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Faithful mission
A century of witness in the Chaco
 Indigenous women find confidence and purpose at a women's conference
(Photo: © Catherine Drayson/CMS)
 
Northern Argentina’s poverty-ridden Chaco region has just celebrated the outcome of 100 years of SAMS and CMS mission.
A century ago the name of Jesus was hardly heard.
Today there is a thriving church and translations of the Bible in languages spoken by the local people.
CMS mission partners Catherine and Nick Drayson are vital to the development of mission-focused church leaders across this barren and inhospitable region and we must keep them there.
Catherine tells of how she and two local women, Mercedes and Carolina, provided teaching and training for women and children at a recent women's conference that Catherine organised.
“Together we braved the dust, and heat and harsh conditions, sleeping on floors, where the bathroom is the great outdoors.
“Mercedes is a highly talented communicator. She set about providing learning environments which perhaps were rather different from those experienced before by the Wichi and Toba women, but which seemed to really cut through even language barriers.
"Using many multi-sensory methods of teaching and communicating the Bible, like making use of wool, drama, movement, simple crafts and naturally found material, she somehow opened up new possibilities of teaching and enjoying the word of God at the same time as teaching its principles.
"We travelled with a team of both Toba and Wichi translators who also have a heart for children and it was with great joy that we saw them leading the skills training and teaching!"
Catherine and Nick and other CMS mission partners are working solidly to encourage local people with a passion for mission to develop their culturally appropriate ways of teaching and training.
On average it costs only about £40 a day to support a CMS mission partner – and today there is this rare opportunity for your gift to be matched by an equal amount from another source. |
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