{"id":1269,"date":"2016-08-16T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runasimi.com\/?page_id=1269"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:30:01","slug":"bertha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runasimi.com\/index.php\/bertha\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1782936451145{padding-top: 75px !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;background-color: #231F20 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bg_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Our Team&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:60|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1207&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;600&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; col_title=&#8221;Bertha Ccoicca&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Bertha Ccoicca<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Fun Fact&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23FF0419&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Bitter%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1782937798666{border-bottom-width: 5px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Bertha and her family are master silversmiths. She uses this talent to help support her family and ministry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Bertha Ccoicca came to know Christ as a young girl, and has wanted to serve God ever since. She thought that God couldn\u2019t use her because she spoke only Quechua. She says, \u201cMy heart was burning within me to share God\u2019s Word with my Quechua People. How marvelous it is that he chose me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Bertha heard of the Runa Simi Mission in 1983 and began to help out. She was the cook for the Runa Simi Translation team while it translated the Bible into Quechua. Soon after she began teaching Quechua women how to read the Bible in Quechua. \u00a0God increased her burden and her ability to teach the Quechua women. She studied and became a literacy trainer, and later helped develop the Runa Simi Literacy curriculum for the Ayacucho Quechua language.<\/p>\n<p>Bertha now travels throughout the Southern Andes Mountains. 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