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>>SFX: [WATER LAPPING
AGAINST THE SHORELINE]
>>BOY, THEY ARE YOUNG.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THERE YOU ARE.
THIS IS JOHN AND BONNIE,
OKAY, AND IT IS NEAT, HOW
TIME CHANGES.
>>SOMETIMES IT IS NEAT.
>>AND SOMETIMES.
>>YOU STILL HAVE YOUR
HAIR, YOU'RE STILL GOOD
LOOKING.
AND THEY HAVE SERVED WITH
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS
AND THEY ARE LINGUIST FOR
OVER 25 YEARS AND IN THE
VERY LANGUAGE GROUPS, AND
IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND
THEY LANDED ON THE ISLAND
IN 1987, AND YOU SAW THE
PICTURE AND THIS IS WHEN
YOU ARE ON THE AIRPLANE.
>>YES WE WERE GOING THERE.
>>YOU HAD A CHILD, AND YOU
ANTICIPATED, AND YOU CAME
FROM WISCONSIN?
>>YES.
>>AND YOU CAME FROM
FLORIDA?
>>YES.
>>YOU'RE GOING TO BE
GETTING READY, FOR SOME
HUMID WEATHER AND SOME
UNBELIEVABLE WEATHER.
>>IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND
YES.
>>WHEN I GOT THE BOOK, AND
YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW, AND
THIS IS NO, AND THIS IS
NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
>>HERE IT COMES.
>>AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT,
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
TRANSLATING, AND YOU ARE
DOING TELEVISION, YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE SO
USED TO BEING ENTERTAINED,
OKAY?
AND PEOPLE THAT WATCH, IT
IS LIKE, OKAY, I DON'T
WANT TO KNOW, BUT I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND
INDIVIDUALS, WHO ARE
WATCHING, AND WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT
INDIVIDUALS LIKE WE ARE
TALKING TO TODAY, AND THIS
GUY, AND HE IS BRILLIANT
AND HIS WIFE IS BRILLIANT
AND THEY COULD'VE HAD A
CAREER.
WERE YOU WORKING WITH
COMPUTERS?
>>AND THIS IS THE CAREER I
WAS TRAINED FOR.
AND WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE
AND WENT TO SEMINARY.
THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT I
WOULD BE DOING.
AND I DO COMPUTING THINGS
NOW.
AND BONNIE DID A DEGREE IN
COMPUTERS.
>>WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY,
YOU COULD GONE INTO A
FIELD, AND YOU COULD'VE
HAD THE BIG CARS, PORSCHE,
AND THE LIFE, AND SO MANY
PEOPLE AND THEY GO TO
CHURCH, AND THEY PAY THEIR
TITHES, THEY GET THE
MESSAGE AND THEY GO HOME
AND ENJOY THEIR LIFE.
AND WHEN I READ THIS, I
THOUGHT, AND WITH GOD'S
HIS HAND ON INDIVIDUALS,
AND THEY HAVE EVIL, AND
THEY WILL SAY YES, AND I
WILL DO THIS.
AND I'VE GOT THE ABILITY.
I NOTICED, AND I DO NOT
KNOW, I HAVE NOT DONE A
SURVEY, HOWEVER, AND
MISSIONARY CHILDREN AND
THEY ARE THE SMARTEST
KIDS.
>>I AGREE.
>>I MEAN, THEY REALLY ARE.
AND TIM TEBOW, AND YES,
HIS PARENTS ARE
MISSIONARIES, I WAS
READING, I WAS READING HIS
BOOK, AND THE KID IS
BRILLIANT, JUST LIKE HIS
PARENTS.
>>HE COULD'VE DONE MANY
THINGS THAT HE IS ENJOYING
HIMSELF.
>>BUT TO SAY ALL OF THAT,
AND YOU NEED, AND WHEN WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO GET THE BOOK, AND
YOU NEED TO READ THE BOOK,
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE
EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED AND
CHALLENGED TO DO MORE FOR
THE LORD'S WILL DO IT FOR
YOU.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU ARE DOING AND I MEAN,
AND THIS IS JUST, AND THIS
IS JUST AN AMAZING CALL ON
YOUR LIFE.
AND TO THINK, AND ALL OF
THE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE
SPENT JUST GETTING THE
WORDS RIGHT.
>>WE ENJOY DOING IT AND HE
CAN BE FRUSTRATING.
>>THAT IS THE KEY.
>>AND THIS IS ENJOYABLE
AND I LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT THE BIBLE FROM
TRANSLATING IT, I WOULD
NOT HAVE LEARNED IF I HAD
JUST READ THE BIBLE.
