If you listened to Rachel Barkey's testimony, you know how very well she articulated some important points of the Christian faith. Go to http://www.deathisnotdying.com/ to download the audio or video of her talk if you haven't heard/seen it yet.
Rachel died on July 2, 2009 but her witness still lives on. Thank you, God, for allowing me to hear Rachel's testimony and thank you that she knew you so intimately.
"Come, behold the works of the Lord,...Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." -Psalm 46:8,10
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Busy, busy, busy
We have had many things going on in the past 2 weeks. Jaynie continues with homeschool (we are over 2/3 done with 4th grade!) and Jose Luis has been going to help different people with different things. Today, he went to his mother's farm to help weed the corn fields. When he is home, he has continued to revise the script translation for God's Story and is so very close to finishing. We have been working in the gardens - our base has a greenhouse with tomatoes, chiles, cabbage, cactus, swiss chard, and squash. Outside, we have strawberries, lettuce, summer squash, green beans, and sweet corn. Near our house, we have planted snow peas, sweet corn, and "Tecomari" beans (huge mostly purple beans that look like big cockroaches or waterbugs when they are cooked!).
This past weekend the Christians in San Luis Majimachi held a party/revival and invited the people from Rowerachi (the photo above is from Rowerachi looking into the canyon) to attend. This involved several trips to Rowerachi on a horrible road (to invite the village, to pick up the people, and to take them back home). We had been told that only 10 or so would come - the or so turned out to be 30 more for a total of 40! At the service on Sunday morning, there were over 100 Tarahumara people and we had a great time of praise, worship, and sharing of God's Word.
Also, for almost 2 weeks I have been sick with what was diagnosed last Wed. as pleurisy (the second time in 6 months!). The antibiotics are working and I am finally feeling better.
Snapshots from the Revival party in San Luis Majimachi
Here are some photos from last Sunday, July 12th:
What a great smile!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Rainy season
Living in the Sierra Tarahumara has its advantages. One of the most pleasant aspects is the weather. Although we are further south than the USA, we live at almost 8,000 feet above sea level. We do not have all of the seasons as are experienced in the States. Winter is pretty much the same, except that we begin to have freezing temperatures in September and will continue to dip down below freezing at night well into May. This said April & May are our hottest months (even into June) with temperatures rising into the 90's F. This is when the oak trees lose their leaves and forest fires are common because of the dry weather. In early June, we had a forest fire begin quite close to our base. Jose Luis took a photo of it. Praise God that the rains came at the right time to put it out.
However, once the rains come in June, we will cool off with highs in the low 80s in the morning and dropping into the 60s in the afternoon with the rain and into the low 50s at night. This year the rains began in mid-June which is great. Now, though, the weeds are winning the battle in most corn fields. So the Tarahumara people make their home-made corn beer, invite the neighbors to come drink and help them weed their fields. Just imagine a group of drunk people using hoes or just their hands to weed the fields - it is amazing that they don't pull up the corn with the weeds. The following photo is from the group of neighbors (you can barely see them in front of the pine tree in the middle) who came to help my mother-in-law with her field after they first imbibed quite liberally of the corn beer she made.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
New links
I have added links to 3 websites. I would recommend that you check them out. The testimony of Rachel Barkey is very challenging and encouraging - I hope that you will at least listen to the audio of her testimony found at http://www.deathisnotdying.com/.
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