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| Easter sawdust "carpets" make way for the Christ |
During the Lent-Easter season, Guatemalans create colorful carpets for use during processions. |
(19 Apr 04) The six weeks leading up to Easter are some of the most color and religiously active in Guatemala. From the smallest villages to the largest cities, people are busy with colorful, dramatic processions of the Christ. A collection of photos can be found at the web site of Stan and Margot McMillen, Lutheran Bible Translators serving in Uspantan, Guatemala. Use the link below. |
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First grader gives to Guatemala kids |
(13 Apr 04) When Maxwell Lawson has a birthday his gift list is not for things he wants, but for things children in Guatemala need. The seven-year-old first grade student of St. Paul Lutheran School, Muenster, IN, has been thinking of his less fortuntate friends for years, but even more after his mother first took him along on mission trips with the Hearts in Motion organization. Maxwell sometimes asks for specific gifts to send to Guatemala, like shoes or backpacks filled with school supplies and vitamins. Maxwell's mom, Melissa Lawson, wants her son to be aware of how children live in other parts of the world and how fortunate he is. The two traveled to Guatemala so Maxwell could see what it the country is like and interact with the children. |
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American injured in Antigua by grenade |
(13 Apr 04) An Anchorage woman and two Guatemalans were wounded by a grenade in the streets of Antigua, Guatemala on Easter day.Jessica Haines, 22, was walking to one of Antigua's famous Easter processionals when she was injured. The origin of the grenade is unclear, but authorities say Haines was not a direct target of an attack. Haines was taken to Antigua's Hermano Pedro Hospital, where she underwent surgery by the hospital's surgeon. "Last night we performed surgery, because a metal fragment penetrated the stomach and diaphragm," said Dr. Carlos Bonilla, who operated on Haines. "She is recovering normally and should be able to leave the hospital in about five days." The two Guatemalans were also hit by fragments, but did not require hospitalization.
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| Pollo Campero comes to PB |
The Larsen family enjoy the arrival of Pollo Campero in Puerto Barrios. |
(12 Apr 04) Most readers may not see the big deal of a fast food chicken place opening in town. Most readers haven't been to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.In the Third World, good, clean, economical, and enjoyable places to eat out are hard to come by. More often, choosing the right place to eat is a trade off of sorts: cleanliness for price; price for risk of a stomach ache. That's not the case in the Guatemalan coastal city of Puerto Barrios...not any more. Pollo Campero has arrived! Somewhat an enigma in both the fast food world and the Third World, Pollo Campero (pronounced POE-yoh kahm-PEHR-row) offers well-prepared meals in clean, modern restaurants, for prices lower than your local KFC. And, you get a waitress and smile with that. |
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Mission agency providing two ways to learn about missions |
(8 Apr 04) This summer Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT) is offering two different opportunites for learning about LBT and missions with personal, interactive experiences.I.D.I.O.M., or In Depth Investigation of Missions, is a three-day experiences being offtered in early June and mid-August. The events will include opportunities to learn about the LBT ministry along with some fun and good times. The I.D.I.O.M. experiences are being held at the LBT Service Center in Aurora, IL. Registration is limited. Contact Peter Slayton at 1-800-532-4253 or at Peter@LBT.org. As second even more in-depth experience is a week-long trip to the Guatemala mission field in early June. What has become an annual trip, Crossroads Guatemala will provide participatns opportunites to visit missionaries in their home and work. This year’s trip will include travel to the coastal town of Puerto Barrios where Allen and Sheri Larsen serve. Crossroads Guatemala registration closes April 30. Contact Peter Slayton at 1-800-532-4253 or at Peter@LBT.org.
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On This Journey - March 2004 |
Kinney Prayer Letter - March 2004
Lutheran Bible TranslatorsTo Our Fellow Missionaries:
That's you! If you follow Chirst, He has a mission for you, an assignment from God Himself, the Author of Life. Sounds pretty important, huh? Well, it is. We are surrounded by so many who are aching for some kind of hope. We must not grow weary of sharing that hope we cherish in Christ Jesus. Let's lift each other in prayer to carry on our mission. |
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Marhenke Markings - March 2004 |
SERVANT AND/OR SLAVEA few of the many things that make translating the Bible into another language challenging are the following: Sometimes there are no equivalent words in the target language, sometimes the target language doesn't have the concept, and there can be a huge difference or contrast of cultures. One of the things that many translation teams have to wrestle with is "servant-slave" subject. In the Roman world at the time of Jesus, slavery was very common, and so were hired servants. I the New Testament, there is one Greek word for "slave," and it occurs many, many times. There are at least seven Greeks words for "servant," which occur some, but few times in comparison with the word "slave." However, many translations in English render all of these as "servant," and never use the word "slave." |
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O’Neals accept call to Jamaica |
by Rev. Patrick & Jennifer O’NealOn Sunday, March 12, Pastor Patrick and Jennifer O’Neal of Algona, Iowa, announced their acceptance of a call from LCMS World Mission to the office of Missionary Team Leader (Field Coordinator) in Jamaica. They will join with Pastor Bruce and Amy Lesemann and Eunice Florip in Jamaica to identify and train leaders for the future Lutheran Church in Jamaica. Following a three-week training session this summer the O'Neals will move to Jamaica sometime in August.
Pastor Patrick O’Neal has been serving as Assistant Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, Iowa since graduating from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1999. Trinity is a large congregation that averages about 450 worshippers over three services each weekend. Patrick has also been serving as Dean of the District Junior High Youth Gathering, an annual event serving 700+ youth and adults from Iowa District West. Prior to the Seminary, Patrick graduated from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) with a BS degree in Cognitive Science. California has been home to Patrick since 1980. His interests include: woodworking, calligraphy, cycling, hiking, and photography.
Jennifer O’Neal is currently a fulltime at-home mom for John (6), Grace (4 1/2), and James (8 months). She also attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and was working on a Masters in Arts and Religion degree. She and Patrick met there and were married in November of 1995. After getting married, the two spent a year studying theology in Cambridge, England, and then a year of vicarage in San Francisco, California.
Prior to attending the Seminary, Jennifer was the Director of the LCMS Volunteer Youth Ministry (VYM) program in Taiwan. She spent a total of ten years in Taiwan with the VYM program and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Jennifer has her undergraduate BA degree in Education from Concordia College (now University), River Forest. She was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. Jennifer enjoys tea, music/theater, letter writing, cooking, and spending time with friends. |
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By the Light of the Lamp - March 2004 |
Dan and Kay serving in Guatemala
Lutheran Bible TranslatorsThis should be in a book!
An older Filipino periodically helped in the translation of God’s Word into his language. One day he was asked to help record Scriptures for his language group. Day by day, phrase by phrase, he spoke the message into the microphone. As the recording process brought the written message to life, his enthusiasm grew. With amazement in his voice, he turned to the translator and said, “This material is really good. You should put in into a book!” |
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| Lutheran Ministries in Jamaica Prayers – March 2004 |
Missionaries: Rev. Bruce & Amy Lesemann, Eunice Florip, Gordon Petersen1. Give thanks to God for the baptism in January of little Aaron Anderson and ask God to keep him and his family always ready to listen to God's word so that they can grow in faith. |
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