>>DAVID, I WILL GIVE YOU
AN IDEA, AND WHERE YOU
WERE, AND PAPUA NEW
GUINEA, AND WE HAVE GOT A
LITTLE MAP, AND THIS IS IN
THE BOOK, AND RIGHT THERE,
AND JUST A HIGHLIGHT, AND
PLEASE STAY THERE DAVID,
AND YOU LANDED THERE, IN
1987.
>>YES, THAT WAS AUGUST OF
1987.
>>OKAY, AND WHAT IS YOUR
EXPRESSION, AND YOUR
FEELINGS, AND THIS IS A
BRAND-NEW WORLD, BUT WHAT
WAS IT LIKE?
>>I GOT OFF OF THE PLANE
IN THE CAPITAL, AND MY
FIRST THOUGHT, WAS COULD I
SURVIVE THE HEAT AND THE
HUMIDITY?
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
>>AT THE AIRPORT, IT WAS
VERY HOT ANYWAY.
WERE YOU ARE, BUT IT WAS
FUN, AND WE WERE IN THE
CAPITAL, AND WE WERE AT A
GUEST HOST, AND WE DECIDED
TO GO TO CHURCH AND WE
JUST WALK DOWN THE STREET
TO A LOCAL CHURCH.
AND THE SONG THEY WERE
SINGING, IT WAS ABOUT, AND
HOW THE WORD OF GOD WILL
GO AROUND THE WORLD AND WE
ARE A PART OF THE BODY OF
CHRIST, AND I WAS 9000
MILES FROM HOME.
AND WE WERE WORSHIPPING WITH
OTHER BELIEVERS IN A
A REALLY FOREIGN PLACE, AND
THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE
GOD THAT I DO.
>>AND HOW DO YOU START
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>>AND TRANSLATING THE
BIBLE?
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO,
YOU GOT TO HAVE THE
ALPHABET.
BUT BEFORE THAT, YOU GOT
TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND
YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO
SPEAK OF THE LANGUAGE IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THE PEOPLE TO TRANSLATE
THE BIBLE.
AND ALONG THE WAY, WHEN
YOU LEARN THE LANGUAGE,
AND PART OF IT, IS
DEVELOPING AN ALPHABET.
AND WHEN WE GOT THERE AND
THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN A
ANOTHER TEAM AND THEY HAD
DONE THE ALPHABET, AND
STEVE WHITAKER, AND STEVE
AND KATHY HAS BEEN THERE,
AND HE HAD SET UP THE
LANGUAGE DRILLS AND WE GOT
TO LEARN A LOT OF THINGS
BEFORE I GOT THERE, I KNEW
HAD TO SAY, AND MY NAME IS
JOHN AND MY WIFE'S NAME IS
BONNIE, AND WOULD YOU
SPEAK SLOWLY?
AND SO, AND THE POWER
TOOLS TELL ME TO LEARN THE
LANGUAGE AND I DID NOT
HAVE TO START FROM
SCRATCH.
>>DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
LEARNING LANGUAGE?
AND OUR PEOPLE THAT HE CAN
JUST PICK UP A LANGUAGE,
LIKE THEY WERE EASY.
>>IT WAS EASY FOR ME, AND
STEVE GAVE ME THE HAD
STARTED, AND I WAS LIVING
IN THERE, AND THAT WAS MY
JOB FOR THE FIRST COUPLE
OF YEARS, I WOULD JUST
WALK AROUND, AND I WOULD
LEARN BUT TO SAY, THEN I
WOULD SAY IT, AND I DID
NOT CARE IF THEY WOULD
LAUGH AT ME WHEN I SAID
THINGS WON'T.
>>AND YOU SAID, AND YOU
WERE IN COLLEGE AND YOU
KNEW YOU WANTED TO DO
THIS.
>>YES I WANTED TO DO THIS.
>>BUT YOU, STUDY DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
>>AND YES, I ALSO STUDIED
THIS TO DO THE BIBLE
TRANSLATION.
>>AND YOU BOTH HAD THAT
IT?
>>AND YOU WERE AT TAYLOR
UNIVERSITY?
AND HE WENT TO WHEATON
COLLEGE?
IN ILLINOIS, AND THE
1950S, AND I WENT TO
WHEATON ACADEMY, DO YOU
KNOW WHERE THAT IS?
>>YES I DO.
>>AND I KNOW THAT AREA
VERY WELL, AND I USED TO
GO TO THE WHEATON FREE
CHURCH
>>AND I KNOW WHERE THAT
IS.
