"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Cameron Townsend and His legacy to Learning Language !

"Cameron Townsend was in so much of a hurry to get to the mission field that he didn't bother to finish college. He went to Guatemala…..

But Townsend was alert enough to notice that the majority of Guatemala's population did not speak Spanish. As he moved from village to village, trying to distribute scriptures written in the Spanish language, he began to realize that Spanish evangelism would never reach all Guatemala's people. He was further convinced of this when an Indian asked him, "If your God is so smart, why can't he speak our language?" He was befriended by a group of older missionaries who had already concluded the indigenous "Indian" populations needed to be reached in their own languages. He was just 23 when he began to move on the basis of this new perspective.

………………, he ended up starting his own mission, Wycliffe Bible Translators, which is dedicated to reaching these new frontiers." (Perspectives 3rd edition: "Four Men, Three Eras, Two Transitions", Ralph D.Winter, pg 260, 1999, William Carey Library)

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