Odd things you see in Ecuador!

Forget your scrawny little bass woofers; I’ve got a BIG BARK!

Totally decked out beetle!

 

Translation Checking

Doug and Dorcas Williams arrived to visit this week. Although they are now living in the USA, Doug continues to translate portions of the O.T. as he is able. This week here on the mountain we are in the midst of several days of checking O.T. portions. In the past we have found it difficult to find Awa folks who were willing to help us do this—for such active people, the hours of sitting down doing such painstaking literary work discourage many would-be helpers! But we are thankful for 8 helpers who have showed up to help—both Milton and Paulino among them, and two brothers who come for the first time—Marco and Edwin. There is good camaraderie around the table as they discuss what the best way to say a certain phrase. Questions arise—what would the Awa call a ‘threshing floor’? The answer: a dried grain shelling/husking place (pippa kilpu k+hshmukin). (At the moment they are working on the last verses of Genesis 50, where Jacob dies and is greatly mourned by Joseph at the threshing floor of Atad.)

Kimberly and her cousin Elena also arrived on the same flight from Atlanta with the Williams. We were glad they had someone to travel with for the last leg of their trip home. It is nice to have our Kimberly back! She is enjoying a few weeks of vacation before digging into homeschool for her sophomore year of high school.

Thanks for standing with us as we continue to bring God’s Word to the Awa,

Kevin and Kathy