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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

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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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