Beans'talk December 2009

Eager to participate

Teaching kids the Bible in Quechua! As far as we know, it’s never been done in our area. So, we invited four people to a week-long seminar this month on how to hold a vacation Bible school in Quechua.

The Beans' Talk November 2009

Psalms taught and appreciated…

This past Old Testament workshop Mark gave the devotionals each morning on one of the Psalms that they would be working on that day.

The Beans' Talk - September 2009

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.”

Bean Family Update: September 2009

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…

Bean Family Update August 2009

The Cost of being a Quechua Pastor
There is no such thing as a full time pastor in Quechua communities because no church can support a man and his family. All Quechua pastors work; most in their fields, one or two may have a job.

But what may be a surprise to learn is that most Quechua pastors actually end up paying from their own pocket for the privilege of being a pastor! That’s because the church usually can’t reimburse them for expenses incurred to attend required area meetings.

Bean's Update: July 2009

"So that's what the Mount of Olives looks like!" "So that's where Nazareth is!" “So that‘s how a rolling stone closed a tomb!” These were some of the exclamations we made as we saw many places mentioned in the Bible. Some of these insights will affect our translation.

Bean Family Update June 2009

Update from Mark and Patti Bean:
Translating God’s Word for Quechua speakers in central Peru

Bean Update: May 2009