Bean's Talk October 2013

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Sending out disciples

During the last workshop, Mark was asked to speak at the 22nd anniversary of a Quechua radio program that has a large loyal follow-ing. As the time drew near to travel there, it became obvious that Mark was in no shape to go. (Remember the stomach bug I mentioned last month? It got Mark, too.)

With churning guts, Mark called the guys in and walked them through Psalm 19 in order for them to teach it in his place. Then he gave them a stack of printed copies of the psalm to hand out to the crowd, sent them out and went to bed.

The Beans' Talk September 2013

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Counting on your prayers.

Patti for Mark, too

Beans' Talk August 2013

Ooff! We just finished another translation workshop with one group revising the OT and another group revising the NT. We are taking the weekend off to recuperate. So, was it all work? Not quite.

Read about the field trip to try out a new-fangled mechanical contraption that delighted the guys, photo included. We've also written out a classic Quechua joke. We're glad the guys have fun together when at these workshops.

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Bean Family June 2013 Prayer Requests

- Praise for the wonderful whirlwind trip Patti had in May to meet the Beans' two youngest grandchildren and pop in on each of their four children. She also stopped to visit her sister & wounded-warrior nephew as well as attend the dinner of her 40th high school reunion. The trip was a great gift.

- The training in using Quechua materials scheduled for school teachers the first and second of May was postponed and happened without Patti. That's actually better! Meanwhile, there are more other opportunities to work with pastors in the Huamlies area to help them read better in Quechua. Pray for the team that goes out: Bernardo and Leoncio.

Beans Talk May 2013

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Keeping languages untangled

We’re still in Huaraz with its beautiful snowcaps. We took this picture right outside our door the other morning.

One day last week, one of the men’s wives came to visit. In the course of the visit, she asked a simple question:

Caycho arunquicu?

Beans Talk April 2013

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The ubiquitous moto-taxi

Meet the moto-taxi. You couldn’t find a single one of these when we first arrived in Huánuco. Now, they are everywhere.

For about $0.50 to $0.60 (depending on the exchange rate) you can get a ride anywhere around town on this side of the river. While we prefer to walk most places, a moto-taxi is the way to get home after shopping at the market or visiting the bank.

Recently two incidents happened with moto-taxis. Now, that you’ve been properly introduced, we’ll tell you the stories.

Beans' Talk March 2012

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Pointing out the obvious

I remember in first grade when my teacher taught us how to pluralize by adding a magic “s” or an “es” to a noun. All of us already knew how to speak correctly with plurals. But, we probably couldn’t have explained why we spoke the way we did until the teacher pointed it out to us. That is a tiny peek into what’s been going on these past few weeks during the discourse for translation workshop. Of course, they have been learning at a much different level than first grade!

Beans' Talk February 2013

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Hello family and friends,

We're on our way down to Lima today. Monday, just south of Lima, we'll join our colleagues who work in other parts of Peru. We're looking forward to a break.

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Beans' Talk January 2013

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Not Never‐Neverland

Imagine if someone told you they had visited Never-Neverland. At first you’d think they were joking. Then, you’d be incredulous. What? It really exists? You’re kidding!!

When Mark recently mentioned that he had been to Israel and visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem and other places, one believer had the incredulous response: What?? They really exist? You’ve been there?

The Beans' Talk December 2012

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 Listening to God’s Word

When our co-worker Shatu came to this cur-rent translation workshop we asked him how the mini-players called “Papyrus” are being used in his area. These are the players that each hold the recorded New Testament. In his town of about 1,000 or so, there are three Papyrus players. Eight different home groups listen to them. He said that in numer-ous smaller villages people show up to church a half hour earlier than usual to listen to God’s word. He mentioned that a couple Catholic catequists in the area also use the Papyrus. One said she doesn’t mind that people call her a “protestant” because she’s making God’s word available for her flock. She said, “Everybody likes hearing God’s word.”