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FIRST BELIEVERS MEETING

November 19, 2011

Following our teaching on Monday, a mixed group of men and women, young and old, diverse in religion, met together for the first time to discuss how they can begin studying God’s word together and applying the truths they are hearing. While they still have miles to go, this huge first step is an answer […]

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH!

November 10, 2011

After completing the main Bible teaching portions in mid-July we embarked on a program of teaching through the evangelistic sermons in the beginning part of Acts. Our goal was to help solidify their grasp of the Gospel message as well as show what the practical implications of being a believer are. Besides the obvious focus […]

ATTACK OF THE BEES…LITERALLY

November 10, 2011

Today’s literacy lesson was interrupted by a bunch of angry bees. We have long noticed a bee hive high in the side of a coconut tree at our teaching/literacy site but until now it has not been a problem. Today all that changed. In the middle of the lesson they decided to attack. Everyone dropped […]

FIRST DAY OF SOCCER PRACTICE

November 9, 2011

As some of you who receive our monthly(ish) email newsletter already know, I (Phil) have taken on coaching a local soccer team. Please pray for a miracle, namely that they will be able to learn some basic soccer skills from someone who doesn’t possess them himself. At the very least we are trying to move […]

REVIEW LESSON

November 9, 2011

This week our normal lesson was postponed on account of low attendance. There were two big community events in the village that took place on Monday afternoon and Bible teaching came in a distant third in the standings. We decided to do a short review lesson instead. The review went well and we will pick […]

LOST IN TRANSLATION

November 9, 2011

Sometimes when translating you really feel like the force of a word in the source language is lost. Somehow the “umph” goes missing. Try as you might to recapture the potency or the succinctness of an expression it is sometimes not possible and you are left with a feeling of let-down. I had that feeling […]

PAINT THE MONKEY WHITE

November 9, 2011

Ever since the local monkey troop has taken a liking to our papayas we have been offered unending advice on how to get rid of them. For many months of the year keeping monkeys out of one’s fields is a major pre-occupation for the Mwinika. Apparently they have had plenty of time to ponder tactics. […]

MWINIKA PROVERB #23

November 9, 2011

“Eruwa kheneetta, oneetta owese-ya.” (The termite mound doesn’t go anywhere, what goes places are the termites.) A father or a mother doesn’t run errands, who runs errands are the kids. In the same way an important people don’t do small tasks, they have underlings to do small tasks.

DO WE HAVE AN ACCENT??

November 9, 2011

The kids said something the other day that I thought was revealing. We were talking about how people talk and the kids asked “Do we have an accent?” Of course our immediate response is to say “No”. We assume that our way of speaking is normal. It is always the others that have an accent. […]

TENACITY

November 5, 2011

I try to go on a walk for exercise every morning. As I tie my shoes before heading out I inevitably find ants with a literal death grip on my shoe laces from my walk the day before. They got a hold of my laces and held on until they died. Every morning I clear […]