Friday, August 23, 2019

Keith in Curacao: Women at Work


There are so few roles for women speakers in the New Testament that our partners at the Antillean Bible Society added two. 

One woman, a biologist by profession, came after work to record the chapter headings for the entire New Testament. In Papiamentu-speaking culture, the grandmothers are the storytellers, so this seemed particularly appropriate to the local recording team. 
Another woman read the book of Hebrews. She did an excellent job with what can be a difficult book. "Some people will understand that passage for the first time," one of the proof-listeners noted after one recording session. Thank God that many more people will hear and understand His Word.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Keith in Curacao: 100%!!!

One of the proof-listeners

The lady is smiling. The butterfly is smiling. We are smiling. This morning we finished the recording phase of the New Testament in Papiamentu!
Smiles from proof-listeners, readers, and recording team!






Now just to listen and approve each of the chapters in that New Testament!



Friday, August 9, 2019

Keith in Curacao: Listening to Ensure Hearing

The volunteers in the foreground here are proof-listening. They read along as we record to make sure a) the reader says exactly what is in the printed Bible; b) the reader says it correctly; c) there aren't any mistakes in the printed text.* They sometimes do this for two hours at a stretch. Tedious? Many do not think so.
"This is a great job, you know," one proof-listener told me after a two-hour session of Revelations. "It fills you every time. You read and you read. It fills you."
Thank God for proof-listeners, and thank God that His Word has impact, even in through a task like this.


*Proof-listeners find one in every New Testament recording project. So far, they've found a missing word and a switch in an apostle's name.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Thank God for Children . . . and For Volunteers!

This is the season of vacation Bible school clubs at home and abroad. 









A huge THANK YOU to all of you who invest in your own children and the children of others!


















Photos from previous children's programs.