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THE

Newsle t ter of th e

Pioneer

Bible Transla tors

1;^

VOL 3

Bluffton, Indiana

Church

Responds

to

Ne e d

The

First

Christian Church o f B lu ff to n,

Indiana (G .

Edward

Geans,

minister)

designated its

February

mission offering

to th e Pioneer

Bible

Translators to help

defray

indebtedness

on

the purchase

of a

house trailer for office space.

The

Bluffton

congregation responded

to

this

need with

an offer ing of

700.

L ast N ov em be r, PBT was ab le to

purchase, on con tr ac t,

a

year-old

house

t r a ile r f rom Mr.

and Mrs.

Rober t

Adams of

Lincoln, Illinois The

trailer

was

appraised

fo r

7500, but t he

Adams

offered to sell

it

for 5,000 and a

receipt

for th e difference.

PBT paid 1,000 down and signed a co n

tract to pay

the

balance, at simple

interest,

ove r t he next

three years.

The house

trailer

is

12

x

65 feet,

with

two

b e d r ooms which a re n ow o f fi ce s

a nd a

2

X 20 foot

tip-out

area which serves

as

a

reception

area and

secretarial office. Th e

t rai ler

is

loca ted on

th e Lincoln

Chris t ian

College campus.

PBT is thankful to th e First Chris t ian

Church of B lu ff ton, Indiana,

as

well

as to

Mr.

and Mrs.

Rober t Adams,

fo r

thei r

generous help in obtaining office space.

PBT is

growingwe now have eigh t mis

sionaries in Papua New Guinea plus some

15 recruits in trainingand we

need

this

office space to

perform

th ose ta sks

necessary to a cc ompl is h o ur

goal

of

translating God's Word into th e minority

languages of th e world.

We

are likewise

thankful to Lincoln

Christian

College for

allowing

ou r

office

to be located on he r

c ampus

If you

are

in th e vic in ity of Lincoln,

Illinois

please

feel free

to s to p a nd

visit

the

PBT offi ce .

In the meantime,

there

is

still indebtedness amounting to 4000, on

th e trailer. We

a sk th at

you contribute

to

help us

liquidate

this

remaining debt.

JAN.-FEB.-MAR., 1978

NO. 1

Air New

Guinea Complex

up for

sale

in

Madang,

Papua

New

Guinea

Temporary

Headquarters

in Papua

David

Pryor,

PBT

missionary

in Papua

New Guinea, reports that

a

complex

of

house s has

been

rented in

Madang city to

serve as PBT's headquarters until more

p erm an en t a rra ng em en ts c an b e m ad e.

There are six houses plus warehouses

in

th e

complex.

David writes that with th e

coming

of

so

many

PBT

missionar ies to

Papua, finding this complex came none

to o s o o n

However, this is only a rental,

and

tem

porary, arrangement.

Th e

owner, which

happens to

be Air

New

Guinea, th e

national

airlines,

may

decide

to

at

any t ime

no t

r en t ou t this

complex

any

longer. At

which

time

PBT

would

be headquar ter less

again.

There

is

one bright spot

in this,

though.

The

complex is up fo r sale PBT is

negotiating

with Air

New

Guinea to

purchase t he complex ,

but th is

has just

begun, so

we have nothing

def in it e t o

report

at

this writing on t he progress

of the

negotiation

except

for

th e price. The

complex ha s a

selling

price of U S

165,000.

David Pryor

also

writes that, should PBT

b e able

to

buy this property,

it will

be

a

good

base from

which to

reach

into th e

minority language groups of

th e

surroun

ding

area

with the translatedWord of God.

And,

because it is close to these

language

groups,

th e complex will provide a con

venient location

in

which to

do linguistic

analysi s, t ransla tion

an d

production

of

literary material.

Will PBT be

able

to

buy

th e complex? It

is

to o early to say. But, we

are

praying

that

God will open up th e

opportunity

to do so .

Please, p ray

with

us concerning this

op

portunity also.

We

will soon let you know

whether

PBT

can

bu y

th e

property.


2/16

P ionee r

Linguistic

Institute

The 1978 Pioneer Linguistic Institute will

be held at Milligan College {near Johnson

City Tennessee), May21-27. Registration

will

be on Sunday afternoon. May 21.

Classes begin Monday morning and will

carry through

to Friday.

The schedule

of

classes,

including instructors:

8:00 a.m.Cultural Anthropology

{Dr.

Charles

Taber)

9:00 a.m.Chapel

9:45Coffee Break

10:00

a.m.Semantics and Translation

Theory

(Dr. Rondal

Smith)

11:00 a.m.Syntax {Dr.

Susan

Higgins)

NOON

T:00 ~p.m.Phonology (Dr. David

Filbeck)

2:00

p.m.Phonetic

Lab (Staff)

3:00 p.m.Reading

4:00

p.m.Sports

This

year the chapel speaker

will be Dr.

Barton

McElroy,

Academic

Dean

of

Manhattan Christian College, former mis

sionary to

the

Philippines and

member

of

the Board o f D i rec to rs o f

th e

Pioneer Bible

Translators.

Professor Wallace Wartick

of

Ozark Bible College will

serve

on t he staff

teaching Phonetics.

PLI will end Saturday noon. One of the

more interesting features

of PLI is

that

s tuden t s have a c h a n c e to

elicite

and

write, in

phonetic

script,

words

from native

foreign language speakers as part of their

final test.

One hour

of

college credit

for

the

Are you

moving?

P le as e s end u s

your

new

address

along v^ith

your

old address.

PIONEER

BIBLE

TRANSLATORS

B o x

828

Lincoln,

Illinois

62656

ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED

f

- J-k

Avillage of the Giri

Tribe

submitted by avid Pryor

week's

study

will be granted

through

Milligan College.

Cost

for th e week is

75 ,

which includes

room,

meals, and

tuition.

Fo r more

infor-

CORRECTION

In th e last

issue

of t he P ioneer , th e

editor wrongly

edited Al Hamilton's

article

on hi s trip to Papua New Guinea

of

last

October. We made th e article to say that

th e Austral ian Churches of

Chr is t m i s si on

in

Papua had

no

missionaries

working in

Bible translation, which

is

not t ru e. There

ar e Australian missionaries engaged

in

Bible t ran sl at ion work. In fact, Mr .

and

Mrs.

Rodney Fel dman ,

whose

picture

appeared

in

t he l as t

issue of the P ioneer

are so

engaged.

We ar e grateful

to Mr.

Rex

Ellis, Prin

cipal of Woo lw ich B ib le College in

Austr al ia , for drawing thi s

error

of

state

ment

to

ou r attention. The edi to r regrets

the

error

and

apologizes

to those directly

affected.

i

C l f f

H elen S chau b

P O Box 7 7

Kempton , IN

46049

mation and application forms, write to:

Dr.

