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NEW

GUINEA

Forwarding

Agents:

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Forwarding

Agents:

Mr. and Mrs. Dale

Dunlap

Route

16,Rhea

oad

Knoxville.TN

37920

John and Bonita Pryor

Volume

4

March-April,

1980

Numb

The

ld saying

is "what

a ifference a day

makes."

As we

ook back

over the

last

few

weeks

and months,

we can

only say,"Whata

difference "

We'll

back up n

time

in order

for

you to catch upon the

differences

that have

been in

the

making.

By the third week in December, we had

about80% f the house completed. Earlier

we

had

scheduled

a holiday in

Lae around

Christmas

time. So

we

ecided

to go ahead

with

i t

as we

were

very tired from

a l l the

building we

had

b e e n

doing.

We

pent

the

holiday

season

with Gil

and Agnes

Shepherd

and

their

daughter Lori. We

ent through

Mexico

Jungle Camp

ogether

and

have kept

in touch

since

then. It was a

very enjoyable

time of ellowship,rest,and browsing around

Lae,

which

has

many

ice

stores.

We

eturned to Madang and

continued our

holiday

until

the

PET on fere nce

in the

third

week of January. Included in this meeti ng

were

newcomers to

the

PBT-PNG Branch,

Wes and Alta

Beasley,

their

sons Jonathon

and Adam, nd Martha Wade. Several items

of importance were agreed upon and

t wasa

good

time of fellowship.

Following the meeting,

we

returned to

Samban

the

end of

January and

resumed

workon he

house.

Our nterest

in getting

into

the

house

was heightened

upon our retu

Samban. The mosquitos had

ncreased

w

we were gone due

to

the rainy

season

ge

into f u l l

swing. The

lassroom

where

we

b e e n living

for the past 20 months i s

exactly

designed

to keep

them ut.

Fortu

l y , the remainder of the work on

he

house

mostly on the inside.

Needless

to say we were really overj

Mukok and David

Pryor.


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when

we

moved into the house on

February

22. We t i l l

had

a

few

things

to d o

on the

house, but the major living areas were

completed.

It

became asier

to do

he work

o

complete

the

house as we ived in

i t . We

ad

designed

the house to be

mosquito-proof,

as

much

as

ossible,

by

ectioning off arge

areas

in screen wire,so thatby he time we ot o our

sleeping areas we

would

have gon e

through

three of these sections.

Happily, this

design

seems

to have

worked. We o

longer sleep

under mosquito nets,

and

our living

room/kitchen area s much

icer

than we

ad

previously experienced. Jesse seems o

really

enjoy

his

own

room, specially with

his own

Sesame

Street curtains

that Grandma

and

Papaw sent him. I n our i r s t morning in the

house,he id

ask when

we

ere going home,

because

he had

missed

his "natnat house"

(mosquito

n e t ) ,

but the house soon

became

home, nd

e has

really

enjoyed

the

screened-

in

porch

where he ides his

Big

Wheel.

The i r s t

week

of March

brought

some new

arrivals

to Samban.

Richard

and Tina

L ala

a n d t h e i r

daughter

P r i s c i l l a , New Hebridian

missionaries for the Australian

Churches

of

Chrsit Mission(ACCM), rrived

to

replace

the

Bens.

t

was

a e a l

pleasure

o r

us

to introduce

them

to

the v i l l a g e of Samban

a n d

a s s i s t in

t h e i r s e t t l i n g i n . We re so

glad

they are h e r e .

Shortly after the Lalas arrived, attended a

Government

Relations Seminar at SIL's

Center at Ukarumpa.

David Pryor

and

Ron

Augsburger also attended.

We

ad a good

time of fellowship in

addition

to spendi ng a

very profitable

time under the

tutelage of

Claude Bowen, a management

expert

and

head

of

a

Dale

arnegie

firm in

Chicago,

and

Richard Pittman, a veteran SIL public

relations expert.

Upon returning to Samban, we began in

earnest to prepare for our house

o p e n i ng

party, scheduled for

March

2 .

We

ad

assed

out

shotgun shells

to

area

hunters to

get wild

pig, plus

we

ordered

60 kilos of r i c e ,

and

Outside of house

on

day f edicatio

arranged for other

types of

Botin delicac

The people

in the

village

decided

that

t

would

prepare l l of

the

food,

except

for

a

chickens

that Bonita

prepared.

