Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

So I’ve got a few updates to give, but we’ll start with the biggest: Won’t you be my neighbor?  Yes.  We now have a locale, where we will be starting mini-services this Sunday.  It is in Salcedo, even though we weren’t looking for a place there. 

One day we were about to play some soccer with some kids, when I happened to ask them if they rented rooms nearby.  One of the kids said yes, and guided us the way to see it.  We actually “raced” there, and these kids were hard to not lose to.  Anyways, it was perfect.  It’s in a secure neighborhood, with night watch and a community “board.”  It’s on Avenida Gardenias, and it’s directly on the street.  You don’t have to go through other rooms of the house to get to it.  It has a clean bathroom.  So this place is 100% perfect, even though it’s a little small.  It’s a step though.

We had to buy benches and a desk in order to start the services.  From here on out, we’ll be augmenting the tithes and offerings as much as possible in order to better this place.  Hey, if they want a better sign, chairs, or a coffee maker we’re going to have to raise some money to but that.

As far as the services, we’re keeping it simple.  We’re taking these people as babies.  We’re going to teach them a song one week and sing it.  Then we’ll sing it the next week and teach them a new one that week.  After we sing, we’re going to have a short reflection on the Bible, based on the lessons that we’re supposed to give to further these people in their walk with God.

By the power of modern transportation (motorcycle), we were able to visit 20 different people in one day in order to invite them.  Until I started writing the invitations, I had no idea that we knew so many people.  We didn’t just hand out invitations, these are people that we converse with on a regular basis about the Bible.  It was really encouraging to fitting it all in one day to invite them.

We’re going to have services at 5:00PM on Sundays and kids Sunday school at 10:00AM on Sundays as well.  I invite you personally to pray for these services, but especially for the 5 o’clock service.  Pray for guidance on my part, for enthusiasm as well, for soft hearts, and for wisdom on my partner’s behalf.

On another note, I had guinea pig for the first time.  I had to eat it like a barbarian, because that’s what the people I were sitting with were doing.  You can see in the picture to the left the guinea pig paw.  I picked it up to eat it by the paw.  It tasted like greasy chicken, what little there was.

 

Speaking of guinea pig, it was my partner’s birthday and he is in love with eating “cuy” as they call it here.  Happy Birthday Geremías!  He tore into this sucker and destroyed it.

To end this random blog post, it is my year anniversary coming up here in a couple days.  The 24th of May to be exact.  What are you going to buy me?

Numbers 3

My partner, Geremías, and I decided to take today as a “spiritual reflection” day.  Our work has grown immensely over the last 2 weeks, and God has really harvested.  But one of the requirements of this job is to have an “intimate relationship with God.”  One of our professors, Jim Lynch, told us not to let our ministry interfere with our relationship with Him.  That’s exactly what we’ve done, and we decided to devote today to renewing our hearts and minds for the One who deserves it most.

I had a profound study in Numbers today, and I decided I should write it down to share, but also to elaborate my own thoughts by writing it out.  So here you go, off the normal rhythm of my blogs, but in my mind necessary.

I encourage you to read Numbers 3 before reading this. (Actually this blog is worth nothing if you don’t put your face in the Bible)  I will be using the NIV.

Numbers 3 tells about the duties of the Levite clans, being the only non-military clan.  All the other tribes and clans of Israel were devoted to military power, but the Levites had been set apart (actually by killing their “brothers, friends, and neighbors”) all the way back in Exodus to do this duty.  They even have a whole book in the Bible dedicated to how they’re supposed to be priests.  In other words, these guys are a big deal.

So God had just demanded a census of the people, and arranged those people.  All of that was military strategy.  These people are getting ready to take off to the promise land, out of the Desert of Sinai, where they had received the Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses.

Before they take off, they’re going to need a formation and responsibilities as well.  Verses 21-26 give duties to the Gershonites.  They are, in summary, to handle the curtains, coverings, and cords of the Tabernacle and were to camp to the west of it.  Verses 27-32 give duties to the Kohathites.  They were privileged with handling the “most holy items” of the tabernacle such as the arc, the table, the altars etc… They’ll be putting their stakes in the ground to the south. Verses 33-37 give duties to the Merarites.  They were to handle the structural stuff like the frame, crossbars, and posts and were to camp to the north of the tabernacle.

