Since the San are nomadic, they built huts of grass thatched over a framework of branches, planted into the ground and tied with strips of bark of the knob-thorn tree at the apex. The men usually gather the branches and construct the framework, while the woman gather grass and set about thatching the hut in … Continue reading Fun Fact Friday: San Hut’s
TIMO Tuesday #5 and #6
TIMO embodies the missionary spirit of flexibility which adapts to meet the needs of a given situation. Yet, there are twelve core values found among any TIMO team. 5. Living Among Those to Whom We Seek to Minister. A logical outgrowth of commitment to local language, to learning culture, and to lifestyle evangelism is living … Continue reading TIMO Tuesday #5 and #6
Fun Fact Friday: Rain in the Kalahari?
Today, the San are mainly confined in the barren inhospitable environment of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola and adjacent sub-tropical grasslands of South-West Africa. The Kalahari Desert has 102-254 mm (4-10 inches) of rainfall in a year.
Fun Fact Friday: Poison Arrows
San Bushman hunters use lightly constructed bows and arrows in their hunting which inflict insufficient injury to take down large prey, but they apply poison from the larva and pupae of chrysomelid beetles in the genus Diamphidia to their arrows. Once the animal is shot, the hunter follows it until the poison subdues it which … Continue reading Fun Fact Friday: Poison Arrows
Namesake
I have started two different studies this past week one with the ladies small group at our church titled Namesake: When God Rewrites Your Story by Jessica LaGrone and second the last of my online classes World Mission of the Church lectures by Timothy Tennent. They are literally walking beside each other the first couple … Continue reading Namesake
Ha3els in Africa 