Our time here in Papua New Guinea is
coming to a close. This time around. Our exploratory trip has been an
absolutely wonderful experience, all in all. I've loved getting to
know some of the other missionaries with whom we will be working, and
I've loved meeting others of the missionaries here who will not be on
the field by the time that we get here long term. Already I know that
Elizabeth and I are looking forward to coming back for our first full
term. The people here have been super friendly and helpful, and you
can see the excitement in their eyes as they see scripture being
created in their language.
Last week I was spending most of my
time in the publishing office here in Madang, and my project was to
work with one of the literacy guys who was in from the bush. He had
written four stories in his language that he wanted to turn into
books so that he could use them in his village. I had the opportunity
to go over these four stories with him, and get them typed into the
computer. Then he sketched up illustrations for them and we scanned
them, and after a few more editing checks we had created four books
that can now be used to help teach people to read. In the next room
over Elizabeth was working with men from the same language group
helping them to use the computer to make a first draft of Genesis in
their language. That draft will go through some editing to make it
grammatically correct, and then numerous checks to make sure it is a
good translation, but she helped them to get them started on their
way to having Genesis when before they did not have it. How awesome
is that? And while we are only here for a short time this trip, we
are just getting a small taste of what we will be doing with our
lives here in PNG.
I love my job.
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