Can You Hear Me Now?

The Pume are a group of semi-nomadic tribal people who live in the savannas of Venezuela. My parents have worked among them for 30 years doing tribal church planting and Bible translation. These are people who still live in palm huts and hunt with bows and arrows. Every day they wake up and must obtain their food for the day. Their overall object in life is survival. Recently though, one of the Pume men got enough money to purchase a cell phone with pre-paid minutes. It works great.. the only catch is this: He has to hike 50 kilometers out in order to get any reception. And that's walking--not driving. But he's willing to do this to get in touch with missionaries who have now had to leave this tribal area. And you thought your reception was bad.