“Levi” means “unity,” and no son served under another family.  Verses 21-37, which I have just summarized for you, are the Old Testament reflection of 1st Corinthians 12.  Look at verses 4-6 in Corinthians and look at verses 12-26.  God had called the Levites to be serving Him, but they all had different ways, talents, gifts, and duties.  But it all honored God.  That is the key to being a part of the body of believers.  It is only healthy if it is an unselfish talent or gift glorifying God.  The OT says it in a different way, but you can obviously see that God has a plan to get things done as one.

If we look at verses 10 and 38 we see a common phrase: “anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be put to death.”  The mediation of the OT could not bring the individual sinner into close communion with God.  If a person tried to approach God in the sanctuary, the pain of death was their penalty.  That’s the world in which they were living.  But in the dispensation in which we live today, we have not only access to God through the Great Mediator but also boldness to enter into His very presence.  This is according to Hebrews 4:16 which says, “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”  A beautiful verse, and comparing these two thoughts, makes me realize how blessed I am to be able to boldly approach God, have communion with Him, and He with me.

Finally, a third theme I found comes from verse 15: “Count the Levites by their families and clans.  Count every male a month old or more.”  The Levites were predestined, were chosen to be hallowed to God, a servant.  They were counted to compensate for the firstborns of the rest of the tribes.  Taking into account that they were to serve God when they were 30 but they were actually a prospect since they were born. Paul says it twice, in Romans 8:29 and in Ephesians 1:4 how we are predestined to do the Good Work.

Isn’t it great that God had predestined us before we were born to do our part, our own unique part, so that others and ourselves can have a communion of boldness with Him!

God bless!

P.S.  This is something I designed using one of the pictures I took in one of my districts.  If you like it, click it and download it or set it as your background.  I would be honored.

Twitter: Good Friday

These would be my tweets throughout the day if I had the power to tweet.  I carried a pad of paper and wrote what I normally would in a cell phone.  All the pictures correspond with their tweets.

This is the account by Twitter of my 17 hour day, the Friday before Easter:

4:03AM – Just finished off the Nescafe Original, since we’ll be unable fast.

We got invited to breakfast, so there was no sense in fasting.  Chad had bought a special gift for us…high grade instant coffee.  So I decided to finish it.

4:29AM – Normal traffic. Normal day. Just the sun hasn’t risen.

People everywhere, cars everywhere.  So that was normal, but it was 4 in the morning and usually the city is deserted.

4:46AM – Rinconada=eerie…

4:48AM – Honked the horn, no signs of life #uhoh

We get there and it looked like the house was dead.  This was a bad bad feeling.  I was about to be out in the middle of nowhere at 5AM and not be able to climb the hill to pray, because I couldn’t leave my motorcycle out.

5:26AM – Still waiting #lahoraperuana

We started to see a couple faces that we knew and that was great…but we woke them up haha, even though they told us to be there at 5.  Turns out the mom had to go out of town for a funeral and didn’t wake up the rest.  They always have excuses, this one seemed reasonable.

5:36AM – This kid is owning me.

An 8 or 10 year old kid was just dominating me up the mini mountain.

5:49AM – The wall #dangerous

I had to help these two kids up this 20 foot wall at about an 89 degree angle.  It was crazy, even though they told me it was “the best way.”

5:52AM – We have summited #chachani

Got to the top and everybody had candles and were building these rock structures to put their candles in.  No one was praying or reading the Bible.  I started to pray and had a great time and a great peace.  I started to read my Bible.  Geremías whipped his out too.  I read the story of what happened on Good Friday in John.

7:19AM – Edith is reading John 19 and 20 to me.

I asked Edith, one of our new Christians, if she wanted to read to me. She said yes.  I tried to stop her when she was too far in the story.  She said, “That’s great” and kept reading.  It was cool to see a hunger for the Bible.

7:44AM – We have started the descent.

8:25AM – The matriarch says “Let’s pray and read the Bible.” Ok.

Sticking with the theme, Geremías read in John.

8:48AM – It’s not even 9 and a couple people accepted Christ.

My partner explained what all Jesus did for us and then what we need to do as well.  He asked them if they wanted to invite Christ and to make it really short, now the rest of this family has come to Christ!

