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'Pruor'
THE
Newsletterofthe Pioneer Bible Translators
VOL.2
PRYOR'S IN
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
On
June 22,
1977, David and
John
Pryor,
along
with t h e i r
respective
f a m i i i e s ,
arrived
i n
P o r t
Moresby,
Papua New
Guinea
to
begin
t h e i r
f i r s t
t e r m
as
missionaries.
The
ryor's
ar e
the
first missionaries of American
Christian Churches and Churches of
Christ t o serve i n t h i s
country.
Papua
New Guinea i s a land of
many languages, b e t w e e n
600 an d
700
n fact. The
Pryor's
mission i s t o
e nt e r
two of t h e s e
languages,
learn
t h e m , create
alphabets
and translate
God's
Word for
t h e speakers
o f that
language,
i n
t r a n s l a t i n g God's
Word
t h e y
w i l l
also be evangelizing, t e l l i n g
t h e
people
t h e Good News
about
Jesus
C h r i s t .
Before
t h e y
w i l l be
able
to do h i s ,
h o w e v e r ,
s u rve y s
w i l l have
t o
be
made.
avid
Pryor,
who
s PBT's
ield
Coordinator,
has
t h e
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of
surveying
a
f e w possible
areas
i n
Papua
where
l i n g u i s t i c analysis
and
Bible translation
are needed, nd h e n
make
recommendations for
final
en
t r y . PBT has h e encouragement and
help
of
t h e
Summer i n s t i t u t e of
Linguistics (the Wycliffe Bible
Translators)
i n
Papua I n surveying
and
determining
w h e r e n e e ds
are t h e
greates t.
Readers
o f the Pioneer
newietter
can
e x p e c t
a f i n a l
an
nouncement
in
a
future
issue con
cerning
t h e location and t h e
t r i b a l
languages where t h e Pryor's w i l l
be
working.
I n
t h e
meantime,
pray
for
David
P ry o r
and his
wife Sharron, and
for
J o h n Pry or and h i s wife
Bonita.
A
great
work
lies
ahead of them,a work
that i ll
require t h e
Lord's strength t o
do.
JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 977
NO.
STUDENTS AND
STAFFOF
1977
LI, CINCINNATI BIBLESEMINARY, INCINNATI,OHIO
A
WORTHILEINTRODUCTION
A worthwhile intr o du c tio n to the com
plex world of l i n g u i s t i c s stated Linda
C o o p e r , a
tudent
of Manhattan
Christian
College,
Manhattan,
Kansas
o n
f i n i s h i n g
t h e
week
of
s t udy at
t h e
1977 Pioneer
L i n g u i s t i c I n s t i t u t e .
This year
PLI
was eld
May
2-28 o n h e
campus of Cincinnati Bible
College
and
Seminary,
Cincinnati,
Ohio. Twenty-six
students attended. They
came
rom nine
d i f f e r e n t colleges: Boise Bible College,
C i n c i n n a t i C h r i st i a n Seminary, Harding
College, J o h n s o n Bible College, Lincoln
Christian
College, Manhattan
Christian
College, Minnesota Bible College, Ozark
Bible College and Wheaton College. Also
I n attendance w e r e a igh sch ool senior, a
grandmother
and
two veteran mis
sionaries.
The
Pioneer
Linguistic I n s t i t u t e i s
designed
t o intr oduce the fields
o f
l i n g u i s t i c s , translation
and
culture to
Christian
wo rker s
so
t h e y can draw a
b e t t e r idea of the studies and skills in
volved
i n translating God's Word into an
unwritten t r i b a l language.
This
year's P LI
f u l f i l l e d t h i s objective
for l l
who
ttended,
as
Dale Winters from Minnesota
Bible
College stated, (PLI) gave me a good n
troduction
into a ield
knew
l t t i e about.
now
see
t h e
u r g e n c y t o
have mor
translators "
Anot h er,
but related p u r p o s e f
PLI
s t
i n t e r e s t
peo pl e
i n th e missionary
ministr
of Bible r a n s l a t i o n . This
p u r p o s e ,
oo,
wa
f u l f i l l e d ,
as Larry Dershem of Ozark Bibl
College stated, I
have an
Idea
of w h a t
involved
in translation work.
t
has
tirre
my interest i n i t .
Of special i n t e r e s t t h i s year
w e r e
t h
p r e s e n c e
of
two
missionaries.
Larr
Doggett and June C ro w l, both
long-tim
missionaries fr om
Zaire
( A f r i c a ) . Bo t
w e r e enthusiastic about
the PLI
p rogram
Larry
Doggett,
who
s also serving as h
President
of
t h e 1977
ational
Missionar
C o nven tion ,
recommended t hat
vetera
missionaries
be invited
t o attend to
in
troduce
them o
i n g u i s t i c s
and o w h a t
h
Pioneer
Bible Translators can do n help
ing to
expand t h e i r mission w o r k
i n
t h
area
of
l i n g u i s t i c s and
t r a n s l a t i o n .
Bot h
Larry
Dogget t and June
C r o w l
t o l d
of
t h
need t h e y have for
Bible
translator
among t h e several t r i b a l
languages t h e
are serving i n Zaire.
The l i n g u i s t i c I n s t i t u t e began each
morning with
Phonetics taught
by Dr
David Filbeck of Lincoln Christian
continued on ack page
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WHEREPEOPLE ARE .
The summer
months
are a time for
lingustic activity. After the Pioneer
L i n g u i s t i c I n s t i t u t e , which
was
eld I n May
a n d which brought together
most of
the
personnel
a s so ci a te d with RBI
have
sca ttered to follow
other, but related
ac
t i v i t i e s .
