After ten years of working in rural villages, the ground isn’t as hard as it used to be

In this Pod, I have a co-pilot hosting with me, and together we talked to a woman who has worked with Beduin in rural villages for nearly a decade. We had a fascinating conversation about Arabic music, Christian Arab hymns, why doing ministry in rural settings has meaning, the struggles of Beduin women, being single on the field, and much, much more.

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Timeline 

• 1:00-9:38 How an Ethnomusicology degree led to nearly a decade in missions
• 9:37-12:44 What do you love about Arabic music? 
• 12:45-14:58 What is the concept of music in Islam? 
• 14:59-19:57 What characterizes Arabic Christian music? 
• 19:58-25:38 What’s the value of doing ministry in rural settings? 
• 25:39-30:35 Knowing you work in a hard place, how do you measure success? 
• 30:36-40:10 What’s something that Beduin society really struggles with? 
• 40:11-45:59 Where do you find your identity and value? 
• 46:00-52:02 What is something from the Bible that touches the heart of Beduin women?
• 53:03-60:00 What is your experience with folk Islam? 
• 60:01-64:30 What’s one of your favorite things about Beduin dialects? 
• 64:31-68:18 What is the strength of being an unmarried woman on the field? 
• 68:19-73:13 When you feel like you have nothing left to give, what gets you through?