9:04AM – My partner is still talking.  The preacher lives!

9:14AM – Golf clap for the ol’ partner.

He was playing guitar and singing.  I was laying in the grass.

10:31AM – Food from Cuzco in Vicki’s house. Tamales. Bread. Tea. #breakfast #notenoughfood

Quick run to Salcedo for breakfast.

10:35AM – Jehovah’s Witnesses  just dropped by… #awkward

Vicki says, “Their religion is not correct, like ours.”  Good, very good Vicki.

11:31AM – At home for a bit.

To get the equipment ready for the movie tonight.  And to grab some papers.

1:02PM – Drunk guy just tried to kiss my hand, then proceeded to spit in my mouth #pleasant #sarcasm

In Jayllihuaya now.  This is the same drunk guy that when he sees me it’s the same 4 questions: Is WWE real or fake? What’s the difference between religion and science? Why are their blacks and whites? Where is God? I’ve answered them all.  10 times.

1:47PM – Dang it, I just finished my Pepsi.

Then this lady offers us potatoes straight out the ground and boiled.  She tells me not to peel it, more nutrients that way.  Great, bad after taste and no Pepsi.

2:08PM – Playing musical chairs up hurr in Jayllihuaya.

My partner decides to buy a big glass of Coke to share. And when I say share, I mean they use one plastic cup.  For everybody.  So I was hopping around, trying to avoid being next to receive the cup.

2:44PM – Telling people about our movie tonight.

2:51PM – Geremías is talking to the Catholic priest to borrow electricity #trojanhorse

3:21PM – I’m an uncle.

While talking with Betty, I greeted an old man by saying “Mr. Chino” and she said “Uncle Chino.”  I told her I didn’t know that he was her uncle.  She said that they’re a big family in Jayllihuaya.  Then she said, “Don’t you notice that all the kids call you uncle?”  I’m part of the family.

3:56PM – Guaranteed the electricity. Equipment will be here within the hour #hope

Not from the Catholic church, rather from a store on the other side of the plaza.

3:57PM – Peed in a bush #notuncommon

5:31PM – There’s a sheep in the soccer field #normal

5:55PM – Movie is all ready to go.

Oh, we start on time.  None of this Peruvian hour stuff.

6:00PM – Started! Time to sleep.

6:41PM – People showin up erywhere.

At one point, about 40.  Which is like the whole town.

7:03PM – Finally sat down, having good convo with the Rimarachin sisters.

Who are the daughters of the Nazarene president of Peru.  Really nice girls, and we let them do the invitation over the microphone.

7:31PM – Can’t feel my toes.

It’s cold.

8:11PM – Couple strong contacts and a convert! #winning

8:16PM – Stupid dog just peed on our equipment #welcometoperu

9:17PM – Enjoyed first real meal of the day. Quick internet break and bedtime. #missionsuccessful #sleeplikeababy

What I’m Seeing (part 2)

The last blog was more of the negative, controversial part of what I have been seeing here during my short time here.  I feel like I have brought some interesting points to light, so if you haven’t checked that out, scroll down a bit and read.

This is about some good stuff that I’ve been able to see and it all stems off from one main thing: the power of the Gospel.

When we first started out we used English classes as a way in with people, but I got convicted about that.  I felt we were doubting the power of the Gospel by working around it to get an “in” with people.  When in reality we don’t need any “ins” because our only “in” that we will ever need are the Good News.  Who doesn’t want to hear the most life changing news ever?  Who doesn’t want to hear that there is a God who has plans, grandes planes, for you and your life and He loves you?  After that, who would be interested in English?  I don’t want to doubt God’s power with my actions and where I dedicate my time.

So far in our districts there have been a handful of converts, and what I’m seeing is two different levels of people.  People who want to advance, and people who want to stay where they’re at as far as their walk.  Our job as the pastor has told us is to “perfect people.  Perfecting things, perfecting objects is easy.  But perfecting people is much harder.”

Agreed.

I’m seeing people that need to be perfected, and my job is to get them from that one level, to a level recognizing that they need to advance.  And that is the hardest part of this job.  But with the hardest thing, when success comes, it is most rewarding. 

