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| notecards for days 1-7. we'll see how many weeks it takes! |
he pretty much brings it & stories through the old testament right before he's stoned to death. & at the end of it, Jesus - the ultimate high priest - STANDS (even though he's almost always pictured seated at the right hand of the Father - signifying that His work was done). so, we've really been pushing & quizzing one another everyday. & it's been a lot of fun.
- we've had a ton of sessions this week on everything from mosquitos & computer protection to discipleship & contextualization. finished a book called "foreign to familiar" which i'd HIGHLY recommend to anyone intending to do anything overseas. i want to read it again! started another one called "african friends & money matters."
- thursday was absolutely crazy as we chose one worldview workshop to attend the rest of the day. that day, i studied animism - which is prevalent among many tribal cultures. we shared our 2-minute testimonies with one another in class at the beginning...& then again at the end, changing it so that someone from an animistic culture would more appropriately understand.
as our leader for the day said, "you're not going to change a culture, you're going to change hearts. the message is ONLY as good as it is rightly received & understood. if they are understanding it through their own filters, they are likely misunderstanding. be careful to give the Message in a way that they understand. meet them where they are.”
at lunch we had our first cultural meal. borscht soup (an eastern/central european recipe made from red cabbage & beets). i thought it was pretty awesome...others, however, did not! the cook said every time he makes it, it ends up a different color.
after lunch we watched a video about how the gospel reached an unreached, unengaged people group in indonesia known as the taliabo. you can see it on youtube in 4 parts here - it will change your life: (click here to see part 1)
thursday night a group of us decided to watch the movie hotel rwanda - though most of us had seen it before. after shooting footage of the massacre going on in the streets, a rwandan man says to an american, "how can they see this and not do anything? don't they care?" (meaning those around the world) to this, the american says, "i think when people turn on their TVs & see this footage they'll say, 'oh my God, that's horrible,' & then they'll go back to eating their dinners."
this is real life. this was in OUR lifetime (1994). don't be numb to the realities of what is going on around the world.
- i like to refer to friday as the day we were poked, prodded & printed. SO MUCH happened. that morning we discussed results of our Myers-Briggs Personality Test (MBTI) & how different personalities could potentially help or hinder ministry on the field. could my partner & i be ANY more different? we joke that by the looks of our results, i have no personality & she's the queen of extremes. who knows...
later we had shot clinic #1 of 3. i had the first 3 shots of the 11 i will need. who knew you could be vaccinated for rabies?!?!
needless to say, there were a LOT of screaming babies. (if i haven't mentioned this before, there are over 50 kids here!!) maybe i was one of the biggest babies of them all...
the week ended well as i got to sleep in this morning. we got some snow this afternoon, got to get off campus for awhile for dinner & a few new friends stayed up late to wish me happy birthday at midnight even though we were all exhausted!
i promise, updates won't always be so long!!!! i guess i might just have to update more than once a week!!
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| from "african friends & money matters" - so, so true. |
- thursday was absolutely crazy as we chose one worldview workshop to attend the rest of the day. that day, i studied animism - which is prevalent among many tribal cultures. we shared our 2-minute testimonies with one another in class at the beginning...& then again at the end, changing it so that someone from an animistic culture would more appropriately understand.
as our leader for the day said, "you're not going to change a culture, you're going to change hearts. the message is ONLY as good as it is rightly received & understood. if they are understanding it through their own filters, they are likely misunderstanding. be careful to give the Message in a way that they understand. meet them where they are.”
at lunch we had our first cultural meal. borscht soup (an eastern/central european recipe made from red cabbage & beets). i thought it was pretty awesome...others, however, did not! the cook said every time he makes it, it ends up a different color.
after lunch we watched a video about how the gospel reached an unreached, unengaged people group in indonesia known as the taliabo. you can see it on youtube in 4 parts here - it will change your life: (click here to see part 1)
thursday night a group of us decided to watch the movie hotel rwanda - though most of us had seen it before. after shooting footage of the massacre going on in the streets, a rwandan man says to an american, "how can they see this and not do anything? don't they care?" (meaning those around the world) to this, the american says, "i think when people turn on their TVs & see this footage they'll say, 'oh my God, that's horrible,' & then they'll go back to eating their dinners."this is real life. this was in OUR lifetime (1994). don't be numb to the realities of what is going on around the world.
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| my results on top; sarah's [my on-field partner] on the bottom |
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| & that's just ONE arm... fun band-aids though! |
needless to say, there were a LOT of screaming babies. (if i haven't mentioned this before, there are over 50 kids here!!) maybe i was one of the biggest babies of them all...
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| SNOW!! |
i promise, updates won't always be so long!!!! i guess i might just have to update more than once a week!!
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| sweet friends :) |
2 comments:
ha ha I had to laugh at the personality test....you definitely have personality :) love the updates!! keep them coming and happy bday again!!!!
I am SO super proud of you Boo! I love reading these updates and keeping up with the going ons in your life!! Your picture is up all around my house and I pray for you often!! I love you friend so very much!!! :)
Joya
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