Panama News

One of the translation problems we had was in Romans 8:22: “…the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth…”

When Doug and Abundio were drafting this verse some months back, they checked the old translation first, thinking that if it was clear and correct they would use it. However, Abundio could not understand the verse. He had no idea why the woman giving birth was groaning (actually in Embera it was “screaming”). To Doug it was obvious enough. “Well, when a woman gives birth it hurts, so they scream.”
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The boys finished 7th in their division of 15 cayucos, beaten only by the 5 veteran teams and one other team they were neck to neck with the whole time.

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Here are some blasts from the past to set the mood:

Kirsten and her crew preparing for the first part of the race

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