And I am definitely seeing people advancing and growing.  And it is causing me to advance and grow even more.  There are people who don’t even know what sin is, and after one lesson with them they realize what it is.  If they don’t decide to change then, or make a 180 degree turn like my partner says, then God will work and we have planted the seed.

Sometimes I think of the basics, like sin.  And realize that sin or salvation or repentance is news for people.  It’s almost like instinct to some of us, is like common knowledge we’re born with.  And it’s beautiful to see them when they are getting it.

For example, today I asked a kid, Joel, my age to read me a verse,  “Therefore to him who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.” (James 4: 17).  He looked for James a bit, but then resorted to going to the Table of Contents to find the page number, which is completely fine (I still have to do that sometimes, shh.)  He read it to me, and instead of preaching to people I like to make them think.  I asked him, “What does that mean for you?”

He couldn’t tell me, even after thinking for a bit.  He didn’t get it.  So I explained to him, and he just puts on a face “I get it. It all is adding up.”

Now is that me? Nooo.  That is God speaking to his heart.  It’s a beautiful process and for those who have experienced that, I get that opportunity on a daily basis.

So what am I trying to say?  What am I seeing?

I’m seeing faces change because their hearts are changing.  And there doesn’t exist anything more beautiful in the world.

Be blessed with this song.

What I’m Seeing…(part 1)

After much time here, I’ve seen a lot here in the city of Puno.  The more and more I see here, the more and more I am changed.  But also, the more and more I am here, I start to question “the mission” versus “the Mission,” if that makes any sense.

In Utopia, those two words would be the same.  But, we’re not in Utopia, so let’s first start by defining the Mission: In chapter 16 of Mark (among other books) we find the Great Commission.  That’s the Mission. “And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation.”  He did not say either, “make them believe.”  Because in the next verse it says, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.”  It’s their choice to believe, God has the power and prevenient grace to work in their hearts (see the last blog for my point of view on that.)

To put that into laymen's terms, I believe we’ve watered it down a bit, to suit ourselves.  The mission while I’m here is: 3 churches with 12 members each in full participation.  Barrrrfff.

I would love to just end this blog right here.  But I should probably explain the barrrrfff part.

Being in the Nazarene church for 20 years, I’ve seen one consistency: numbers.  That’s all I’ve seen that the administration of the Nazarene church cares about.  Whether that’s true or not, I’m not here to judge, but it’s what I’ve seen.  Numbers, numbas, numbas, gimme some attendance!!  That’s what I’ve seen constantly, consistently.  A big church is a healthy church, right?  A big church is a successful church, eh? 

Wrong.

But now…to be a part of it, to be affected by it, to be ruled by it…causes me to become a little weary.  Jesus never said, “Go and make me some huge churches, because those are obviously better.”  “Go and make a large congregation, preaching in my name!” No, no, no he did not say that, and for a reason.  But the Nazarene church does (and I could go on forever about how.)  So why the contradiction?  I believe that people are either right or wrong, so who’s wrong?

Let me say something, a subject so strongly stressed here: I am a failure if I don’t plant 3 churches of 12 members each in the next 16 months.  I will be looked upon with great adoration if I succeed those goals.  But for those who don’t: “Ohh so sad, their must be some sin in their lives, they have failed.”  Forget that!!!

And that’s what I will be doing.  I’m forgetting that! I have a complete peace about it.  I will be forgetting the numbers.  My mission is the Mission.  Nothing watered down, but straight from the Bible.  I promise to you, all my readers, that I will be working harder than the rest to go and spread the Gospel.  But I will not conform to the corrupted goals of humans under any circumstances.  If I see 3 people grow in the Word, so be God’s will.  I have won, not failed.  If I see 300 people grow in a relationship with Him, so be God’s will.  I have won, not failed.  This is not a cop out, but rather a pledge to complete my original mission in coming down here. 

I am not here to push the culture of Northern Peru upon the people here (which is another story in itself), I am not here to give lectures of what position the church has in their doctrine.  Rather, to spread the Good News and to have God use me to save people from eternal damnation.  I am here to love people into His Kingdom.

That’s what I’m seeing, the negative, within everything I’ve been “taught” so far.  I’m planning another blog very soon to share with you guys the positive change I’m seeing in the people with whom I’ve been able to share the Good News.

Until then, do this.