>>AND SO, AND OBVIOUSLY,
AND BOTH OF YOU ARE
WELL-EDUCATED, AND FOR THE
KEY UNIVERSITY, AND WHEN
YOU MET, AND HOW DID THAT
HAPPEN?
>>AND I THINK MONEY SHOULD
TELL THE STORY.
>>DID YOU SEE HIM?
DID HE SEE YOU?
>>IT WAS BOTH, ACTUALLY,
AND HE WAS THE LAST PERSON
I MET, AND THEN I THOUGHT,
WHO IS THAT GUY?
>>AND HE WAS SIX FOOT TWO?
>>AND YES, MAYBE SIX FEET
ONE INCHES TALL.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT DEPENDS UPON THE
TIME OF DAY.
AND I WOULD BE STANDING
NEXT TO YOU, AND YOU WOULD
LOOK SIX FEET TWO INCHES
TALL
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>BUT HE CAME OVER, BUT HE
MADE SURE HE SAT AT MY
TABLE AND WE WERE AT A
TRAINING PROGRAM IN NORTH
DAKOTA, AND THEY DID THE
MEALS FAMILY-STYLE, AT THE
UNIVERSITY.
>>AND THIS IS THE WAY THE
COLLEGE WAS, AND HE SAT
AT MY TABLE, WE WERE FOR
LUNCH.
>>AND THEN WE KNEW THAT WE
COULD BE ON THE SAME
PLACE, AT FOR THE NEXT
THREE YEARS, DOING
TRAINING, AND WE WERE
APART FOR THE LAST YEAR.
>>WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>>I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I
BETTER NOT BE VERY SLOW
ABOUT THIS AND THAT IS
WHAT I THOUGHT.
>>IT WAS A SIX WEEKS
PROGRAM.
>>AND I THOUGHT IF I
WANTED TO GET TO KNOW HER,
I BETTER GET TO KNOW HER
QUICKLY.
>>WE GOT MARRIED THE
FOLLOWING SUMMER
>>THAT'S GREAT.
>>AND IN 1986, A NEW
DAUGHTER ARRIVED.
>>WE HAD BREANNA,
>>AND IN AUGUST OF 1987,
YOU GOT TO PAPUA NEW
GUINEA, LIKE WE SAW.
AND 13 YEARS LATER, AND
YOU WROTE ABOUT THE TIDAL
WAVE?
THE TIDAL WAVE?
IT HIT OVER THERE?
>>AND WHAT, AND WHAT IN
THE WORLD, AND WHAT WENT
THROUGH YOUR MIND, AND THE
BOOK, AND IT CHRONICLES
ALL OF THE LEAD UP, AND
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
TRANSLATION, AND HOW MANY
LIVES WERE LOST, AND ONE
STATEMENT IN THE BOOK, AND
WHEN THEY WERE READY FOR
SCHOOL, THEY SAID, THERE
ARE NO CHILDREN, THEY ARE
ALL DEAD.
>>OH MY GOODNESS.
AND WHERE WERE YOU?
>>AND WE WERE 300 MILES
AWAY, IN THE TRAINING
CENTER, AND WE WERE UP IN
THE HIGHLANDS OF PAPUA NEW
GUINEA.
>>SHOULD YOU HAVE BEEN
THERE?
>>AND I SHOULD BE WHERE
EVER I AM RIGHT NOW, AND I
THINK GOD KNOWS WHERE I
SHOULD BE.
>>AND YOU ARE INVINCIBLE
WHEN YOU ARE IN HIS PLAN.
>>WE WANTED TO BE THERE AT
THAT TIME, AND ORIGINALLY,
AND WE WANTED TO BE THERE,
BUT I NEEDED TO GO TO A
MEETING IN TEXAS, I WAS
WORKING WITH SOME
COMPUTING THINGS, AND
USING TECHNOLOGY TO
PROMOTE THE BIBLE
TRANSLATION.
AND I WAS GOING TO BE
GOING TO THE MEETING, AND
WHEN THE TSUNAMI HAPPENED,
AND WE HAD TO GET OUT.
OUR FIRST THOUGHT WAS, AND
WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, AND THAT
HAPPENED ON A FRIDAY
NIGHT, AND THEN WE HEARD
ABOUT IT NEXT DAY, AND WE
HEARD ABOUT THE MASSIVE
LOSS OF LIFE, AND WE GOT A
HOLD OF A MISSIONARY
PILOT, AND HAD BEEN OVER
THE VILLAGE, I SAID, IS
THIS STILL THERE?
AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?
AND HE SAID, I'M TELLING
YOU, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT
BUT SOME COCONUTS.
AND WHAT HE MEANT, AND BY
THAT PHRASE, AND THERE IS
NOTHING LEFT BUT COCONUT
TREES ON THE GROUND.
AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
THAT ANYBODY WAS THERE.
AND WE THOUGHT HAS ANYBODY
SURVIVED?
>>WHERE THERE PEOPLE
LIVING THERE?
>>AND 2400 PEOPLE WERE
LIVING IN THAT VILLAGE.
>>THAT WAS THE POPULATION.
>>AND MANY OF THOSE WERE
YOUR FRIENDS.
>>AND YES, AND NEIGHBORS.
>>AND ONE OF THE
TRANSLATORS THAT WE WERE
WORKING WITH WAS KILLED,
AND THE LANDLORD WAS
KILLED, A GOOD FRIEND, AND
ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE
PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW WERE
KILLED.
>>AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE THAT DIED, AND THEY
WERE THE SMALLER CHILDREN,
AND MAYBE THE OLDER
PEOPLE, AND THE MAJORITY
OF THE PEOPLE THAT
SURVIVED WERE THE ONES WHO
WERE STRONGER.
>>AND MY FRIEND, HE WAS
NOT STRONG, AND THAT MUCH
WATER COMES THROUGH, AND
YOU HAVE TO HAVE STRENGTH.
>>AND IT JUST SUCKED
EVERYBODY OUT INTO THE
OCEAN?
>>YES, THAT IS RIGHT.
>>AND WHAT WAS THE WAVE?
>>THREE WAVES, AND THEY
WERE 30 FEET HIGH, THEY
WERE ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
>>AND THIS TIDAL WAVE, WAS
ONE OF THE MOST STUDIED
ONES, AND THE EARTHQUAKE
WAS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, AT
A 7.1, AND THAT IS USUALLY
NOT BIG ENOUGH TO CAUSE
THE TIDAL WAVE, AND IT WAS
THREE WAVES, THAT CRASHED
ON THE BEACH, AND THEY DID
NOT JUST ROLLED IN, BUT
THEY CRASHED ONTO THE
BEACH, AND WHAT THE PEOPLE
FOUND OUT, THEY SAID, AND
THE EARTHQUAKE HAD CAUSED
AN UNDERWATER LANDSLIDE.
AND THAT DISPLACED THE
WATER THAT SENT THE BIGGER
WAVES.
AND THEY CAME UPON THE
BEACH.
AND THE WAVES CRASHED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
HOUSE, AND IT TOOK OUT
ABOUT EIGHT FEET OF SAND,
INTO THE LAGOON, AND THAT
WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND
THE LAGOON WAS ON THE
OTHER.
AND EVERYTHING WAS TOTALLY
GONE.
>>THERE WERE NO BUILDINGS
LEFT.
>> THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME
YOUR SPINE.
AND WHEN YOU ARRIVED, AND
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
>>AND THERE WAS NO PLACE
TO LAND, AND WE FLEW OVER,
AND WE FLEW OVER THAT DAY,
AND WE WERE SORT OF IN THE
MODE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING YET, AND WE WERE
MORE THINKING, AND WE WERE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE COULD SEE, AND WE COULD
SEE ALL OF THE HOUSES,
JUST LITTERED AROUND THE
LAGOON, AND WE SAID TO THE
PILOT, AND WE SAID WE
WANTED TO GO LOWER AND WE
THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD
RECOGNIZE SOME THINGS, AND
THEY SAID, AND THEY SAID,
WE COULD NOT TELL THE
DIVERSITY THE LORD IN THE
WATER OR A BODY IN THE
WATER.
BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO GO
SO LOW, THAT HE COULD
TELL, BUT CAN ALSO BE
OVERCOME, AND YOU KNOW,
THAT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION AS WE FLEW.
AND WE SAW WHAT WE COULD
SEE, AND WE TOOK THE
PICTURES AND WE WOULD BACK
TO THE TOWN, AND WE WENT
TO THE HOSPITAL AND THERE
WAS NO WAY TO UNDERSTAND
ANYTHING AND WE HAD TO
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE.
AND WE WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL AND RESORTED TO
SEE OUR FRIENDS, AND WE
WENT TO THE MORGUE AT, AND
FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR
VILLAGE, AND OUR OTHER
VILLAGES HAD BEEN AFFECTED
AS WELL.
AND THIS IS WHEN WE
STARTED TO SEE PEOPLE AND
HEAR THE PEOPLE.
