Solomon Islands Bible Display
Friday, March 20, 2009
This afternoon at the National Parliament, we dedicated this special Solomon Islands Bible Display. It contains the Pijin Bible that was presented to the Prime Minister on the 30th Anniversary of Independence in July of last year. On the shelf up above are all (except 1) of the Bibles and New Testaments in vernacular languages that have been published since Independence. Standing in front of the display is our friend Patson who helped make the cover the display.
It was really great to see people walk up to the display and look at all the Bibles in the vernacular languages and try and see if there was a Bible in their own language. Clearly those who didn't have a Bible in the display were disappointed.
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posted by Martha @ 5:06 PM
Natqgu Bible Launch
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tim is in the far east of the Solomon Islands in Temotu Province to attend the launch last Sunday of the Natqgu New Testament. This translation has been in process for more than 30 years and is a real accomplishment. 1000 copies of this Bible were printed and about a third of them have already been sold!
We were excited when Tim was able to get on a flight on Saturday to Temotu Province because there had been some issues regarding no aviation fuel being available in the province. Tim was booked to come back on Monday but all flights were cancelled until a ship arrives with more aviation. A ship finally left today (Wednesday) and should arrive sometime tomorrow which makes a flight possible on Friday. Tim is booked on that first flight back and we are looking forward to having him back in town again.
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posted by Martha @ 6:00 PM