The Progress, so far

You’ve seen what it looks like on a day to day basis, but you don’t really know what I’ve been reaping overall.  The big picture if you will.

My partner and I have had our ups and our downs.  There have been times in which I would’ve liked to punch him in the mouth.  There have been times where he would have liked to see me trip and fall in the mud and laugh at me.  But also there have been times where we knew we were supposed to be working together, a Divine kind of thing.

Since coming to Puno, I’ve been depressed at times, missing my family, my friends, my fun, my house, my room, my car, my life in my country.  Something that never happened to me in Arequipa.  A looming depression at times; no time for fun just time for work and pressure.  But if we analyze the first sentence of this paragraph, we may be able to spot a word that appears more than a couple times: “my.”  Well, I have come to realize that’s where the problem starts, and also where it ends.  It’s hard not to think of back home, it’s hard to be focused on the here, now.  But I gave that to God when I came here 9 months ago.  There’s no reason to try and take it back now.  Sigue adelante.

So I’d like to give an update by each district and what’s going on…So we’ll start with Jayllihuaya.  We’ve got a bunch of contacts there.  We eat lunch with the same people every time that we’re there.  We’ve made good friends with them, and we actually set up a visit at their house to make some Mexican tacos.  We also know a professor who lives there.  We’re coordinating with him and the mayor in order to set up a conference to teach about being clean as a community.  We’ll be able to make a bunch of contacts through that.

In Salcedo, we’re really progressing.  We’ve got a bunch of contacts there, and they’re all forming around the same area.  Some people have called the police in that area, because we look suspicious. But we’re continuing on in that area. 

We also had a lady accept Christ in Salcedo.  We were in the middle of a field just talking with her.  We asked her if we could pray for her and she excitedly said yes.  We asked her if she was ready to invite Jesus into her life.  She said yes to that.  She’s 85 and we’ve visited her twice since.  Each time she’s been so happy to see us and she gives us hugs (something unheard of here.)  We do nothing with her except converse, pray, and read the Bible to her (since she can’t read.)

Also, yesterday we went and talked to the mayor of Salcedo and he’s all on board with what we’re doing and he wants to help us help the community.  He plans on having 5000 trees getting shipped in soon and wants someone to organize and help.  That’ll be a great way to get to know people.

In Rinconada de Salcedo, we have English classes/Bible study at 4:00PM on Saturdays.  We’re going to use this to our benefit as much as possible.  We have a nice huge place to do it, so we’re going to start inviting people to join on in with us with this family.  They actually asked us if they could invite people and my partner and I looked at each other, then looked at them, the we said “yes!”

In each district we’re planning on doing and impact in the month of March.  We’re planning on showing a movie in each place, along with conferences in Jayllihuaya and Salcedo (Rinconada de Salcedo is too small, and technically a part of Salcedo.)  The pastor here has told us that the Passion of the Christ works well here, because the people are so desensitized.  But the Jesus film also works too.  I went to a showing of the Jesus film here and the response was really great.  In my personal opinion, I think it’s all about the follow up, and showing people you really care.

Pray for accepting hearts of the people. Pray for my heart, and the heart of my partner.  It’s really hard to be down here, and I’d love to go back to college.  Pray for unity between Geremías and I. It’s so easy to want to punch the whole world, including my partner, in the mouth, but that’s just another attack.

Thanks so much for your prayers, and listen to this.

A Day in the Life

Un día en la vida.  A dizzle in the lifizzle.

As many know, and many who don’t, I’ve started full time missionary work here in the city of Puno.  My life is a bit different now, and my schedule goes filled day to day sans schooling. 

To put some perspective on what it is actually like, I would like to share a day in the life now.  It’s how we do, it’s what we do.

So, first things first: wake up at 5:21AM.  Everyday.

At 5:30 we have prayer all together in the church, which is like 2 blocks away.  Sometimes it’s raining, sometimes it’s not, but almost always it’s really cold.

Prayer usually lasts 30-40 minutes.  From there, I go back to the house and do my own personal Bible study and devotionals for an hour, along with two cups of instant coffee (blahhhh.)

By that time, it’s about 7:00 to 7:10 and then I sit down with my Peruvian partner and have our own prayer time.  Depends on the day, but that can last anywhere from 10-30 minutes.

