Posts Tagged ‘Jungle’

A Rooster’s Last Crow: Sophie Mueller

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Sophie Teaching LadiesHave you ever thought about the spiritual battles that missionaries face when ministering in primitive locations to tribal people groups?   Or, even the threat of physical harm?

Spiritual battles and physical harm were no strangers to itinerant missionary Sophie Mueller in the 1950’s as she traveled from village to village nestled along the banks of the tributaries in the upper Amazon River basin.  Sophie would arrive in a village and tell the people that she was sent from the God of Creation to teach them the way to heaven.  Some listened but many were skeptical.

One such man thought, ‘Well, if Sophie really was sent here by God, then she will not die if I feed her poison.’  Wanting to make sure his ‘test’ was certain to be ‘supernatural’ he put enough poison into her food to kill 5 men!     (more…)

THE ONLY GOOD GECKO…..you get the drift.

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Beware the Gecko

You see, Gecko’s live in the rafters of jungle dwellings. Not so bad when you think of the bugs they devour. But bug eating Geckos have to deposit their waste somewhere. (Katy says not to use the words Gecko poop).

Can you imagine it, Gecko waste, raining down from the rafters at indiscriminate moments. This is something missionaries will not put up with; Not even yours truly, the Old Missionary Statesman.
(more…)

RAISING TAGBANWANOS BY THE DOZEN

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Freddo, father of 13.(picture by Dale Stroud)

This industrious Tagbanwa tribal family is learning all they can as believers to be the best examples to their children.

Father of 13 children, Freddo, read in the Scripture that it is better to give than receive.  So he gave mangos to the missionaries to express his appreciation to them.

“Thank you” Freddo said to the Brook and Pollock families , ” for coming to tell us   (more…)