All Posts | Phil and Elin Henderson

PULLED MUSCLE OR A CRACKED RIB?

February 6, 2011

You can be praying for Elin. She is suffering these days with what started as a bad cold and has resulted in a bad back! She caught a cold a month ago with a bad cough. Just when the cold was getting better the cough worsened and one day she felt a pop in her […]

MWINIKA PROVERB #7

February 6, 2011

“Ekopo yamariye yahuupusa ephakala.” (The small stick used to startle small birds flushed out a large animal.) Sometimes small events can have large consequences. A boy might see some birds in the nearby brush and throw a small stick at them. What he doesn’t know is if there might be a large animal in the […]

RAIN AND MOSQUITOS!

February 6, 2011

The rains have come and the days are overcast and wet. Periodic showers happen throughout the day and the mosquitos are out in force! This particular area that we live in has bad reputation for mosquitos. The fact that we have swamps on both sides of the little ridge we live on might contribute. Whatever […]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN …AGAIN

February 6, 2011

For a month now, Elias has spent the afternoons staring out the window saying, “Where are all my friends? They aren’t coming anymore to play soccer!” For the last month all the little boys around his age have been off in the Bush undergoing initiation rites. We won’t go into details as to all that […]

“THAT ISN’T THE HALF OF IT”

January 30, 2011

Elin and I were listening to a sermon recently where the speaker suggested that when we are accused of doing something wrong or of being a bad person, we should respond with “that isn’t the half of it.” In other words, we are actually a lot worse than we are being accused of. It struck […]

BUILDING ANTICIPATION

January 29, 2011

In the early lessons of our upcoming teaching program we will be spending several days teaching on how God created the world. One of the main things we will emphasize will be the amazing variety in creation. In order to build anticipation we have started showing a series of videos in the local market square […]

TEACHING DATE SET!

January 29, 2011

February 21, 2011! If you were a Mwinika person living in the immediate vicinity we would be asking you to mark this date on your calendar. This is the date we have set for the start of the Bible teaching. There is a lot of work that we need to do to be ready for […]

JOHN 3:16 IN MWINIKA

January 29, 2011

“Muluku ootepa waphetesa atthu a mwilaponi dhaala, aahavaha mwana mmodha yole awi khula mutthu onimwamini yowo ahikhwe. Ahikhwiye, thoo onokhalana ekumi ya-eparipari ehikamala.” We worked on translating some portions in the book of Yahaya (John) last week. This is our rough draft edition of what John 3:16 looks like. It will need a lot more […]

MWINIKA PROVERB #6

January 29, 2011

“Emwidhi madhi oviha. Khamviha empa.” (Family is like hot water. It can’t burn a house down.) This proverb is somewhat similar to us saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” It means that it doesn’t really matter what your family says, they might hurt but they can’t do […]

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

January 29, 2011

With the teaching so close to starting I have started turning more of my focus to helping our partner Francois with the lesson development. I have been reviewing the lessons he has been preparing and starting to think about the way in which I would teach each lesson. Please pray for this process of lesson […]