Uriays excited about reading
The Uriay people of Papua New Guinea are reading!
They are excited to see their own language on paper and they talk often of how it’s not another language group’s words they are reading.
Current literacy classes are almost at an end and some of the students are now learning to teach.
“It’s pretty neat to see,” wrote missionary Lisa Kappeler.
The people will now be able to read the Scriptures that Lisa has been translating into the Uriay language. She has been doing comprehension checks to make sure the Scriptures speak clearly to the Uriays.
“These are the last teaching portions that we need for the Bible lessons that we’ll use to present the Gospel to the Uriay people,” Lisa wrote. “So keep praying for helpers and wisdom and insight. Pray especially for wisdom on these pieces that still aren’t real clear so that I know how to adjust them so that they’re very clear to the people.”
One of Lisa’s co-workers, Elias Struik, has been working on Bible lessons but the literacy classes have kept him busy and slowed the lesson writing to the point that the initial teaching date will probably be pushed back.
Please pray for Elias as he works on the lessons, and that the team will have wisdom about a start time for the teaching.
They are excited to see their own language on paper and they talk often of how it’s not another language group’s words they are reading.
Current literacy classes are almost at an end and some of the students are now learning to teach.
“It’s pretty neat to see,” wrote missionary Lisa Kappeler.
The people will now be able to read the Scriptures that Lisa has been translating into the Uriay language. She has been doing comprehension checks to make sure the Scriptures speak clearly to the Uriays.
“These are the last teaching portions that we need for the Bible lessons that we’ll use to present the Gospel to the Uriay people,” Lisa wrote. “So keep praying for helpers and wisdom and insight. Pray especially for wisdom on these pieces that still aren’t real clear so that I know how to adjust them so that they’re very clear to the people.”
One of Lisa’s co-workers, Elias Struik, has been working on Bible lessons but the literacy classes have kept him busy and slowed the lesson writing to the point that the initial teaching date will probably be pushed back.
Please pray for Elias as he works on the lessons, and that the team will have wisdom about a start time for the teaching.