Thursday, May 22, 2008
Checking Genesis 22:1-19!
Dear Friends,
The latest is that today the five Sam men and I checked our translation of Genesis 22:1-19! We had a great SIL consultant, and it was very interesting to go through the whole process! I felt glad that I could understand some of what the Sam men said to each other in their language while discussing the various questions that the consultant put forth!
Better go, but just wanted to give a brief update.
Take care,
Dave
Better go, but just wanted to give a brief update.
Take care,
Dave
Monday, May 05, 2008
Email update: 5 May 2008
Dear Friends and Family,
We are in the middle of an exciting and also tiring time. We are very glad to see that five Sam men have been interested enough to come to a translation training course in Ukarumpa! These five men come from two villages and are the core of the translation team. This course lasts for five weeks and we are very impressed with the training they are receiving here: from how to translate the Scriptures to typing to how to use a study Bible. They have devotions everyday, and they are surrounded by godly staff and students. Today we start the third week of this five week course. Komo, one of the Sam men, said to us recently that after coming to this course he feels more committed to the Sam translation program! Praise the Lord!
However, this is also a stressful time, as we prepare for building a house in the village. There are many details that haven't been decided yet, and the most important ones have to do with transport - this decision is difficult when we don't know if the road will be repaired by the time we will need to take food, people, and the house into the village! As of yesterday, no work has been done on the Raicoast highway, which is the road we need to take to get the kit house to the little road that goes up to the village (which also has problems, but if we can get it that far we can helicopter it in the last 4 miles or so). At this point we are hoping the main road will be fixed in time (about June 10th, when Dave wants to take the kit house (prefabricated sections) into the village). The little road from the main road to our village is probably not going to be useable for the big truck, so we will have to transport the house in by helicopter. Please pray that all these details will come together and we will have a house in the village for a team from Minnesota to work on! :)
We feel very blessed to be here in PNG, doing this work. Thank you for partnering with us!
God bless,
Dave and Sarah, and Joanna, Samuel, Matthew, and Rebekah