Susan

Higgins

B ox 6 43

Milligan College, Tennessee 37682

M Send your contributions to:

M

H Pioneer Bible Translators

M Box 628

M Lincoln IL 62656

I k x K X X X V X S H X X l

T H E P IO N EE R

President Al

Hamilton

Editor David Filbeck

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Bible

Translators.

Box

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3/16

PIONEER

BIBLE TR NSL TORS

AMinistry Bible Translation and Literacy Instruction

DAVID W. SHARRAN O'BRIEN PRYOR, MISSIONARIE

I l i a I s sue

1

SURVEY EXPERIENCES

Ity

brother

John

and

I

have been

involved

n the most physical ly taxing

aspect

of our

the l inguis t ic and al locat ion surveys.

involved

going

in to moiintainous

re

jungles , and swamps

to e sta bl is h con

vdth di f fe ren t language groups . We

over the vil lages

and

surrounding

to determine th e

f e a s i b i l i t y o f

l o c a t

ng a t r ans la t ion team t h e r e . The main con

i s the d i f f i cu l ty

involved

in

the team and t he i r supplies to the

During

Ihe s urv ey s we

encountered

our

opposit ion

from

Satan,

but also

o f our most exc i t ing exper iences . I

like to s h a r e a f ew .

The day we

were

to

leave

fo r

the

f i r s t

I

came

down with malar ia l Although

he hospi t a l

t e s t

was nega tive , veteran

t o l d u s t h o s e tests a r e n o t al

va l id because t he re are many

d i f f e r en t

o f ma la ri a. The t e s t s can only

de

a

few.

They say you must

r e ly

on the

ymptoms, and mine were

de f in i t e ly

those of

The

morning we ac tua l ly l e f t I awoke

d i z z i n e s s

and

n a u s e a .

I c o u l d n t

be

it Surely God wanted

these

surveys

so our work could

progress . So I pray

d fo r s t rength

to make

the t r i p , VJh en I

get worse I decided to go anyway, and

he

diz^iiness subsided a f te r we

got

into the

and

s ta r ted up r ive r .

(cont. on

p. 3)

Kevin L. Donna J . O 'B r ie n

Route 2, Box 19

Oakland

City, Indiana

47660

Forwarding Agents

February, 197

HMMM...PRAISE THE LORDl

During

our

second

survey

in

a

vi l l ag

where

t h e A us t r a l ia n Church o f Ch r i s t ha

establ ished a con grega tion by using

Pidgin

70

people came to

see t h e i r

language

wr i t

ten down. I had a grea t

t imel

Af te

f in ish ing the word list

and

soc io logica

quest ionai re , the host

missionary and I sa

fo r

a while longer to v i s i t

with

the

men

b

conversing in

Pidgin .

I understood

most

o

the

con versation, b ut

th i s

one

I

had

t

check

o u t to

make

s u r e I unde r s t ood c o r r e c t

ly . After it was over

I

to ld the

missionar

t ha t

from

the

b i t s and

pieces I

understoo

it

sounded

l ike

they were

t a lk ing

about

n

b i t s and

pieces

1

Sure enough, they wer

t a lk ing abou t f orme r

days

when white

men

o

s t rangers

from other

vi l l ages would

com

and they

were

a f r a i d .

They wou ld assure the

of

t h e i r

f r iendship and proclaim a f ea s t an

c e l e b r a t i on in hono r

o f

their

visit

Mean

while , a message o f a

di f ferent

kind o

fe^t

was

spread

throughout the v i l l age . A

soon as the

v i s i t o r could

be c a u ^ t

o f

guard, he was ki l led and became

the

mai

course

The

missionary asked them if the

would

need

to

fa t ten

me

up

before they

a t

me. They

said

I would be f a t enough

j u s

l ike I was. There was a lo t of

laughing

an

joking , but one of the Chris t ians remarke

how

good

it

was t h a t

we could all

sit an

v i s i t

without

f ear

of

each

o the r . Everyon

agreed^

especia l ly meI


4/16

SHiBRAN S

SHARING

From December 16 through January 30 John

Ainy and I have been on

hol iday.

This i s

one teacher who i s r e a l l y enjoying school

break This i s our only b ig b reak fo r the

year as John

and

my go to school 38 more

days tham c h ild r e n i n

the

s t a t e s .

Christmas was a wonderfu l e xp er ie nc e

away

from home, thanks t o

T

of you. Your

letters

a n d C h r i s t m a s

c a r d s

made

u s

realize

we are not

here

by ourselves j we are here

representing you; and you

love

and support

us i n many ways. We had an a r t i f i c i a l

t r e e

but

no

snow.

e s ang Chr is tmas c a r o l s

i n

summer

clothes

and sweat,

and

it

sure

seemed

strange I made

Christmas

cookies ,

but d i f

f e r e n t

o n e s t h a n i n t h e

states a s we can t

get a l l t he i ng re di en ts here .

I

did get t o

make snickerdoodles f o r Dave, though. That*s

h i s f a v o r i t e .

The

Augsburgers

had Christmas dinner

with us, and

a l l

the

Australian

Church of

C h r i s t

m i s s i o n a r i e s

came f o r

r e f r e s h m e n t s

Christmas

Sunday

evening. That r e a l l y

help

ed make

it

a happier Christmas. This year

for the f i r s t time ever,

Madang

had

a

few

t o y s . They were nothing l i k e U.S.A. toys ,

except we did find Matchbox cars which

John

c o l l e c t s .

We got John some

Matchbox cars

and

my

a doll that

wets

her nappy ( that s

Australian for diaper) .

We

were happy to

be

able

to do t h a t

but we a l l

real ized

i n a

wonderful way

t h a t

Christmas

was r e a l l y

C h r i s t s bir thday alone, and we

have

come t o

soaeday be able t o t e l l t h a t Christmas s t o r y

i n a

new language.

We are beginning to get

some

packages

now. t a l k about excitement

Something

from

home

i s r e a l l y something

We have received

s e v e r a l of the boxes of

tupperware

you have

t o l d us

were

coming.

By

the time it

a l l

a r

r ives

I w i l l have plenty

of tupperware

f o r

our house here and our bush house, t o o .

So,

thank you

everyone

who provided fo r our

needs in t h i s

way.

With the weather here it

i s

the

only way

to

keep things

n i c e . We

w i l l

even be p u t t i n g

some

c lo th in g

i n tupperware

to

slow

the

mildewing

process.

The

middle of January , Dave, th e kids ,

and I are going to rmepagi ( the Austra lian

Chiirch of Christ

Mission Base)

for

an

anthropology workshop on

Pspua

New

Guinea.

While there we w i l l be hiking to severa l of

the vi l lages

t h a t

are

of the GIRI

language

group, which may poss ibly be

our

lan^,\iage

group. There are s e v e r a l little v i l l a g e s of

the

GIRI

group

in Madang and we are

already

v i s i t i n g with

them and l e a r n i n g

some

of

PRAISE

PRAIER

Pray

t h a t . . .

