Like finding real berries at the store when you haven't had any type of berry since you left the states 10 months earlier....
And rainy season starting when you have nothing better to do than truly enjoy the experience!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Small Blessings
As much as we know that our lives are full of blessings, sometimes it's the little things that you don't expect that can bring joy to your day.
Like finding real berries at the store when you haven't had any type of berry since you left the states 10 months earlier....
Like having Snuggles unexpectedly join your family....
And rainy season starting when you have nothing better to do than truly enjoy the experience!
Like finding real berries at the store when you haven't had any type of berry since you left the states 10 months earlier....
And rainy season starting when you have nothing better to do than truly enjoy the experience!
Friday, May 4, 2012
Translation, Training and the Lake
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| Musoma is located in the blue circle, on the coast of Lake Victoria |
One of the
great privileges Craig has had while in Tanzania has been traveling to the SIL cluster
projects throughout Tanzania. Cluster projects are where language specialists
focus on multiple languages for development and translation at the same
time. Last week, Craig traveled to Musoma, which is the site of our Mara
Cluster Project. Mara is located in the Northwest of Tanzania near Lake
Victoria- the largest lake in Africa and second largest lake in the world.
SIL is
working on language development in nine languages in this cluster. All of the
language staff
work together in one building—and work on all these languages at the same time! What is more
amazing is the partnership God raised up through the churches in the Mara region to support the
work of language development and translation of God’s word. If we mentioned Mennonite,
Lutheran, African Inland Church, Methodist, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Free Pentecostal, Calvary
and Moravian Church you might ask how you got all of them in the same room. J (Amazingly,
there are also another 29 partners on top of those mentioned.) Thankfully, the hunger for God’s
word in their own language has brought them all together.
work together in one building—and work on all these languages at the same time! What is more
amazing is the partnership God raised up through the churches in the Mara region to support the
work of language development and translation of God’s word. If we mentioned Mennonite,
Lutheran, African Inland Church, Methodist, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Free Pentecostal, Calvary
and Moravian Church you might ask how you got all of them in the same room. J (Amazingly,
there are also another 29 partners on top of those mentioned.) Thankfully, the hunger for God’s
word in their own language has brought them all together.
Craig was
honored to participate in the National Orientation Program, which is the
training for our
Tanzanian staff. The course lasted over two weeks and covered team building as well as a broad
range of other topics. You can watch highlights of the training by clicking here.
http://vimeo.com/41125375
Tanzanian staff. The course lasted over two weeks and covered team building as well as a broad
range of other topics. You can watch highlights of the training by clicking here.
http://vimeo.com/41125375
Craig was
also able spend some time exploring Lake Victoria and God’s creation. As Craig climbed
the rocks overlooking the lake, he pondered the challenge of reaching over 1900 languages by the
year 2025 with God’s word…but thankfully, we know that the God who created Lake Victoria can do
anything!
the rocks overlooking the lake, he pondered the challenge of reaching over 1900 languages by the
year 2025 with God’s word…but thankfully, we know that the God who created Lake Victoria can do
anything!
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