David & Sherri Pryor Helping Plant Tribal Churches in Mexico Are You A Barbarian?
BARBA’RIAN, n. – A rude, uncivilized person unacquainted with the language, laws & manners of those around them. (1828 Webster’s Dictionary)
I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t want to be classified as a barbarian! Especially when it comes to proclaiming the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ to those around us! But, how do we avoid being a barbarian?
Tags: Barbarians, langauge, Mexico, Spanish study
Be Prepared!
Be prepared! Robert Baden-Powell explained this famous motto of the Scouting Movement he founded as, “You have to be prepared at any moment to face difficulties and even dangers by knowing what to do and how to do it.” This same explanation can be applied to the need for emergency planning & preparedness in mission work.
Tags: be prepared, emergency, Mexico, safety, security
Hospitality, Help & Homework
Quick, name one thing that hospitality, help & homework all have in common! Can’t quite put your finger on it? For our family the answer is easy: it’s the faithful & persevering wife, mother, home-schooler, hostess, teacher & missionary known to us simply as Sherri or Mom.
Tags: help, home-schooler, homework, hospitality, hostess, missionary, mother, teacher, wife
Family Fun With Titeres
So, just what are ‘titeres’? Well, they’re soft, cute, cuddly, have a personality all their own & are definitely entertaining to watch. No, they’re not well-trained family pets. In fact, they’re not even alive at all. Titeres are what Spanish-speakers call puppets.
Giving Thanks Always
"The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long." - Warren Wiersbe
This is a glorious time of year. It is a time when we pause to give thanks for the many blessings we have received from the Lord’s hand during the past year. In fact, we are exhorted in Scripture to be thankful each and every day, not just on the special day we call "Thanksgiving."
Tags: Mexico, Scripture, Thanksgiving
Praise & Prayer – June 2009
June was very busy for us, as reflected in our Praise & Prayer for this month.
Tags: Cameron & Katy Pryor, Justin & Autumn Bartron, Praise Reports, Prayer Requests
Paraguay Proceedings
The passengers filed down the stairs from the just-arrived airliner to the buses waiting on the tarmac. Each wore the government-required surgical mask & gloves. Disembarking at the terminal, each was subjected to an electronic scan to detect Swine Flu. Such was our welcome to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on our way to Paraguay.
Tags: believers, church planting, friends, Paraguay, swine flu, won to the Lord
Praise & Prayer – May 2009
We are wrapping up events of this spring & preparing for a busy summer.
"I’m an Atheist, thank God!"
“I’m an Atheist, thank God!” our neighbor Héctor jokingly declared upon learning we are missionaries. The truth is, Héctor is a nominal adherent of the national church who is afraid to embrace another “religion” for fear of what friends & family will think.
Helpless & Hopeless
If the economic downturn, cartel wars, & rampant street crime were not enough, now the people of Mexico are also suffering from the effects of the Swine Flu epidemic. I recently received a vivid reminder of just how all of these problems converge & add to the helplessness & hopelessness Mexicans feel daily.
Tags: cartels, economic downturn, Mexico, religion, swine flu