Conversation with Alberta

June 29, 2011

On the second day of the dental clinic, a truckload of people arrived first thing in the morning. Alberta was the first one in the door and therefore the first with the dentist. She was really nervous. I told her it wouldn’t hurt, the doctor would give her medicine (anesthesia) so she wouldn’t feel pain. […]

Our best Nahuatl so far…

January 17, 2011

To kinda give you an idea of what we know so far, I’ll let you listen in on a conversation my co-workers and I had with one of our friends… We spoke in Spanish, Nahuatl, and English. Here’s how it went… My co-workers and me: Our Nahuatl friend: Hi! How are you? I’m fine. Come […]

another excerpt…

June 1, 2010

Here’s another excerpt from Katie’s update… We’re All Just People During one of the last trips to the tribe, a young baby died. While the baby’s grandmother was at our campsite, one of the missionary women was talking to her, wanting to express her love and concern. Trying to be culturally sensitive, she told the […]

The Kitchen

April 28, 2010

One of the elements of the Holy Week festival in the ceremonial center is food. Within about 10 minutes of arriving in town, a young man about 20 came and offered us food. He escorted us to one of the two “cocinas” set up in the main area of town. His father, we learned, was […]

Babies

April 21, 2010

There are lots of new babies in the village. This last trip, we met 4 new babies. The village leader’s wife had a baby while we were there. And, we were able to see her and the bundled baby when he was 5 days old. She kept him bundled the whole time, so we never […]

Good Friday

April 17, 2010

We had talked to our friends in our village about the traditional ceremonies that happen in the cultural center for Holy Week. From what we gleaned, we figured Friday would be the best time to go take a look. As soon as our friends found out we were heading down, our vehicle started filling up! […]

Down to the bottom of the Canyon

April 14, 2010

One day during Holy Week, we went down to the bottom of the canyon to the ceremonial center. It is there that the people do their traditional rituals according to their beliefs. We went down with some friends from our village who also wanted to see the dancing. We drove for over an hour to […]

Motivation

January 20, 2010

We don’t have to look any farther than this picture to remember why we’re here… This morning, I was sitting at the table figuring out how much lumber we will need for our house – how much of what size for the remaining walls and the roof. Suddenly the phone rang. It was one of […]

In the Village: Making Adobes

December 11, 2009

We still lack many adobes, so I would not be surprised if we ladies get involved in making some adobes, too! It would be good time spent with the ladies! Visiting, learning their world, and at the same time working to get our houses built! Please pray with us that the people would be motivated […]