Also in November, Steve & I traveled to Mindoro to attend a board meeting with the Mangyan tribes. As partners in the work to reach the Agta tribes, we try to attend these whenever we can. Normally, we sit off to the side & just speak when they ask us, but this pic was when Steve was sharing the devotional at their request.
After that meeting, a group from our extended team joined us in Mindoro for a consultation with one of the Mangyan tribes - the Iraya tribe. A consultation asks 1000s of questions (or at least it feels like that many!) to help determine both the health of the tribal church & the capacity of the group in other areas - education, medical, livelihood, etc. The first step is for them to map their entire area, including all churches, schools, farmland, clinics, etc.
After we get answers to questions, each evening the team takes time to discuss the answers to determine a quantifiable score as to the health of the church in that tribe.
At the end of the time, the team lists some of the strengths of the tribe that they should try to capitalize on, as well as makes some recommendations of some weaknesses they will want to address.
The time with the Iraya leaders was a good time, and we learned a lot. Hopefully the information will be helpful for the ones who are serving Him in that area.
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