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- - - - Brought resources (food, clothing, etc.) to Honduras
      - Done in hopes of silencing communist ideals
      - Aimed at ensuring the poor that their suffering will be rewarded in heaven
  - - - Supported Contra troops in order to combat communist uprisings
  - - - "Not many read Marx, most read the Bible"
  - - - Jesus Himself was poor, in solidarity with the poor
    - - Israelites vs. Egyptians
      - Jesus' character embracing the marginalized
- - - - Preached to by Gersteins
  - - - Supported heavily by Baldwin and Schaef
- - - - Those affected found liberation theology to be a true hope of real, lasting change
- - - - Hiner supposes that although a missionary is concerned with soul-saving, one must live out Jesus' teachings, requiring direct action
  - - - Many people, like the Gernstein's, were interested in suppressing communist practice for this particular reason
      - Cold War tensions still present