Amazon peoples remain unreached (fwd link)

[Richard Smith]

Kweh Heather,

It seems He was patient and gentle with the poor and needy, but
actually Yeshua didn't have much patience with the religious leaders
of the time :
"You hypocrits! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert
and ... make them twice a son of Ge-henom as you are!"

Good suggestions!
There ARE compassionate outsiders who work to bring clean water
to villages and use engineer skills and medicine along with indigenous
savy to better peoples lives....but sadly, protecting indigenous lands
doesn't seem to be a priority for most mission "outreaches"

Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte Oklahoma



On 5/15/08 9:48 AM, "Heather Souter" <hsouter at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Taanshi,
> 
> I am with you, Richard!
> 
> Just some more musings....
> 
> Unreached (and untouched) by missionaries....  Considering the damage
> undone to many indigenous peoples in the name of "God"....  Perhaps
> the power of the "WORD of God" might be better used working for
> protection of these peoples' traditional territories!  That would be a
> much more constructive to act out the "Gospel".  These missionaries
> sound like a bunch religious "Indiana Jones" types!  I guess when you
> are in the business of saving souls, respect can be thrown out the
> window!  (Interestingly enough, I think the stories of Jesus
> interaction with others are always seem to be respectful in
> nature....)
> 
> Eekoshi pitamaa.
> Heather
> 
> On 5/15/08, Richard Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:
>> sorry i can't help but respond
>>  "unreached?"
>>    amazing
>>  a Creator who can design bees and ants to communicate truth
>>  even incredible complicated messages
>>  somehow can't "reach" human beings without missionaries
>> 
>>  Richard Zane Smith
>>  Wyandotte Oklahoma
>> 
>> 
>>  On 5/12/08 8:59 AM, "phil cash cash" <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:
>> 
>>> Amazon peoples remain unreached
>>> 
>>> Posted on May 9, 2008 | by Shawn Hendricks
>>> The Baptist Press
>>> 
>>> RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Weary travelers stand alongside a river somewhere in
>>> South
>>> America's Amazon Basin.
>>> 
>>> After three hours of trying to maneuver upstream by motorboat to a remote
>>> village, a group of International Mission Board missionaries grudgingly
>>> accepts
>>> the realization that the day's journey has ended. Shallow waters, exposed
>>> rocks,
>>> tree limbs and a rough current that nearly capsized the boat won't allow the
>>> group to go any farther.
>>> 
>>> Score a victory for the Amazon.
>>> 
>>> Thousands of miles of dense jungle create a daunting "wall" for those
>>> wanting
>>> to
>>> take the Gospel to this area. For some of the people groups in remote areas,
>>> their only hope to hear about Jesus is through faithful Christians praying
>>> that
>>> the Gospel message will reach them.
>>> 
>>> Access full article below:
>>> http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28027
>>