{"id":915,"date":"2017-08-30T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/?p=915"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:04:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T15:04:02","slug":"a-life-of-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2017\/08\/30\/a-life-of-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life of Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

As C.S. Lewis reminded us, adventures are never fun when you\u2019re having them.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>And although we would probably all say that we\u2019re hoping for a life of adventure, most days I find myself rooting for something a little more mundane.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last few weeks I have written literacy materials in my third language, including stories that only use four syllables.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Seriously, I feel like Nahuatl Dr. Seuss.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I have treated a young boy who cut two of his fingers with a machete.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Then I told my co-worker that on my next furlough I\u2019d like to take a class on treating wounds and learn how to give stitches.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you had told me 7 years ago that I\u2019d say something like that I would have laughed in your face.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t do wounds.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t do blood.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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The doctors have been gone from the village for over a year, which means our team tries to help with medical needs more often.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have proof-read Bible lessons and fixed spelling based on the rules that I made up.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Even then, I sometimes find myself confused.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have made hundreds of photocopies of birth certificates and government I.D.\u2019s.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I have copied people\u2019s music from one cell to another.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I have charged radios, flashlights, phones, DVD players, and stereos that people have brought to our house, which is one of the few homes in the town with power.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I have lent my computer to people needing to talk to someone in the city, and have sent emails for people who don\u2019t know how to write.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Copying audio files of the Bible and the lessons onto flash drives and mini SDs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have chased donkeys from the airstrip on a four-wheeler, and zoomed around town to make announcements, and splashed my co-worker with mud while crossing the creek.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This four-wheeler was a gift from a church and has been a huge blessing as we travel to see people and run errands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have taken portions of newly translated Nahuatl scriptures and translated them back into English to be sent to our consultant for review.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I have recorded some of those scriptures in order to be able to hand out audio versions of the Word of God.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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With our translation consultant during his last visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have sat in team meetings where we have to co-ordinate buying groceries and Christmas vacation and internet usage.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>A little bit different than your average co-worker relationships in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have prepared jewelry orders for the village ladies and have sorted through boxes of beads and run around town organizing the work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Translating the Bible lessons into Spanish for the villagers who do not speak Nahuatl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have talked to people who came to the house to borrow our wheelbarrow, and our shovel, and our pick, and a hammer, and a piece of tin, and some scissors, and a USB charger, and a movie.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve chatted with people who were looking for Coke, and baby clothes, and corn meal, and to borrow money. <\/span><\/p>\n

And, over the weeks, I\u2019ve had conversations with people about God, about who he is, and that it\u2019s possible to know him.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I have told them about God\u2019s son HesuKristo, and what he did for us, and about the hope I have in a future with him. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Organizing beaded jewelry orders to help the ladies here earn money for their families.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All of the seemingly mundane moments are part of the adventure of being conformed.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>For us, all of the lending, and chatting, and helping, and copying, and doctoring are part of sharing God\u2019s truth.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>They are part and parcel of the Gospel, and are a privilege and should be a joy.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m working on that last one and on enjoying the adventurous path God has put me on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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