tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87313354576768185482024-03-13T09:19:00.778-05:00THE CANNY CHRONICLES“Give thanks to the LORD...make known among the nations what he has done.”
I Chronicles 16:8Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-43564593771449711882013-10-08T08:50:00.000-05:002013-10-08T10:42:01.964-05:00MARRIAGE VOWS & PERSONAL FOULS<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;"></span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello everyone. Well Cecilia is taking a little afternoon nap
so I snuck onto the blog page to give you all a bit of an update from us. Don’t
worry. She’ll be back next time with some new adventures from her 7 ½ month perspective.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let me introduce you to my friend Tito (no not Jackson). I
first met Tito on a Sunday morning at Iglesia Dios Es Amor (God is Love Church)
shortly after we arrived here a couple years ago. He was leading the singing
and playing bass. Right from the start I could tell he had a special gift for
leadership. Since that first meeting we have had the pleasure of seeing him
lead music, serve as district secretary, help plant new home churches in the
city, and thrive in children’s ministry. When we first started the New Hope
tutoring center last year Tito was one of our most faithful volunteers. We were
overjoyed on the days when he could minister with us. When Molly and I and
other volunteers attempt to lead the devotional time the kids seem distracted,
chatty, and a bit disrespectful. When Tito stands at the front of the room he
commands the attention of all the children. He isn’t forceful, stern, or
barking orders. He simply engages them in a way that I have never seen. The
only way I can explain it is that he truly has a God-given gift of leadership. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admire him greatly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A couple months ago Tito called me up asking to meet with me
and Molly. He had something he wanted to talk to us about. He came out to the
lot one afternoon before we opened the tutoring center and shared some very
exciting news with us. He told us he was going to be getting married!!! Of
course we were excited for him, but we were so surprised because we had no idea
he was even dating anyone. He met a lovely girl named Jenny who, along with all
her family members, is very active in her church. Tito and Jenny asked us to be
part of the ceremony acting as the “Padrinos de Religion”. I’m sure you’re
asking, “What is that?” We were asking the same thing and it didn’t really all
become clear until we were in the wedding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weddings here have “Padrinos” for many different things.
These are people that support the couple by paying for a certain item or part
of a certain item (i.e. padrinos of the cake, padrinos of the flowers, and even
padrinos of the rings). So we were asking, “How do you purchase religion?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As it turns out, being the Padrinos of Religion is quite a
high honor. We got to stand up with the bride and groom. There were others
standing in the aisles, but Molly and I were the only ones standing directly to
their sides. It was kind of interesting because they had us stand opposite to
what you might think. Molly was on Tito’s side and I was on Jenny’s. That’s
right. Probably the first and only time I will get to be the “Maid of Honor”. I
held her bouquet while she placed Tito’s ring on his finger. I helped fix the
train of her dress as she turned to walk back down the aisle. We even served as
chauffeurs as they went across town to get post wedding photos taken at a fancy
hotel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day we were invited out to the couple’s house for
lunch and unwrapping gifts. The whole experience was extremely encouraging for
both of us. Sometimes you wonder if you’re really making connections in your
second language. This showed us how we are valued not just as missionaries, but
as friends. We look forward to watching this couple grow and continuing as
their “mentors” (their words) though we’re really about the same age. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">PERSONAL FOULS... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">- A question asked by one of our pastors participating in the soccer tournament.- There is a lesson on the relationship between ethics and economics somewhere in that statement...ha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The other big event we were involved with recently was the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
annual “Campeonato de Futbol” (Soccer Championship). This was held on Tuesday,
September 24 (Santa Cruz Day). We had a great turnout with 10 teams representing 4
out of our 7 churches in the Santa Cruz district. There were two main purposes
for this event. The first being to bring the whole district together and the
second being to raise funds for Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) Tutoring Center. We
set up concessions, charged a small entrance fee for each team, and awarded
prizes for first, second, and third place teams in both a men’s and women’s
division. The day was a lot of fun and we raised a good amount of money for the
center. Thank you for your prayers for this event and future events like it. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I heard a commotion before the tournament and looked out<br />
to see someone with an axe chopping part of the large<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly baked up lots of goodies and we were completely<br />
sold out by the end of the day.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First off I have to apologize for my parents. Sunday was a
very full morning of driving all around the city visiting our seven different
churches, but mom and dad left the house without the camera so we didn’t
capture all the adventure. I will post a few pics that dad took on his basic
phone camera, but they are a bit blurry. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pastor Fimo preaching at the church anniversary service.<br />
The last church we stopped at happened to be having a 19th anniversary celebration.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So you might be asking why we visited all seven churches in
one morning. The simple answer is…technology. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My generation will grow up in a world that has always had
iPhones, iPads, “the Cloud”, high speed internet, digital photography, mp3
players, etc. Did you see that the latest iPhone has a personal fingerprint
recognition security feature? Wow. Perhaps you have noticed that more and more
people around you have smart phones, tablets, gaming devices, etc. People like
to be connected. What is it that dad said?...Plugged in. People like to be
plugged in to what is going on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That is true here in Bolivia as well. Just sometimes the plugging
in happens in different forms. The National Church has a calendar of events
that each pastor receives in December at the general church conference in La Paz.
Sometimes events come up that were not prescheduled to be on that calendar. The
soccer tournament hosted by The New Hope Tutoring Center on September 24 is one
of those events. This past Sunday mom, dad, and I went around to all of the
churches to distribute posters and ask the pastors to promote the event to
their congregations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are very few of our pastors who have their own
personal computers, smart phones, or even internet service in their homes. Some
may have e-mail or even a facebook page for their church, but they generally
access this from one of the internet cafes around the city and possibly only
once a week (probably varies for each pastor). So sending out an email blast
announcement or creating a facebook group of all our pastors is not the best
form of communication. We will see if that changes in a few years, but part of
me hopes it doesn’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like going to all
the churches and hearing people say how cute I am. I love getting held, hugged,
and loved on. “Como una muñeca” (Like a doll) is what they say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many ways the face to face time helps mom
and dad too. They know that the pastor actually has the poster or announcement
in hand instead of hoping that he may have found a way to print the linked file
that they sent over e-mail. They can also answer any questions right then and
there. Clear communication is vital especially when speaking in your second
language (Spanish). Just like in the states, different people have different
accents and sometimes it can really help to see the person’s lips moving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes it takes a bit more time and energy, but isn’t
that what ministry is about anyway? It’s about relationships and those take
time…or so they tell me. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at this cool promo Coca-Cola is doing down here!!!<br />
They print new names each week and WE FOUND MINE!<br />
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Cecilia Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646731346812572443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-57082769461225910112013-09-12T20:31:00.000-05:002013-09-12T20:31:59.391-05:00LAST WEEKEND...
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello everyone. It’s me…Cecilia
here again. How was your weekend? Our schedule was pretty full. Friday I got to
see my “uncle” James Wolheter. He and his wife “auntie”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jenny are fellow ECM missionaries. He
always makes me smile and laugh, but not quite like his boys Coy, Cy, and Cade.