. . .God s choice

of oxir language gro

. . . t h e

money

for

the

housing comp

. . . o u r h e a l t h w i l l

remain

good.

P r a i s e God for

. . . t h e Augsburgers quick a r r i v a l

. . . H i s

s t rengthening and care

f o r Dav

. . . t h e

Power

i n

us t h a t

i s

g r e a t e r th

He t h a t is i n

t h e

w o r l d .

SHARRAN AMI SOPPING AT THE

M RKET

t h e i r

language. We are

praying t h a t i f

i s

God s

wil l we w i l l receive our leadi

from the Lord

to

go

to the GIRI group wh

v i s i t i n g with them. We know you a re p ra y

for us

in

this t t^^iggest decision

of

l i v e s and it gives us peace t o know we

not

alone

i n making

it

\Je are

so

close, b

c a n t

afford

t o

decide

prematurely now.

m u s t

w a i t

o n

t h e

L o r d .


5/16

(cont. from

front

page)

After

t r ave l ing

up

r i ve r fo r for ty- f ive

minutes ,

we

got out

of

the boat and began

hiking through the jungle, I began

perspi r

i ng p ro fu s el y, and with in

ha l f an hour

my

clothes were soaked, and

the perspi rat ion

was

s t i l l

pouring

down my face, arms, and

legs . Within

an hour and a half , lass of

body f l u id had me

exhausted.

I was

humi l i

ated

and

disgusted. I knew I was

in shape,

but

when I

sa t

down

to

r es t ,

I knew I

had

to

stay

there

a while. I took

o ff

my pack and

j u s t sa t there ,

using

what

l i t t l e

energy I

had l e f t to brush away

the mosquitoes.

I

kept thinking I

only

needed a l i t t l e

res t ,

but

res t wasn*t making

any

difference. y

strength was

gone,

so I prayed fo r enough

strength

to

make

it to the next vi l lage .

As

it turned out, that was how it was to be fo r

the entire survey.

Xir pac e slowed considerable, and

it

be

came

i^^)erative

to

stop

more frequently to

r e s t . Though

exhausted,

I f e l t very close

to God. I was to ta l ly dependent on Him fo r

strength.

We

were behind schedule, but a t

least

I made it to each

vil lage.

The follo f^

ing df^

brought

an even

greater t r ia l

A man from one

of

the villages volunteer

ed to guide us to the

next village

which was

supposedly only minutes

away.

He

took us

on a t r a i l tha t went up

and

down and a l l

around.

After an

hour and US minutes of

hiking, I knew I was in t rouble .

We came

t o

a little s h e l t e r someone had

bui l t for

shade aid

cooking, so I sa t down.

I was

feeling

fa int ,

nauseous,

and iny arms

were

going

numb and beginning

to

t i ng le . I

layed down

and

elevated

vy

feet which helped

some. I had again lost a

lo t

of body f luid,

and it seemed ugr whole body was

crying

for

scmething to drink. I told t he f el lows , and

they decided tha t my brother John should

s tay with me and oxir guide and the Austrar-

l ian missionary would go on to

the

village

and send

some coconuts

back fo r

me

to

ea t

and drink. While

they

were

gone I there

thinking tha t

i f I was going to

get out

of

that

jungle,

it would have

to

be by helicop

t e r But

a f t e r

some

coconut

meat

and

milk

and some res t I was able to go on -

but

not

to the next vi l lage . They

decided

to

s t a r t

back home instead of going deeper into the

jungle. At

that

point, I didn t

feel

l ike

arguing 1

I can*t begin

to t e l l

you how exasper

ated U was shen

our

guide led us back to his

village by another

path

through a sago swamp

that had no

hills

except the one we walked

own

to

get to

i t

I thank God though for

PICTURES

Above; The

family ready for hiking.

Below: Opening

packages from home .

His s t rength

and

tha t

I?m back.

3very

time

things

start going wrong

wonder what i s

so

important that

Satan

woul

want to hinder.

In

this

case, we knowl H

doesn*t

want

these t r ib e s to

have

the Wor

of

God in their language. But God does.


6/16

BOARD APPROVES PURCHASE

The Board o f P i one e r Bib l e Tran s l a t o r s

voted to piirchase

the

A ir N iug in i

Complex in

Madang,

providing

t ha t

no indebtedness wouDd

be

incurred

by the organizat ion . This means

t ha t the money

must be

raised by

f a i th :

fa i th praying and

fa i th giving .

As far as ic^al

facili t ies are

ctn-

cemed,

we

couldn ' t

ask fo r

anything be t t e r .

I t

a l ready

bu i l t ,

^ i c h

wi l l

save

one

or

two

years

by

no t having to go

through

the

long, slow

process of buying

land and then

b ui ld in g t he

houses .

t has

a sma l l

ware

-

house and workshop which i s

idea l fo r b uild

ing

and stor ing

goods

to be

taken

to the

Ti l l age s . t has Xour

domestic

quar t e r s

which

can be used fo r housing language

help

e r s

when

t r a n s l a t o r s come i n f rom th e vil

lage for

work. There are^s^. houses

in

the

conplex; two

3-bedroom

and four J^-bedroom.

All of

th i s

gives

us a head s t a r t

in

begin

ning

our

t r ans la t ion

m in is try . T ransla to rs

ca n have

l iving

quarters

when

they

f i r s t

ar

r i ve , while

the i r

vi l l age

homes are

being

bui l t , when

they

need

to

come out

fo r

exten

sive work, or 'tiien they need a rest.

By purchasing something

l ik e th is

now we

wi l l also be saving money. Real es ta te i s

already

expensive in Madang, and

the

costs

cont inue to increase .

I f we

don t piurchase

th is

now, there i s

no place

to l ive

here in

the c i ty un t i l our vi l lage

homes

are

bu i l t .

/

In

f a i th we

have already cleaned them,

mo'^b in7

and

made some iirprovements on

the

houses and proper ty.

In

fa i th we look to God

to

supply OUT need

and

ask

t h a t

you jo in us

in

prayer

fo r the money to be supplied.

I f

you a re

in te res ted

in

more inform

t ion ,

contact

A1 Hamilton,

President

of

PB

a t this add re s s

o r

phone niunber :

1.-. i

P.O. Box 811

Bedford, Texas

76021

,

Phone:

817

267-U131 or 267 796 4 ^

Our

House*'

a t

the

Madang

complex

^

Excitement

i s

growingI

Many good

thing

are

happening.

