Bringing the Bible to the Bibleless in Papua New Guinea
God is on the move here in our work with the Aitape West Translation Program (AWTP). Over the past six months, there has been the completion of 4 books of the New Testament and the drafting of Philippians in May. This coming August we will be revising the letter of Philippians and drafting parts of…
WOW…ALL OF THIS WAS A HUGE BLESSING!!
Training is one of the important tasks in the larger task of Bible translation. We have seen the value of understanding Biblical Greek for my particular work of as a Translation advisor and Consultant Trainee, therefore we value that the Translators we work would grow in their understanding of Biblical Greek too. Our hope is…
A look at the Ramu river-valley in the early morning, isn't she absolutely beautiful!!! We typically fly over it on the way to the village. This is the Sepik river the longest river in Papua New Guinea. Check it out on Google maps. Oh and we forgot to mention, IT'S FULL OF CROCODILES. We don't fly…
A few weeks ago, some of our teammates who are in Papua New Guinea did a promotional event in town near our jungle village spreading the word of what SIL/Wycliffe is doing in the area. They were able to distribute Jesus Picture Story DVDs, as well as some of the Luke-Acts volumes that have been…
Many of you know that we are here in Dallas so that Matthew can finish his last bit of linguistics training before we head back to Papua New Guinea next summer. But what exactly does that mean? We are living on the International Linguistics Center, where Matthew is attending classes at the Graduate Institute…
On my last trips out to my translators’ village I took with me a pack of things I would need to make it through my short stay. Since I hiked and canoed to their village, the space and weight of my pack limited what I was able to take with me. Therefore I was only able…
Pumpkin Pie…Turkey…Dressing…Mashed Potatoes…Ham…Green Bean Casserole…These are just some of the things that have been dancing around in my head as I begin to think of Thanksgiving.
Last week on Thursday, our team leader approached me with an opportunity to buy some grubs. I asked him for what reason I would buy them and he told me, "To eat." I figured that I would give it a try, since it is considered a delicacy by many Papua New Guineans in the region that we…
Often times we have people ask us what it is like to live in Papua New Guinea, live in the Jungle, and not have bacon (I made that last one up…;-) ) Questions like these can be rather difficult to answer impromptu, because we it can be hard to sort through all the differences that…
The Woods' Walkabout 