This week Tim is in Albuquerque attending a conference on Multilingual Education. We are excited that he is able to represent our organization and increase his understanding of this important topic.

Our experience in the Solomons taught us that kids that learn to read and write in their own language will do much better in school. While Tim was able work with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Education and start to develop language policy, he often wished he knew more. While we are in the USA, multilingual education is an area that he would like to learn more for the future. This conference will help Tim get a better understanding of the issues and meet others involved in multilingual education.

What does multilingual education have to do with Bible translation? Kids who learn to read and write in their mother tongue will be able to access God’s life changing Word in their heart language and that’s a good thing!

Sunday evening we heard the disappointing news that the renters in our house in the Solomons will be moving out at the end of the month.  Apparently they are happy with the house, but the neighbors have been noisy and there has been a lot of littering.  Sigh.  This is discouraging news.

Please pray that we will be able to find someone to rent the house again.

Martha gets her dolly at last

I have a special friend in the Solomon Islands who was named after me.  Recently I had the opportunity to send her a dolly for her birthday.  In the photos you can see her delight in getting her dolly which she has named…”Martha”.

In the Solomons you can only get ‘white’ baby dolls so it was fun to try and find her a dark skinned dolly here in the USA.