Jerry & Joyce McDaniels opening God's Word through literacy 
Ah, September! It’s one special month! Fall is in the air (well, here in FL this takes a little imagination). You’ve got to love the colors and scents! And it can’t get much better than pumpkin spice coffee! But it’s also been an awesome month for us of meeting with many, many missionary teams to pray together and set priorities. In the last month, we have had people into our home for meals from all over the world…86 extra plates were set at our table! It was such a joy to connect with these coworkers, especially looking at the literacy programs that are being developed so that tribal people around the world are able to read God’s Word in their own language.
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86 plates
Friday, September 11th, 2009Thanking God for dear co-workers He is raising up in Mexico
Friday, May 1st, 2009
So often as we travel we have to ask ourselves, “Were we as great a blessing as we were blessed?” This was the case again as we returned from a trip to Mexico! (more…)
Literacy Training in Mexico
Monday, March 9th, 2009
How does one put together a literacy program for a tribal group? What syllables should be taught first? What can be done for groups that are already somewhat literate in Spanish, but not their own language? These are some of the topics covered in an upcoming literacy course in Mexico!
There are technical parts like analyzing the grammar and choosing the best syllables to introduce first in the primers. But we also desire to share with the students our passion for how important literacy is to the spiritual growth of tribal churches! (more…)
Equipping missionary candidates in Bolivia to serve in literacy
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Joyce & I, along with our friend and co-worker Wendy Rees, are teaching classes on literacy programs to missionary candidates here in Bolivia.
These classes cover ways that literacy is an important part of our goal of seeing strong tribal churches, how missionary teams can be working towards literacy even in those first months of language study, how to motivate people to want to learn to read, how to analyze the language information to decide what order to introduce letters, etc. (more…)
Literacy in tribal ministries
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Joyce and I are preparing to fly to Bolivia next week. We are so excited for the opportunity to teach a course on literacy to the missionary candidates, preparing them to work among tribal groups.
Our hearts’ desire is not only to cover the technical details of literacy programs, but to leave a passion for the important part literacy plays in strong, mature tribal churches. After the literacy course, we will have several days working with a missionary team in a tribal location on literacy and materials. (more…)
Bolivia ~ the Tibet of the Americas
Monday, February 4th, 2008
February will find me in the country of Bolivia. Our team will be meeting with missionaries at several different locations. (more…)
Bolivia
Friday, January 11th, 2008We appreciate your prayers as we prepare for a trip to Bolivia for the month of February. We have gotten all the necessary documents together and have submitted them for our visa. Please pray that the process will go smoothly.
Bolivia is the final country in our region that we have yet to visit! So this trip will be our introduction to the field and missionaries there. Pray that we will be a blessing and encouragement to all that we meet there.
Off to Canada I go…
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Now, if our ministry is in Latin America, why am I traveling north to Canada?
God has given Joyce & me the privilege of giving support and help to the various ministries of New Tribes Mission throughout Latin America. One of these ministries is the training centers for national missionaries which are located in five countries throughout Latin America. This trip to Canada prepares me to better understand the missionary training programs worldwide.
So pray that this trip up north will help equip me for the tasks God has ahead of us.
What’s ahead for us?
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007August is a whole month of meetings for us at our mission office and then we begin several months of trips to Ecuador, Panama, and other destinations that are lining up.
We appreciate your prayers as we use these next weeks to prepare for conferences and meetings in Spanish, English, and the Kuna language. We simply could not do this without you and the ginormous encouragement your partnership is to us!
Calling on Spanish-speaking prayer partners
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
One of the missionary teams that Joyce & I work with in Latin America is known as the Spanish Language Resource (SLR) team. These missionaries are committed to translating materials that we as English-speaking missionaries have access to…like manuals on how to set up literacy programs, Bible translation information, and tools for church planting. (more…)
