December 2011
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November 2011
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I never get tired of African traditional music. ...
“If your call is bigger than your challenge then you will succeed.”
– Canon Isaac Anguyo during the SIL national conference in Uganda
October 2011
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WatchIf you had to tell 27 Tanzanian colleagues what they need to know in order to work better with expatriates from all over the world, what would you tell them? I just finished two weeks of Employee Orientation in the Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Project and it was a blast. This video highlights some of the activities we did in the team-building sessions. I can’t thank the staff there enough for their...
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to...”
– Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech
September 2011
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“‘Cows are born with ears, but horns grow later.’ We’ve had our...”
– Timothy Bandirana, Literacy Supervisor for the Bwisi Language, Western Uganda
July 2011
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June 2011
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Goodbye Ruth.
Ranette and I are very privileged to serve in the unique ministry of language development and Bible translation. It’s an amazing life and we get to share it with a lot of amazing people. Every day, we are reminded how much we depend on others and that support comes from a very large team of people both here on the field as well as back in Canada and the US. There are 13 churches across...
May 2011
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ChristianWeek | Wycliffe Canada chooses emerging... →
WatchWe never danced like this in church! The Sangu celebrate getting Ruth, Jonah, Mark, Timothy 1&2, Titus, and Philemon in their language… for the first time ever!!!
A trip like no other.
I’ve made the trip from Mbeya to Dar es Salaam too many times to count but last Thursday it was like I did it for the first time ever. This time I did it on my motorcycle! What an incredible experience. The purpose of the trip was even more exciting though… to attend the dedication of Jonah, Ruth, Mark, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon for the Sangu language community.
The Sangu...
March 2011
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WatchWhy meetings are more fun in Tanzania! This little guy was checking out our presentation and thought he was going to get something to eat!
February 2011
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“One of the greatest ironies of history, is that many Protestant Christian...”
– http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/
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“No language group should be considered as reached until they have the Scriptures...”
– Kwame Bediako, 2001
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Canada: Playing the Visa Lottery
Two weeks ago I was devastated when my good friend, Pastor Waynse was denied a temporary visa to visit Canada with me. The purpose of the journey was for Waynse to give some of his partners in British Columbia a first hand account of bringing God’s Word to his language community: the Simbiti people of northern Tanzania. In 2009 I was able to take another friend from southern Tanzania to...
January 2011
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December 2010
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Jamaican Bible on BBC →
BBC reports on reaction to the Jamaican Creole Bible Translation.
WatchChristmas in Dar es Salaam and Paje with “Let It Snow” by Dean Martin. For those of you feeling sorry for us because it just doesn’t feel like Christmas in the tropics, this should remind you that it’s all a matter of perspective.
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GOD-LOVING LINGUISTS | More Intelligent Life →
The Economist’s Laura Spinney writes about SIL International’s role in publishing and editing the Ethnologue, a catalogue of the world’s languages. She writes, “With thousands of languages still undocumented, many of which are in danger of dying before they are written down, it looks as though these emissaries of faith will continue to find plenty of work to keep them...
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ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL... →
Did you know that SIL International is the registration authority for ISO part 639-3 which establishes codes for the representation of names of languages?
“ISO 639-3 is a code that aims to define three-letter identifiers for all known human languages.”
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It's not looking a lot like Christmas!
I can’t tell you how much it does NOT feel like Christmas here. So last week, in a desperate attempt to get into the Christmas spirit, I put on some Perry Como. Now imagine this… the front doors are wide open onto the veranda, outside there’s barely a breeze so the palm trees are standing absolutely still, the celing fan pointlessly whirs away as it only stirs the 32°C air laiden...
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My take on 2010: Stuff It!
Imagine this: you’re given a shopping list, then you’re fired out of a canon through a market, and when you land on the other side, you’re supposed to have picked up everything on the list. That’s how I feel when I look back at 2010 and assess whether or not I accomplished my goals for the year!
I think 2010 just might have been one of the quickest years I’ve experienced in my whole life! Now...
November 2010
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Cross-cultural Training
Cross cultural training. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear that? I’ll dare to suggest that in the context of missions, for many, it conjures up thoughts of westerners sitting in a classroom being taught about foreign cultures in far-off places where they may eventually be heading to do some sort of ministry or relief work. The main idea behind such training is that...
September 2010
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5 More New Testament books dedicated in the Kinga...
On September 18 we traveled as a family from Dar es Salaam to Makete District in southern Tanzania to be a part of the celebrations being held by the Kinga language community. They were celebrating the publication of 5 New Testament books in their language. The books were Mark, Timothy 1&2, Titus, and Philemon. These will compliment Ruth and Jonah to make a total of 7 books of the Bible now...
July 2010
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Jamaica Gleaner News - UWI Notebook - Researchers:... →
More and more research keeps popping up proving that learning to read and write in the mother tongue leads to better language skills all around.
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UTB Celebrates it's 10-Year Anniversary
What a trip! We just finished two days of driving down the East African coast from Watamu, Kenya to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The purpose of our journey was to attend the Uganda-Tanzania Branch annual conference. This year marked a VERY special conference in that we celebrated 10 years of Bible Translation work in 32 different language communities! It was an awesome time with colleagues from all...
June 2010
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Wycliffe Canada Earns "A" in New Charity Grading... →
“Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada has earned an “A” in Canada’s first grading system of the nation’s largest 100 charities. MoneySense, a Canadian magazine with a focus on managing personal finances, gave Wycliffe Canada the high grade in its Summer 2010 issue.”
April 2010
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WatchOne minute video on the challenges of consulting a new translation of Genesis.
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Translation Progress in Mbeya
I just read this in Helen Eaton’s newsletter this morning about the completion of Mark in 3 languages of the Mbeya Cluster Project…
That’s an interesting looking photo on the right there! What is it?
It’s the Malila translation of Mark! Or the “Good News of Jesus Christ, as written by Mark”, as it says on the front cover. As you can imagine, it was a very happy day when the boxes of...
March 2010
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100huntley.com - God Speaks My Language - Part 1 →
Check out this short report done by Bridget Antwi. Thanks @BridgetHuntley for a great job.
If you still haven't heard it... →
Listen to our March 14th presentation at the Maple Ridge Campus of Christian Life Assembly in British Columbia.
New Family Photos →
My very talented 16-year-old-neice took these! You rock emily. http://www.emilyfoster.ca/
January 2010
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Our first winter. My first igloo.
Okay, it’s not our first winter (Ranette and I) but it’s our family’s first winter seeing as Josiah and Isaac were both born in Tanzania. So this weekend when we went to visit my parents up north in Bancroft, I thought it would be a good opportunity for the boys to participate in a typical Canadian childhood pastime - building a snow fort! Unfortunately my built in need to turn...
December 2009
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Wycliffe's Special Christmas Gift for Musoma
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Aired today on CBN News and 700 Club: CBN’s George Thomas presents the first publications of Luke 1&2 in the Mara Cluster. This is excellent coverage of the work that so many of you reading this are a part of. Thanks to everyone involved in putting this together.
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