They’re my best buddies. Uncle James was visiting to attend a special church
celebration service with mom and dad on Friday night at the Lineage of God Church
(Iglesia Linaje de Dios). I didn’t get to go to the service because it went way
past my bed time. Mom, dad, and uncle James didn’t get back til almost one
o’clock in the morning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stayed
home with two of my new friends, Abigail and Isabella (their sister Sophia
couldn’t come). They are our new neighbors. Their dad preaches and their mom
leads worship at Trinity International Church (“The English Church”) here in
Santa Cruz. Even though I couldn’t go, I heard all about the special service
the next day. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were some dramas, special
music, an award ceremony to honor past and current pastors of the Bolivian
Evangelical Holiness Church (Iglesia Evangelica Boliviana de Santidad), a
delicious supper of oven baked chicken (pollo al horno), and daddy even got to
play electric guitar with the worship team. But don’t worry. I didn’t miss out
on all the fun this past weekend. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Sunday morning we got to
attend a seminar hosted at the district lot. The speaker was Romualdo Atahuachi
who came all the way from La Paz to teach about Discipleship. I was very attentive
during the sessions, but I asked dad if he would take notes for me because, it
is hard to grip a pen AND my toys at the same time. I have started to
understand why mom and dad like going to these church events. They almost
always serve food. On Sunday everyone enjoyed a heaping plate of Picante de
Pollo (spicy Chicken, rice, and chuños…which are freeze dried potatoes that are
boiled and sometimes put with a nice peanut sauce). </span></div>
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a meeting of the planning committee for the New Hope Tutoring Center. They were
talking over details for the next fundraiser while I quietly enjoyed my
oatmeal. A soccer (futbol) tournament is schedule on September 24 which is Santa
Cruz day and also Gordon Elliott’s birthday. Wish we could celebrate with you
“uncle” Gordy. We miss you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can’t wait to go watch our pastors and church people battle it out on the field
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eyes we were at my friend Amelia’s house for her first birthday party. It was
so pretty and girly with pink lemonade, candies, and cake. Dad says I’ll enjoy the
parties more when I can actually eat the stuff and not just look at it. He’s
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello everyone. My name is Cecilia Joy Canny and I’m the
newest missionary with Evangelical Church Missions. I have heard that many of
you prayed for me before I was born and are always praying for me and my
family. Thank you so much for all of your support. I really like knowing that I
have a ministry family here in Bolivia and all over the world. I am writing to
let you know that I am taking over this blog. My dad has been doing a good job
writing on Canny Chronicles, but I figured you were probably getting a little bored
with him. I might still let him write once in awhile, but I am experiencing so
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past Friday I (Bryan) celebrated my 28th birthday, but I received the best early birthday present a few months ago when I found out we are EXPECTING!!! We are extremely excited to share this news with you now and appreciate your prayers. Molly is doing well and is staying very healthy. We found a great doctor here in Santa Cruz and are looking forward to meeting "Baby Canny" in February 2013. Look for updates here on the blog and on our Facebook group. Thanks so much for your constant love and support. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bryan and Molly</span>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-11757660567017505182012-07-29T00:54:00.001-05:002012-07-29T00:54:08.424-05:00Another 2 month recap<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A </span>missionary's life is rarely set to one consistent schedule and that seems to suit us just fine. Now it is true that as of late we have gotten into more of a pattern with directing the New Hope Tutoring Center Monday through Friday afternoons from 2-5. It is also true that interspersed with our daily routine are many surprises and changes of pace. Occasionally the changes of pace can be frustrating like waiting in line for hours at the immigration office just to turn in one more paper for our VISAs. Or trying to figure out a new route downtown because of a blockade or some road construction. My friend, John Behrens, once told me that Minneapolis has 2 seasons, winter and road construction. Santa Cruz is similar, but more like sandstorms and road construction. It is clear we're into the windy season when at the end of the day my beard feels gritty and stiff. </span><div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But enough about the unwanted. In the past 2 months we have had some very <u>welcome</u> pace changers. I finally got some of the pictures transfered from our camera onto our Facebook group. You can find those albums <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/113459745332816/photos/">HERE</a> . Please Enjoy. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This group brought such diverse personalities with them and we were ready with just as diverse a schedule. You can see in the photo album that we did a little bit of everything including construction, VBS at various churches, a district women's ministry, music ministry, helping at New Hope Tutoring Center a few afternoons, and of course some sight seeing. We felt a great connection with this group and truly enjoyed sharing our lives with them for the 10 days they were with us. I thought it was pretty cool that God looked at even the minor details and included a couple of fellow Chicago Bears fanatics on this crew. Mike and Jonah you cheer from Montana. I'll cheer from here and our cheers will meet the ears of the team in the middle in Chicago. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Saturday July 7th we hosted a Volleyball invitational tournament at the district lot. We gave invitations to all 7 district churches. Teams were required to pay 30 Bolivianos (approx. $5) to enter. The days leading up to the tournament had been kind of rainy and cold, but we still had a decent turnout and everyone had fun with some light-hearted games. I refereed most of the day and Molly sold snacks. All the money went back into the ministry of New Hope Tutoring Center. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well after 2 weeks of vacation for the Bolivian schools we are back to our regular schedule each afternoon at New Hope and continually appreciate your prayers. One main prayer concern right now is for some more volunteer tutors for each afternoon. Occasionally we'll have an afternoon where just Molly and I are trying to handle 50 children. You can see how that can get a bit chaotic. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All our bags were packed to the very last pound that regulations would allow. My guitar case was securely (and perhaps excessively) taped and ready for the "fragile handling" of the airline employees. We had our tearful hugs and goodbyes and headed toward the security checkpoint. As I set my wallet and shoes into the bin I realized a couple things. The next time I'd put money in that wallet it would be Bolivianos (currency of Bolivia). And in 3 connecting flights later, those shoes would be stepping out onto Bolivian soil which we would then be calling "home". </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I still remember the deep peace we had getting on that plane out of the Omaha airport. This wasn't a peace that had just come naturally. In the months leading up to our departure Molly's father and my mother were both diagnosed with a similar form of lymphoma (Cancer of the lymph-nodes). This hit both of our families very hard. It was truly one of those catalyst moments when God asks that toughest question. "Do you REALLY trust me"? God was calling us to an important ministry to the people of Bolivia and asking us to leave our families in the palm of His hand. By stepping on that plane we were saying to God, "We trust you to be fully in control just as you always have been". Praise God both Molly's father and my mother were able to receive chemo-therapy treatments and have been in remission for many months now. We still find ourselves faced with that question from God. "Do you REALLY trust me"? In fact we're faced with it often in the midst of our next milestone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>May 5, 2012 = 2 months directing "New Hope Tutoring Center"</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you receive The Evangelical Challenge magazine then you may have read our article in the most recent issue. It talked a little bit about this new ministry that we are diving into. God has blessed in great ways as we have partnered with the Santa Cruz District of the Bolivian Holiness Church in reaching out to a community in need. Several years back, Molly formed a vision in her mind of a tangible way to reach and teach Bolivian school age children. That vision has really taken shape in the last several months. On March 5, 2012 we had our opening day at Nueva Esperanza (New Hope). </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That first week was filled with a bit of chaos as we tried to get all the children to fill out registration forms, take pictures, and to get acquainted with the schedule of the center. Several things have been tweaked since those first days, but we have fallen into a comfortable and familiar day to day. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We show up right around 1 pm in order to set up all the tables, chairs, and boxes with materials for teaching. The center is officially open from 2-5 pm Monday through Friday, though some kids start showing up around 1:30pm. The tables are divided by grade level and on an ideal day we are able to have one volunteer at each table. We have a good core group of volunteer teachers from a few of our churches, but we constantly pray for more people to step up to the challenge. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The basic schedule is homework assistance from 2-3:30 with varied game breaks,which Bryan leads, for each class. If at 3:30 there are students completely finished with their homework they are rewarded with the "activities table" where they can color or play with a variety of different board games. At 4:30 we have daily devotional time which is lead by one of our volunteers and then we end the day with a small snack (usually kool-aid and cookies or fresh fruit). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here are a few highlights from the past 2 months</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly teaching the devotional during the first week</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fellow missionary Gordon Elliott volunteers 2 days each week <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An "interesting devotional illustration" for the story of Samson</td></tr>