God

continues to remove th

many hindrances tha t Satan puts in our wa

and we are victorious through His

powerI

How

thankful

we are fo r those of you ^r

pray fervent ly and fa i th fu l ly

fo r u

Through

the

events of the l a s t month and

half

we know

tha t

your

p ray ers are

making

difference here. Partnership

with

the

Almighty

and loving brethren who s uppo rt u

f inancial ly

and

prayerful ly

i s

both magnif

cent and humbling in i t s scope and

power.

PIONEER

BIBLE

TRANSLATORS

David &

Sha rr an (O'Bri en ) P ryor ,

Missionaries

c/o Kevin L. & Dorma J . O'Brien, Forwarding Agents

2, Box 19

Oakland

City,

Indiana U7660

U.S . Pos ta ge Pa

Non-Profi t Org.

Permit 7

Oakland Ci t y ,

In

V -

aV

., V

y

o

RETURN ArDPJ :GS

Rj'iClE^TED


7/16

I/ Icl>

B U X M O N T

C H RIS TIA N C H U RC H

NEVvS

Ivyland Pa

VOLUME IX^^j^mber 4 Charles E.

Fordyce

Mari^

17 ~ 978^ Minister

MISSION corn k

Excerpts

from

a letter

from

the^^TORSjfa

New

Guinea

r-

a r

Chris t ian Fr iends

a t

Bux Mont

We had a

big

surprise

in the

mail this morning. V/e

re

ceived your two huge

packages

of Tupperware. Thank you

all

veiy

much. The

large

containers were

really what I

needed as

we

have to

buy

large quantities

of food

at

a time

and

only Tupperware will keep it fre sh

and free

from bugs

un t i l we

u se i t

We now have

our language group

-

Giri. There are

about

seven

different

villages in the bush

and about

seven village

that have moved

in

near

town.

We have

begun gathering

al

the

building supplies

We

will

need

for our bush

house. Mea

while

we

have

already

been

learning the

language.

We

hav

an

excellent

language helper. We try

to

learn a

new

phras

every day. That might

hot sound

like much but to be able

to

do

that for an unwrit ten language

is much

more

difficult

than

having

a book

to

study

the language from.

Dave works

from 9 to 12

am. illic iting words and culture.

I work on

the dictionary

and

card catalog in the afternoon after

I

finish

teaching

John

and

Amy

in school. Needless

to

say

w

are thrilled and exc ited to

know

our language group and be


8/16

t r a n s l a t o r s

to live

in

when we

c o m e

out of

th e

b u s h

four

language

helper

houses

and

a big shed. It is all PBT

will.

need

In

Papua

New

Guinea

for

many

y e a r s

2

Wisdom

for

all four of us to lear n

and

rem em b er the language 3 That

we would always

have

a good

language

helper 4

That

Da

vid would have the help of th e v illa ge

men

to

get

ou r bush

house done quicker and 5 that

ou r

health

will be

good.

This is the mildew wet season and fungus grows ev er j ^ h er e

even in

any

little

cut

WeWe had bad sores that require us

to

take

anti-biotics

and

I ve

also

had

p a r a s i t e s s o

we

need

pr ayer s for o ur h ea lt h c on st an tl y.

We

thank

you for your loVe support the Tupperware

and

mostly your prayers. They make such a

big

difference.

Let

us hear from

you.

Our address isi Box 178 Madang

P a p u a New

Guinea

Love^

. Sh a r r a n

Dave John and Amy

X Q . u t h _ _ n e _ w s

The grou^shave adopted Jose Ortega

who

iS/froiii the home

at Ninos

de ^w4co Jose

is attending

Ccjlgio Biblico in

Texas and travtlihg^ack into

Mexico

tc/attend college

there in

the

afternoon>s^e collected^28 00 for him in

February to

help

with

hisfc^rned her

Navy

Medal and

Airba^n

badge


9/16

I tJ Vr .''

PIONEER I LE

TR NSL TORS

A

Ministry

ible

Translation and Literacy Instruction

DAVID W. SHARRAN O'BRIEN PRYOR, MISSIONARIES

I I I j I s sue

2

REJOICE

WITH US I

Since

God irst c a l l e d

u s

i n t o th e

ministry

^

years

ago, we have

for His

guidance

and wondered

vêre

would

lead and to what language group He

lead . us Can you imagine our exc i t -

nov tha t we

f i na l ly know?

The

language group

i s named

Gi r i . I t

s specia l

not

only because it i s \^h^re God

us,

but

it

has

a special

significance

t he A u s t r al i an

Church o f C h r is t Miss ion

whom we are working.

The

Gir i language

was the

group

who f i r s t invited the

mission to work among the i r

ople ab ou t

twenty

years

ago. So

it

i s of

s ign if icance to many

o f the ve te ran

tha t the Gir i

people

be among

he

f i r s t

groups they are working with to

the

scr ip tures

in

t h e i r

own

lanîuage.

Though there

has

been

a lo t of

evangel i -

and

teaching done

among

the C-iri, it

as a l l

been

done

in Pidgin.

As

one of the

missionaries

sa id , l\o one has

h e a r d until he h a s h e a r d

in

is

own

Many

still cl ing to the old ways

f t he i r

people,

but there

i s a

tremendous

among the young people iô are be

ng educated in th e A ustra l ian mission

There i s a l so hope

t h a t many

o f

th e

ones

vd l l tu rn to Chr i s t i they can

ear the mensage in th ei r ovtj Jrnguage.

(cor t . rifixt colmm)

Kevin L. Donn a J . O 'B rie n

Route 2,

Box

19

Oakland City,

Indiana 47660

Forwarding Agents

Apri l .

1978

FHAL AfiBiNQEHEHTS FOR VHUUS

I j u s t re turned from an exci t ing v i s i t

J n Which pe i^ s s ion was given

us

to l i ve a t

Qarat i^dth the Giri people* Final arrange^

inen ts were

made

f o r

th e

l o c a t i o n

o f ou r

house

in

the

vil lage* Though

they

still

had

some quest ions

about

om* work and our c on in g

they understand

our

iu in purpose

fo r

wanting

to l ive aaong them^

l eam t he i r

langaage^

and

are

very

exci ted

about having

the Bible

in

the i r own

language* There

also seens to

be a g re at d ea l of in te r e s t in l i t e r acy

and

having o the r m ate r ia ls such as heal th and

agr i cu l t u r a l booklets t r an s l a t ed fo r

thoM.We

praise God fo r the

recept iveness

of the

people , and t ha t we have progressed one s tep

c lose r to

our

goal l

(cont* froM le f t

colxai)

The area

we l l

be working

in

I s about

150 niles froai the

city

of

Madang up

the

no rt he rn coa st

of

Pepua

Hew

Guinea, and then

about twenty

miles in land .

