Our Outreach Project

While in Panama, my outreach group will be working with an indigenous leader named Tulio (who spoke to us the other day). He stopped by today and talked about his background. Together with his father, they have worked with various tribes within the Embera tribal group to promote tourism as a means to promote their culture. He became a Christian about 3 years ago and is working through what it means to be a Christian within his background and heritage, and he firmly believes that God celebrates his culture (along with all other cultures). Our job will be to visit different tribes next week to learn more about them and take pictures. We will then come back and start to work on various publications such as a website, to promote the value of culture. We are leaving on Sunday, returning briefly on Tuesday night and then we will be gone until the following Tuesday. Your thoughts and prayers would really be appreciated as we trek through the jungle (did I mention how humid it is and how much bugs and other creatures there are out here?!?). Needless to say, my blogging will be non-existent until we are back.