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<strong>and the most important milestone...</strong><br />
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<strong>May 29, 2012 = 2 year wedding anniversary</strong><br />
You know how sometimes you look through an old yearbook or just see a couple walking down the street and think, "How in the world did THAT guy get THAT girl?" Well speaking as "THAT guy", I'm not asking questions. I'm simply enjoying how incredibly blessed I am to be spending my life with the most amazing woman I've ever known. <br />
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</div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-17693145590486967522012-05-30T21:29:00.000-05:002012-05-30T21:29:21.323-05:00CHICKEN FOOT IN YOUR SOUP???<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On March 25th we helped with a "Feria de Comidas" (food fair) organized by some of the volunteers from our New Hope Tutoring Center committee. They had the idea to raise money to help cover costs of the daily snacks at the center. A Feria de Comidas is a Sunday lunch generally with 4 or more plate options and of course Peanut soup for appetizer. Each of the churches is invited to participate and sell tickets to their congregation. These events are a fairly common fundraising technique here in Bolivia, but before that weekend we had only gone to eat the food. This time we had the privilege of helping prepare all the food as well. We went to Dios Es Amor (God is Love) church Saturday evening to start the prep work. Granted the kitchen was a bit different from a church kitchen you might find in the states, but we all worked together, made some great food, and had some good laughs. The prep work started Saturday evening with some new experiences for us. Molly cut off her first chicken head and peeled skin from chicken feet to go into the soup. I was asked to taste test the marinade, but this was after the raw pork had already been dropped into the large container. It was one of those moments were I said an extra prayer of protection as the marinade touched my tongue and went down my throat. I had no ill effects. Our work was not finished Saturday evening. We went home to try to get to bed some what early in order to head back to the church at 4 AM to continue food prep. I was so vigorously peeling my potatoes on Sunday morning that I broke my peeler. I grabbed a knife to continue the job, but our friend Valeria quickly diverted me to washing lettuce duty. I knew our friendship was growing when she was blunt enough to say, "It's just faster if I do it". </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So the morning was going smoothly and all the food was smelling delicious. Then the phone orders started coming in. We have seven churches in Santa Cruz and some of them are in the same general neighborhood or mile radius of our district lot where we would be serving the food, but there are a few that are across town. We agreed to make deliveries to two churches. The ladies put together the orders and I hopped in the car with Pastor Paulino (Pastor at God is Love Church). We were a ways down the road when my cell phone rang and Molly informed me that I forgot to take the box out of the car that held the spare change and food tickets to use at the district lot. For some reason I thought we'd be back in time and this wouldn't cause much of a problem. However, traffic was backed up on one of the roads we were on because a city bus and a cargo truck had a pretty severe collision. We got to the first church a bit behind schedule and it took a while to get the correct change , from the "church treasure", for the meals. As Paulino and I were "cruising around town" we unwittingly had left our wives in the lurch and caused a bit of chaos back at the district lot. Without the tickets and proper change there was no way to keep all the orders straight. When Paulino and I arrived back from our deliveries, everything seemed to be in fairly good order. People were sitting at tables enjoying their food. I even saw some of the children who regularly come to the Tutoring Center, there with their parents. Paulino's son Nelson had the sound system hooked up with some nice background music. Everything appeared to be in order until I stepped into the "serving area" and was brought up to speed on what had been happening over the past hour. The ladies were all very forgiving for my forgetfulness and oversight (althought I'm sure they will tease me about it for years to come). I remembered later that Molly had mentioned to me about the box and how I needed to take it out before I left....Ooops. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well I learned a few lessons through this experience. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First: Listen extra closely to your wife at all times. If needed, take notes. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Second: (and I kind of already knew this...) Bolivians can cook some seriously amazing food in some seriously simplistic settings. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Third: God can smooth over the chaos and make some really amazing out of it. </span><br />
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</span>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-26410553447781415972012-03-16T09:43:00.001-05:002012-03-16T09:52:28.361-05:00Roadblocks (physical & spiritual)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Have you ever felt like Satan was trying to get in the way of something great happening in your life? Perhaps a job opportunity doesn’t work out or a deal on a house falls through. Maybe you’ve continually given into the same temptation and wonder when God will just “free you from it”. It is in these times when Satan can try to manipulate our thoughts to doubt our own strength and even worse to doubt God’s power in our lives. I was recently reminded of just how important it is to take control of our minds in difficult situations.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Each year the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center (SCCLC) has a 3 day long Junior High Camp and week long High School Camp. Molly and I both counseled at Junior High Camp. It was an incredibly fun couple of days. The mosquitoes were out in full force. The showers were ice cold. The bed was rock hard with a paper thin mattress. And I had forgotten about “camp cologne”. You know that interesting mix of sunscreen, bug spray, and Axe deodorant? But all these things make camp so memorable. Yet the truly valuable memories will be of the great sense of God's spirit during the sessions. Junior highers might not always be the most vocal about what God is doing in their lives, but it was certainly clear that many of them were doing some serious thinking about their spiritual walk. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6SqiNXC-OWzA7H1m1haZsJ3Sy6geRkyZKCLF9CvLiPm5M4Of5kU-pLcTPrGagZt0hl3M0ZJVt44g8driamziDgfHGqCfaX30pAoGcHMVEiul2Pcv5YQ2CLz6TAwr6j3UoYJRAYDAvC8Q/s1600/workitout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6SqiNXC-OWzA7H1m1haZsJ3Sy6geRkyZKCLF9CvLiPm5M4Of5kU-pLcTPrGagZt0hl3M0ZJVt44g8driamziDgfHGqCfaX30pAoGcHMVEiul2Pcv5YQ2CLz6TAwr6j3UoYJRAYDAvC8Q/s400/workitout.jpg" width="400" /></a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The following week I went to counsel at High School camp while Molly stayed back in Santa Cruz preparing details for “New Hope Tutoring Center” which launched on Monday, March 5<sup>th</sup> (more about this ministry in upcoming posts). It was clear from the moment we drove out of Santa Cruz heading for the campground in Buena Vista that there was a spiritual battle going on for the hearts of the youth. God had something great planned at camp and Satan was throwing up his roadblocks (quite literally).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It just so happens that on the very day we set out for camp the Association of Motorcycle Taxis had organized a series of roadblocks all along the way to Buena Vista. Not only were there roadblocks ahead of us, but also shortly after we passed the airport on the edge of the city, the motorcyclists closed a roadblock behind us. We were stuck. We couldn’t get to camp and we also couldn’t head back into town. Roadblocks are fairly common things in Bolivia. They are organized for different reasons, but generally act as a way to protest a new local or national law. In this case the motorcyclists didn’t want to pay overdue fees for operating without licenses and helmets for the past several years. It is hard to explain this civil struggle to a High School student running low on “bus snacks” and patience. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> As we were waiting out the situation and figuring out our next step I kept thinking how incredibly grateful I was not to be the “man in charge” for this outing. I owe a ton of thanks to Mike Banks, former World Gospel Mission missionary to Bolivia, for agreeing to come back down from the states for two weeks to plan, organize, coordinate, and be the speaker for camp. Mike spent 19 years in Bolivia so he is far more familiar with these possibly stressful situations and he handled everything with a calm and collected nature. Mike brought with him a former SCCLC student, Ben Cooper, to help with games. It was great to get to know both of them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were many things that unfolded as we made our way toward camp. