Kemtuik NT goes mobile

This picture goes way back to July last year when Philip helped the Kemtuik people get their New Testament loaded onto mobile phones.  It can passed on phone to phone via bluetooth. It is difficult to know just how much it is being used but one pastor's daughter said Dad's always got his mobile in the pulpit and he preaches from it! This picture shows John 3.16 in Kemtuik. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.  



Here, some ladies from Mlap, which is related to Kemtuik, adapt the Kemtuik Apostle's Creed into their language.

Back in Papua

Back to Papua meant back to playing in the dirt..

..and worming everyone every few months..


..back to our lovely Indonesian home..

..and back to work. Here is Agus, Nehemia and Penina whom Phil is mentoring, at a Writer's Workshop, learning basic skills needed for translation work.

The Nimboran and Mlap crew.

These men are from the Mee people. They don't have a facilitator for their language, but through the generosity of a couple of friends we were able to help them get to this workshop.

Phil teaching computer skills to Agus.

Community Meetings

Philip and Jacob recently facilitated community meetings in four of the five language groups using a 'Participatory Method', designed to help groups identify needs or goals and come up with their own solutions. This group represented the Mlap language.

The Mlap, Mekwei and Gresi groups mapped out a problem together using a tree. The roots represent the causes, the leaves their solutions and the fruit their desired outcomes.

The Kemtuik group discussed the eight key conditions that need to be met in order for a community to fully benefit from a translation.