THE ASH FAMILY Serving with MAF at LeTourneau University in Longview, TX | May 2020

A Grand Reunion

In January, we highlighted , , Roger Yourderian, , and Ed McCully - the five men martyred in Shell, , 64 years ago. Today we highlight another person present that day, January 8, 1956. He was born into a violent “Stone Age” culture in the Amazon Rain Forrest of eastern Ecuador, South America. , whose name means “Wasp,” died April 28, 2020 at home in the tiny village of Tzapino. Mincaye is survived by his wife Ompodae (Otter), thirteen children, fifty some grandchildren, many, many great grandchildren and tens of thousands of people who saw him as proof of God’s redeeming and transforming power. There has been no greater ambassador of that message than the life of Grandfather Wasp. Mincaye is also the main Mincaye & character in the feature film, “.” Mincaye’s most frequent speaking theme was, “We lived angry, hating and killing, ‘ononque’ (for no reason), until they brought us God’s markings. Now, those of us who walk God’s trail live happily and in peace.” Then he would often ask, “How long did you have God’s Markings before you brought them to us?” “Waa, iñinamai” (well, I don’t know). “Maybe if we had known sooner that ‘Waengongi’ (the Creator) did not see it well that people should live angry, hating and killing for no reason, we could have walked God’s trail sooner.” There are people who question the motives of the five who made contact with the Waodani in 1956. Steve Saint said, “I can only answer that I have known Mincaye since I was a little boy when he took me under his wing and had his sons teach me to blowgun hunt. He was one of my dearest friends in the world. Yes, he killed my father, but he loved me and my family. One of my grandsons is named Mincaye.” Let us never forget Genesis 50:20, “What man meant for evil, God meant for good.” In His Service, Grandfather Mincaye Darrell & Valerie Ash Article and photos used by permission from ITEC. Megan, Michael, Matthew

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