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! […]

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 […]

Visiting

December 30, 2009

One of the goals of us girls was to do a lot of visiting. The first few days we were there we couldn’t escape that goal, ladies were stopping by at all hours, some staying for 10 minutes, others for several hours. But, after a few days, the visits waned, so we were able to […]

Consultants

October 29, 2009

We just had a trip from 3 consultants – church-planting consultants and culture and language learning consultants. These guys have been involved planting a church among tribal people in other locations and learning the language and culture of the people. They come to help us out – hear out our plans and help to guide […]

FAQ: What are you doing right now?

September 27, 2009

I think one key component of this time while we are waiting for the rains to stop so we can travel into the village is team relationship & bonding. We’re just now all living in the same place for the first time. It is a time of learning about each other and building of relationships […]