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    PIONEER BIBLE/TRANSLATORSF O RWA R D I N G A G E N T S

    Kevin I.. Donna J . O S r i e nRoute m . Box 26

    Oakland City, Indiana 7 6 6

    Vol tL^ie V, I s s u e I

    FINISHED FINALLY

    Your p raye r s o f p e t i t i o n f o r God sgu idance and wisdom t o be w i t h us as wea n a l y z e d t h e K i r e sound s ys te m ca n nov; become p r aye r s o f p r a i s e an d t h a n k s g i v i n g .The ana lys i s i s complete; we have f i n i s h e dt y p i n g i t ; an d we have o f f i c i a l l y ach ievedt e n t a t i v e o r t h o g r a p h y s t a t u s . T h a t means weh a v e d e v e l o p e d a t r i a l a l p h a b e t and have approval t o begin l i t e r a c y an d t r a n s l a t i o nw o r k w h e n v/ e r e t u r n fo r o u r s e c o n d t e r m .

    Th e f i n a l a n a l y s i s b r o u g h t a fev; s u rp r i s e s . We have f iv e a dd it i o na l l e t t e r s i nou r a lphabe t t h a t we thought v/e may be ablet o do v ; i t h o u t . ( I c an e x p l a i n t h a t b e t t e rv;hen we s e e j''Ou on f u r l o u g h . ) Another s u rp r i s e s wa s t h a t we a r e i n a v e r y uniquel anguage which has a v e r y unique f e a t u r et h a t e x i s t s i n no o t h e r l a n g u a g e a n a l y z e dt h u s f a r i n Papua New G u in ea . C o rr es p on d en c e

    w i l l b e i n i t i a t e d v ; i th t h e l i n g u i s t i c sd e p a r t m e n t o f U.C.L.A. t o f i n d o u t e x a c t l yh o w r a r e t i s v ; o r l d - v ; i d e .

    Th e S . I . L . c o n s u l t a n t wh o h e l p e d me i nc o n f i r m i n g th e a n a l y s i s has r e q u e s t e d t h a t Iw r i t e an a r t i c l e o n t h e K i r e s o u n d s y s t e mf o r p u b l i c a t i o n i n e i t h e r one o r b o t h o f t h el i n g u i s t i c j o u r n a l s p u b l i s h e d f o r t h ePac i f i c a n d S o u t h P a c i f i c a r e a . f t i s

    r a r e v /o r ld -v / ide , t h e n i t would a l s o be subm i t t e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e l i n g u i s t i cj o u r n a l t h a t h as v ;o r ld -v / i de p u b l i c a t i o n .

    F r a n k l y , t h e t h o u g h t o f t h i s s c a r e s me

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    f o r H is p u r p o s e scind H is g l o r y t o b r i n g some unexpec ted andu n p r e d i c t a b l e b l e s s i n g s t o P. B . T . T h a t wecommit t o Him, b u t when v/e b e g i n s e c o n d t e rmI v ; i l l c e r t a i n l y be c o u n t i n g o n y o u r p r a y e r st o do my b e s t on such a p o t e n t i a l l y import a n t t a sk

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    FUI^LOUGH I T I N E R A RY

    A p r i l December 1981

    A p r i l 1 2 P. M .

    A p r i l 2 1 P. M .

    A p r i l 2 2 P. M .

    A p r i l 2 3 P . M .

    A p r i l 2 6 A . M .

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    May 1 7 , A.M.

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    J u l y 12 A.M.P. M ,

    J u l y 15J u l y 1 9

    J u l y 2 2J u l y 26 A.M.

    P. M .

    J u l y 2 6 - 3 1J u l y 29

    F i r s t C h r i s t ia n C h u r c h

    E l l w o o d C i t y , P e n n s y l v a n i aN o r t h S e w i c k l y Un . P r e s b y.El lwood C i t y , P e n n s y l v a n i aF i r s t I 5 a p t i s t C h u r c h

    El lwood C i t y , P e n n s y l v a n i aV/i ley H i ll B a p t i s t C h u r c hEl lwood C i t y , P e n n s y l v a n i a ri e C h u r c h of h r i s t

    E r i e , P e n n s y l v a n i aC a r p e n t e r s C o r n e r s C h r. Ch .Stonetloro PennsylvaniaN i n t h Av e , h r i s t i an C h u r c h

    StillW^ter OklahomaSunnybi^ook C h r i s t i a n ChurchS t i l l w a t e r , Ok lahomaU n c o n f i r m e d

    P i o n e e i L i n g u i s t i c s I n s t i t u t eJ o p l i n , M i s s o u r iOswego C h r i s t i a n ChurchOswego K a n s a s

    Arl ing1 :on C h r i s t i a n C h u r c hA r l i n g t o n , Te x a s

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    H e n n e s s y OklahomaO P E N

    Old Uriion Christian hurchP o s e y v i l l e Ind iana ^North ^ e r i c a n Christ ian onvL o u i s v i l l e , KentuckyO P E N

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    B l u e F i e l d , VJes t V i r g i n i a

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    A u g u s t 2

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    S e p t 13 A MP. M .

