{"id":214,"date":"2016-04-27T22:13:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/?p=214"},"modified":"2016-04-27T22:34:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:34:18","slug":"theres-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/theres-an-app-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s an App for That!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1082 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartlanguages.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Phone-app.jpg\" alt=\"Phone app\" width=\"388\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>From Blow Guns to Smart Phones<\/h2>\n<p>The world has changed a lot in the last 33 years, and so have the Palawanos:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1983<\/span>&#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0When we first moved in among the Palawano people, many of the older men still wore g-strings; few people could read; only two of the women spoke any language but Palawano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2012<\/span>&#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0At the dedication of the Palawano New Testament translation, one of our translation helpers was shooting\u00a0video of\u00a0<em>us<\/em>\u00a0with her smart phone.<\/p>\n<h2>The Palawano New Testament is Now an Android app<\/h2>\n<p>For years we labored to see the Word of God in the Palawano language&#8230; in print. But we could never have foreseen this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, thanks to the efforts of a tech-savvy missionary in another mission, the Palawanos can <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1080 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartlanguages.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Android.jpg\" alt=\"Android\" width=\"170\" height=\"200\" \/>now read their New Testament&#8211;and listen to the audio version&#8211;on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Many Palawanos now have very inexpensive Chinese-made Android smart phones. They don&#8217;t have internet, and can&#8217;t afford to make many phone calls. They mostly use them for texting and taking pictures. But now they can use their phones to grow in their faith.<\/p>\n<p>The app features&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SEARCH<\/strong>&#8230;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>so the Palawanos now have the an instant concordance in their pocket.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AUDIO<\/strong>&#8230; the recorded version of the New Testament can be played from the app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HIGHLIGHTING<\/strong>&#8230; each verse is highlighted <em>as the audio plays<\/em>&#8211;this will be a huge help to new readers as they follow along while listening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1085 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartlanguages.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Bluetooth.jpg\" alt=\"Bluetooth\" width=\"52\" height=\"78\" \/>We&#8217;re very excited as this app gets launched. Palawanos can copy it from phone to phone using bluetooth (yes, they know about <em>&#8220;bloo toot&#8221;<\/em>) so the app can spread upriver and downriver, far beyond the reach of any missionary. Even curious unbelievers might get the app and be exposed to the truth of God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n<h2>Join us!<\/h2>\n<p>Now we are turning most of our attention to the thousands of yet-unreached people groups around the world, providing training for missionaries from non-Western nations so they can reach others.<\/p>\n<p>Partner with us so that many other peoples can have the Word of God in their hands&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and on their phones!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Blow Guns to Smart Phones The world has changed a lot in the last 33 years, and so have the Palawanos: 1983&#8230;\u00a0When we first moved in among the Palawano people, many of the older men still wore g-strings; few people could read; only two of the women spoke any language but Palawano. 2012&#8230;\u00a0At the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1343,4],"tags":[1343,101229,2343,352],"class_list":{"0":"post-214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bible-translation","7":"category-ministry","8":"tag-bible-translation","9":"tag-palawanos","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-translation","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}