AND WHAT GOT TO ME, WAS
THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY
THAT WAS IN THE SUIT
NOMINEE, WAS IN SHOCK AND
JUST A TOTAL BLANK STARE
ON THEIR FACES.
>>NO CRYING.
>>AND DON'T THINK OF THE
HOSPITAL, IT WAS A GREAT
BIG HUGE ROOM, WITH MANY
BEDS LINED UP.
AND THEY WERE STANDING
THERE AND TALKING TO THE
PEOPLE, THEY WERE CRYING,
AND THEY HAD BEEN IN THE
TOWN, AND WE WERE HEARING
FOR THE FIRST TIME WHO HAD
SURVIVED AND WHO HAD NOT
SURVIVED.
AND THEY WERE THE ONES
LIKE US, THEY WERE
EMOTIONAL BUT EVERYTHING
WE WERE HEARING AND
UNDERSTANDING.
>>AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAD
GONE THROUGH THIS...
WHAT WERE THEY SAYING?
>>OUR NEIGHBORS, A YOUNG
MOTHER, AND I SAID, AND
WHERE IS JESSICA?
YOUR DAUGHTER?
AND SHE SAID, SHE MUST BE
GONE AND THAT WAS IT, AND
SHE MUST BE GONE.
BUT WE FOUND OUT ONE MONTH
LATER SHE HAD SURVIVED.
AND THERE WAS JUST NO
EMOTION, AND YOU KNOW.
>>AND THIS IS A REALLY
BEAUTIFUL AREA, AND YOU
HAVE THE MOVIE STARS, AND
THEY GO THERE TO VACATION.
AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
>>YES, AND PAPUA NEW
GUINEA, IS A TROPICAL
PARADISE.
AND SO RIGHT ALONG THE
BEACH,
>>THE OCEAN IS ON ONE
SIDE, WE HAVE THE LAGOONS
ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND
THERE IS A BEACH IN
BETWEEN.
AND YOU KNOW.
IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
BE
>>JOHN, DO YOU AT THAT
POINT, AND YOU SAY GOD,
WHAT?
WHY?
>>AND WE WERE NOT SAYING
THAT, AND WHAT AND WHY,
BUT WE SAID, OKAY LORD,
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
AND WHAT DO WE DO?
AND HOW CAN WE GET ON
BOARD WITH WHAT YOU ARE
DOING?
AND WE THOUGHT AND RIGHT
AWAY, WITHIN A FEW DAYS,
AND WE STARTED THINKING,
AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE TWO
LANGUAGE GROUPS, AND THEY
WERE JUST TO THE EAST AND
THE WEST, AND THEY WANTED
US TO HELP THEM, AND WE
HAD BEEN SAYING NO, AND WE
SAID, WE HAD TO GO ONE
LANGUAGE AT A TIME, AND
THAT WAS OUR TRAINING,
HOWEVER, AND WE HAD A GOOD
REASON FOR WHY WE HAD TO
FINISH IT, AND WE HAD TO
HELP THEM, BUT WHEN WE HAD
THE TIDAL WAVE, AND EVEN
THOUGH WE HAD SOME GOOD
REASONS, AND THEY SOUNDED
LIKE IT WAS AN EXCUSE.
AND WE SAID AND IS THERE
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO
TO AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE
BIBLE TRANSLATION?
AND THIS IS ABOUT THE
BOOK, AND THIS IS HOW WE
STARTED WITH ONE LANGUAGE,
AND EVENTUALLY, AND WE
SAID LORD, AND WE WANT TO
WORK WITH THE OTHER
GROUPS, AND WE WANT YOU TO
SHOW US HOW WE CAN DO IT.
AND THE OTHER LANGUAGES
AND THEY WOULD NOT BE
UNRELATED, BUT WE WANTED
TO HAVE THEIR HELP, AND WE
WANTED TO DO THIS WITH 11
LANGUAGES WORKING TOGETHER
NOW AND MAYBE 20 PASTORS
FROM 11 DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES.
AND MANY DIFFERENT
DENOMINATIONS AND WORKING
TOGETHER AND WORKING ON
THE SAME SCRIPTURES AT THE
SAME TIME.
AND WE COULD NOT HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, AND
BEFORE THE TIDAL WAVE AND
MAYBE RIGHT AFTER THAT,
AND WE SAID, AND LORD WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
BUT NOW AS WE LOOK BACK
AND WE SEE, AND WE WOULD
NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF
WORKING TOGETHER IN ALL OF
THE TRANSLATIONS TOGETHER,
IF IT NOT BEEN FOR THE
TIDAL WAVE.
