This past week we have had a couple of our teachers in Pohnpei. Ken Dixon and Peter Knapp are part of the new partnership between PIU and the “Isles of the Sea” Wycliffe group that is working on translating the Bible into the languages of several of the Pacific languages that have never had the Bible in their “mother tongues.” In addition to working with people that are translating the Bible from some the little islands surrounding Pohnpei, Ken Dixon offered the PIU entrance exam on the main island of Pohnpei. We had 20 students take the exam (most passed it) and now many of them are working on getting their PIU applications done in time for the Fall semester. On the map of Eastern Micronesia on the right you can see Pingelap all the way to the right within the islands of Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Ken also gave me a copy of the Pohnpei Church of Christ’s monthly Bible readings brochure, translated, by the Isles of the Sea group, into Pingelapese for the first time. The cover on the left reads, “The Word of God, in the Pingelapese Language, July 2012. The picture on the right shows the readings for July 4th (Luke 10.25-37) and July 5th (Nehemiah 8.13-18). We are hoping to be able to train some of the local translation workers here at PIU as they continue work to translate the whole Bible.
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Well, if that doesn't make our hearts rejoice - with the islands!
This is AWESOME news! We hope to be sharing at GCBC some time soon and will make sure we keep things like this in mind - though we heard you'll be here in August. Praying for you guys and PIU continually! Melody and Tim
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