    S e p t . 2 0 - 2 7

    O c t . 4 , 1 1 , 1 8

    M a r t i n s b u r g C h u r c h o f C h r i s tM a r t i n s b u r g , West V i r g i n i aO P E N

    U n c o n f i r m e d

    H i l l c r e s t C h u r c h o f C h r i s t

    P o c a h o n t a s , Vi r g i n i aO P E N

    Chr i s t i an A c r e s L a d i e s R e t r e a t

    B l u e f i e l d , West V i r g i n i aWi l l i a m s C h a p e l ChurchN a r r o w s V i r g i n i aO P E N

    A t h e n s Chr i s t i an C h u r c h

    A t h e n s I l l i n o i s

    F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

    M o r r i s , I l l i n o i sI l l i a n a L a d i e s R e t r e a t

    Wa s h i n g t o n I n d i a n aO P E N

    O P E N

    Waupaca Greenbay OshCoshW i s c o n s i n s u r r o u n d i n g a r e a

    F a i t h P r o m i s e M o n t h

    M o r t o n C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

    Morton I l l i n o i s

    O c t . 2 2 - 2 5 N a t i o n a l M i s s i o n a r y C o n vNew Yo r k New York

    N o v . 5 , 6 J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g eK n o x v i l l e , Te n n e s s e e

    N o v . 6 8 F a i t h P r o m i s e R a l l yWo o d l a w n C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

    K n o x v i l l e , Te n n e s s e eN o v . 1 4 - 1 8 P. B . T. B o a r d M e e t i n g

    D a l l a s , Te x a s

    N c ^ . 2 1 - 2 2 F a i t h P r o m i s e R a l l yF i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

    O a k l ^ d C i t y , I n d i a na

    N o v . 2 9 A M U n c o n f i r m e d

    P , M U n c o n f i r m e d

    D e c . 2 O P E N

    D e c . 6 A M C h u r c h of C h r i s t

    L a n c a s t e r , P e n n s y l v a n i a

    P , M. U n c o n f i r m e d

    D e c . 7 3 B u x m o n t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

    Wa r m i n s t e r P e n n s y l v a n i a

    D e c . 1 6 O P E N

    D e c . 2 0 O P E N

    D e c . 2 7 A .M . Shenango C h r i s t i a n ChurchNew C a s t l e , P e n n s y l v a n i a

    P , M O P E N

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    P L E A S E P R AY F O R :

    1 , Ease in ad ju s t in g back i n t o / jner icanc u l t u r e .

    2 K e v i n a s h e c o n t i n u e s t o p r e p a r e o i . ri t inerary so ^/le can om see a l l of yoii.

    3 Us a s we l e a v e o u r p e o p l e and a s wet r a v e l i

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    4 P. B . T. and it s ne w d i r e c t o r s i n P. N . GJ

    THANKS TO GO D F O R :

    1 . A l l o u r b le ss in g s i n o u r f i r s t t e r m .

    2 . New b e l i e v e r s among o u r G i - r i p e o p l e3 . T he c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e G i r i a l p h a b e t .4 . Your f a i t h f u l s u p p o r t i n p r a y e r s an d

    m o n e j ' - ,

    Thanks s o much t o a ll o f y ou wh o h a v eg i v e n l o v e g i f t s s o P. B . T. c a n c o n t i n u eb u i l d i n g a h o u s e a t Ukarumpa s o we c a l a lla t t e n d w o r k s h o p s a s we do o u r w o r k .

    P I O N E E R B I B L E TRANSLATORS

    David V/. S h a r r a n 0 . P r y o r M i s s i o n a r i e sKevin L. Donna J . O'Brien, Forwarding Agen-^sR . R . 2 Bo x 26Oakland C i t y I n d i a n a 47660

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    f o r v ; a r d i m g agen t s n o t e

    Many o f you ai^e aware t h a tS h a r r a n w er e v /a nt in g a m o t o r homew h i l e on f u r l o u g h . As r e q u e s t e dwe began s e a r c h i n g f o r one t o mn e e d s and t h e i r p o c k e t - b o o k , t o o .w e r e s e n t t o al l t h e i r s u p p o r t i n gg a ti o n s r e qu e s ti n g t h a t t h e y madeknown t o t h e i r p e o p l e and a s k i n gc o n t a c t u s i f t h e y knew where ac o u l d be b o u g h t , bor rowed , o r r e nr e a s o n a b l e f l o s t . T h e n v/ e l e f t

    L o r d s h a n d s . L e s s t h a n o n e w e e k

    r e c e i v e d a phone c a l l t e l l i n g u sm o t o r liome f o r s a l e i n Wampum, P e n nj u s t 6 m i l e s f rom S h a r r a n s p a r e nA f t e r c h e c k i n g i t o u t we f o u n d i tp e rf e c t s iz e e q u i p m e n t , p r i c e andf o r t h e Pr^ ' o r s N a t u r a l l y we t o ok

    o f t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y . Nov/ t h e P r yh a v e a v e h i c l e t o t r a v e l i n a p l a cc h i l d r e n t o c o n t i n u e t h e i r c o r r e ss c h o o l i n g an d a home av;ay f romo n f u r l o u g h . Once a g a i n Go d h a se v e r y d e t a i l f a r b e t t e r t h a n manhoped . We a s k you t o j o i n u s i no u r l o v i n g h e a v e n l y F a t h e r f o r s t i l l

    a n s w e r t o H is p e o p le s p ra y e r.

