End of the Spear
End of the Spear....this is a damn good movie
So after I erroneously showed up at the Jett's house for bible study I made my way to the Ehlert's Thursday night bible studies. I received a warm welcome as always:) Evidently Greg hadn't had any warning about having to lead bible study, so he gathered us around and offered to carpool up to see the movie End of the Spear. We were pretty enthusiastic and went for it.
For those who haven't heard about it, roughly 50 years ago a few missionaries made contact with the Waodoni tribe of south America. The Waodoni were fiercely violent people who valued warfare above even hunting, a rarity for a stone age people. The missionaries distributed gifts to the Waodoni tribe and then made contact on a small sandbar outside the village. Unfortunately, such was the way of the Waodoni that they killed all of the missionaries and destroyed their airplane. Such things can often happen in missionary work and matrydom is all to common. The unique things about this case was that the story didn't end there....the wives and children continued not only to make contact with the Waodoni, but settled amongst them. It was this strong testimony and the refusal of the missionary family to bring harm to the murders of their husband and fathers, that would eventually convert the waodoni.
The trip there was just the start of the adventure, with a heavy discussion involving the South-east side dyamnics and the effect of commercial properties in Fresno. (seriously) and then met up with the rest of the group, where the discussion turned to whether or not the winter queen was ugly or hot. (I stand by my opinion, too thin and waaaay too much hair)
The movie itself was wonderful, with good cinematic and a very strong story. I didn't cry, but I sure felt for the people involved in this tradegy. It's hard not be moved when someone does something so outside the normal human experience under the Lord's Will.
I've been giving thought to Lord's will myself this week, the loss of my Internet connection seems to have prompted it. There are several things in my life I have been looking to straighten out and face directly rather than sideways. I will need wisdom as I do this as I must watch my steps carefully.
On a completely different topic, this time has also given me time to write more. Does anyone know a place to publish philosophical papers?
So after I erroneously showed up at the Jett's house for bible study I made my way to the Ehlert's Thursday night bible studies. I received a warm welcome as always:) Evidently Greg hadn't had any warning about having to lead bible study, so he gathered us around and offered to carpool up to see the movie End of the Spear. We were pretty enthusiastic and went for it.
For those who haven't heard about it, roughly 50 years ago a few missionaries made contact with the Waodoni tribe of south America. The Waodoni were fiercely violent people who valued warfare above even hunting, a rarity for a stone age people. The missionaries distributed gifts to the Waodoni tribe and then made contact on a small sandbar outside the village. Unfortunately, such was the way of the Waodoni that they killed all of the missionaries and destroyed their airplane. Such things can often happen in missionary work and matrydom is all to common. The unique things about this case was that the story didn't end there....the wives and children continued not only to make contact with the Waodoni, but settled amongst them. It was this strong testimony and the refusal of the missionary family to bring harm to the murders of their husband and fathers, that would eventually convert the waodoni.
The trip there was just the start of the adventure, with a heavy discussion involving the South-east side dyamnics and the effect of commercial properties in Fresno. (seriously) and then met up with the rest of the group, where the discussion turned to whether or not the winter queen was ugly or hot. (I stand by my opinion, too thin and waaaay too much hair)
The movie itself was wonderful, with good cinematic and a very strong story. I didn't cry, but I sure felt for the people involved in this tradegy. It's hard not be moved when someone does something so outside the normal human experience under the Lord's Will.
I've been giving thought to Lord's will myself this week, the loss of my Internet connection seems to have prompted it. There are several things in my life I have been looking to straighten out and face directly rather than sideways. I will need wisdom as I do this as I must watch my steps carefully.
On a completely different topic, this time has also given me time to write more. Does anyone know a place to publish philosophical papers?
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