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Great post from Paul @ Shiny bits of life.
Fascinating approach by a library to keep books alive. Sounds alittle dissapointing.
Did you know Wycliffe uses similar technology to delivier bibles to people who can’t read?
Check this out .. 
mp3 player
Language recordings is one of our partners.
And it DOES get used all over the world! CHECK THIS OUT
I have spent this week at WYnet’s annual summer camp, it is actually thier 14th Annual summer camp. It could also be my last, having been to 13 out of those 14, I have been to more WYnet UK events than any other person in the world. Which is kind of cool an odd at the same time. This week i have been catering for the campers, but also
I am currently sat at the WYnet laptop in the main meeting hall, the same hall we have met for the last 6 years and I am in awe of all the things God has done in here with our group over those years. As I have sat at the back during the week I have had a HUGE grin on my face for so much of the time.
Had to write the rest of this form home …
I have been constantly amazed and priveledged this week, to have been involved in such an amazing ministry for so long. Seeing Andy King sing his heart out like never before, it was awesome to see him sing wtih freedom, and passion and hti soem great notes and twiddles, it ROCKED! It was aweseom seeing Ian Gray 10 minutes itno his talk, make everyone stand and pray for each other for what ever needed healing. It was UNBELEIVEABLE to see Ruth Buie deliver her first WYnet talk, something I admit I never thought I would see. She was awesome, an even later on, when she off her own back, without the need for promting went off to pray with on of the girls. BRILLIANT.
It has also been very emotional, as the group prayered for me on Wednesday after handing over teo steve, catching glipses of people sharing thiers desires for Me before God. Humbling, and teenagers pray that you will “have no hesitation in doing what God wants you to, with all the passion he has given to you”, now that was a prayer!
I have laughed a LOT. as people have shared stories about past events, and things that i have done to people, or even times when i have got stroppy about something unbeleivebly insignificant.
I have also cried a lot. During rehursals when andy king did THAT SONG and let rip for the first time, it totally reduced me to tears. I sy God at work in Andy, I saw that God had used me and my ministry to help people take the next step. I felt pride for the team of peopel that I have passed on to Steve. Hearing that one of the now leaders first felt that she heard the voice of God at a WYnet meeting whilst singing a song I had written. That was 6 years ago, and i never knew that. Humbling. I guess i have been humbled quite a few times during this week!
I have been very blessed to have been involved in such an amazing ministry.
Andy was kind enough to let me play drums for the worship set on the last evening, to be honest, quite an emotional evening for me. We had done the offical hand on wednesday night, we had done an un-offical had over back in march when i moved out the office! But Friday just as we were stodd praying about to begin the session, I was totally overwhelmed about this being the last night of what could possibliy be my last camp. We got cracking had an AWESOME evening, good music, great worship, great spontanious monemts, great moments of pouring out out hearts to God, and even great jumping for dancing generation our last song. There has always been something special about worship during WYnet events, and that night was no exception. When we were wdone, I gave Andy a big hung, and started to sink into my “this is the end” lull. I coiled cables moved speakers, eventually i headed over to the dining hall and got a cup of and just pondered for a while how awesome God is and simply how much I am going to miss all those amazing times with the WYnet peeps.
I am goingg to totally miss those amazing amazing leaders that have grown soo much, and changed soo much, and honestly and openly shared thier lives with people, and stepped up to the plate every time they have needed to. They are unique people and will always be very special to me.
As for the rest of the WYnetters, I will always be eager to hear about how God has used the to impact the lives of others. I am excited to see what God will do in thier lives. And just to clarify to the campers, I will NOT, EVER EVER ride the pony 
I guess you could consider this shameless self promotion, but we just sent our latest newsletter, and I don’t have everyones email address, and so in the interest of maximum exposure I have blogged it too!
click here to see our latest letter and archive.
Enjoy.
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What to do now
This was on the bottom of the Leaflet sent out to churches, not sure how to translate that for the blog!
• If anyone in your church has raised this question – make sure you give them a copy.
• Give a copy to your church leader, mission secretary and church treasurer to prepare them to answer others.
• Suggest your children’s and youth leaders use the leaflet for a discussion session.
• Make it available to church members so they can support the church’s mission policy
InFocus, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3XL
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A Ugandan lay reader said:
“LORD, we want to thank you for what our language is. LORD, thank you for all this development you have done to our language. We were being laughed at that our language cannot be written down. But LORD you have now enabled the writing system of our language to be in place. You have enabled many books to be printed in our language. LORD, we must thank you for what you are doing for us…
May Your name be exalted high! Amen.”
Why others support the Bible’s way
• Each language reflects the characteristics of its background culture. Having its own language is what identifies a distinct people group. Although very different from ours, every language has a structure and grammar of its own. Treating their language as inferior demeans a people’s whole culture.
• However well we learn another language, nothing speaks more clearly to our hearts than what we hear in our mother tongue. We grasp it better and feel it more.
• It has been proved that children who learn to read their mother tongue first can learn the trade language more easily. Most governments in the world now encourage mother tongue education in the early years.
‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his (own) language that goes to his heart.’
-Nelson Mandela
• Most missionaries have learned from experience that only Scriptures in the language of the people will make a lasting impact. There has never been a strong indigenous church without the translation of the written Scriptures used by local leaders.
• The mostly widely used language on the internet is not in fact English but Chinese! So should we teach everyone Chinese instead of English? Even if people wanted to learn a language as different as English (or Chinese) it would take many more years to reach a sufficient standard than native English speakers imagine.
TOMORROW – What to do now.
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