{"id":198,"date":"2013-11-08T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/steve-irwin\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-11-08T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T18:48:33","slug":"sharing-the-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/steve-irwin\/2013\/11\/08\/sharing-the-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"SHARING THE THANKS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you believe it’s November? We’re into two-a-week Christmas Cantata rehearsals already. Thanksgiving Day will be upon us before we know it!<\/p>\n

Speaking of thanksgiving, we want to<\/strong> pass some thanks on to you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A week or two ago, I finished editing the Spanish version of the 1 & 2 Peter lessons which are part of the Building on Firm Foundations<\/em> materials for introducing brand new tribal believers to the Epistles for the very first time. I say “editing” because the other two men on our team worked on them before I did.<\/p>\n

Jim Wilhelmson did the initial sod busting, making the first draft of the translation. Then Duff Gustafson gave the lessons a good working over and passed them on to me. My job is to proofread for errors, polish the remaining rough edges and finish up the formatting. I confess that I tend to put my cooking spoon into the pot and give the final product a touch of my own flavor.<\/p>\n

Then I distribute the final product to our Latin American region to one or more of the mailing lists that we’ve put together for that purpose. After sending the 1 & 2 Peter lessons out, we received several notes of thanks back — something which has been happening with growing frequency. I want to pass some of those words of gratitude along to you, because you’ve had a huge part<\/strong> in making these very practical church-planting tools available to our Latin American fellow missionaries.<\/p>\n

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\nEdwin S.<\/strong>, a Colombian who is training missionaries in Mexico, wrote: “Thank you very much for the effort of translating this material. It definitely represents many hours sitting in front of a computer. Thank you!!!”<\/em><\/strong> Edwin is an avid user of our Spanish-dubbed short missions videos, like the two we just distributed. We’re also working together to build a new website for Mexico.<\/p>\n

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\nMusm\u00e9 A.<\/strong>, a former student of ours who is teaching in a Mexican Bible school, expressed: “Thank you, Steve, for this work that you all do! May God give you strength, wisdom and encouragement to continue doing this precious work!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLuis and Anita S.<\/strong>, church planters in the jungles of northern Colombia, sent: “Hello my brother Steve. Thank you for sending me 1 & 2 Peter. It is a blessing to me.”<\/em><\/strong> They had recently asked us for a digital version of the book Secure in Christ<\/em>, which we sent them.<\/p>\n

And another Latin American church planter working in a tribe in his own country, whose name we’ll withhold for his safety, said: “Thank you, partner, for sharing with us the gifts which the Lord has given you, and thanks to the other brothers [on the team], too.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We thank God for you, our support team,<\/strong> and for His grace which has placed us in this ministry and sustained us in it since 1982.<\/p>\n

For Thanksgiving, we’re planning to drive to California for a family reunion to celebrate Steve’s parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. Five of the six Irwin siblings plan to be there, as well as Art & Lenn, so it will be a very special get-together. We’re looking forward to visiting Eida’s parents, also, on the way to and from San Jose. Then we plan to spend Christmas with Esther & Curtis and our grandkids in Nova Scotia. Prepare to be bombarded with photos.<\/p>\n

May God bless you and give you a great time with your family.<\/p>\n

Steve & Eida Irwin<\/em><\/strong>
\nSpanish Language Resources
\nsteve_irwin@ntm.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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