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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 [...]

Phase 2 Printing starts

Having successfully started our booklet printing – through the generosity of Cefni Computers, Anglesey, Wales – we are now moving on to Stage 2 – with large numbers of booklets for language projects that we have grown to trust and respect.

We have started with 700 copies of Luke Stories in veryeasyVaiphei for Manipur, India.  As [...]

Blind children in North Africa

I received this email message about our veryeasyArabic from another contact i made in Japan  :

‘I was so glad to hear your voice and to receive your email.  Indeed I opened the link and saved the Arabic stories, wonderful work. God bless you.
I think I can help in my own way to make pictures for [...]

easyBengali, Italian, Vaiphei...

From the General Secretary of the National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh. We met in Tokyo.

‘Greetings. Yes, I have seen almost all the booklets. But I know them mostly previously. These are very good resource on the website. Our poeple can easily access them upon internet availability.

Do you have any suggestions and idea how we can [...]

fasting Wed 7 July

Just to say that following my trip to Asia we have 5 new languages making progress.
Also veryeasyItalian has just started with Father Mario a missionary to Ugandua who might also arrange independent checking for Luo.

Contacts with the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Liverpool Hope University look like progressing well in September.

Thank you for praying. [...]

Oxford and Liverpool

On Fri 11 June i’m a delegate to the Edingburgh 2010 event at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies considering ‘Holistic Mission’; then again on Sat and Sun at Liverpool Hope University where the Edingburgh 2010 theme is about ‘Christian Unity in Mission and Service’. These are, of course, both subjects close to me heart.

Please [...]

Slumber and sleep

We’re both enjoying a time of recovery and rest in beautiful North Wales. But we rejoice in serving a God who does not need to slumber nor sleep (Ps 121).

It’s good to hear of new easyBibles projects in Bhutan, Myanmar, Egypt, Burundi, Algeria, South Africa, India & Malaysia.

Home with much to consider

Thanks for your prayers. I’m now back home; resting but in good health and praying about all the consequences of very useful times in Japan and Malaysia.

Borneo : Miri and Kuching

Had a great time – wonderful teams forming for easy and veryeasyIban, Kelabit and Malay.

Also need for Christian Radio stn in Indonesia to reach Sarawak. Authorities are more relaxed in Indonesian Borneo than in Sarawak. Also met leader of blind ministry in Iban – Pastor Peter wants braille version of veryeasyIban etc.

Planes

Good start with Malay in KL.  Off to Miri then Kuching on Borneo today.  Back to KL on Sat.

I hope to meet future team members for Iban and Indonesian languages as well as some of easyKelabit team.