Those who were dunked
On the 11th of this month, the church in Las Moras met down by the creek to worship. The morning had dawned with a beautiful sunrise, and what is often the season of wet, damp mornings was warm, bright, and clear. We were gathered outside because many of the new believers had decided they wanted […]
Schaible Prayer Letter – May, 2019
Greetings, Dear Friends, “Hello friends, welcome to the Premature Bible Institute. My name is Doug Schaible and I am your free-range podcaster with Ethnos360.” Preparing students to share God’s Word cross-culturally Nearly a year and a half ago, at the recommendation of some college students, I started on this adventure of teaching college students the […]
A Normal Day
#7 of my series on what a normal day looks like
Reading between the Lines
On Sunday Rachel and I met with the believers to study. We adults colored our note-taking sheets while we waited for others to show up. After singing and prayer, the group was uncharacteristically candid. They talked about embarrassment with regards to praying in public and people making fun of them for believing a “new” thing. […]
Schaible Christmas Letter – 2018
To all our favorite people, Merry Christmas Dearest Friends in the world, Christmas has always been a special time in our hearts. Most people tend to think of the Nativity as a special event and many movies have been made to portray the actual event and some allegorical stories explain it in a more contemporary […]
Excited and Proud
I don’t know better words to use right now. Today, August 8th Jason & Tami Hughes, Drew & Leasa Decuir and Nicole Cogan are on a separate planes, all heading to the country of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Why are we excited? Why are we proud? These guys are all from the missionary training class […]
Come. Come, all of you.
A few days before our team left Las Moras, Andrea told me about something she had dreamed. Dreams are very important to the Nahuatl people, and they often find meaning, signs, or omens in what they see while they sleep. Andrea said that she and a handful of others were standing on an outcropping of […]
A Good Beginning
Last Sunday we met with the new Nahuatl believers to study the Word of God. Stop and let that sink in. That could be the end of my blog and it would still be a pretty good entry. For those of you who have been praying with our team since the beginning, I know you […]
Celebrating God’s Work in the Hearts of the Tagbanwa People
The Power of the Gospel is clearly seen through the transformation of a life. Paul wrote to the believers at Colossae in chapter 1:13.