Home sweet plastic home
Their temporary plastic house helps to keep out the mosquitoes and hornets, but Jamie and Char Hunt hope it has a short life span. A pre-fab house they ordered has a promised delivery and assembly date of mid April.
The Hunts are beginning a ministry among the Nivacle people of Paraguay who have welcomed them into the community and are eager to teach them every word in their language. Jamie and Char’s eldest son, Jared, has observed that a person needs a lot of saliva to speak Nivacle.
The Nivacle women spend their days cooking, washing clothes, looking for firewood, gathering food from their gardens and the woods, and visiting.
The men appear to be hard workers and are seldom sitting at home. They work in their gardens and make charcoal. Jamie recently joined a Nivacle friend who was using his horse and cart to bring charcoal from the jungle where it is made. The missionary found it a challenge to get the charcoal dust out of his clothes.
Water is a precious commodity. Since it has to be hauled from two miles away, the Hunts conserve every drop. They are praying that God will provide a sweet-water well nearer to the house. Most underground water is so salty it is unfit for human consumption.
Please pray for the Hunts as they build relationships and learn the Nivacle culture and language.
"A long road of language and culture study stretches out before us and threatens to overwhelm us," they wrote.
The Hunts are beginning a ministry among the Nivacle people of Paraguay who have welcomed them into the community and are eager to teach them every word in their language. Jamie and Char’s eldest son, Jared, has observed that a person needs a lot of saliva to speak Nivacle.
The Nivacle women spend their days cooking, washing clothes, looking for firewood, gathering food from their gardens and the woods, and visiting.
The men appear to be hard workers and are seldom sitting at home. They work in their gardens and make charcoal. Jamie recently joined a Nivacle friend who was using his horse and cart to bring charcoal from the jungle where it is made. The missionary found it a challenge to get the charcoal dust out of his clothes.
Water is a precious commodity. Since it has to be hauled from two miles away, the Hunts conserve every drop. They are praying that God will provide a sweet-water well nearer to the house. Most underground water is so salty it is unfit for human consumption.
Please pray for the Hunts as they build relationships and learn the Nivacle culture and language.
"A long road of language and culture study stretches out before us and threatens to overwhelm us," they wrote.