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Mike made the hotel arrangements while Ben and I got supper for everyone (fried chicken, rice, and french fries of course). As I laid my head on the pillow, I thought back over the day. The normal trip from Santa Cruz to Buena Vista is about 2-3 hours and we had been on our journey for almost 14. Sure I had my frustrations throughout the day, but then I thought that God must really have something great planned for camp if Satan was working so hard to keep us from getting there. I thought how utterly impressed I was with the attitudes of the youth. Through all of it they were united, upbeat, and resilient. Little did I know just how much more this resilience would be shown in action.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Early the next morning I got a call from Mike letting me know that we had a chance to get through to Buena Vista because some of the roadblocks had been taken down. We got the buses loaded and got on the road. Everything was smooth sailing right up until the city limits of Buena Vista. There was still a remaining roadblock on the bridge at the edge of Buena Vista. This resilient group was determined to get to camp. Everyone grabbed their stuff, got off the buses, and started walking. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU6xNR6Wunmg2hIH5LlxcZlspT4P9LO7bIXVKRHknaTI_SpgLvHkEt8mGn-xLbYPYdkPAxcnwmVo_ZmYUSOgEB81fPkKYF1WIETNkbu7MJz3s0jjgtorYdJsT7ZAn5k1S0f0v_i91aCsK/s1600/walking+road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU6xNR6Wunmg2hIH5LlxcZlspT4P9LO7bIXVKRHknaTI_SpgLvHkEt8mGn-xLbYPYdkPAxcnwmVo_ZmYUSOgEB81fPkKYF1WIETNkbu7MJz3s0jjgtorYdJsT7ZAn5k1S0f0v_i91aCsK/s400/walking+road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In total we walked 4.5 kilometers (approx. 2.8 miles) to get to the other side of the roadblock where we met up with vehicles to take us the rest of the way. It was nearly 24 hours after we had left the school in Santa Cruz when we finally arrived at the campground.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure as we all set out for camp we anticipated the great things God was going to do when we got there. None of us were prepared for all the lessons He had to teach us along the way. I'm sure satan had this picture in his head of us all getting frustrated and being at each others' throats. He wanted to cause division and get us distracted. God turned all of that around and made this group more united and focused. It has encouraged me to constantly keep my eyes open for all the lessons along the way instead of just focusing on that destination up ahead. What is God teaching you in the stressful moments? Are you able to have joy in the midst of chaos? My prayer is that we can all get to that point and give all glory back to God.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE-0TbOiQEas1XCegPwfY0plgyN6KF6OK4Y0XFa3olV8UMtDWFDtGeliusgmANtZm-IpLBFK7kNRqdZE5rTr1Nx3MBKrdeNXFm46UBDJwlrbY37-iM5uutvEBQ7H-XgA-g0mR6U8Rv6IY/s1600/worship+leading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE-0TbOiQEas1XCegPwfY0plgyN6KF6OK4Y0XFa3olV8UMtDWFDtGeliusgmANtZm-IpLBFK7kNRqdZE5rTr1Nx3MBKrdeNXFm46UBDJwlrbY37-iM5uutvEBQ7H-XgA-g0mR6U8Rv6IY/s400/worship+leading.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-87425977879151702052012-01-23T21:19:00.000-06:002012-01-23T21:19:22.576-06:00OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just recently finished an enjoyable read of the first book in C.S. Lewis’s celebrated space trilogy, “Out of the Silent Planet”. You may be feeling like that is exactly where this message is coming from since my last blog post was at the end of August.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> As we start 2012 I want to make it a goal to do better with frequent updates both on the blog and on our Facebook group. We will use “Canny Chronicles” to post articles and pictures of recent events at least once a month and use “Bryan and Molly in Bolivia” (facebook group) for weekly prayer requests, praises, and day to day updates. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We feel really privileged to be serving on the mission field in an age of so many technological advances. We don’t plan to get a Twitter account to let you know our every waking move, but we do want to stay closely connected with our network of support. We value each and every one of you. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We will be sending out a hard copy prayer letter in the next month with some photos and ministry updates. We will also have an article published in the next issue of The Evangelical Challenge. Hopefully the news and updates don’t get redundant for you. One of the biggest items on our update list is the tutoring center. We have talked about this ministry vision before and the reality is getting closer and closer. Our desire is to have things up and running by the end of February or beginning of March, but there are still a lot of details that need to fall into place. We would really cherish your prayers for more volunteers, construction at the district lot, wisdom, patience, and organization of supplies and for God’s hand to be on this project. We will keep you posted as things continue to move forward. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fellow Evangelical Church missionary, Aaron Brakefield, visited from Brazil as the special speaker for Spiritual Emphasis Week and High School retreat for the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly helping serve food for a Bolivian youth/young adult retreat in Cochabamba</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avelino and Josefina celebrate 50 years of marriage!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An orphanage near our neighborhood had "friend day" one Sunday and we got to spend the whole afternoon with these sweet brothers. Burger King, the arcade, visit to the pool, and brownies back at our place. We know how to spoil 'em. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juan de Dios (John of God) is the life of the party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erwin taking a turn head first</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A high school student reciting her team's "Christmasgram" during our "Elf: the movie" themed Christmas party.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you've seen the movie then you understand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We tried to visit the sand dunes with our past 2 work teams and this was as far as we got this time. Thankfully as we waited for the truck to come pull us out of the "river" we got a nice game of pick up soccer going. </td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 2011-2012 school year has kicked off at the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center (SCCLC). This school truly is a culture all it’s own. It is an educational institution for missionary kids from many different countries, Bolivians, and other students who desire a private education based off of an American curriculum and schedule. Some of you may know that Molly has her degree in Elementary Education and from 2007-2009 she served as the 4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> grade teacher at SCCLC. When we returned to Santa Cruz this past April we were feeling God directing us toward more ministry with our Spanish speaking churches and Molly knew that she wouldn’t be teaching full time. However, the key word in a missionary’s vocabulary is “flexibility”. As the school year was nearing the start, SCCLC still needed to fill many teaching positions. One of those positions was in the 4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> grade. A teacher was lined up, but she was still in the States raising her support. Molly saw a need and decided to help out. For the first 2 weeks of classes Molly got back into her teaching mode. I was able to help with decorating bulletin boards and grading papers. It was actually quite fun for us to work together in that setting. Praise be to God that the other teacher was able to raise the rest of her support rather quickly and she is now safely in Santa Cruz and Molly has been able to step back from charge of the 4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> graders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have also been able to fill the need of leadership with Jr. High and Sr. High ministry at SCCLC. On August 15</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> we jump started Sr. High Bible study. We had 35 youth show up for tacos, games, and a brief testimony sharing. Each Monday night from 7-9 at the house of some fellow missionaries, we will be meeting with the 9</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-12</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> graders from SCCLC. We are really excited for how God will use us to mentor these youth this year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our goal is to have a couple Jr. High activities each month. This past Friday we hosted an ice cream party at our house. We did a gross ice cream sundae relay where we split the youth up into 2 teams and each team had to choose 5 non-traditional toppings out of a cup. Team 1 chose hot sauce, soy sauce, bbq sauce, a scoop of flour, and salsa. Team 2 received mustard, ketchup, soy sauce, pancake syrup, and pizza flavored crackers. When I designed the game I had not intended on playing, but we had uneven teams so I got in on the “fun”. With plastic spoons in hand, the relay began and I’m proud to say that my team won! They youth were able to get those gross flavors out of their mouths with some delicious brownies, ice cream, and regular ice cream toppings. As everyone enjoyed dessert, I shared a short devotional from Matthew 5:13. I challenged the youth to think about how they felt during our relay game. Some said it was gross and they wanted to quit or they wished they didn’t ever have to take another bite. Then I asked them to think about this thought. “Do we ever present ourselves like gross ice cream sundaes?” People expect us to be sweet, but once they get a taste of who we are, they find bitterness and wish that they never had to experience another taste. I really enjoy the Message paraphrase for this particular passage. