From Katie: Do you do that?

March 17, 2012

I meet at least twice a week with my language helper, a lady named Andrea. She teaches me the Nahuatl language and answers a lot of my questions about how things work in this community. Every time she explains something to me about her culture she asks, “And you guys? Is it the same for […]

From Katie: Not straight talking…

March 12, 2012

As we continue to spend hours daily studying the Nahuatl language, it is fun to see things start to take shape and make sense. Several months ago I had written down “amomelahtaketsaliste” as meaning “a lie.” We knew that the verb, to talk, is “taketsa” and “amo” means not. Then, a few weeks ago, while […]

Do you want to weave again?

March 9, 2012

One of my Nahuatl friends knows how to weave well. A while ago, she wove several bags for us from yarn that we had provided her. She did a good job and I had been meaning to ask her if she wanted to weave another bag. So, when she stopped by the house one day, […]

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. […]

Life in Las Moras

May 3, 2011

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what’s our team up to?

April 1, 2011

Our team has shrunk! The Davis family has moved back to Northern Mexico to fill a ministry need there, so they are no longer a part of our church-planting team. We miss them and they leave a hole on our team. Please pray with us as we trust the Lord to fill that hole with […]

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 […]

God Answers Prayers!

December 16, 2010

Our last week in the village was pretty exciting! We held an eye clinic for the area and God answered our prayers! We were able to see 122 people in 3 days and probably 3/4 of them got glasses. We saw people from at least 8 of our surrounding communities! Several people were amazed at […]

On the front lines

June 1, 2010

If you’re seeing this, we would appreciate your PRAYERS for us. I’ve left 7 prayer requests, one for each day… MONDAY – Pray for us as a team – that we would grow together in unity, preferring each other over ourselves, and in everything, showing love. This will be our greatest witness to the Nahuatl […]

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 […]