The Bean Family

The psalmist in Psalm 88 feels overwhelmed by troubles and terrors. He describes them at one point as floodwaters, threatening to drown him. Mark was surprised to see our Quechua colleagues translate “floodwaters” as “watersthat- make-you-float.”

How does Jesus love us?

One of Mark’s assignments at a big Quechua church convention this past month was to teach husbands and wives. In order to understand the command in Ephesians 5 to love your wives as Christ loved us, a selection of verses were read. With each new verse, another man was added to the line to hold up a key phrase of how Jesus shows his love. died for us…forgives us…provides for us… teaches us… helps us… always with us…