So i met Lori and Elizabeth at their house and we drove up to the theatre. The theatre was not the normal theatre we usually go to...this one is farther north and newer (which means nicer and cleaner!). i had been to this theatre with some friends last Sunday , but we had taken back roads. i didn't really know how to get there by myself. But i thought it would be an adventure...and see how well Ana's memory would be (which is usually not very good!). i couldn't remember the name of one turn so i texted Jason (who knew the way last time) to see what it was. He didn't know the name of the road either! He said it was really hard to explain, but,"You go around a corner and when you look straight, it looks like the road goes straight, but it turns. You'll want to turn onto that road that goes right!" So with these wonderful directions and my poor memory...poor Lori just trusted me and turned when i thought a road looked familiar. Lori said that," she has faith in me!" which is a darn good thing because i wasn't too sure where i was leading her!
Lori and Elizabeth and their family moved here to this area from the Cities awhile ago, and Lori is used to road signs, names, and exits...up here, we use landmarks! She kept laughing when i would announce that i thought we were on the right road since, "that sign looks familiar" or "that house is familiar" or " i remember this corner because of a story that was told!".
But never-the-less we made it to the theatre in good time without getting lost- not even taking a wrong turn!!
We met up with the rest of the crew...Deacon Phil, Nick, Johnny, Jason, and Matthew...and heading to the movie! And the show was great! The End of the Spear...abut Elizabeth Elliot's husband who dies trying to tell a native tribe in Ecuador about Christ.
i copied this from focus on the families...plugged in about the movie...it was the best description about the show i could find...and i had a hard time keeping mine in a nut shell!!
"Deep in the heart of the jungles of Ecuador, along the Amazon River basin, the Waodani Indians are murdering each other to the point of near-extinction. Tribal conflicts (internal and external) have led to a staggering 60 percent mortality rate, and the average Waodani male lives to be just over 30 years old. In response, the Ecuadorian government plans to send in troops to stop the killings and "reclaim" the land, essentially wiping out the Waodani.
It's the early 1950s and Nate Saint, along with four other young American Christian missionaries, sense the urgency of this crisis and set out to befriend the Waodani people. Nate establishes contact with the remote tribe using a revolutionary aeronautical technique that he invents. Flying his small yellow craft in a tight circular pattern, he dangles a bucket on a rope (which centers itself due to centrifugal force), using it to lower gifts. Then, on Jan. 3, 1956, after weeks of what seems to be a progressing relationship (the Waodani have begun to place gifts of their own in the bucket), Nate and his friends, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming and Ed McCully, land the plane on a sandbar and make face-to-face contact with the Waodani.
Five days later, their speared and hacked bodies lay in the Curaray River.
The story doesn't end there, though. Narrated by Nate's son, Steve, End of the Spear dramatically shows how that tragic day forever changes the lives of both the missionary families and the Waodani in a remarkable testimony of God's redemptive power."
There is a lot more to the movie though...you must go see this one!
In the end even though the men died in trying, the women kept trying and they succeeded. The one part about the show i liked the most was the little boy, Steve. He went through so much with loosing his father and having to live with the natives that killed his father. He, at such a young age, was able to look past that and accept them as his friends. And him being friends with the one Waodani man, who he later found out was the man that speared his father, was so incredible. The show conveyed hope, fear, beauty, horror, sadness, and joy. Wonderful film!
So after the movie, we went to Applebees for supper and to discuss the show. We ordered, prayed the Angelus, and then Deacon Phil asked some questions. His questions are always so interesting. They really make you think about the show and why something happened and how they were able to achieve it. Like one of his questions, "what did they 'do'?". After many guesses, we came to the conclusion they 1) learned their language 2) exchanged gifts 3) met on their (the natives) own turf or land. So in trying to reach out to someone and tell them, if you want to be more radical, evangelize to someone, or something more simple, ask someone to come to GS, these are 3 important things we can learn from and use.
Another great night!
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