Friday's Fave Five, 2/19/2021

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1. My sister and her friend are safe in Texas.  They were very cold, and not having electricity and heat for almost a week was difficult, but they did have a small generator, so were better off than most people.

2. A three-day weekend.  Having a Monday off from school (this time it was President's Day) makes any weekend seem so vacation-like.  All weekend long it's like "Oh yes, I don't have to go to work on Monday!"   

3. Flowers delivered at school last Friday!!  From Mike.  A treat!

4. A lab that I did at school with a track that I did not know was available.  It was originally built for an activity at a children's home, and was stored in a back storeroom.  It was perfect to do experiments with motion and momentum with my 9th graders.  Sometimes teaching physical science can be difficult because not many experiments can be done, but this was great.

 

5. Pine siskins have arrived at our feeders!!  They are only around every few years, during an invasion, and they've been in our area for several weeks - but just last weekend came to our place.  They are aggressive, and they will eat us out of birdseed house and home, but they are fun to watch.

God in the Rainforest by Kathryn T. Long

 

This is quite a book. Detailed, thoroughly researched, well written and well edited, it took me a couple of weeks to get through it. This is the story of the Waorani (Aucas) from the time of the martyrdom of the five missionaries in 1956, until now. Long writes as an objective observer, presenting all sides of the story. At times it is not pretty. Long almost goes too far in presenting the opposite side of almost every decision, every personality, and every problem that was encountered in this incredibly complex situation. The government, SIL/Wycliffe, the oil companies, the environmentalists, the anthropologists, the Bible translators, the early missionaries and the later ones as well - all have a part to play in this huge story, which is further complicated by the way it became the face of missions for many years. 

I was affected in my thinking about the entire story by the details given in this book. There are many facets to it - many that are not represented in the average book written about it, of which there are scores.