Dear Joanne,
I am going to be a missionary in India some day and your book "And the Word Came with Power" inspired me. It shows that we can make our plans, but we have to say, "God's will be done." By the way, what was the best thing about living with the Balangaos? I would've been really embarrassed if someone had seen me bathing like they saw you.
Love,
Brenna, age 10
Hi, Brenna,
The best thing about living in Balangao was knowing, loving and being accepted by the people. And seeing God work in their hearts and them responding…it was worth it all! I learned many things from them…about family, about how to handle death, about generosity. Balangaos give the visitor the VERY BEST they have.
Well, yes…we were VERY embarrassed about being caught in the river…but our gracious man wasn’t. So far as he was concerned, we were “squatted down” and appropriately covered in such circumstances. (We learned their definition of modest. Such things truly differ across cultural boundaries!
Joanne Shetler
Keep the questions coming, it is great to hear from the readers. It also give us something new to post on the blog. As the translators are busy, we can pray for and encourage them and post questions and answers from readers.
