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Feb 03, 2005
Truth Finaly Reaches Isolated Indians
ASUNCION, Paraguay (New Tribes
Mission) - A once isolated group of Ayore Indians are beginning to hear about God from their own people.
This group came out of the jungle for the first time on March 3, 2004. They weren’t seeking to make contact but saw where some men were working. In the middle of the night they approached their tent with the idea of killing the workers and taking whatever they might find useful.
But the workers weren’t there. They ransacked the tent and took a shovel. The next day they encountered the workers and two Ayore men working together on building a new Ayore village.
When the Ayores realized some of their people were still living in the jungle they approached them and established contact. The man in charge of the building immediately contacted government groups and anthropologists.
This new Ayore group was placed under a special medical quarantine that lasted from March through October.
When the quarantine was lifted, missionaries made plans to begin a systematic teaching program that will assist these Ayores in making an intelligent decision about God’s Word.
Missionaries John Keefe and Bruce Higham, with Carodi, Ojoi, and Ajitai, Ayore church leaders from Campo Loro, explained to this group their desire to begin a teaching program.
"We videotaped their responses," wrote Bruce. "They very whole-heartedly invited us to come to do this teaching and expressed their desire to have us teach them."
John has visited the group twice and reports that the interest remains very high.
Today John is traveling with Carodi and David, a promising new Ayore teacher, to visit this group. This begins their weekly trip to teach them from God’s Word.
Pray that nothing will hinder these Ayores in their hunger for truth. Pray also for the missionaries and Ayore Bible teachers as they approach their task with wisdom and sensitivity.
[Editor's Note: New Tribes Missionaries John Keefe and Bruce Higham are friends of ours. We have visited Campo Loro where they work with the Ayores. When this last group of Ayores came out of the bush last year the anthropologists isolated them under the "special medical quarantine." Yet it seems only the missionaries were forbidden contact with these people. The anthropologists allowed them to be exposed to the news media. In addition, they gave the Indians western clothes and provided them with candy and other "modern" foods. Thankfully, the "quarantine" has been lifted and now the Truth may be shared with these people. Pray that this group of Ayores will continue to be receptive to hearing the Gospel from John, Bruce, and the other Ayore believers.]
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Article reprinted from Pryors of Paraguay [http://pryors.net/] - Gods Work in Gods Way! The Pryors are missionaries to Paraguay, South America who are purposed to pursue the Biblical plan for missions and prove that New Testament principles still work today
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Know anyone you could send this to?
I'm writing a few missions oriented churches/missions to alert them to the fact that CCC has an overstock of 96 Paraguayan Guarani language Jesus videos (PAL format, not PAL-N is that OK?) that they're trying to rid themselves of at $1.50 a pop. If your church has a team going down or knows someone half way interested in evangelism down there it's a great opportunity. I'm at Keithk@idmail.com if you want the details. The other languages are $4.10, sort of pricey if you want hundreds.
I also have a few obscure India languages and a lot of Southern Africa ones available at the $1.50. Who should I send emails to?
Keith in Canada
Posted by: Keith Kline | Mar 28, 2005 7:53:47 PM
