The Problem with Languages

August 23, 2018

The Problem with Languages Have you ever heard anyone say, “The only problem with foreign languages is that they have a different word for everything!”? Although that is generally true, there is another fundamental issue which makes it very challenging to learn another language. The fact is, the worldview of the native speakers […]

One Step Closer

April 3, 2018

A New Destination – Isnag Bob’s latest trip took him to an area he had never visited before – the land of the Isnag people. There he paired up with another translation consultant to check the Isnag translation of the important book of Romans. It’s good to occasionally work with another consultant to keep each […]

A Strong Finish and a New Beginning

November 1, 2017

A Translation Project Completed – Wana After well over 20 years of faithful labor, the team who ministers among the Wana people have now officially completed their translation project! That includes the entire New Testament as well as the book of Genesis and all of the other Old Testament portions that are used in our […]

Translation Progress in Daqan, Sekadau, and Semandang

July 6, 2017

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit… –John 15:5 FIRST VISIT TO DAQAN The first destination on this trip, fittingly, was a visit for the purpose of conducting the very first translation check in the Daqan language. To arrive […]

An Unexpected Motocross Adventure

July 5, 2017

My road trip to get to the interior location for the second translation check turned out to be much more of an adventure than I expected! The first 2-3 hours after leaving the city at 4 a.m. was fine, but the farther interior we came, the narrower the roads got. We had one near-miss with […]

Down Under and Tugutil translation progress

March 14, 2017

Going Down Under! Despite living in the Asia-Pacific region for a couple of decades, Debbie and I had never made it to Australia. Well, in mid-January we finally had a good reason to make our first trip ‘down under,’ since the Translation Committee and other mission leaders and consultants were gathering there to discuss Bible […]

Printing Up a Storm!

July 28, 2016

We couldn’t resist sharing a few photos of our home office which has become a veritable print shop recently. Each stack of paper on our floor is one book of the Tugutil Bible, most of which are complete books. All of the Old Testament portions which NTM recommends to be translated for the chronological Bible […]

May 2016

June 6, 2016

Bob’s last trip, which he just returned from April 29th, took him to two countries and four language groups. During that trip a total of 3,378 verses of Scripture were checked and approved for printing in those four languages. The first leg of his trip was in a country he had never visited before, and […]

Fall 2015 Trip to Asia-Pacific

May 22, 2015

Translation Workshop After arriving in the Asia-Pacific region last month, Bob had the privilege of helping train a missionary couple as they start a new phase in their ministry, that of Bible translation. Their team has just recently taught foundational Bible lessons to the people group among whom they serve, and there are now a […]

The Spice Islands Sampler, Fall 2013

November 19, 2013

It’s great to be home again after completing a long Fall ‘tour’ of the Asia Pacific region, during which over 2,000 more verses of God’s Word were checked and approved. Since we know that God’s Word powerfully works in the lives of those who read it, we can confidently say that the churches in each […]