The Bean Family
August 2014 Beans'Talk
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A different kind of check
We just finished another workshop. This time, half of the men worked on reading the book of Genesis aloud. We wanted them to not only check for errors, but to especially check that the text flows naturally. In order to help them stay focused and do a careful job, we had them begin recording chapter by chapter for part of each day. One man followed along on the computer to see if the other man read what the text actually says. Any tweaks, edits and alterations then went to Mark and the rest of the group (which was meanwhile working on revising Acts and 1 Corinthians) for approval. Sumer recording, Enrique checking Now, besides another check on Scripture, we have a chunk of Genesis recorded for four of the languages. We plan to make these recordings available in the different areas.
A different kind of meal
When a translation workshop is in Huánuco, the men stay at a Bible school nearby. They not only stay in the dorm, but they also work there and usually eat in the school’s dining room. The month of July, however, the dining room is closed for mid-year break. So, lunches for nine to ten men have been at our house every day for three weeks. Whew, what a job! Thankfully, we have Ernestina to help. Ernes-tina knows how to figure out the right quanti-ties and is an expert at making good Peruvian food. Friday, the 4th of July, I was more involved with lunch. We prepared a very different meal, trying to imitate what a typical 4th of July picnic menu might look like in the U.S.
So, we had U.S.-style potato salad, baked beans, coleslaw and a hot dog. The men liked the food, but weren’t too sure about the baked beans. Whoever heard of sugary sweet beans?
Ouch!
After sitting most of the day in a workshop, the guys are eager to run off their energy out on a small concrete soccer court. The last week of the workshop, Shatu (pronounced SHAH-tu) tripped and ended up breaking his forearm. It is his first ever broken bone. A couple of the men tried to straighten his arm for him, pulling and twisting. Ay-yay-yay! Sha-tu showed up at our door in a lot of pain. We took him to a clinic where an x-ray confirmed that it was broken. Everyone signed his cast, expressing their wishes to get well soon.
Praises and Prayer Requests
? Pray: Aug 1-3 we’ll be up high (12,700 feet) in the village of Jarpo for the annual believers’ convention in the Yarowilca area. Pray that Mark’s teaching will be an encouragement to all, that we might be encouraging to those we meet, that we’ll stay warm and healthy. Everything is outside and this is a cold time of year!
? Pray for Shatu. He has field work to do, seed potatoes to collect and plant, responsibilities for the convention mentioned above, grain to grind for people from the recent wheat harvest, and a weaving business to keep up with. He is worried, wondering how things will get done.
Counting on your prayers. Depending on God’s help.
Mark & Patti