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    Pryors Prayers Praise

    FIELD A D D R E S S

    David W. Sharran O Brien PryorB o x 9 9

    Madang, Papua New Guinea

    PIONEER BIBLE T R A N S L ATO R S

    FORWARDING AGENTS:

    Kevin L D o n n a J O B r i e nRoute 2 , Box 26

    Oaldand City, indiana 47660

    Volume V, I s sue 2 September, 1

    Pryors

    Paths

    PennsylvaniaApril 1

    A pri l 6

    April 5

    Seeing family at last We met Sharran s folks, Harry and Florence O'Brienthe Pittsburgh airport. How good it was to see, touch and hear our parentsall a t o nc e an d after so long.

    Sharran s brother, Kevin O'Brien, an d his wife Donna (our forwaragents) and theirdaughterscameto Sharran's olks Soforthe irst timfour years they were all together again. We got to see their youngestdaughter, Shanna, for the first time. She was already two years old.Our first church service a nd S un da y school hour in English and ourcultural surroundings were at S ha rr an s h om e c hu rc h in EllwoodPennsylvania. The shiny, clean communion sets, the flowers, pews, piano,organ and special music by the choir providedan atmosphere for worshipand fellowship that we had not experienced for a long time. Itwas good totouch roots again.

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    April 30

    Morton IllinoisMay 1- 4

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    Ma y 25-29

    K a n s a s

    J u n e 1 -5

    T e x a s

    J u n e 7

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    O k l a h o m a a n d

    Te xa s a g ai n

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    July 7-10

    West Virginiaand VirginiaJuly 17-25

    PennsylvaniaJuly 21

    John got braces on his lower tee th and an activator for his upper tWhata n| >uthfuland whatpain

    We hadfpbr busy but wonderful days with partofour family inthe LoMorton, itwas good to be with so manywhohad beenso faithful towria n d e n co u ra g e us in so many ways. We w er e a ls o privileged t o a tt enspecial series of studieson the Holy Spirit led by Don DeWelt.

    A very spec ia l t ime fo r Dave s fami ly. All four brothers and their famwere tog^jther forthe first time in four years, and David got to see a nianda nephew forthe first time. Seeing uncles, aunts,cousinsand90yeold grandparents was also a real treat.

    The Pioneer Linguistic Inst itute was held a t Ozark Bible College thisWe enjo^od meeting new recruits, PBT forwarding agents, and newb o ar d m e mb er s. PB T has really grown.

    We ha d a very enjoyable week of VBS with t he church in Oswego. We

    several wonderful Christians enjoyed watching hummingbirds g ot s olessons 911 water color painting, an d were thankful to see how these pewanted to be involved in th e Bible translation ministry.

    Itwas r^g^lly great to be withbrethren from the Arlington Christian Churchaga in . W^ were a part of their congregation during our linguistic traininDallas. The littie

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    West Virginiaand VirginiaJuly 26-Aug. 16

    I l l ino is

    We were Involved in a Spiritual Emphasis Week of cam p a nd a LaRetreat with around 200 ladies. We also took as many spare momentsposs ibl e to visit vvith members of the Falls Mills Christian Church whDavid had served as minister. It was encouraging to see so many still fful to th e Lord but sad to hear that some had fallen away.

    We are now in Morton Illinois again. Th e church here ha s rented an ament for us an d we ar e having an opportunity to rest and ge t caugh t uall ou r correspondence. So ifyou have written us lately you will begetta l t t r s o o n

    Everywhere we ve been we have greatly enjoyed th e love fellowship and genu ine concern shownus our work and ou r people. We have enjoyed being in each place an d with all th e people wevisited but time has been s o short. Some of y ou w e have no t s ee n a t all yet so we look forward tosecond we c an s pe nd with you.

    COLO. K M / S

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    A ns we re d P ra ye rs :

    God provided a 5650.00 motor hdme for us, and it is paid for now. John has braces on his teeth and th^yonly cost ustheextra trips for the checl< ups. Many ofyou

    prayed with us about the money we had saved that was stolen with the briefcase. God has provide We have had safety as we have tre^veled and no sickness. Our support has remained constant while w e h av e b ee n h om e and we sure thank all of you f or t ha

    Thank you for your many prayers. Prjayers are being answered.

    C ontin ue To Pray For:

    th e spiritual welfare and th e spiritual growth of our Kire people. anold man inour village namedSijfi pronouncedsoup). Heiscountingonthe prayersofChristians

    here inAmericato help himremainfaithfulto Jesus and made us promise to relate his request for yop r y e r s

    for ourcontinued health and safety kswe travel and thatour lives can bea blessing totheworkokingdom wh er eve r we travel.

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