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #51150d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matthew 5:13<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #51150d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Message (MSG)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Salt and Light<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">13</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was really fun to watch their brains work as they thought through that question. I am excited to see how they process these challenges and live them out this year. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you so much for checking in on our ministry. Your prayers, encouragement, and support continually bless us.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 Trip Up the Mountain</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 of 2 Spanish Sunday Morning Services</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This one at Lineage of God Church</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A</span></u></i></b><i><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Week with Adolescents:</span></b></u></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>Each year World Gospel Mission extends an invite to Evangelical Church Mission in Bolivia to attend their annual retreat. This was Molly’s and my first time participating in this retreat. We went just a little bit out of the city of Santa Cruz to a nice retreat center called Los Cedros. Molly and I were asked to lead the youth program and we enthusiastically accepted. We led the youth in a four-session study entitled “Stressed Out”. It talked about four ways that we experience stress and paralleled with experiences from the life of Abraham in Genesis. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Stressed Out by High Expectations</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Stressed Out by Situations Out of Our Control</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Stressed Out by Instant Gratification</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Stressed Out by Loss</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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campfire for roasting marshmallows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating America's Independence <br />
While in Bolivia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenny Zimmerman and Nathan Brown play a <br />
"minute to win it" game<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva Brown and Haziel Martinez playing<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bryan looks on while youth build<br />
marshmallow and spaghetti towers<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That pretty much gets you caught up with what is going on with us down here. Aside from special events like weddings and retreats, our weeks are filled with Spanish classes, homework, church services, and just trying to immerse ourselves in the culture. Thank you again for being part of our ministry circle. We couldn’t do anything without your prayers and encouragement. We’ll post some more updates after our time with the work team. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Bryan & Molly Canny</span></div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-81424842873527296662011-06-04T13:40:00.000-05:002011-06-04T13:40:43.761-05:00ON THE "FLIP" SIDE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week I learned more about tortoises than I had anticipated. For instance, the plural of tortoise really is tortoises and not torti like I originally thought. There are some different answers floating around the web as to what the proper name is for a group of tortoises. A group of turtles is called a "bale" and some say this goes for tortoises as well. Other answers were a "herd" or "fleet". My personal favorite was, "a creep" or tortoises, named such for their slow movement. Listed below are some other interesting facts about these reptiles. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yellow Spotted South American Tortoise</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You may be wondering, "Why the sudden fascination with tortoises?", and I will tell you. This past week, Molly and I took a few days away from the city for our one year anniversary. It was a good time to get away and reflect on all of God's blessings over the past year. The place we stayed at had lots of interesting exhibits like a mariposario (butterfly sanctuary), aviario (bird sanctuary), and a tortoise sanctuary (sorry no fancy name). One day as we were walking past the tortoise exhibit we looked over to see four stubby and scaly legs flailing about. One of the tortoises (We'll call him FLIP) had somehow gotten flipped upside down. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t4s8PnnmpXnEVA5rxtRiHEpWu2PumizcKLQUAHR0g6zEQ6Hi7K7CmZEd_CxVqQaMgjxEUAbwUHng1s_ur3Y7vCl5JU0wgn9896SV30g6mODckj5kDmCa_HXPpjdhh51Yz2fmHzodQjPH/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t4s8PnnmpXnEVA5rxtRiHEpWu2PumizcKLQUAHR0g6zEQ6Hi7K7CmZEd_CxVqQaMgjxEUAbwUHng1s_ur3Y7vCl5JU0wgn9896SV30g6mODckj5kDmCa_HXPpjdhh51Yz2fmHzodQjPH/s1600/002.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As he struggled to rock his shell back and forth and get himself righted, there were others creeping along about the habitat. It seemed like no one noticed their fellow reptile in distress. Those that were close and could help just minded their own business. The whole scene reminded me of the story of "The Good Samaritan". </span></div><div class="heading passage-class-0" style="color: #5c1101; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;"><h3 style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Luke 10:32-34</h3><div class="txt-sm" style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Message (MSG)</div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-10867" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">30-32</sup>Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-10868" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">33-35</sup>"A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I'll pay you on my way back.''</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So you're probably wondering, "What ever happened to the tortoise?" After several minutes of struggling, rocking back and forth, and flailing around his legs, he somehow got up enough momentum to flip himself over. He laid there for a while not moving. We imagined he was just catching his breath. Then a larger and seemingly older tortoise came over to him. I promise you it looked like they were having a conversation. In my mind it went something like this...</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">FLIP</span>: <i>Whew. I thought I would never get back up right.</i> </span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">OLD TORT</span>: <i>I was on my way over to help ya, but you know I'm not as fast as I used to be. </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">FLIP</span>: <i>That's fine Old Tort, but what about these guys who were standing around me the whole time just munching grass? Talk to them man.</i> <i>All I needed was a little nudge. I wasn't asking for much. </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> After a minute, Flip just turned around and walked away from all those who had stood around him and had offered him no help. He headed for the far side of the habitat as if he was trying to really send them a message of his discontentment. </span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago my good friend, Dylan Does, preached a message from the passage in Luke. It really made me stop and think. Take a listen. I hope it challenges you too. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-39828903191533062152011-05-25T17:19:00.000-05:002011-05-25T17:19:16.193-05:00GREEN SPHERES<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We are fortunate enough to have several fruit trees in our yard. The unfortunate part is that Molly isn’t a big fan of citrus or tropical fruits. I love fruits of all kinds but, being from Iowa, I know absolutely nothing about the growing process of the fruits in our yard. All I know about these fruits, I have learned by observation. I found out that a papaya starts out as a bud, turns into a flower, then from the middle of the flower sprouts a small green fruit that grows and grows and one day fully ripens and turns orange. This is a fascinating process to behold, but it takes a long time and papaya flavor is kind of hit or miss. It is either incredibly refreshing or it tastes like feet. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsjRar32oqsg1TNqUaU9gbKEeCjl6eZmiEpVXADNXpm9Nu0XvMBd7kNCP61FcGeyelRp_d2KQbPPyRmJzjIW1m7Nu7zDPJT7XLWL08fLfg-kcLbJljcenJheNZ1t30pSlZExCvlIJhGLw/s1600/DSCN4154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsjRar32oqsg1TNqUaU9gbKEeCjl6eZmiEpVXADNXpm9Nu0XvMBd7kNCP61FcGeyelRp_d2KQbPPyRmJzjIW1m7Nu7zDPJT7XLWL08fLfg-kcLbJljcenJheNZ1t30pSlZExCvlIJhGLw/s320/DSCN4154.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Along with papaya, we also have bananas, a mango tree, and up until this past week I thought we had two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">orange</span> trees. One morning, this past week, I went outside and looked under our two orange trees. I saw that under each tree were a few <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">green</span> spheres. I went over to gather the fruit and bring it inside to clean. You might be asking, “Did he say <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">green</span> spheres”? Yes I did. One learns quickly here that you can’t judge an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">orange</span> by the color of its rind. