Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS)

Yesterday, Wednesday, i made my second visit to OCMS. They are wonderful people and many have ecouraged ‘easyBibles’.

Their own Mission Statement is ‘Advancing Holistic Transformation through Scholarly Engagement’ and i need to eat more fish (to raise my IQ) before my next visit. Before September, i’ll hand 100 copies of veryeasyArabic to a Palestinian lecturer from a Bible College in Jerusalem; print and deliver 100 copies of veryeasyRawang (my 4th laguage for Burma/Myanmar) to a new friend who is translating it; update my veryeasyKorean (helped by the Executive Director and his friends); listen to more information on educational curricula ideas for Tonga and Polynesia; find out more about a retired missionary from Afghanistan who now lives on Anglesey, Wales; discuss Hausa and other Nigerian languages with the man who bravely allowed his embryonic PhD research to be analysed by such a highly educated group.  This all happened at OCMS in 3 hours.

Also in September, i hope to meet some of the next intake of PhD students from around the world.

Today i’ve had email conversations about Hindi (Nagpur) and Nepali (Katmandu) with friends i met in Tokyo.