Since the last update much has happened. \u00a0Our partners the Kunzers have gone back to America for \u201chome-assignment.\u201d \u00a0They will be doing a lot of traveling through the mid-west this summer so you can pray for them as they catch up with family, friends, and churches. \u00a0Just prior to their departure we all attended the annual conference for the islands region missionaries. \u00a0That was a good time to fellowship, catch up with fellow missionaries, and get the latest information to help in our ministries. \u00a0We have now been back in the tribe continuing to teach and work with the two groups of Patpatar believers. \u00a0I will tell you more about that in the next update, but wanted to also share about our literacy program.<\/p>\n
Last week Diane and Annette, two literacy consultants, came to help us layout and develop the Patpatar primers for the literacy course. \u00a0They were a great help to give suggestions and methods for what letters and sounds to teach first and how to go about teaching them. \u00a0Lori is taking a bulk of the responsibility for the literacy program and so had spent months gathering materials, creating word lists, working with the Patpatar dictionary, and getting things ready. \u00a0When the consultants were here Madonna (our other partner) was a huge help in cooking meals and watching the kids. \u00a0The rest of us (including some of our Patpatar friends) spent long days putting everything together in an orderly fashion and writing stories in the Patpatar language for new readers. \u00a0The books include new sounds to teach and then stories to reinforce those sounds. \u00a0Like the Dick and Jane stories, they start out simple and get more complex. \u00a0Here is an example of one of the early stories from the first primer:<\/p>\n
Tata kana?
\nTata kana.
\nTata i tuntun ku?
\nTata i tuntun ku.
\nTata i kanakana.<\/p>\n
Nana kana?
\nNana kana.
\nNana i tuntun ku?
\nNana i tuntun ku.
\nNana i kanakana.<\/p>\n
The above story means very little to those who don\u2019t speak Patpatar, but when the Patpatar read it they understand exactly what is being said because it speaks to them in their heart language. \u00a0Our desire is that many will become literate so they can read the Bible in their own language and that they will understand exactly what God\u2019s Word says because it speaks to them in their heart language. \u00a0Pray for us, and especially Lori, as we finish the primers and begin to write teachers manuals and get everything together to start the first literacy school.<\/p>\n
See Aaron and Lori.
\nAaron and Lori say good-bye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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