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Box 7
Namanga,
enya, FRICA
msam
Olwair
C l i r i s r t i a i i
IVfissionary
Fellowship
November,
989
Dear Friends
and Family,
GOURDS:
Gourds play an
mportant
o l e in
the daily
i f e
of
the
Maasai. The
Maasai
make torage containers s i m i l a r t o
Tupperware?)by hollowing
out
the
squash-like r u i t
which
grows
on
ines.
Each ourd i s dried,
then
decorated
with
various
i z e s
and
shapes
of o l o r f u l beads.
No
wo gourds are
decorated the same; each
r e f l e c t s
the uniqueness
of t s
owner.
A
aasai
woman
ight
own e v e r a l gourds,
t o r i n g mOk n
d i f f e r e n t fermentation
s t a g e s .
Each time the gourd
i s
used t
must be thoroughly cleaned and ined with charc oal After
each use,the gourd becomes more seasoned and more valua
ble.
In
many
ays, ourds
are
l i k e
our
r i e n d s h i p s .
Our r i e n d s
come
n
v a r i o u s shapes, i z e s , and c o l o r s ; each one s unique.
The
more
time we pend c u l t i v a t i n g a r i e n d s h i p , the more
v a l u a b l e i t
becomes.
Friendships,
i k e gourds,
take time and
effort to
maintain.
We'd i k e t o
i n t r o d u c e
you
o a
o u p l e of
the
r i e n d s
w e ' v e
made
during our language e a r n i n g y e a r .
NG'OTO IPAMPA:
One f our
d e a r e s t
r i e n d s i s
Ng'oto
T i -
pampa
Mother
ofTipampa). She omes to our house almost
every
day
o g r e e t
u s ,
o f t e n
b r i n g i n g
milk
from
her
v i l l a g e
in
a o u r d . Although
she
knows
no
E n g l i s h , she has become one
o f our b e s t r i e n d s
because
of her
p a t i e n c e
and eagerness o
h e l p
us
e a r n
her a n g u a g e .
We augh
t o g e t h e r ,
and s h a r e
newsabout
ur
amilies and homes.
Ng'oto Tipampa s
one of our
more
r a d i t i o n a l
Maasai
f r i e n d s , and she
s constantly amazed
at our customs and
i f e
s t y l e . Her u e s t i o n s
never e a s e c o n c e r n i n g
t h i n g s t h a t a r e
commonpla ce to us. What s this?
What
oes this do? What
are those?
Now
e
now how
wemust
ound
when
we isit
a Maasai
i l l a g e
She
s
always
curious
about
our
freezer
{Goat
meat
s
s t i l l
good
a f t e r s i x m o n t h s ? ] ) , p o p c o r n(A mall handful
of
o r n
grows o
i l l
a whole a n ? \ ) , bacon{You e a t
WARTHOG?\),
and
the
fact that
each of s 26
nd unmarried
and not
even
l o o k i n g , a l t h o u g h s h e ' d be
happy
o
h e l p u s ) .
PAUL: Although
Paul
t i U l i v e s i n
t h e v i l l a g e , he
s much
l e s s t r a d i t i o n a l than N g ' o t o Tipampa. He as
attended
s c h o o l ,
and
s one o f our t r a i n e d l i t e r a c y t e a c h e r s .
He
n j o y s
t e a c h i n g us about the Maasai language
and u s t o m s ,
but e ' s
a l s o e a g e r t o l e a r n more E n g l i s h .
(We've
taught
him
many
v a l u a b l e phrases..
. Fuzzy Wuzzy was
a
bear
)
Paul has
spent
many
ours
h e l p i n g
us
gather
u l t u r a l
and
language
n f o r m a t i o n . He s one o f our b i g g e s t a s s e t s
i n t h e
l i t e r a c y
work.
R e c e n t l y he
o l d
us h a t b e i n g a
e a c h e r is
t h e
f u l f i l l m e n t of one
of
i s l i f e l o n g
dreams.
A s
we
move toward
the
g o a l
of i t e r a c y f o r
the Maasai,
we
are
x c i t e d
t o be a b l e
to
work with Paul.
r ^
T.m 4
A
e l e c t i o n
of
ourds.
v'--~
Susan
cleaninga
ourd.
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YOU: We p p r e c i a t e
the
unique ways you i n d
t o share your
f r i e n d s h i p with
us p r a y e r , e t t e r s , s u p p o r t , p a c k a g e s , and
e n c o u r a g em e n t — t o mention a ew).
Just
like our Maasai
f r
iends, each
of
yo u
becomes m o r e valuable as o u r friend
ships
season.
Soon
w e l l be
moving to
l i v e
at Ewaso Ng'ero, n ear the
t o w n
of
Na rok. T h e p a r t i a l l y complet ed duple x in which we
i l l
l i v e i s part of the Maasai
Training
Center.
Christian
Mi s
sionary Fellowship buUt this C e n t e r
to f a c i l i t a t e
e ve n t ual
disengagement
rom
h e w or k among
he
Maasai as
the
churches an d
leadership grow
in strength.
Currently,
t he
C e n t e r
i s u s e d for fellowship
courses, ntensive
leadership
training
c l a s s e s , and i t e r a c y
wo r k.
Our e s p o n s i b i l i t y
i s
to
complete the half
of
h e du p l ex i n
which we i l l l i v e . The t h e r
half
i l l h o u s e v i s i t i n g mi s
sionaries
while t h e y teach or
supervise
Maasai
courses.
We
w i l l n eed approximately $4,500 t o complete ou r h o m e so we
can
quickly begin t h e i t e r a c y w o r k
we
a v e
b e e n
c a l l e d to
do.
PRAYER:
Thanks o r
praying
for
u s
during
t h i s
past
year of
language and culture learning;
we
t i l l h a v e
a
o t mo r e to
learn, but e e l
we
a v e a good foundation. This n ext year
w i l l
bring
many hanges, a n d
we'r e
glad y o u l l be praying
with us.
Pauland
amuel.
Pray
tha t
o u r p e rm an e n t housing arrangements w i l l be
completed
quickly so we an be s e t t l e d as soon as
possible.
We e e d wisd om and guidance as we valuate
t h e
current i t e r a c y p rogram and et goals for
the
future.
As
we
make h e
t r a n s i t i o n
into teaching, pr ay that o u r
language
a b i l i t i e s w i l l continue to
grow.
Pray that in a l l o u r r i e n d s h i p s ,
Christ would
be
seen in u s .
A riend loves
at
l l times.
(Proverbs
17:17)
Your riends,
Melodie C onley
an d
S u s a n Olive
A i t t l e
encouragement
from home
n
M e l o d i e ' s
birth
day
Ng'oto
Tipampa
andSusan
by some
g r o w i n g
gourds.
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MISSIONARY
FELLOWSHIP
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