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WHEN SUPERSTITION MEETS MODERN DENTISTRY

WHEN SUPERSTITION MEETS MODERN DENTISTRY

Dr. Jim Boyd and John Steinbacher treating a Tepehuan man.

November 19, 2008

by David Bell

A dental clinic held in Mexico this month "was a huge help in many ways to the church planting effort," wrote missionary Barry Wingo.

More than 80 Southern Tepehuans were treated by Dr. Jim Boyd and his assistant John Steinbacher.

During the week-long clinic Barry was asked one question he wasn't expecting.

"Do the dentists take our teeth with them back to the other side?"

The Tepehuan people are very fearful of being cursed. If a witchdoctor has anything belonging to another person, even his spit, he can perform a ritual and place a curse on that person.

The people didn't want their teeth to fall into the wrong hands.

Please pray for Barry and his wife, Candy, as they continue to learn the culture and language of the Southern Tepehuan people in order to tell them about the One who can deliver them from their fears.

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