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">After I cleaned the fruit I started to peel an orange from the first tree. Inside it was some of the sweetest and juiciest <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">orange</span> colored citrus I have ever eaten. I was so excited that I decided to peel an orange from the second tree. As I picked at the rind I realized a few things. The fruit inside was far more yellow colored and the sweet aroma that I smelled from the first fruit was not wafting from this citrus. I thought to myself, “Perhaps I was mistaken. Is this a lime tree?” but had to taste the fruit to be sure. As my teeth bit down, the juice trickled down to the back of my tongue and there it settled on the taste buds that trigger the bitter sensation similar to what you might feel if you accidentally inhale bug spray. Then I knew that we most certainly do not have two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">orange</span> trees. I asked different people what they thought the fruit might be and the most common answer was, “That is one of those good for nothing fruit trees. It doesn’t even make good juice.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">How could this be? The bases of the two trees are only about four feet apart. The trees stand almost the same height. The fruit on the branches looks quite similar with just a small size difference, but what lies beneath the outer layer is completely different from one tree to the next. Then I thought to myself, “I have heard this story before”. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Matthew Chapter 7<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>15</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. <b>16</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? <b>17</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. <b>18</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. <b>19</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. <b>20</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Like I said before, the trees in our yard look the same. It isn’t the appearance of the tree that matters, but the fruit it bears. So what kind of tree are you? Do you bear fruit that is sweet to savor or a bitterness that God wants to spit right back out? Take some time to ponder. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As usual I’m a little bit behind with keeping our blog up to date. There has been so much going on in our lives since getting to Bolivia. The first few days here we “hit the ground running” as our field director, Gordon Elliott, promised we would. Gordon was a great help to us in running us all over the city to different offices for everything from blood tests to finger printing and all the seemingly endless paperwork involved with moving to another country. We had to get everything in process right away and Gordon wanted to help us while he could because he took a visit to the states just a few days after Easter to attend his son’s college graduation and will return May 19 or 20th. You can read all of Gordon’s updates at his blog “Ch’airo for the Soul”. The link is in our “Blogs to Check Out” section in the right hand margin.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aside from paperwork and unpacking/settling into our house, we also joined our fellow missionaries in La Paz for the Bolivian Easter Junta (celebration). You can read accounts on both Gordon’s page and The Guerrero Clan blog (also linked in the right hand margin). One main highlight for Molly this year was that she did NOT get food poisoning. It was a few years ago when she made the trip up to La Paz and unknowingly ate some tainted rice for lunch one day. Luckily this year we had only good food, but both had some trouble adjusting to the altitude change and found that neither one of us slept super great while there. We are back in Santa Cruz now and sleeping much better. Just to give you the perspective, La Paz is roughly about 13,000 ft. while Santa Cruz is only about 1,300 ft. above sea level. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My highlight of the trip came on Easter Sunday morning before any of the services actually started. The Bolivians have an amazing tradition of marching the streets in celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Some even start marching as early as 5 am and march for 4 hours. Some of the missionaries wanted to be involved in at least part of the march and so I joined in. We didn’t march at 5 am, but just got in on about the last ¼ mile. I have to confess that my attitude was totally not in the right place when we started the march, but about two blocks into it God got a hold of my heart. There was a band marching behind us playing “Where He leads me I will follow” and I just started to think of those words. I had been acting like it was some huge sacrifice to get up a little early and walk just a short distance. Then I thought about Christ marching up the hill to His own death and the huge sacrifice that He made for all mankind. I started to get a knot in my throat and by the time we reached the tabernacle I had tears streaming down my face because I was so overtaken with the joy of my salvation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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great tip for dying eggs with grated crayons.<br />
The eggs have to be hot so be careful.<br />
The results were pretty cool.<br />
And a good alternative to dyes<br />
because you can mainly get only<br />
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</span></div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-69403598827356990402011-04-17T22:29:00.000-05:002011-04-17T22:29:22.445-05:00BACK FOR GOOD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This blog was started a little over a year ago as I (Bryan) sat on the couch in Gordon and Niki Elliott's living room in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and started to journal my experiences from my first trip out of the United States. We have certainly come full circle as I am writing this new post from the exact same cushion on the exact same couch in the exact same house in the exact same city. There is one key difference between then and now. I am no longer chronicling a tourist visit, but now posting updates as a career missionary with the plan to live here for a few years rather than just a few weeks. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">TOP 5 Initial Adjustments to living in Bolivia</span></b></i></u></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HEAT</span>. As Gordon told one of the Bolivian pastors when he commented on how much I was sweating, "Iowa es muy frio" (Iowa is very cold). I am also the only red head I have seen here so far. Red head = fair skin. PTL for sunscreen.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This morning we attended Trinity International Church which is the English speaking church that many missionaries attend. We saw some familiar faces of teachers that Molly previously worked with at the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center and that I met briefly last April. The repeated question was, "So are you back for good?" To which we answered, "Yes. For good." This has been the reality sinking into my brain since Friday morning at 5 AM when we arrived at the Santa Cruz airport and gathered our many expertly packed (thanks to a great father in law) army style duffel bags. Santa Cruz es nuestra casa. (Santa Cruz is our home)</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We rejoice in the unique experiences we have had on this deputation. We have not only had the privilege to meet many great people across the Evangelical Denomination, but also to see a lot of interesting and fun places along the way. One of those fun places was Charleston, South Carolina. Molly and I were invited to the South Eastern Conference Pastors and wives retreat. Neither one of us had spent much time in the south and we had a great introduction to that part of our great country. We are seriously thinking about hiring Lynda Eckhardt as our own personal travel agent. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We saw a lot of historical Charleston such as Fort Sumter (where the Civil War began), the historic Provost Dungeon where Pirates were once held captive, and we even were in some buildings that George Washington stayed in. It is amazing to see all the history of America, but it also reminded me just how young our country is. We are a baby of a nation. We're still having growing pains and learning how to walk most days. We gave Molly's dad, Kim, a book for his birthday that has pictures of "the Holy Land" and it shows all of these places where Jesus walked. Can you imagine the amazing feeling of history as well as spiritual significance that is in those places? There is a large gap between history that is 200 years old and 2000 years old. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After leaving Charleston, we went to Georgia for a few days. We stayed in Macon where we saw some more historical places and even had a chance to go to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Our main purpose for being in Georgia was to be a part of the South Eastern Annual Conference meetings hosted at Fellowship Community Church in Lizella, GA. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was such a joy to be able to spend the weekend at Pastors and wives retreat with Russ and Tami Bozeman. They are super great people and we love their accents. We also thoroughly appreciated their hospitality as their church hosted the Annual Conference for a couple of full days of meetings. They always made sure everyone felt welcomed, was well fed, and made comfortable while they were in their church. Russ has had his credentials with the Evangelical church for a little while, but it was so exciting to be a part of the Lizella church joining our denomination. We look for God to do many great things in this partnership in years to come. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God really knew exactly what He was doing in the timing of our deputation. In our original schedule we had planned to return to the field in January and were kind of bummed when the support just wasn't raised at that time. God has since then shown us many reasons for keeping us in the states. One of those reasons was to end up at GracePointe in Fort Valley as our final Sunday morning service. This was important because GracePointe will be sending a work team down to Santa Cruz in July to work on the Tutoring Center Project. We had the unique privilege of meeting many of the team members during Sunday school time and had a great question and answer session. This is going to make the time in July that much better because we will already know some names and faces. We are so looking forward to all God has planned for this new and exciting ministry ahead of us. Along with meeting the team, our Sunday morning was so much more abundantly blessed. Pastor Clint Wood shared the story with us and the congregation of such an amazing gift. I still can't wrap my brain around the amount of sacrifice and surrender from this group. Clint shared that at a recent church board meeting they were discussing finances and ministries and the upcoming work team to Bolivia. As a church they had a large sum of funds set aside in order to plant a church some time down the line. During the board meeting as they discussed the work team the discussion quickly turned to an idea to build ministry in Bolivia first before building a new church in Georgia. Clint asked what part of the money they would want to give toward Bolivia and it was unanimously voted to give it all. "GIVE IT ALL!", Clint shouted, as he shared with the congregation. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">GracePointe church just started a building project and are raising money toward a goal to one day build a new building. They are so blessed to have the need to have 2 services and are running over 200 total in those 2 services. They are simply outgrowing their existing building. Knowing that they are in the middle of their own building fundraiser makes this sacrifice even more incredible.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When Sunday morning of that weekend came, I knew I would be speaking alone at Goshen Evangelical Church. I had grown comfortable sharing together with Molly so I prayed that God would give me the right words and give the congregation the right amount of grace if I wasn't as articulate on my own. God really answered my prayer in ways that I didn't even expect. He made me feel comfortable through the simplest act. There was a man that greeted me at the front door of the church. His name was "Shorty". I don't know if that was his given name, but that is what everyone called him and it fit. He instantly made me feel comfortable and welcomed because he looked exactly like my dad. They could be twins. After meeting him, any nervousness just faded away. The words flowed in the service and afterward as I greeted people and shook hands. After service I had a great lunch with Pastor Mitch Hile and his wife Shawn. It was a blessed morning</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure you are way ahead of me on this spiritual analogy. Think about all you are defined by. Are you comfortable to live spiritually "alone" or will you find a new comfort in living in relationship with Christ? Maybe you have had a relationship with Christ for years, but something feels a bit "off". Perhaps that discomfort is there because you have been trying to revert to your former comforts of when you were defined by being "alone"......take some time to ponder it while you get comfortable in your easy chair and stare at a spot on the wall. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bryan E. Canny</span>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-40740028690435377742011-03-27T02:52:00.000-05:002011-03-27T02:52:11.729-05:00SHOULDERS TO CRY ON<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ligonier Evangelical Church</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ligonier, IN</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rev. Troy Diersing is the son in law of our former Executive Director of Evangelical Church Missions, Duane Erickson. Molly had the chance to meet Troy and his wife Gloria about a year ago when they were serving in Shiloh, Ohio. Troy and Gloria are now serving the Ligonier Evangelical Church and there is another big change from a year ago. They have a beautiful new baby boy. I didn’t get the chance to hold the little guy, but Molly did for just a few brief minutes. Babies are so busy at that age with all the eating, sleeping and well… what happens after they eat. It is quite a tough life isn’t it? Babies are such good reminders for us of God’s love. He looks after our every need and stands at the ready for whenever we let out a cry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Often times God looks after us through the care of His loving people. We have felt so well taken care of during this whole deputation. Everywhere we go we are welcomed with open arms and people go far and above to make sure we are comfortable and all our needs are met. This was no exception in Ligonier. Throughout this past year we have had some hard family issues and it is sometimes hard to know just how much to share with hosts and hostesses. While in Ligonier we were sorting through some medical issues with Bryan’s mother and our hosts, Tim and Joyce Gaff, were great listening ears and shoulders to cry on. We only wish we could have shared a few more days with them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Sunday morning at Ligonier we shared during Sunday school with some of the interactive PowerPoint games that we have done other places. I quickly realized that we were in the presence of other missionaries when one of the young boys talked about the lizards on one of our slides and said they looked similar to the ones near his home in Argentina. We had the pleasure of meeting Elson and Toy Mast, missionaries to Argentina with World Gospel Mission. Please keep them and their 3 boys in prayer as they are back in the states raising support. You never know who you may cross paths with along the way. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ligonier is a great mission minded church. We were encouraged by the testimony of one man who shared about a work team that had gone down to an area that had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Can you believe it has been almost 6 years and they are still picking up the wreckage? The man shared about the spirit of these people who had lost everything and how they were so incredibly grateful for the help. We should all be reminded that as we pray for missionaries all around the world, no matter which organization they are with, we should be praying for the mission field that sits right outside our door. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blessings, <br />
Bryan & Molly</span></div><!--EndFragment-->Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-85285080389595165562011-03-26T10:10:00.000-05:002011-03-26T10:10:17.264-05:00Where are the motorcycles?<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sturgis Evangelical Church</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sturgis, MI</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have to make a confession of ignorance. I had always heard about the huge annual Sturgis motorcycle rally. As we drove toward Michigan I mentioned something to Molly about how it would be interesting to see where that was hosted. She gave a look that said, “oh you poor thing”. She then quickly corrected my misinformation and told me that the motorcycle rally is held in Sturgis, South Dakota. We drove through South Dakota earlier during this deputation, but somehow missed the rally. I wasn’t too broken up about it, because I don’t look the best in a bandana and leather vest. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Getting back to the topic at hand…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We arrived at Rev. Rodger and Joyce Moyer’s house and I let Rodger know that I’d be keeping an eye on him to report back to his brother Bruce in the mission office. He told me he would do the same for me. Of course this was all in good fun and we had a really great time all weekend. Along with having a good time playing some board games and movie watching with the Moyers, we also felt incredibly blessed by the generous hearts of the congregation after we shared on Sunday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Sunday school we shared, for the first time, about an exciting new ministry that God is opening up in Santa Cruz. It has been on many hearts ,for a few years, to reach into the communities around our seven churches in Santa Cruz. One new way to do that is through a tutoring center. This idea has been in the brainstorming stages for a long while, but has recently been taken from brainstorm into reality. We shared, with those in Sunday school, six specific areas of prayer surrounding the tutoring center. We will lay those out with more explanation in a later post. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We left Sturgis feeling so amazingly blessed. We came away with almost 9 shares. God continues to amaze us as He works in the hearts of His people. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blessings, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bryan & Molly</span></div><!