Our vi l l age

o f

r a ra t i

can be reached by r oa d w ith o ur

4-irtieel drive vehic le i the weather i s good*


10/16

SHAERAN'S SHAKINGS

Prayers For Learning

Giri

& Pidgin

We have been here nine months and each

month brings more joy, peace, and happiness;

in the

work God

has called us here to

do

Because

of

Daranpul

we

have been

given

a

bi

head start in the language, but there are n

short

cuts to learning a

language. I t

take^

many hours of listening, mimicking, tracking,

analyzing, and most inpor tant ly , talk ing

Again

we

need your prayers. \ie

are s t i l l

learning Pidgin,

too. We

can

carry

on a

conversation with

anyone in

Pidgin, but i t

is

s t i l l

at

a simple

level ,

and

we

need a

major grasp of the

language. That vjill give

us a bilingual opportunity to learn Giri

once

we

are in the vil lage.

School

Days

Just

a note

about John

and Amy. They are

both growing

every

day as a l l children have

a way of doing. They

both

s t i l l enjoy

cor

respondence school

even though

the work load

seems quite hard a t

times, but

they

really

miss going to s choo l wit h other children.

Since

we told

our

people we would be

learn

ing their

language children and adults are

here quite

often

to visi t us,

so at least

they

have a few children to

play

with.

John had an

art icle

he

had

written

pub

lished in the

Outpost ,

his

sishool magazine

and was

very pleased

about

that .

He stays

busy reading everything in

sight,

drying

dishes, taking

care of

the trash,

and raking

and helping around the complex. Amy is a l

ways

busy plsgringdalls

and having tea pai>

t i es . I t i s

rare

to see

her

without

her

most

delightful

and entertaining kit ten. The

second one is a

Dusty ,

too.

A NOTE OF EXPLANATION

Once

in

a

while

we

get

a

le t ter from

someone

asking

us

i f

Jcdin and

Bonita

Pryor,

Dave'a brother and his wife idio are

also

here to do translation work, will be working

with us on

the Giri

language.

O

I They

will

be working in a separate place on an entire-

ly ifferent language ur f nily will

be

the only family working xîth

the

Giri*s, and

Bonita

the only

ones working

with

the

âmban people.

Mora P r a i s e s

We

praise

the

Lord and thank you that

already have a l l the money we need to

bu

our bush house.

We

have our

refrigera

and

stove

here

and

paid

for.

All the

ot

things

we need

are

on

order,

and we have

money to

pay

for them idien

they

arri

Thank you so

much

for being

a

part in

God provides for

our every need.

Devaluation

of

the

Dollar

Hits

PHGl

When we came

to

Papua New Guinea

n

months ago

we realised 77i

of

every

Ame

dollar.

ow we

realize

of every

doll

Some have asked for a

financial stateme

We thought

those

iîould be

interested

to

k

that out of

5000 American

dollars

we

sent

to

pay

for

our

bush

house,

we realiz

K36U6. GULP I That' s qui te a

loss

befor

even s e e

t

TBS Mater ia l s

Avai lable

If we know

ahead of time

we

can send

plenty of

materials, slides,

displays,

souveniers . But please l e t us

know as

so

as

you know vdien you need the

material

so

can get them to you on t ime. You've he

of the

saying,

It 's

coming on a slow b

fran China ? If 'll, that's not just a

sayi

h e r e

PRATKR REQUESTS

...Guidance

of

His

Holy Spir i t

in

His

wisd

in

all

our

relationships

with our peop

...Guidance

in

stewardship as we constru

our vi l lage hoii.

...Guidance

in

stewardship

of

our time as

work on language

learning

and

try to f

f i l l

all other responsibilities, too.

...Guidance so that

our l ives give eviden

of

Chris t

and His love within.

. . .Remaining

good

heal th.

...God will help us meet John and An

needs, too .


11/16

IRE lOUR

PRATERS REALLY

EFFECTIVE?

As

most

of you ^ 1 1

r e c a l l

we always

l e f t

a prayer

request

when we

presented

our

t o your congregations. After explaining

t h a t much of

our

success depends upon a

good

language

helper,

we asked t h a t

you

begin

t h a t

God

would

prepare

a

language

helper for us* Let m share the

results

of

od s answer to your

prayers

in the l i f e of

our language h e l p e r Daranpul,

About three

years

ago a young man from

th e G ara ti

v i l l a g e had come t o the c i t y

of

Madang

to

find a

Job.

He

had

been

educated

i n t h e A u s t r a l i a n C h u r c h o f

C h r i s t

M i s s i o n

school through

grade

s i x ; had a

year

of

t r a i n i n g

and a yea r*s exper ience i n an agr i

culture

programj but was not content

i n

t h e rural a r e a s at t h a t t i m e . He

f o u n d

w o r k

i n the c i t y learning the e l e c t r i c ia n s t rade

and

h is fu ture looked

good.

But he had a

problem

t h a t

was threatening h i s future

and

causing

problems

f o r

him:

a l c o h o l . His r e

p u t a t i o n

had got ten

t o

h i s people ,

and

they

w e r e ashamed o f h i m .

Then about

two

and one- h al f y ea rs ago

he

arr ied

and changed

j o b s . These

two

events

weren*t s i g n i f i c a n t a t t h a t t ime, because he

still had a drinking problem. However, they

proved

t o

be s i g n i f i c a n t i n

b r i n g i n g

our

l i v e s

t o g e t h e r about

two

months ago.

A

l i t t l e over

a

y e a r and

a

h a l f ago,

an

o t h e r

key

event took

p l a c e .

A

missionary

f a m i l y with th e A us t r a l ia n Church o f C h r i s t

Mission moved

t o t h e

c i t y o f

Madang t o e s

t a b l i s h a

congregation

among

the

d i f f e r e n t

peoples

they

had

worked

with

along

the Raimi

iver who had moved t o Madang t o find

work.

At f i r s t Daranpul would not a t t e n d the s e r

vices

or even v i s i t

the

missionar ies , though

he knew them well , because he had too much

s h a i ^ . ; Then

one.

deft -he

wen b

t o

: t h e i r

hotee

and

asked f o r a

Pidgin

New Testament. He

began

a tte nd in g th e s e r v i c e s and on E a s t e r

Sunday, 1977 he and h is wife were baptized

i n to C h ri s t.

His

changed

l i f e

has

been

and

i s a

tremendous

witness

to h is people and

t h o s e who

know

h i m .

About

four

months

ago, Daranpul l o s t

t h e

house

in whiih he

was

l i v i n g .

Subsequently

he had to take

his

wife and baby daughter

back

t o

l i v e with her parents on Karkar

Is land.

The

compai^

he was working for could

find

no housing for him, and he could not

keep up with the s t r a i n and

f i n a n c i a l

burden

of having h i s

family

separated, so he asked

f o r

a

t h r e e month l e a v e o f

a b s e n c e

until h e

could find

a place i n Madang

f o r

he and h is

family

t o l i v e .

