The Unexpected Mechanic
Read: Psalm 33:12-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. (v. 20 NIV) It was ten o’clock at night. We were driving on a lonely two-track road in Tojolabal country. We had climbed up out of the deep valley on the narrow winding road, but were still miles […]
God Restores Peace
Read: Psalm 97 He guards the lives of his faithful ones. (v. 10 NIV) Every Wednesday evening we picked up our Tojolabal language helper, Francisco, and any other Tojolabal Christians who wanted to go with us, and joined the ten to twelve Christians in the village of Madero for a service in their chapel. Often […]
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
Read: Mark 5:1-13; 1 John 4:18 But perfect love drives out fear. (1 John 4:18 NIV) I was a young mother of two sons, ages one and three. My husband was traveling on a missionary visit to a remote area, so I was alone with the children. This could be difficult. I would go to […]
This Year We Have Corn
Read: Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. (v. 7 NIV) Juan had come from far away to the Tzeltal Bible School for a week-long Bible institute. One day he stopped by to visit us and told us how God answered prayer for him. “You […]
We Will Fast and Pray
Read: Ezra 8:21-23; James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. (James 5:14 NIV) Feliciano was a young deacon in the Amatenango Tzeltal church. He and his wife had four young children, and […]
Our God Is a Great God
Read: Mark 1:32-39 [Jesus] drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. (Matt. 8:16 NIV) Feliciana is an Amatenango Tzeltal, who lives with her brother and family. She was haunted by voices telling her to run into the woods at night. Feliciana and her family understood these to be the voices […]
A Powerful Sermon
Read: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4 NIV) Roberto was a Tzeltal Christian elder. When his Presbytery looked for someone to send as a missionary to the Amatenango Tzeltals, Roberto […]
We Were Never Alone
Read: Psalm 46 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (v. 7 NIV) King was a great pet, and a good guardian of our family and property. He was a multicolored German Shepherd we got as a pup. He grew to be very large and strong. Since we lived […]
It Is the Accuser
Read: Revelation 12:7-13 Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. (v. 10 NIV) We were serving among the Tojolabal Indians in […]