Tag: Culture

An Unmovable Mountain in a Sea of Change

An Unmovable Mountain in a Sea of Change

Our lives are full of constant change and transition. Whether its moving, traveling, kids growing, or just the fact that we’re aging, there always seems to be something shifting in our lives. And maybe as missionaries we’ve taken on a little extra of that, but really it’s a part of everyone’s life. No one escapes […]
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Virgilio testimony

Virgilio testimony

Alberto and Mark are in a place close to the Guahibos. They traveled on Sunday September 16. Alberto is working with Guahibos brothers in updating and improving the content of the biblical lessons (Firm Foundations) and   Mark Cain is working with in the last comprehension check of the N.T. before being printed. As Alberto and Mark […]
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A New Teaching

A New Teaching

Sitting in literacy class with four or five grandmas is an interesting way to learn about village life.  For some reason the hard work that they’ve done with their syllables loosens their tongues, and by the time class is done they are usually extremely chatty.  They color in their workbooks and chatter away.  It is […]
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Make Hummus While the Sun Shines

Make Hummus While the Sun Shines

I am privileged to have a guest writer on my blog: my Dad, Tom Moore.  I asked him to write this month’s post in a joking tone of voice, but with a serious note.  You know, the way he always asks me for favors.  It was delivered to me on two pieces of notebook paper, […]
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Update June 2018

Update June 2018

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We give thanks to the Lord for the trip that Virgilio and Alberto made to visit the Guahibo missionaries. Thank you for your prayers! We count it a privilege to continue having a part in discipling these folks; they continue to be encouraged in their ministry despite the many […]
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Come. Come, all of you.

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 […]
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Unto us a child is born…

Unto us a child is born…

  Merry Christmas! We have so much to be thankful for this year but the most amazing thing ever happened: Welcome Joshua Michael Daum He was born Decemeber 10th at 5:58 a.m. he weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 and three quarter inches. Everyone has told us about how much our lives would […]
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