I

11

Knowing by

t h i s

t ime

t h a t God wanted us

t o

work

with

the

G i r l

language group, we

asked the A ustra lian m iss ionaries if they

knew o f anyone i n t h e Church a t Madang who

spoke

the

p r i n c i p a l

d i a l e c t of the G i r l

language who

could help u s .

As it

turned

out

we.

w e r e

o f m u t u a l b e n e f i t

to

e a c h

o t h e r .

We

are required

to

p

our

language helpers

minimum

wage,

and

we

had f a c i l i t i e s f o r

language

h e l p e r s

here

a t t h e

con^Jlex. He i s

helping

us

l e a r n

G i r i

and we provide him an

income

and

a

^^Ace

f o r h i s

famlily

t o

l i v e .

Now th e

r e a l l y

e x c i t i n g t h i n g i s t h i s .

As a

r e s u l t

o f

h i s

convers ion t o C h r i s t he

i s

planning

t o

a t t e n d the

C h r i s t i a n

Leader

ship and Training College here i n Papua

New

Guinea

next year. After graduation (in 3

years)

he

plans

to

continue helping

us

t r a n s l a t e

t h e

New

T e s t a m e n t

i n t o h i s l a n

guage

With h i s knowledge of h i s

own

lait-

guage

and

an increased knowledge of th e

s c r i p t u r e s

t h i s

should g r e a t l y decrease the

t ime it w i l l t a k e

t o c c n ^ l e t e

th e t r a n s l a ^

tion

Because

he can speak

some

English,

Daranpul

has already

been a tremendous

help

i n our

learning his

language,

and he has

been

able t o give

us

some valuable ins ights

in to

h is

culture .

d e f i n i t e l y have

a head

s t a r t

in our language learning program and

v e r y

encouraging p r o s p e c t s f o r

a q u i c k e r

con^jletion and g r ea te r q u a li ty

t r a n s l a t i o n

o f God s Word i n t o another language.

Your prayers d e f i n i t e l y are

e f f e c t i v e

and

we

thank you s incerely

fo r

your f a i t h

fulness i n praying f o r

us

and

our

work. You

are v i t a l

t o our

m i n i s t r y i We c o u l d n t

be

here

without

you


12/16

DAIHATSU: U WHEEL DRIVE

To t r a v e l th e

roads from Madang

to our

vi l lage

four

hours away on rough, muddy

roads,

we needed a

four-wheel drive

vehicle .

We t r aded our blue s t a t i on

wagon

fo r a new

Daihatsu

and

hope

t

wi l l serve

us as

long

as

we are here i n PNG, We a re i n th e r a i ny

season now,

so

we got

t j u s t

in time fo r

Dave's t r i p s back and for th to our v i l lage

while

he

i s

building our buch house.

FORWARDING

AGENTS'

UPDATE

Sincf='

r ec ei vi ng t he infori ' iation o r th is

newsle t ter we have learned

of

news concern

ing the

complex

mentioned in our l o s t

i ssue

Because

of

a lack

of

funds from the s t s t e s

the

coiT5)lex

where the

Pryors were l iving and

had hoped

PBT'

would buy

has

been

an

other .par ly They had been

there

since Dec

ember paying no ren t so

as

soon

as th e

com

plex s old , PBT owed $6000

back

rent by Hay 1

Funds have been coming fo r th is emergency,

t

looks

l ike there wi l l

be

su f f i c i en t

by

th

d e a d l i n e .

Becau s e

t h e r e a r e no o t h e r

hou s e s

v l

able fo r

ren t in Kadanjj, Sharran

and Tavid

family

wi l l move d ir ec tl y to the i r vi l lage

from

the complex. Their people have cleared

the land lo r

t he i r house, and

four of

the

Aus t r a l i a n Church o f Ch r i s t mis s i on a r i e s a r

helping

David build

t so they

can move in

by May

16, Please

be

in

prayer

for

them as

they

work

t ha t

things

wi l l go wel l and

also

t ha t a l l the

r en t

money

wi l l

be ava i lab le .

THANKS FOR

TUPPERWARE

Many thanks again to

a l l

of you who have

sent

tupperware. Li t t le

by

l i t t l e box

by

box we wi l l have more

than

what we need,

but

none

of

t

wil l

go

xinused

as

we

keep

every

-

t i l ing

in

tupperware from shoes to c lo thes to

f ood

PIONliiER

BJBUl TRAi^JSLATORS

David

Sharran Pryor, Missionar ies

c/o

Kevin L.

t Donna J . O'Brien,

forwarding

Agejrits

R.R. 2, Box 19

Oakland

City, Indiana

I4.766O

U vS Postage Paid

Non-Profi t Org.

Permit

7

Oakland

C i t y I n .

0LIFFCKJ3 aCJAW

30iC 177

KHlPTONj XXiil


13/16

PIONEER

BIBLE TRANSLATORS

AMinistry in Bible Translation and Literacy Instruction

DAVID W. &

S HA RR AN O B R IE N P RY O R, MISSIONARIE

Volume

I I I

I s s ue 4

HOUSE BUILDING PROGRESS - SLOW

Here s th e news on the progress

we ve

made on

the

house as of

July

3. Housebuild

ing week is

over.

One man was sick an d

never

make

to G arati; on e c o u l d n t

come

until Tuesday; and two could only work two-

t hi rds o f the

day.

I t rained half the week,

so ,

s o r r y

to say a ll tha t

was done was

th e

posts,

braces,

and floor. Progress

is

even

s low

have only

the

week

of July

3

to

work

on th e house this month as we ar e anticipat

ing

th e

vis i t

o f

the P reside nt and

Vice

P r e s id e n t

o f

PBT fo r

th e

remainder

o f th e

month. need

to get the roof

up

this

week

so

th e ra ins

w on t r u in

th e f loor .

House

building will resume the

f irs t

of August.

have

r e a l l y been

amazed

a t a ll

the

extra

expense

we ve

had

in building the

house. thought

we

had plenty

of

money to

pa y

for

i t

when we had $3200 se n t

fo r

house

building. By the time the

d o l l a r

finished

devaluing we only received $2500.

That

d i d n t

go

fa r

when buying $3200

of

timber,

a

1600

water tank, and roofing tin, plumbing,

sinks

and shower

tub,

and piping,

etc. cost

ing over $2500

also

payed $500

to truck

ou r

materials to

the Ramu and about $80 a

week

to Garati

men

for

a ll

their

help.

By

law

we

must pay them each 65

toya

an hour

fo r

anything they

do

fo r us.

GULP Al l we

can do

is

take out a loan because everyone

w ant s paye d

as

soon as possible.

Kevin L. & Donna J. O Brien

Route

2,

Box 19

Oakland City, Indiana

47660

Forwarding

Agents

A u g u s t ,

197

MAP

FROM MADANG

TO GARATI

Hounso.

^

I f

NFcrtK

c.oas1 roa*l

lOwvoJ

O u , r K o c

Se A-

[60310.

