{"id":25,"date":"2008-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-08-19T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T20:22:01","slug":"water-and-dirt-make-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/2008\/10\/09\/water-and-dirt-make-mud\/","title":{"rendered":"Water and Dirt Make Mud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday Macon Hare told us stories from the survey trip he and Nate took to the Moi tribe in Indonesia.<\/p>\n

It rains everyday there, and the people live in hamlets, a couple houses here and there on the mountain, at 2400-3000 ft elevation. The slope of the mountain, where we will be hiking, is like climbing up a mud swamp because it rains everyday. For hiking, one of the missionaries uses boots with traction in the arches; while Nate went barefoot in the tribe – a true MK right at home.<\/p>\n

Imagine a people afraid of water – welcome to the Moi tribe! When someone dies in the Moi, they cut open the body after a few days and smelly water comes out; so the people associate water with death. They don’t bathe much and have skin problems. Pigs living underneath their houses contribute to bugs and lice. Macon, who’s been to a lot of tribes, said these are the dirtiest people he’s ever seen. The positive, though is that God is changing their lives. Some of the people are now believers, and I wonder how and when God’s Word will make a difference for their fear of water.<\/p>\n

As I went on with my day, thinking about all the mud and dirt in the tribe, I realized that I am just like the tribal people. Their culture is afraid of water, and I’m afraid of dirt. They live in bondage to fear, but I know God’s Word can make a difference for their fear and mine. God made the earth, so I’m trusting Him to protect me, even if I get sick or something. (Ps 121 for the traveler) When I dwell in God’s presence, I shall not fear. Thanks for praying.<\/p>\n

I’m really getting excited about this trip – more about what God is doing and how I’m learning to trust Him for all the little details. I can’t wait to see how He takes me through this journey. It’s going to be a wild adventure! Soon we’ll be buying tickets and making plans to go overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Moi are afraid of water, but God showed me that I don’t have to fear the dirt…He is the Maker of Heaven and Earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}