>>AND FOR ME, I DID NOT
ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT
DAY, AND WHEN I HEARD
ABOUT IT, AND THE LORD
JUST TOUCHED ME, THAT HE
HAD PREPARED ME FOR THE
DAY FOR 10 YEARS, I HAD
ALREADY WRESTLED WITH ALL
OF THE QUESTIONS, AND NO
MATTER WHAT I DISCOVERED,
AND IF EVERYBODY THAT WE
KNEW WAS GONE, AND MY FOOT
WAS ON THE FIRM
FOUNDATION, AND IT WAS
WELL WITH MY SOUL, AND SO,
I KNEW THAT.
AND THAT WAS 10 YEARS
BEFORE, BUT NOW I HAD TO
LIVE WHAT I HAD LEARNED,
AND I HAD TO SEE BUT GOD
WAS DOING.
AND FOR THE COMPUTER AGE
NOW, AND YES YOU ARE
TRAINED IN THIS, AND HAS
THIS HELPED YOU IN
TRANSLATION AND ALL OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE
TODAY?
>>QUITE A BIT, AND THE
COMPUTER ITSELF, IT ALLOWS
FOR THE SOFTWARE TO HELP
THE TRANSLATORS AND WE
DON'T WRITE THINGS DOWN ON
PAPER.
AND WE ARE NOT MOVING THE
PAPER, AND WE DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE THIS TO BE EATEN
BY RATS, AND WHATEVER, AND
THEY CAN DO THIS.
AND JOHN IS A PART OF
HELPING WITH THE SOFTWARE
THAT THE TRANSLATORS ARE
USING TO DO THE BIBLE
TRANSLATION.
AND IT ALLOWS FOR ALL
KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES,
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
BASED IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE BUT WE
COULD WORK FULL-TIME WITH
A PROJECT ON SKYPE, AND
CELL PHONES ARE BECOMING,
AND THIS IS BRINGING
TRANSLATION THE HANDS OF
THE PEOPLE AND IT MIGHT BE
DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO HAVE
A BOOK IN THE HAND, BUT
THEY CAN HAVE AN
APPLICATION ON THEIR CELL
PHONE AND THEY CAN
DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE
INTERNET.
AND SO MANY PICTURES, FROM
THE DECADES, AND WE HAVE
DONE THIS IN THE MINORITY
LANGUAGES AND WE ARE NOW
PUTTING IT OUT ON THE WEB
AND THE PEOPLE CAN HAVE
ACCESS TO IT.
>>SO BILL GATES HAD NO
IDEA, THAT HE WAS HELPING
MISSIONARIES.
>>AND WE HAD A FRIEND, AND
SHE THOUGHT THAT GOD
CREATED COMPUTERS FOR
MISSIONARIES AND EVERYBODY
ELSE JUST GETS TO USE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
>>YES I'M PARAPHRASING,
AND BILL GATES, AND THEY
SAID, DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?
AND HE SAID TO AND THAT
WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, THIS IS AMAZING, AND
HOW GOD WILL PLAN ALL OF
THIS, AND IN HIS
PHENOMENAL BLUEPRINT OF
OUR LIVES, AND HE PUTS HIS
HAND ON YOU, AND THEN YOU
SEE, AND WHEN YOU SEE AN
ADDICTION THOSE OF THE
PROGRAM, WERE GOING TO BE
SHOWING YOU A PHENOMENAL
SHOT, AND WE WILL SAVE
THAT FOR YOU, BUT WHEN YOU
SEE THE PEOPLE OF THE
VILLAGE OPENING THE
TRANSLATIONS, THEY ARE
READING IT, AND WHAT DOES
THAT FEEL LIKE?
>>AND WE THINK AND THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING
OUR LIVES AND TO, THIS IS
THE FRUIT THAT WE WANTED
TO SEE.
AND THIS IS WHAT IS REALLY
EXCITING, AND ONE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, AND HE
SPEAKS A LOCAL LANGUAGE,
AND HE WANTED HELP BEFORE
THE TIDAL WAVE, AND WE
TOLD HIM NO.
>>WHAT DID HE WANT?
>>AND THEY WANTED A
TRANSLATION INTO THEIR
LANGUAGE, AND BEFORE THE
TIDAL WAVE AND WE THOUGHT,
NO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE AND
WE HAVE GOT TO FINISH THE
OTHER LANGUAGES FIRST BUT
HE TOOK SOME OF THE
SCRIPTURES IN THE
LANGUAGE, AND HIS LANGUAGE
AND HE READ THE BIBLE TO
HIS KIDS, AND HIS DAUGHTER
SAID, DADDY, THIS IS SO
DELICIOUS.
