Amazon peoples remain unreached (fwd link)

[Heather Souter]

Taanshi, Richard,

I wish those missionaries could hear the WORDS you quoted!  But, then again,
perhaps they wouldn't recognize anything of themselves....

Eekoshi pitamaa.
Heather

PS: Kihchi-maarsii (thank-you very much) for sharing your poetry in a
previous thread!



On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Richard Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:

> 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
> >>
>
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