We

send

yo u

ou r lov e

an d

thanks

fo r

continuing to remember us

with cards,

le t -

t e r s support and pr ayer s. To be here with

out

your

support

and

encouragement an d love

would be impossible.

IN HIM,

Sha r ran

fo r D a v i d

John and

Amy

Pryo


14/16

SHARRAN'S SHARING

a^ôAd a pZatôAm upon

ivfUch God can 4îom; H-anA^Z^. WMiout

thm

w

could

mvc/i know

how

tcndcA,

^cuthûZ,

and

almighty

oo/l

God

Xa. A kouse.

too tWt t t to

clean; oven

too Ut t t z

to cook; broken sew

ing machine; to

do than cvcK. lUhy?

God ha^

btm tot ting

me,

{ê.a&t

on

me.

ieX

zveJiythtng cli>c go.

Lean

on

me,

Ica/in

my

my6 now Bejôê

you can

go

on

to what I've

caZlcd you

to

do. LeaAn

to

tn.u&t

me

tn

eveAything, even my time

table

Time to

p/iay; time to Aead

my

BtbZe;

time to qôw

How I've êa/Lched myêC^

and

{ôand i t

necz^îOAy

to

Kecommit

my

t lê

to the

one

who

ha&

ted me heh.e. We aZJi

have

ouA own

idea

0)i what would be be6t, but only when we ît-

back and

le t God'6 timetable

woAk,

no matter

how -ilow i t 4eem4, can He teach tM HXa peA-

iect

way4

I'm Xea/ining, and I can only

pKatiie

God

loK

Hij>

love and constant

pat ience with

me

Hi^ weoJiy ckitd. I t ii> 60

much ea6ieA

to

lay youA head on Hi^ ^houldeA

and Ae^t and

le t

Him

woAk things out than

to

woAAy about why? .

youA pAayefU aAe helping God to mold me

in to

what He needi> me to be in oAdeA to

allow

the

GiAt'6 to

-iee

ChAZ&t in me. Wo-

thing in

theAJi

t i le

ij> ina

huAAy . All 0^

that hoi to be gone in me

beôAe

I can tAuty

love and undeJUtand theMe people that

God

love6

moAe than we

eveA can. Keep pAaying

oa oujl &pijvitual ieaAck

{ôa

God.

NeveA

can

we

know

enough

about

Him

whom

we

a l l

AeAve.

A6 long 06

ouA

êoAch ÔA Him neveA ends we

can become moAe tike Him evoJiyday.

I 'v e to ld

you tki6 60

maybe

you can do

a6 we've leoAned

to

do. Rejoice and

pAaii>e

God anyhow In 6pite 0^ a ll

that appeoAA

to

06 (Aom a

human

4>tand

point, to be going any

way but how we planned, i t i6 God'^ plan.

John and Amy have iini^hed one

yeaA

o

coAAe^pondence school. OuA

tM) week&*

-iem-

e6ê^ bAeak came ju&t

at

the night time ôa

05 to pack and

move

Âom

the

complex. John

Aeceived îve

awaAd6

duAtng

the

yeaA, and

Amy and John both

did

extAmely well. I'm

glad we made it thAough a yeoA: i t givei me

hope ôA getting thAough anotheA one

I t i6

di^îcult

to teach

you own childAen, ayid

hoAd loA them not to

have otkeA childAen

to

go to school with. Tape6 and letteA6 to

John and

Amy

peAionally Aeally help them to

at

least have pen

pat& tkzJji own

age.

John wants you

a l l to

know he has a

puppy

again, and

Amy

s t i l l hm, heA

cat.

PRAY FOR US

pa t i ence and endurance .

s a f e t y a s David

works on

th e house .

continued

good hea l th .

(any sore

or

sc ra tch ge ts /nfec ted a d taKes

weeks

to

heal

progress

on our

house .

ra in

to fill

our

5000

ga l lon

water

tank

when

the

water

system

i s

hooked up so we l l

h a v e

wa t e r a n d c a n

move

in We

n e e d

to

move as soon a s poss ib le so we can ge t to

our

work and

s top pay ing h igh r en t .

. . .

our growing re la t ionship

between

PBT/USA

and PBT/PNG.

funds to pay th e loan fo r

ou r hou se.

if r

. 5 *

DAVE

& BEGINNING STAGES OF HOUSE BUILDING

NEW

SLIDE

PROGRAM

For

tho se s o f

you

who

migh t

be

i n t e r e s t ed

we

now

have an updated s l i de p rogr am showing

progress

being made as well

as the

people

and v i l l a ge

o f

Gara t i .

f

you

des i r e

to use

an y

o f t he se

s l i de s

f or p re se nt at io n to

your

congrega t ion , send your r eques t s to :

PIONEER

BIBLE

TRANSLATORS

c /o Kevin

L. O Br i en

R.R. 2 ,

Box

19

Oakland City ,

Indiana A7660


15/16

HOUSE MOVING?

Have

you

ever

moved a

house?

Tha t s what

David

did

fo r th ree week. The process

was

preceded by painstaking hours of hunt ing

in

ho t ,

d i r t y

hardware s to res fo r one smal l

piece

for

a faucet or standing in l in e to be

waited on and f ind ing everyt hi ng

you

want

i s

s t i l l coming

on

a

slow

boat

from China or

IS en the boat a t

the

dock and not yet

un

loaded. After f inishing the

l a s t

b i t of

shopping

fo r

house mater i a l s

to

d iscover we

didn t

leave

enough room

for

roof overhang

sb,iV48 pieces

of 8 fo ot ro of in g i ron had

to

be exchanged for 48 pieces

of

9 foot roofing

i ron

and

the pr ice

adjusted accordingly;

thinking we were done only to discover we

needed one

more

r idge cap

and

two more

f ee t

of

copper tubing.

The

day

f ina l ly came when we

had put -

chased a l l the house mater ia ls Madang had

avai l ab le

a t

tha t

t ime.

That

was

Apri l .

were exci ted th inking we would move r i gh t

out of the complex into the vi l lage

and

s t a r t bui ld ing , bu t . . .

the two t r ucks t ha t

were

ava ilab le to ca rry

our

mate r ia l s

were

broken down

and the

roads

to

the vi l lage

were sO bad from the r a ins

tha t they

were

impassable except

fo r smal l

4-wheel

dr ive

v e h i c l e s . A ll

we cou l d do

was

w a i t ; w a i t on

the

roads ;

wai t

on

the

t rucks;

wai t

on

th e

Lo r d .

Meanwhile, David

and

our John went ha l f

way to the Ramu

River

almost to Bogia

along

the

Bismarck

Sea and bagged

30

bags

of sand

t o t a k e to

G a r a t i

to be mixed w i th th e

cement. John got a sunburn tha t day

and

got

a fungus

i n

it and it

had

to be t r ea ted

with a

an t ib io t i c

powder.