They sp

the whole day boiling r i c e , butchering a

roasting a t e e r , and makingsome ther

lo

food.

Theformal

art

of

the ceremony

ook pl

in the afternoon and ncluded a alk byDav

(Brother David

and

his family

had come

the

Thursday before our

party

to be with us

a

week),

Mukok,

ur village headman,

a

myself.

David's

talk

included Go

preparing of our families

for

this

work

w

them and heir

being

ready

to

receive us.

A

Mukok formally named our house "Bo

Pandama"(The House of Botin), a

pl

wherewe

ould

learn

the

Botin

languagea

the n

translate

the

Bible

into

Botin.

My

was ust

an

expression of thanks o a l l

th

whohad helped with

the

party,

workedon

house and o the village for allowing us to

here. But he

biggestthanks

went

o the

L o

who made

t

a l l possible.

Following the

talks and

he

f f i c i a l

open

of

he doors, he

people toured

the house.

H


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of

the

v i l l a g e s in

our lan guage group were

represented

and approximately 300-350

attended. After

touring the house,we l l went

over to Mukok's ouse,where

l l

the food was

divid ed . We

te

ours there butsince t was o

late

in the day, most of

the

folks

simply took

theirs and

l e f t . This is a

common

method

among he Botins. I t was very happyday or

us and eemed

to mark

a ignificant milestone

in our work.

We ere scheduled

to

return

to

the

U.S.

he

f i r s t

week

in May. We plan

to

spend three

days in Hawaiiand o n e night in Los

ngeles

en route to

Knoxville,

where we'll arrive

on

May

.

During our furlough we plan

to

be

sharing

our work with

a l l

of o ur supporters

and friends. As of yet, we have

n ot

established a

definite

schedule.

We

ill

be

working that out with our Forwarding Agent

upon arriving in

Knoxville.

If you have a

special time

you'd

i k e

for

us to come, lease e t

our

agent know.

Because f he expected birth

of ur second child in June,

we

ill n o t

be

ble

to travel as a

family

until the middle of

August.

Please allow for this in

making

our

requests. We o

look

forward

to seeing a l l

you n the coming

ear.

We

ontinue to

tha

God for

your prayers and inancial suppo

and look forward

to

the coming

time

sharing.

JESSE S CORNER

Guess

what,

when we

go

to

Americ

we're gonna eta

baby,

ndMomma a

I

get

to hold t too Ican'twait. Ithinkl

beginni ng to like Christmas as the

be

part of he year. We ven got o

have o

of t

in March his year. Momma aid t

mail was low. I don't care, t was eat

have a new hobby, I l i k e to

put

on

t

headphones a n d l i s t e n to John

Denp

(Ed. note:

John

Denver) and

Dall

Home (Dallas

Holm),

on the ta

recorder. Papa says that i s quite

contrast, whatever that mea ns. See ya

America

I've never been there before

Jes

V 'v*.

i -

Bo nita showing

people through the house.


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SHARING IN

THE

WORD

Finding

cross-cultural

equiva

l e nts of bstractnouns oundin the

New

Testament, i . e . , love, faith,

grace, t c . ,

i s

n o t easy. One hat

s

interesting s

the

Botin

translation

of holy." For

his word,

hey

use

"prinjes" which

to

them

means

l i t e r a l l y

straight, idiomatically

c o r r e c t , or true. As we would

respond,

I s that the truth,"

or

"I s

that

orrect?" The

ombination of

these

terms helpsme o

understand

holiness,

with

a

i t t l e

expansion

of

their

view; "Truthful correctness."

Don't we wish we

could

personify

this

concept? God says, "Be ye

holy, ven

as am

oly." Our oal

i s

to

reallv "plav i t straight,"

Botin-wise.

O

z

O

Pn

F

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A U G 6

NEWGUINEA

Forwarding Agents:

Mr.end Mrs.Dale Dunlap

Route 16,

Rhea

Road

Knoxville,TN

37920

John

and Bonita Pryor

Volume

4

May,

une, 1980

Despite a

e w delays due to

a

ational air

lines

s t r i k e in

PNG,

e t i l l

managed o

leave

Port Moresbyon chedule. Following

a

hree

day ayover in

Hawaii, and an

overnight

in

L.A. o

v i s i t with cousins,we rrived

in

Knox

v i l l e onMay . We ere met t

he

airportbya

large

group

of family

and riends. And f t e r

lots

of

kisses and ugs,we ejoiced in the Lord

in

a

ong

of

praiseand rayer.

