rain in either one and no more sickness in one than another. \u201cI guess it\u2019s all puras mentiras,\u201d she commented. Pure lies, right? Right.<\/p>\n

Later she asked me the name of my land. When I said it\u2019s called the United States, she wanted to know what was happening there. You see, the same person circulating the rumors about God\u2019s displeasure with the people\u2019s clothes offered as proof the fact that burning rain was now falling on the citizens of the US, punishing them for their failures. I assured her this wasn\u2019t happening and told her my sister had just planted a garden and regular rain was falling on it. \u201cPuras mentiras,\u201d she said again. Pure lies. Lies designed to produce fear, worry, and bondage. Lies that can only be put to rest by the truth that the Holy Spirit reveals. Please pray that God will be working in the lives of the Nahuatl, preparing their hearts to hear his truth.<\/p>\n

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A young Nahuatl family who came to our house to visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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