{"id":99,"date":"2014-10-09T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/noe-martinez\/2014\/10\/09\/2014-10-updated-relationship-status-html\/"},"modified":"2014-10-09T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:04:00","slug":"2014-10-updated-relationship-status-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/noe-martinez\/blog-1\/2014\/10\/09\/2014-10-updated-relationship-status-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Relationship Status"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nNoe-Lisa Martinez went from “Dating”
\nto “Single”.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>Yes, go ahead and smile. \ud83d\ude42 We have been talking
\nand thinking and praying with two other families about potentially partnering
\nin a tribal church planting work here in PNG for the last year (or longer). As
\nNoe puts it so well, it’s like we were “dating” each other.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nLast week, we all decided not to partner
\ntogether– but we are SO happy to report that it is NOT for any negative
\nreason! The reason we are not partnering together is that those two families are
\ngoing to go in together with the hope\/plan of having a family from a
\nneighboring tribal church join them in the work. This is \u2018purposeful
\npartnership.’ How amazing is this?!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n**Really, folks, this is a wonderful picture of
\nwhat it really means to make disciples<\/i><\/b>. Be encouraged.
\n“Training nationals to do the job” is SO much more than ‘here is the
\nGospel, here is the Bible, go for it!’ It involves years and years, countless
\nhours of intentional discipleship. In this neighboring tribal church, the missionaries
\n(who happen to be here as some of our advisors at this time!) spent years:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n1.     <\/span><\/span><\/span>Learning the tribal
\nlanguage AND culture (this includes understand the depths of the animistic
\nbelief system\/worldview of the people they were going to share God’s Word with)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n2.    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Preparing Bible lessons
\nthat are accurate to the original meaning, but relevant to the culture<\/span><\/div>\n
\n3.    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Preparing a literacy
\nprogram so the people could learn to read and write in their own language- with
\nthe end goal that they can read the Bible in their own language. Also,
\ndiscipleship will be immensely difficult without this.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n4.    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Beginning to translate the
\nBible into the tribal language- again, understanding the culture so that the
\ntranslation will be accurate in meaning, and relevant in form. Unfortunately,
\nmany translations have been set aside because the culture and worldview was not
\nunderstood by the translators. Additionally, some translations are quickly
\ncompleted, but there are no solid Bible teachers to teach it, and\/or no
\nbelievers to hand it to. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n5.    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Teaching through the Bible
\nfor the FIRST time in the tribal language! And being available to dialogue each
\nday and answer questions. (The questions will stem from their worldview, so if
\nyou haven’t learned that, you’ll have great difficulty answering these questions!)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n6.    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Discipling- walking with
\nnew believers and helping them grow in their understanding of God and His Word!
\n“Therefore go and make converts of all nations…” No! haha \ud83d\ude42
\n“Therefore go and make DISCIPLES of all nations…” (!) This
\ndiscipleship includes working together to reach neighboring tribes and
\nlanguages. The end goal is that they will be well equipped to continue this
\nwork on their own.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhat a privilege to be a part of this amazing work! To be a part
\nof His mission, to be a part of ‘updating relationship status’:<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\nDarkness … to Light<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nStranger … to Citizen<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nLost … to Found<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nNot a People … to a People<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n(etc!!)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSo as we look at these two families, these
\nfriends of ours, we are filled with joy that they will hopefully have the
\nopportunity to have a believing tribal family come and join with them, as
\nco-laborers for the cross of Christ. Tribal believers who have been discipled
\nby missionaries who considered it worth their while to be in it for the long
\nhaul. THIS is “training nationals to do the job”. Speaking of
\nwhich… this tribal church has now shared the Word of God with almost ALL of
\nthe villages in the tribe! And now, as you can see, they are preparing to
\npartner with western missionaries to go into some of these harder-to-reach
\nplaces. As the tribal church continues to grow in maturity and tools, they will
\nbe able to go to some of these places on their own.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSo yes, we did have a bit of an emotional week
\nas we “broke up” with these two families. But again, it is for happy
\nreasons. We had plenty of reasons to partner together, we all are of one mind
\nand vision in regard to church planting. So we spent last week fellowshipping
\nwith them, and on Sunday we drove them to the airport to catch their flight
\nback to another region.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
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These little MK’s have been friends since 2009! (well, most of them)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\nLanguage Check Update:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nMany of you heard through other sources, but we
\nall did well on our language evaluations last month. We are both out of Basic
\nlevel and into the Progressing level. The next level is Capable, and we are
\ncontinuing to work hard to learn this language and culture (remember, the two
\ncannot be separated if you expect to translate, teach, and disciple with
\naccuracy, relevance, and understanding).<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe girls also had a little language check, and
\nthey both passed, being able to answer all of the questions presented to them!
\nWay to go, munchkins! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWe have about 6 weeks remaining here in Madang.
\nPray for us to be diligent in our studies, and ever loving toward one another. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOn a Funny Note…<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWhen to NOT combine English and Tok Pisin: If you are trying to say “I’ll take a little!”<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\n“I’ll take a little lik (leak)!”  …. Oops!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n(“Little” in Tok Pisin is ‘liklik’)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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