{"id":539,"date":"2013-03-31T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/?p=539"},"modified":"2013-03-31T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:15:13","slug":"the-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2013\/03\/31\/the-well\/","title":{"rendered":"The Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those Who Will Make a Hole<\/strong><\/em>
\nFor months now we have been talking to the Nahuatl about \u201cyehwanti del takoyonaski\u201d or \u201cthose who will make a hole.\u201d On the 18th two workers from Living Water arrived in our village with a huge well-drilling rig in the back of their truck. We praised God for their safe arrival and promptly got to work. In the first evening they plowed through 25 feet of dirt like it was nothing. Fast forward two weeks, however, and we still haven\u2019t hit water. Although the hole is now over 80 feet deep, the drill bit has been battling against rock almost the entire time.<\/p>\n

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A family accompanies me down to see the well progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where is the Water?
\n<\/em><\/strong>We\u2019ve been waiting for water for almost three years now, so what\u2019s a few more weeks, right?\u00a0 I find myself on edge, however, as the people continue to ask us if it\u2019s really going to work.\u00a0 They are doubtful that there is water under the ground.\u00a0 After plans changed three or four times, they doubted the workers would even come.\u00a0 During a few days of frustrating work, one village man told us that we weren\u2019t able to get water because we weren\u2019t part of the local religion.\u00a0 Another individual suggested that we should make a sacrifice to the local spirit of the mountain.\u00a0 \u201cJust leave a little money or some gift up there,\u201d he said, \u201cand then you will have permission to get water.\u201d\u00a0 We assured him that our confidence lies in the one true God and that he is the one who will allow us to find water.<\/p>\n

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The workers from Living Water consider changing the bit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

God\u2019s Reputation
\n<\/em><\/strong>I\u2019ll be honest.\u00a0 My faith is often weak and sometimes it\u2019s downright pansy-ish.\u00a0 Instead of feeling confident and assured when I say that God will bring the water, I feel scared. \u00a0I sometimes get confused and feel as though it is my job to defend God\u2019s reputation.\u00a0 What if I say he can do it and he chooses not to?\u00a0 What will the people think then?\u00a0 What if I explain that God made everything in the world\u2014even the stuff under the ground\u2014and we battle endlessly with rock until the machine gives out or we\u2019re forced to give up?\u00a0 Surely, I\u2019d be better off hedging a little in case God has other plans\u2026right?<\/p>\n

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Sitting and waiting as the drill labors through hard rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not Against Rock
\n<\/em><\/strong>I keep thinking of the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal, waiting for rain to fall.\u00a0 The prophets called and then shouted, danced and then cut themselves to pieces, but there was no answer.\u00a0 Elijah prayed and then received.\u00a0 Elijah had been given the assurance ahead of time that the Lord would send rain. \u00a0We have not been promised water from this hole, be we DO have the assurance of knowing and serving the same God who was victorious then.\u00a0 The same God who sent down flames to devour the wet offering\u2026wood, stones, and all\u2026and then poured out water on a dry and desperate land.\u00a0 We know that our battle here is not against rock; it is a battle between the one, true God and the spirits, patrons, and saints the Nahuatl worship.\u00a0 And we do not have to worry about defending God\u2019s honor.\u00a0 He concerns himself with His good name.<\/p>\n

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On a hill nearby gifts of food or money are sometimes left to manipulate the spirit world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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