{"id":31,"date":"2012-02-18T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/taylor-goheen\/?p=31"},"modified":"2012-02-18T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T16:11:11","slug":"i-cant-beleive-you-beat-your-baby-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/taylor-goheen\/2012\/02\/18\/i-cant-beleive-you-beat-your-baby-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"“I can’t beleive you beat your baby like that!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been decided! We\u2019re headed to Papua New Guinea. Ecstatic hardly expresses how we feel. Nailing down a field of service feels like taking another step toward the goal.<\/p>\n

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The door swings open, \u201cthey are ready.\u201d announces our instructor. We can\u2019t help but wonder, \u201cWhat will she do or say this time?\u201d Our hearts race as we enter the smoke filled room to meet with our helper. It is the third time this week we\u2019ve met, so at this point we are able to greet her in her language. She gestures for us to sit and we begin our language session. Yesterday she yelled with an aghast look when Abby was burping Uriah. \u201cI cannot believe you beat your baby like that!\u201d Oh man, we don\u2019t know how we should act in this culture. Blunders like this amp up the complexity of our simple goals. If only we could see the world through her eyes. The goal for today, build our relationship and learn 10 or more household items. Abby and I are feeling more and more comfortable with her and today nothing too dramatic happened. A tap on my shoulder from our instructor tells me it is time to go. The pent up breath in my lungs is let out with a large sigh as we leave the village. \u201cWe did it.\u201d Got our language, grew a little closer with our helper and didn\u2019t get eaten, another day on Dobu Island.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis \u201cDobu Village\u201d is part of our Culture and Language Practicum class. It is a chance to encounter some of the realities we will be faced with in a cross cultural setting. Through this course we are learning the importance of a strong walk with the Lord. It is the ultimate classroom where we are able to put into practice a great deal of what we have learned the past year. Following our time in the \u201cvillage\u201d is a debrief time with seasoned missionaries who help us in areas we need growth. What a blast! We feel so blessed to be here learning as we are.<\/p>\n

Please Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n

God would teach us through our practicum class.<\/p>\n

We would have wisdom as parents.<\/p>\n

For a group of recovering addicts Taylor has been teaching with a team from school. Last semester many of them believed the gospel, and are now growing as our new brothers.<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Taylor and Abby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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