>>WOW.
>>AND THAT'S NOT ALL SHE
SAID, AND SHE SAID, CAN
YOU BRING US SOME MORE?
AND I LOVE THE STORY, AND
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL
ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT
WYCLIFFE IS ALL ABOUT, AND
WE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR
MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE THOSE
DELICIOUS MOMENTS AND
PEOPLE CAN DISCOVER WHAT
IT IS LIKE TO HAVE THE
WORD OF GOD IN THEIR
LANGUAGE AFTER MANY YEARS
OF STRUGGLING WITH HEARING
IT IN OTHER LANGUAGES, AND
WE DON'T APPRECIATE IT SO
MUCH BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS
HAD IT, IN OUR LANGUAGE.
>>AND WHEN I READ THIS, I
THOUGHT, AND WE HAVE LOST
THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE HAVE
IN THE WORD OF GOD, I
MEAN, I PROBABLY HAVE, AND
MAYBE CONSERVATIVELY, AND
MAYBE I MIGHT HAVE 50
BIBLES IN MY HOME, AND IN
MY STUDY UPSTAIRS, AND
EVERYTHING YOU COULD
IMAGINE.
AND TO READ YOUR BOOK, AND
THEN TO SEE IT, AND TO SEE
THE PAGES, AND THESE
THINGS ARE JUST IN THIS,
AND THIS IS LIKE GOLD.
>>THIS IS A TOTALLY NEW
EXPERIENCE, AND PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING THAT GOD'S WORD
IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
UNDERSTAND, AND THEY ARE
USED TO HEARING IT IN
ANOTHER LANGUAGE BUT WHEN
IT IS CLEAR, AND THEIR
LANGUAGE, THIS IS WHAT
MADE THIS GIRL SAY THIS IS
SO DELICIOUS.
AND SHE DOES NOT TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS,
IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS, AND
SHE CAN HEAR IT IN THEIR
LANGUAGE.
AND THIS IS AN AWESOME
THING TO WATCH IT HAPPEN.
>>AND YOU SEE, AND YOU SEE
THE NEW BIRTH, AND
SOMEBODY IS SPIRITUALLY
CHANGED AFTER READING THIS,
>>AND YOU WONDER HOW IN
THE WORLD CAN A CHURCH DO
YOU THEN SHE LIVES IN AND
HOW CAN THEY DO WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO WHEN THE PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE THE BIBLE THAT
THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND
WHEN THEY DO, AND IT IS SO
MUCH EASIER FOR A PASTOR
TO TEACH SOMETHING THAT
THE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND
AND IT IS WONDERFUL.
>>AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
CHRISTIANITY IS WELCOMED
IN PAPA NEW GUINEA?
>>YES, CERTAINLY.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE
THERE, AND OUR
ORGANIZATION IS ALSO VERY
MUCH ABOUT LITERACY AND
TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO
READ.
AND THE GOVERNMENT WANTS
TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AS
WELL.
AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE
US.
AND THERE ARE MANY
CHURCHES, HOWEVER, AND
MANY PEOPLE AND THERE ARE
STILL 300 MORE LANGUAGES
IN THAT COUNTRY AND THEY
DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE VERSE
OF THE SCRIPTURES YET.
AND SO, AND THIS IS A BIG
PROBLEM.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF
CONFUSION, AND WHEN THE
PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE
TRANSLATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
TO THEM.
>>THE PROCESS, AND THE
GREEK, AND WHAT DO YOU
HAVE TO DO?
AND THE GREEK, THE
ENGLISH, AND THEN TO THEIR
LANGUAGE?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>>AND THE WAY WE WORK, AND
WE ARE WORKING IN 11
LANGUAGES, AND WE START
WITH ONE, AND WE HAVE THE
STARTING POINT, THAT IS
THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND WE
STARTED WITH THAT
LANGUAGE, AND WE TALKED
EARLIER ABOUT THAT, AND WE
START WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
I'M STILL WORKING WITH THE
TEAM THAT IS OUR STARTING
POINT, THAT TRANSLATORS
AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT
THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND THEY
LOOK AT ONE IN THE PIDGIN
LANGUAGE, AND THEY DO
THEIR LANGUAGE, AND THEY
DO THE BEST THEY CAN.
AND THEY GIVE IT TO ME.
I READ THE GREEK, AND THEN
I READ THEIR TRANSLATION
AND I AM LOOKING IN THEIR
TRANSLATION.