Actually, t
a l l
started
during
the week f
PLI when Al
Hamilton
and
Ron
A WORTHWHILE
INTRODUCTION
concluded
rom
front
page .
Semin ary, followed by Phonetic Lab
where
students
r i l l e d and racticed
mak
ing various sound s .
Chapel
came next
with Robert Morse,
veteran missionary
and
Bible
translator from
Burma,
preachrng. FHHng out
the
morning were
Dr. Susan Higglns (Miiiigan College)
teaching
Synt ax a n d
Dr.
Rondal Smith
(Lincoln Christian College) teaching
Semantics and
Tr an s l a t io n .
In the
after
noon, Dr. Charles Taber of Mllllgan
College taught Cultural
Anthropology.
Library time
for
readings
I n Linguistics
and
elated
subjects was f t e r
Dr.
Taber's
class.
Each
afternoon
ended with
volleyball,
a sport that h a s become
t r a d i t i o n a l among
Bible translators.
Pic
tures
of the 1977
LI
may e
s e e n
on he
inside
pages
of
t h i s
Issu e of the Pioneer.
Already plans are being made
or
the
1978 Pioneer L i n g u i s t i c I n s t i t u t e .
The
ex
act
time
and location are yet to be a n
n o u n c e d .
Perhaps
you
should
plan on t
tending,
for
a s
Kim
Jackson,
a
student
from Lincoln Christian
College said, PL I
opened
my y e s to many atters was n
aware f .
The
1978 LI
w i l l
help
you un
derstand the
need for
more Bible
translators to reach the more
than
2,000
tr ib e s without God's Word.
Augsburger
(the designated F i e l d Service
Director
for Papua New Guine a) traveled
to Mexico C i t y to attend the international
meeting
of
the
Wycliffe Bible Transla tors.
There
they met
with
WBT eaders
from
Papua New
u i n e a
to discuss the nee ds of
Scripture
t r a n s l a t i o n
i n that
country.
Next,
in June fter PLIwas v er, e veral
PBT
personnel traveled to various
places
to either s t u d y
or
teach I n other I n s t i t u t e s .
Dr.Susan Iggins
traveled
to Toronto n
Canada, o teach i n
the
Toronto L i n g u i s t i c
Institute. Susan has also accepted a
teaching p o s i t i o n
a t
M i i i i g a n College and
w i l l begin
there t h i s
comin g
school
year.
Dr. Rondal Smith
tra v eled
t o Ventnor,
New
ersey
to continue
working
on a ro
j e c t
sponsored
by the
A m er i c a n
Bible
Society.
The
roject
I s the
production
of a
new ype of Greek-English lexicon.
Dr. David Fiibeck
tra v eled
to Norman,
Oklahoma
to
teach in the Summer
I n s t i t u t e of L i n g u i s t i c s , which I s
held
on the
campus f
the
University of
Oklahoma. n
addition
to D a v i d , several PBT recruits
enrolled
a t SIL Norman to study
l i n g u i s t i c s. I n a l l f i f t e e n people
are
study
ing
at
SIL; Bob and Dawn
aird, Ron
n d
Lisa Augsburger, William a n d Robin
Butier,
Paul
and Cathy Peelman, Ju dy
Smith, J u d y Glaze, Anita Downs, Roger
Quarton, Bruce rldle, Martha Wade
and
Corinne Bare.
Several of these students are already I n
t h e i r
se cond
year
of
l i n g u i s t i c t r a i n i n g .
After
another
year of
study they
w i l l be
ready
to
go
o
the mission f i e l d with
PBT.
Others are
I n Support
Personnel t r a i n i n g .
This l a t t e r type
of
t r a i n i n g i s not designed
for
Bible
translation
but
to
e n a b l e
the pe r
son
to perform "backup" uties i n behalf
of
those who re
located
i n
outlying
areas,
r e c e i v i n g
a n d
helping new missionaries
get s e t t l e d
I n a
ountry, operatin g
a
u es t
house
for
missionaries In town,
evangelism
i n town, and
numerous
other
duties. t i s a
ob
that i l l h a v e to be one f
translators are to get out and i v e among
t r i b a l
people.
I n other personnel
news,
i l l Barton ha s
assumed the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of Develop
ment
irector
I s
establishing
a n o f f i c e i n
Lincoln,
I l l i n o i s . Lincoln has
chosenf
I n other personnel news, B i l l Barton
has
assumed the respo nsib ilit y
of
De ve lopment
Director
i s
establishing a n
office
I n
Lincoln,
I l l i n o i s .
Lincoln
was
chosen bec ause
of
the
many
Christian
Churches I n I l l i n o i s
and
b e c a u s e
so
many
PBT ecruits
receiving
training at Lincoln
Christian College
and
emin ar y. De velop
ment s not
only
r a i s i n g funds, but also
guiding people through
the
necessary
Bible a n d l i n g u i s t i c t r a i n i n g
for
a
ransla
t i o n m i n i s t r y . Thenew
d dress for
t h i s
of
fice i s B i l l
Barton,
Box 26, incoln, l l i n o i s
62656.
CONGRATULATIONS,
JANET
On
p r i l
8,1977,
Janet
Davis,
secretar
for
PBT
t
Bedford,Texas, asmarried
Ron
Manna, Vice President of Dalla
Christian College. A l l
PBT ersonnel wis
Ron a n d Janet many ears of happines
a s they
both serve
our Lord.
J a net I s continuing on a art-time basi
helping Al Hamilton I n the PBT
f f i c e .
We
apprecia te her
willingness
to serve
PBT
t h i s capacity.
THE
PIONEER
President Al Hamilton
Editor David F l l b e c k
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76021.
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BIBLE
TRANSLATORS
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