Fina l ly we le arn ed o f a t r uck t ha t would

take a

load

of our things

to the

Ramu,

so a t

4:30

a .m. David left i n

our

c a r so a t 9:00

he

could

be

a t

Bunepac, the vi l lage a t the

edge of the Ramu, to unload it Moving the

house

had

begun.

The s tove , 96 pieces of roofing

i ron

,

boxes

of

na i l s ,

r idge

capping a

shower

tub

base, and much

more

a l l

had to

be careful ly

carr ied

from

the

t ruck

down a muddy 18

foot

bank drop to a nar row canoe to

be

carr ied up

the

Ramu

to Bunepas, the Aust r a l i an

Church

of Chr is t

Mission s t a t i on ,

which

i s within

walking

distance of Garat i . Many shut t le

t r i p s

were

made up and down th e Ramu. All

of which

took hours

of

hard

work, slipping

in

the

mud, balanc ing

square and

round ob

j ec t s in a narrow

canoe,

while working in

the ra in . That was the easy load.

(cont . next

column)

(cont.

from

r i gh t

colvrain

Then

the day came when

th e

f i r s t

load

o f

qu i la wood a r r ived . Altoge ther the re were

11 tons

to

be t ranspor ted

from truck to

canoe and

f i na l l y

to Gara t i .

One 4

by

4 , 12

fee t long

weighed

80

pounds

The days

were

ho t

and

muggy,

and

th e

r a in s were

still

com

i ng .

The

he igh t

of th e r i v e r

had

dropped 18

f e e t

from the bank

where they would

load th e

timber pn

the

canoes.

had hoped

to

be

able to

ge t bush t imber bu t

learned t ha t the

only

t imber ava i l ab l e

a t

Gara t i would be

ea ten

by

whi te an t s ,

and

we would

have

to

rebui ld

our

house every f ive years .

So

we

spent K2000 above what we had planned fo r

some qu i l a .

It

wi l l l a s t

longer

t han it

wou l d

t a k e

u s to do o u r

wor k

here So

f o u r men s t o o d on t h e bank and han ded

l umbe r

down

the 18

foot

drop

to four men in the

wa t e r who h a n d e d t h e

t i m b e r to tw o

men

in

the

canoe

s tacking

it in

p lace .

The 65

foo t

c a n o e w as l o a d ed to t h e b r i m . Whi l e float^

ing down the

r i v e r

the top of the

canoe

was

a b o u t 4 i n c h e s

above th e wa t e r .

The

canoe

rocked

back

and f o r t h , and a t

t imes

the

wate r

came

within

an

inch of the top of the

canoe Quila wi l l not f loa t Eight t r i p s

were

made

t h a t day , a l l f u l l to th e brim

with

qu i l a . A sneeze could

have

over- turned

the canoe. The

next

day the second load of

q u ila a rr i ve d , and the whole hard process

s ta r t ed aga in . Dave

had some c lose c a l l s

and some

sc ra tches , bu t nothing f e l l over

b o a r d . The t im b e r was s t a c k e d

at

t h e ba i ik

of the

r i ve r

a t

Bunepas

to

be

picked up and

pul led

by

4-wheel dr ive

up

the r i ve r bank

,

around the miss ion,

through

grass , through

a

dr ied up

creek , up

the

h i l l ,

and

unloaded

a t

t h e

hou s e site

After f in i sh ing with th e t imber there

were bar re ls ,

30

bur lap sacks of

sand,

15

bags of cement, our

beds

(ours broke) , and a

r e f r idgera tor (which

we

almost

l o s t ) . When

the r e f r idgera tor was being lowered down the

bank

to

the

canoe

it

was

ra in ing

and doubly

s l i ck ,

s l imy,

and

gooey. They f ina l ly

got

it

in

th e canoe, bu t sideways. As they were

pushing

o f f

shore Dave

looked and the canoe

was

l ean ing to one s i d e

ready

to t ip our

$800 kerosene re frid ge ra to r in to the Ramu

He dove on top of

it

l ea ni ng w it h a l l h is

weight to

th e

o the r

s ide

and

leveled it

of f .

Then

they

carefu l ly got back to shore and

turned

it

l engthwise

in

th e

canoe.They

made

it but only because so

many o f you

have

been praying. A ll th e

mate r ia l s

a re

now

s af ely th ere .


16/16

FORWARDING AGENTS UPDATE

As

yo u

c a n s e e

t h i n g s

have

n o t

gone

a s

expected o r shared i n th e l a s t n e w s l e t t e r ,

be c a use th e s up pl ie s

c o u l d

n o t b e t r a n s p o r t

ed

an d

the

house done as

hoped,

th e

Pryor s

a re

r e n t i n g a s m a l l two-bedroom a p a r t m e n t i n

Madang

u n t i l t h e i r v i l l a g e

house i s

complet

e d.

They

hope

t o

b e

a b l e

t o move to

t h e i r

v i l l a g e o f G ar a ti

i n

September. D uring th e

month

o f August Sharran an d

th e c h ild r e n

w i l l be s ta y in g a t Bunepas so t he y can b e

w i t h

David

and ev en h elp w ith

t h e

house

>after. a c e r t a i n p o i n t i n i t s c o n s t r u c t i o n .

P l e a se pr a y

t h a t b u ild in g

w i l l

go smoothly

an d q u i c k l y .

With

p a c k i n g ,

c l e a n i n g ,

s h o p p i n g ,

and

moving, language work w i t h D ar an pu l h ad to

c e a s e .

A f t e r moving

from

th e

complex

t h e r e

wa s no

p l a c e

f o r Da ra npul

and

h i s f a m i l y to

l i v e

s o h e

w ent

ba c k

to th e v i l l a g e

and

h ad

to f in d a no th er j o b . P l e a s e

p r a y t h a t

h e ,

o r

someone

a s good,

w i l l be

a b l e t o he l p

t h e

P r y o r s le a rn G ir i once they g e t to th e

v i l l a g e .

A s p e c i a l t h a n k you from u s f o r a l l y o u r

p r a y e r s and s u p p o r t .

I f

you

have any

q u e s

t i o n s o r

any

way we c an h e l p

you, p l e a s e

feel

free t o

c o n ta c t u s .

MAP O F GARATI

I

H u Kecl drift, ^ ^

open

rmo-Zycir

Chunk of

CKrit+ Ste,+i

PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS

David

W.

Sharran 0. P ry o r, M i ss io n ar ie s

Kevin

L. Donna J . O Br i e n , Forwarding

Agent

R . R . 2

Box

19

Oakland C i t y ,

I n d i a n a 47660

O t - I F F O ; i P

p . V j V

^

U . S .

P os ta ge P aid

N o n - p r o f i t O rg.

P e r m i t // 7

O akland C i t y I n .

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