It

was

ndeed

a

joyous

homecoming.

I t

was an extra s p e c i a l

t r e a t having both

sets

of

parents

on

hand or

our

arrival and or

our irst

month

backin he

tates.

Needless o

say,Jesse,as well as hisMom nd Dad, ere

never

in

want f

attention.

And

esse

really

has accepted

a n d

returned a l l

the

love an d

affection.

Our

i

rst

two

eeks were spent ust

catching

our breath, resting,and rying to

adjust

to a l l

the changes

that

had aken place since we e f t

in

1977. Then,we began o

put

the

polish

on

the

preparation

we

had

made n

PNG

or

the

Pioneer

Linguistic

I n s t i t u t e ,

to

be

held

at

Johnson Bible College the

last

of

May. Our

involvement in PLI was in

the

area of

lecturing about PNG,

t s

culture, and

PBT's

role of translating the

Word

in

PNG.

eing

the i

rstPBT'ers back

from the ield, we

ere

able to answer a o t

of

questions

both

from

Jesse meets his

grandmas

and gr

granny.

Grandpa

gets a l i t t l e

smile from

grandson .


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A elcome

hugfrom

mom.

L-R:

Grandpa Pryor,

Granny,

Gran

Pryor, Grandma

Bleuins,

Susan

Dunl

Grandpa

Blevins.

recruits

who re pla nning

to

go

oPNG, nd

from

PLI

studen ts eager to learn about the

translation

ministry.

The

PBT

Board Meeting

was

held in

conjunction

with

PLI,

and

I

was

asked

to

attend and represent

the teams on he

i e l d in

PNG.

A ajor concern and n e e d which we

presented to the Board

was for

acquiring

funds o

build a

house at

Ukarumpa,

he

SIL

Center,

to be used by ranslators

when

they

need

to

take

work

there

for

consultant help or

to

attend

workshops), and to

purchase

l a n d

just

outside

of

Madang

or

aPBT

ente

PNG. The

Board voted to support these

p r o j e c t s , and we sk that

you

be in praye

PBT

s t continues to

grow and

develop

Following

PLI

and

the Board

Meeting

began the

countdown

for

Joshua's

arri

Part of our

preparation

for

his arrival

taking

a eries

of

classes

on hildbirth at

hospital

where he

would be

born. It

was

helpful

for

us to

learn

about

the mod

devices

used in labor and

delivery,

an

familiarize ourselves

with

the hosp

John lecturing

at PLI.

Cyril

Simkins,

PBT oard Chairman, o

and Barton McElroy, Pres. ofPBT o

before the

Board

Meeting

begins.


7/12

Now,

we

re

in

the

process

of

preparin

our travels among our

supporting

chur

and

friends. We

xpect

to begin

the las

July.

We

appreciate

so

much a l l of

prayers and support of our work, and

hardly wait

t o

see

a l l

of

you

a n d thank

personally.

JESSE S

CORNER

John

and onita

preparing

slideprograms.

procedures.

Joshua Meade ryor was orn

at

1:08

A.M.

on June 1 2 weighing in at 7 ounds and 1

ounce

and measuring 20

/2

inches long. I t

was

a

good

delivery,

with no complications,

just a l o t of

hard

work on Bonita's p a r t .

Joshua just had his o n e month checkup

and

got

an

xcellent

report.

God

as bee n so

good

to us.

I guess my avorite

thing

to

do

sride

in

plane,

and really got

to do

a ot of haton

way back

o America.

America s really n

especially

the elevators

and scalators.

A

really love to

go o

town and to the West

shopping mall.

And

uess what,now 'v

a l i t t l e baby

brother named

Joshua.

P

said

from

now

on ' l l have

o

share my

o

with him.

He

oesn't

do much,

ust

eat

sleep,

so I ' l l

try and

get

him

ready

to

w

something

n ext

time.

He

an't

talk

yet.

See

J

Joshua

Meade

ryor.

"Don' t cry baby Joshua.


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Ed, ote:

If you

would l i k e

Jo

y o u r

c h u r c h a n d

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y e t

a b o u t

a a t e ,

p l e a ^ i

B l e v i n s ,

J o h n s o n

B i | b l

TN 37920.

Phone:

61

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not

o n t act e d them

write or all c/oW. .

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Knoxville,

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