After that, ¡A COMER! as my partner always says, or LET’S EAT!  We then make our breakfast.  For me, breakfast usually consists of 2 pieces of bread, 2 eggs, and a fruit.  Sometimes I eat a sad replacement for what they call “oatmeal” more or less here.  My partner on the other hand, will eat whatever for breakfast.  It doesn’t matter.

After the normal time it takes to make and break breakfast, we have til 8:30 to be ready for team announcements and prayer.  In that time, I do what anyone would expect: grab a shower, make my bed, get some real clothes on, do my ol’ internet rounds, etc.

8:30 rolls around and we have team announcements (i.e. what we’re doing that day, any prayer requests, any announcements.)  We break the huddle after some prayer at about 9:00.

From there, we have an hour to get out of the house.  For my partner the “hour of leaving” is at 10:00AM.  If he isn’t ready by 10:00, he buys my lunch.  If I’m not ready by 10:00, I buy his lunch (If any of you know the Latin American culture, you know this works much more in my favor.  It’s not that I want him to buy me lunch, it’s that I want him to be ready by 10:00.)

So we’re off to one of our three districts.  And we get there, and we usually have no idea what to do.  But things always happen when we ask for them to happen.  From 10:00AM to 1:00PM we try to meet people, and we have two different approaches: Make friends, or use the power of the Gospel.  Some people we feel we should just gain their friendship, and some people need to hear the Word.  It’s not our decision, we’re just following God’s guidance.

Here’s where I’d like to sidetrack from the schedule and explain a bit.  Every meeting with anyone we ever have is for a reason.  They have crossed our paths and we have done nothing yet to help them.  But God has, and He has them ready.  We need not persuade them into salvation, or coax them, or sugar coat it.  It is what it is, and God with prevenient grace has been working in them.  He has been working and readying them.  We just show up at the right time and the right place with the right words (not our words.)  Boom it’s done.  It’s that easy.  It’s actually not easy at all, don’t get ahead.  We have a rule: if after 2 or 3 times, and they’re not interested, we’ve done our work.  The seed: planted.  They have our phone number if they need anything.  We continue to pray for them.

So after 3 hours of doing whatever in our districts (serving in some way) we take an hour for lunch.  Now lunch, also, is in our districts and we don’t stop showing the love of Christ.  We use that time to make friends and share the Good News if we’re led.  We have 3 contacts from just lunch so far.  It’s a good way to be effective while taking a break.

From 2 to dinner, which is at 6:00, we are usually out, but some things bring us home.  That won’t happen for very much longer, as soon as we get 100% on track and on schedule.

4 days of the week, we have dinner in the house.  Amanda makes some rad meals 3 times a week and one of us 4 pairs cooks once in the week.  So I’ll cook once every month, no biggie.  On Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday nights we have church services.  This is for right now, but once I get my own discipleship classes going, our role in the mother church decreases.

After church, I usually have an hour until about 9:30, then I’m in bed.  Goodbye world; until the next morning.

This day occurs 6 days of the week, Mondays are my off days.  After team announcements I do whatever I want.

Cool, so there’s a day.  My day actually.  But let’s look at our future plans, our goals to keep me on track until July 2012.  Keep in mind please that these are the minimum goals, we would love to exceed them.  We would love to change them if things are going ahead of pace.

This month, February, our goal is to make 15 contacts in each districts.

In March, we’re looking to disciple 3 of those individually in each district.

In April, after weeks of discipleship, we plan on having a cell group of 3 or more in each district.

May of this year, we would like to focus on getting more in the cell groups and really know who our potential leaders are.  We’ll start focusing on them with much prayer.

In June, a group of short termers are coming for impact and we’re planning on doubling our size of the people saved in the cell groups.

In July, we’re going to plan our first baptism for those who desire, or have been discipled.

In October, the fall of this year, we want to add 6 members through the process of membership in each district.

By February of next year, 2012, we want to have 6 more baptisms in each district.

In May of 2012, we would like those 6 in each district to go through the membership process.

By June, we’d like to have 3 churches of 12 members in full communion fully functioning.

We’re done in July, so during the rest of the time of that month, we get all the deets worked out and have the 3 churches fully handed over to the care of the locals.

Opinions??

Listen up!