In Quechua class the other day, we read a story about a man who bought a cow and then celebrated his purchase by getting drunk. Our teacher told us this is common to do as a way to “bless” a purchase. A little bit of the alcohol is poured onto the item being blessed and [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Blessing Things
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Bolivian Thanksgiving
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was our second Thanksgiving in South America. It’s kind of a weird holiday for us because they don’t celebrate it here and it’s a hot time of year. It was strange that everywhere was business as usual. We went to Quechua class and got our car worked on and no one even knew it [...]
Fingerprints
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We got good news yesterday at a bad time. Does that make sense? We found out that the government issued the certificate we’ve been waiting for for about six months. Normally this is issued within thirty days, so we are pretty glad to finally get it. The problem…now we have a million things to do [...]
A Bolivian Afternoon
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sunday for lunch we went to what they call a “typical” Bolivian restaurant. We’ve passed by this place a few times and, even though it is surrounded by touristy restaurants, it is always full of Bolivians. This normally means two things: it serves good Bolivian food and it is inexpensive. You could order from the [...]
Safety
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are definitely safety concerns here that we didn’t have in the States, but as far as violent crimes go, I feel much safer in Bolivia than I ever did living in the States, especially in Fort Worth. For one thing, most people don’t own guns. Also, the culture here is just more passive than [...]
Scary Jesus
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A while back when I asked for blog requests, Preach from Martindale asked what might keep people here from being open to the Gospel. The truth is, there are a lot of things and we are still learning what the barriers are here. Also, those barriers are different depending on whether you’re working with the [...]
Qhochumi Update
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve heard from Graham and Efrain a couple of times since they’ve been in Qhochumi and things are going much better this trip. Celedonio, their “man of peace,” is being very friendly with them again. They’ve talked with the mayor again explaining to him that they will be sharing more stories from the Bible this [...]
Bolivia and…James Bond?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re not into pop culture, I’ll just go ahead and tell you to skip this one. But I thought it was too fun to pass up. This past weekend we went to see the new James Bond movie. It wasn’t even fully released in the States at that point and that hardly ever happens [...]
Missing Our Prayer Partner
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was the funeral for one of our dear friends and prayer partners, Mrs. Lucy Thomas. Miss Lucy always reminded us that she prayed for us everyday, and we have no doubt she did for as long as she could. I don’t know that I have ever prayed for something every day consistently like that, [...]
Relax
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One thing we have learned about this ministry is that it is slow, at least in the beginning. You can’t just jump in and start going door to door. We’re having to learn the language (two in our case), the culture, adjust to life here, and pray through a strategy. Even then, as we’ve already [...]
