Posts Tagged ‘Kuna’
Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
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sisters in Christ
Recently Panama experienced some of the heaviest rains and flooding on record. Many Kuna villages were affected, including the village where we lived and served for many years. The believers report that 41 homes suffered damage and most of the villagers’ gardens were washed away. This was the food for their daily life as well as cash crops for next year. All the coffee plants were washed away, the corn, rice, fruit trees, and avocados. Much of the platano was lost (and this is the main staple of their diet). Many faithful Kuna brothers and sisters are faced with nearly a total loss. (more…)
Tags: changed lives, Kuna, prayer, tribal, village
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Anelio & Silverixia
Thanks so much for your prayers for the Kuna conference in Panama. It was a wonderful time with the pastors and wives from 49 Kuna churches. We had great times in the Word together, plus somehow even in the midst of all the crowds of people, God gave us some of the best times ever talking and praying with individuals and couples.
Many of you have been praying for a Kuna missionary couple, Anelio and Silverixia. In spite of a very discouraging and lonely year of ministry, God has used them to raise up a small group of new believers who are standing against the village pressures to obey Christ. Silverixia arrived at the conference and shared that she was ready to give up, but that Anelio remained so certain that they were exactly where God wants them to be. How we wish you could have seen the transformation as God’s Word and the believers ministered to Anelio and Silverixia! They stood together and whole-heartedly committed to serving God even in the difficult situations He’s allowed them to face.
After the conference, as Anelio & Silverixia were returning to the village where they minister, the river flooded and their boat overturned. Silverixia was able to keep hold of their daughter Nisi, but their 3-year-old son, Noel was swept away and drowned in the river. His little body was found two days later. This tragedy touches all of us so deeply.
The Kuna churches have gathered around Anelio & Silverixia to encourage them. As God brings this young missionary couple to mind, would you pray that God would comfort their hearts and give them His peace?
Tags: changed lives, Kuna, prayer, travel, tribal
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Grandma Joyce with her girls, Molly & Julia
Hello from Panama! We’ve had such a special time with our Kuna friends. Once we get back home we’ll tell you all about it. But we wanted to let you know that yes, Baby Julia was born the night before we left for Panama (November 3rd). So we were able to meet our new granddaugher and hold her a few minutes. Mari and David are doing well, adjusting to life with two little ones. Molly enjoys being the big sister and a helper for Mom.
We’ll be in touch soon when we get home and have more time!
Tags: Family, Kuna
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Friday, October 9th, 2009
Anelio, Silverixia & family
About two years ago a young Kuna couple were sent out by their church to work as missionaries in an unreached village upriver. This was a complete miracle as God opened doors that were previously completely closed to the Gospel.
In these first years of ministry in the village, Anelio & Silverixia have faced opposition and hardship. At first people didn’t want to hear God’s Book. They ridiculed, humiliated, and opposed Anelio & Silverixia in every way. But eventually the children of the village began showing interest in hearing God’s Book and began listening to the chronological Bible lessons. Little by little adults asked for Bible teaching until there were about 80 adults hearing God’s Word and over a hundred children.
Now there is a small group of new believers in the village who are taking stands in obedience to Christ, refusing to participate in the village drinking ceremonies. This puts them under intense pressure from the village and their families. They have to pay monetary fines. They are accused, questioned and threatened. Most of us cannot even imagine the pressure they live with each day. And yet this little group of believers stands tall for Christ, “counting it ALL joy!”
Would you pray for Anelio and Silverixia as they lead this little, hurting flock? Pray that they will have God’s wisdom, peace and strength. We will be meeting together in November for the annual Kuna leadership conference. Pray that they and other Kunas ministering in difficult locations will be encouraged and prepared for their ministries.
Tags: changed lives, church planting, God's Word, jungle, Kuna, prayer, tribal, village
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
four generations in Christ
Twenty-three years ago a baby girl was born in a Kuna jungle village. That same year God sent the McDaniels family to that little village as missionaries. So little Silverixia grew up with memories of her mother hearing the Gospel message for the first time and then trusting Christ.
Recently Silverixia with her husband Anelio and their two small children were sent as missionaries to an unreached Kuna village. This is the story of their first year in the ministry: (more…)
Tags: church planting, God's Word, jungle, Kuna, village
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
A small Kuna church in the jungle began praying for the villages upriver where the people had yet to hear the Gospel. They repeatedly sought permission from the village leaders to send missionaries to teach God\’s Book, but permission was refused. So the church kept praying. (more…)
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Greetings from Panama! We have already enjoyed several days with our dear missionary co-workers and been able to visit with some Kuna friends. What a joy to see those we have discipled, reaching others who are reaching others for our Lord! It is such a beautiful picture of the chain we all form in the Body of Christ. And we are a link in that chain with you! (more…)
Tags: church planting, God's Word, jungle, Kuna, village
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
It’s time for the annual Kuna leadership conference here in Panama!
Please pray for:
- the safety of all those traveling to the conference, some arriving on muddy jungle trails, others traveling in canoes, busses, and planes.
- for the Lord’s wisdom as we spend time with these precious church leaders and their wives.
- that the studies in Ephesians and other sessions will further equip and encourage these leaders to be wise, godly men and women in their villages. Please pray that we will communicate well in the Kuna language.
Tags: changed lives, church planting, God's Word, Kuna, prayer, travel
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
It’s the annual Kuna leadership conference!
November is the month that we will again see our Kuna friends in Panama. This year’s conference will be held on one of the islands. That means sleeping in hammocks, drinking “madun” (a warm, cooking banana beverage), and enjoying close fellowship with the leadership of the Kuna churches and their wives! (more…)
Tags: church planting, God's Word, Kuna, training, village
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Posted by Jerry and Joyce McDaniels on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
A recent phone call from Panama gave us an update on the new Kuna believers as they make sacrifices to obey God’s Word. They still face great opposition as they take stands for their faith, but God is encouraging their hearts in His Word and giving them wisdom as they deal with the community. If anything, their faith and witness is growing! (more…)
Tags: changed lives, church planting, Kuna, prayer, village
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Jerry & Joyce McDaniels opening God's Word through literacy 