Just a few comments

So just a few comments for the day.
As I was helping one of the translators with his computer issues, he turned to me and said that Bible translation is burning in his heart. It's the only job he could ever imagine doing. It's what God has made him and called him to do. And slowly, together, we will get it done. And it was just amazing to sit there and realize that as I was teaching him how to attach a file to an email, I was actually a part of his call to translate the Bible for his people who have not yet had any Scriptures to read at all. It was such another good reminder of why I'm here! In the past few days, I've felt like all I do are little administrative taskettes - keeping track of the pages printed, taking care of the guesthouse, helping the teams with their computers... but it all culminates in the translators and literacy workers who are part of the language teams here!

Tomorrow, I'm planning to do some more literacy related work - I have to finish a presentation on Mother Tongue education for a group of "Christian Educators". It will be a good opportunity to chat about the importance of language in education again. I'm afraid I'm going to start sounding like a broken record... but people need to keep hearing it until they start to do something about it :)

My second comment for the day is that I am very thankful for the house that we have to live in. I visited the pre-fabs that are going in on the property that the folks who rented this house before us are moving into. Man, those are ugly white metal boxes! And there is no ventilation... so when the A/C goes off, it just roasts everything inside. I'm liking our house more and more, with all of its character and open, breezy windows!

Now I'm going to bed, as that's all I have to comment on tonight :)