Author Archives: David
Unexpected Encouragement
David shared with me that a man was coming to serve for a little over a month here to conduct an aviation survey. We host many people in our home for meals, so it’s only natural to have him over … Continue reading
40 Day Fast
40 days ago I started a social media and blog writing fast. I was convicted of how negative I was – the blogs I wrote were negative and I couldn’t see the positive. Also, I was growing quite judgmental at … Continue reading
Participant References can be fun
Translators have many tools to aide with doing Bible Translation. One of those tools is called Adapt It. Adapt It is a computer program that helps translate texts between related languages. In the Misaje cluster there are six languages using … Continue reading
Bible Translation challenge continued
If you missed Monday’s post, you might want to start there before attempting this next challenge. Remember – We say that a translation is a good translation after having asked 3 important questions: Does it sound natural? Is it clear? … Continue reading
The road to Bible Translation
We just finished our annual meetings and the week after the meetings we have academic half days to allow the linguists and the translators a time to share with one another what they have either published, changes in technology, challenges … Continue reading
Growth and Work
I recently found an old brochure that was used for raising funds to help complete the training center where I work at. I also thought I would show the number of completed New Testaments that our organization was able to … Continue reading
Missionaries Smell Funny
This weekend I finished reading a book that was just recently released by a missionary serving in Papa New Guinea. I was first introduced to Chad Owens in 2008 when I was doing research on what it would look like … Continue reading
After the dedication
I recently read an article about Joseph Nkwelle, a seminary student at the Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary. Joseph’s mother tongue is Akoose and he is studying to be a Bible translation consultant, when I read that it brought back the … Continue reading
Birthday Bash
The boys like to keep DeAnna on her toes. Jonah’s birthday always falls during branch meetings (that’s our annual meetings where everyone comes together for one week – think church business meeting for 8 hours a day). It’s not possible … Continue reading
Palm Sunday
It’s always been neat to see small palm branches for sale around Palm Sunday. You see people walking up and down the road on Palm Sunday holding a small palm branch. This Palm Sunday, DeAnna wanted to buy a small … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 