--EndFragment-->Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-84573030667071753802011-03-12T22:15:00.000-06:002011-03-12T22:15:01.809-06:00DON'T MAKE LOVE OPTIONAL<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wesley Evangelical Church (WEC)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shiloh, OH</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are always some unique blessings at each church we visit. During the weekend in Shiloh, Ohio, one of those unique blessings was attending the Valentine’s Sweetheart Banquet. We had great food, great fellowship, and great times of laughter. Pastor Bryan Graham and his wife Kara organized a really fun “Newlywed Game” with 4 different couples in the church. We learned a lot about these couples and I think they learned a lot about each other. Along with the fun we had, we also got a really good message from the evening’s speaker. He shared an idea that really stuck with me. He said, “Rather than having your love sustain your marriage, your marriage should sustain your love”. Think about when you ask a couple why they want to get married. Whether the couple is Christians or not I guarantee one of their main answers, if not the only answer, will be, “We love each other”. Now think about the main answer couples give when filing for divorce. “We don’t love each other anymore”. It seems that our society views love as optional and they therefore make their marriages optional as well. Do we see this same problem in the Church. Perhaps we don’t hear people leaving the church saying, “I don’t love God anymore”, but maybe it is phrased in different ways. Maybe they say, “I’m just not getting fed”, or “my needs aren’t being met”, or perhaps, “Things have just changed since I first came. It isn’t the church for me”. I am not an expert in church health and certainly not an expert in marriage, but I want to share just a few of my own insights and opinions. Love does not always come easy to us, because it truly is a choice. At the risk of making marriage sound mechanical, I share this next challenge. Rather than waking up each morning, looking at your spouse, and making a mental checklist of all the things that you love about that person; I challenge you to first think about your marriage vows. You entered into a covenant and spoke words of commitment before a crowd of witnesses and before your beloved. If you reduce that covenant to a checklist of </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">things</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that you are happy with, you discredit God and the great miracle He did in bringing you together with your spouse. This brings us back to that original idea. Let your marriage sustain your love. Each day as you dive into that commitment, God will use your dedication to deepen your love. Part of that deepening with come as you move from loving </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">things about</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> your spouse to loving the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">being of</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> your spouse. This translates directly into our relationship with Christ and the Church. If we fully surrender our lives to Christ, then we quickly move past liking </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">things about</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the Church and rather move to loving the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">being of</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Christ. God really knew what He was doing by making the Biblical illustration of the Church as the bride of Christ. I pray that some of these thoughts have got you thinking. I leave you with this secondary challenge. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don’t let your love sustain your salvation/sanctification/relationship with God. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let your salvation/sanctification/relationship with God sustain your LOVE. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blessings, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bryan E. Canny</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">P.S. Your third challenge is this…Next time you are in Shiloh, Ohio, make sure to stop by the Wesley Evangelical Church and give Pastor Graham a great big bear hug. It will really make his day. </span></div><!--EndFragment-->Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-12696442453334982612011-03-07T03:07:00.001-06:002011-03-07T03:13:17.682-06:00WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR SPATULAS?<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bridgeway Evangelical Church</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kendallville, IN</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think it is official. Molly and I are becoming Boilermakers by osmosis. We have been blessed to stay with two different generations of Wolheters in the Kendallville area. The Purdue fan transformation started at Dennis and Bonita Wolheter’s house when we stayed in James’ old room. The light switches are a bronze/gold and at the top they read, “PURDUE TURNS ME ON” while the bottom reads, “INDIANA TURNS ME OFF”. Our transformation continued later in the week as we stayed with Pastor Jeff and Andrea Wolheter. We were placed in the upstairs “Purdue Room” complete with everything Purdue themed from trashcan and pillows to pennants and posters. I woke up to black and gold surrounding me and even though I had no prior connection with the university, I had some strange sense of pride. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were in Kendallville for Super Bowl Sunday and had a good time just relaxing, watching the game, and of course watching the Pre-game interview with Bill O’Reilly and Obama. As my Chicago Bears barely missed being in the Super Bowl, I found myself rooting for the Steelers. I’m sure I was in the same boat as many others finding they root for teams they’ve never had connection with before. American Idol has been a huge phenomenon for the past decade in big part because the fans hold the collective fate of the contestants. There is something inside each of us that just loves to be a part of something. We spent a full week in Kendallville and got to feel what it would be like to be a part of the Bridgeway EC community. We were invited into several different homes for lunch and dinner and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with each of the families. One of the harsh realities of deputation is having to get back on the road after you have made such great connection with the people of a church. We often find ourselves saying, “We could live here”. We look forward to getting to Santa Cruz and making our ministry connections there, but we are thoroughly enjoying building friendships along the way. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each time we’re in a new home I am reminded of something I heard in a seminar last year. The speaker shared this idea: “The true test of whether or not your church people are connecting is when someone knows where everything goes in someone else’s kitchen.” I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. If you know where things go then it shows that you have invested time in that place. So I leave you with this challenge. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Invite some people over to your house that have no idea where anything goes in your kitchen and nurture that connection until they do. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-55291575988478778932011-03-07T02:44:00.000-06:002011-03-07T02:44:50.431-06:00EXCITING FUNDRAISING NEWS<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">As many of you know, we raise our financial support through shares. Some of you connected through this blog might even be shareholders on our team. Each week we share our story and God's vision at different churches and our team continues to grow. We are constantly amazed at how God provides for our need. In the right hand margin of this blog you can see the progress as shares continue to come in. These shares get us ever closer to our goal of returning to Bolivia. That goal has recently moved much closer to becoming reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Evangelical Church Missions Office recently looked over our budget and decided to do some tweaking in the effort of getting us back to the field sooner rather than extending our deputation to fulfill the full operating budget. The results of these efforts take us from the goal of 273 shares to needing only 245. Of that 245 you can see the continuing progress in the right hand margin. We will continue to keep it up to date and are very excited to share the news that we have been approved to return to Santa Cruz, Bolivia the in April of this year. God is good. We covet your prayers and appreciate your ongoing support as we seek to follow God’s call on our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Blessings, <br />
Bryan & Molly</span><o:p></o:p></div><!--EndFragment-->Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731335457676818548.post-850959524703044282011-02-09T11:15:00.000-06:002011-02-09T11:15:33.274-06:00A WEEK ON THE FARM...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This post is long awaited and LONG overdue.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> In November of 2010, between our visits to Pequot Lakes and Pine River, we spent a week in Wadena, Minnesota and had a blast. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had time to share with a couple of small group gatherings of people from the Wadena Evangelical Church. We played some Farkel (Farkle?) at Jack and Grace Trosen's house. Jack took us on a tour of the town to show us all that was rebuilt since the horrific tornadoes hit the area last year. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A lot of our time was spent with the Ellingson family.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our visit is chronicled in the photo story below. </span><br />
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</div><div>1. Sitting at the dinner table each night and asking which cow we were eatting. "I think that is King George the 4th". He was delicious. </div><div><br />
</div><div>2. Watching a movie with the girls and during a particularly intense part Emily ran over and jumped on Bryan's lap, snuggled in tight, and said, "I come to you during the scary parts." Talk about a heart melting moment...</div><div><br />
</div><div>3. Witnessing first hand what the phrase "running around like a chicken with it's head cut off" really means. </div><div><br />
</div><div>4. Theological discussions with Lee over dessert and a tall glass of Trosen Farms Milk. </div><div><br />
</div><div>5. Impromptu Worship Jam Session that could have only been made better had Ryan been home to add some violin. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The Ellingsons truly are "a family away from home". </div><div><br />
</div><div>We take pride in being Big brother Bryan and Big sister Molly. </div><div><br />
</div>Bryan Eduardo http://www.blogger.com/profile/07821051005503742973noreply@blogger.com0