>>SO YOU CAN READ THE
GREEK?
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE
TRAINED FOR IN COLLEGE AND
THIS IS MY POSITION AND
SEMINARY AND I MAJORED IN
THE GREEK IN COLLEGE.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
IMPROVEMENT IN THE
TRANSLATION.
AND I HELP THEM TO MAKE
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
>>WHEN YOU'RE READING IN
THE GREEK, AND NOW YOU'VE
GOT TO MAKE THIS, AND THIS
MUST SOUND LIKE WHAT YOU
ARE READING IN THE GREEK,
IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
>>AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THE SAME
MEANING ACROSS, AND THEY
TRANSLATION IS ACCURATE
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT SOUNDS NATURAL AND
THEIR LANGUAGE.
AND MAYBE YOU SEE
SOMETHING, AND YOU GET THE
INSTRUCTIONS AND YOU ARE
THINKING, AND THIS PERSON
DOES NOT SPEAK NATIVE
ENGLISH.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
TRANSLATION THE SOUND THAT
WAY.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR
AND PEOPLE MUST UNDERSTAND
IT AND WE HAVE GOT TO
REALLY HAVE THOSE THINGS,
AND IT MUST BE ACCURATE,
CLEAR AND NATURAL.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR, AND PART OF
MY JOB IS LOOKING AT THE
WEEK AND MAKING SURE IT IS
ACCURATE.
>>AND DO YOU HAVE THE
THEOLOGIANS CRITIQUING YOU
AND SAYING, I'M SORRY, BUT
LIVING, TRANSLATION, I
DON'T WANT THIS, I LIKE
THE NIV, I LIKE THE KING
JAMES, DO YOU HAVE THAT?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
ME PERSONALLY?
AND AS WE DO A
TRANSLATION, NOBODY DOES A
TRANSLATION ON THEIR OWN,
AND WHEN WE DO THE
TRANSLATIONS, I AM
CHECKING IT, AND I'M A
QUALIFIED TRANSLATION
CONSULTANT, AND THEY THINK
THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO LOOK
AT A TRANSLATION AND SAY
WHETHER IT IS READY TO BE
PUBLISHED ARE NOT BUT WE
HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF
OTHERS, AND THEY'RE ALSO
QUALIFIED AND THEY'RE ALSO
LOOKING AT THE TRANSLATION
AND BEFORE WE TAKE IT AND
WE USE IT AS A STARTING
PORT FOR THE OTHER ONES.
AND WE PUT IT THROUGH A
LOT OF TESTING AND
CHECKING BEFORE THAT
HAPPENS AND THIS IS WHAT I
DO THESE DAYS, AND WITH
THE TRANSLATORS.
>>I WAS READING FOR
EXAMPLE, AND YOU SAY THAT
WE CANNOT SAY BY GRACE,
YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED,
>>BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
THOSE PASSIVE LANGUAGE
STYLES.
AND LANGUAGES JUST DO NOT
DO THAT.
>>BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY, AND
GOD HAS SAVED YOU BY DOING
GOOD THINGS FOR YOU, WHICH
YOU DO NOT DESERVE.
>>YES, THEY DO NOT HAVE A
WORD FOR GRACE, AND GRACE
IS AN ABSTRACT, AND THEY
DO NOT HAVE THAT, AND
MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE AN
ACTION OR A PROCESS, OR A
STATE OF SOMETHING, THEY
DO NOT HAVE LANGUAGE FOR
THAT, AND LIKE WE HAVE,
AND TRANSLATED FROM THE
GREEK TO THE ENGLISH IS A
PEACE OF CAKE, AND WE HAVE
ALMOST ALL OF THE SAME
GRAMMAR.
HOWEVER, BUT FOR THE OTHER
LANGUAGES, THEY DON'T HAVE
THESE THINGS, THEY DON'T
HAVE THESE THINGS IN THE
ABSTRACT, AND ALL WE HAVE
TO FIND, AND YOU GET TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOT
EXACTLY THE SAME MEANING
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO SAY
IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THIS IS WHAT
TRANSLATION IS ALL ABOUT
AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT
INTERESTING AND
CHALLENGING.
>>AND BY THE WAY, AND THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET
A BOOK IS RIGHT ON THE
BOTTOM THERE, YOU COULD GO
THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND
YOU COULD FIND OUT AND HOW
TO PRAY FOR THEM AND
SUPPORT THEM AND THAT
WOULD BE WONDERFUL, AND
YOU KNOW, AND THEY, AND
THEY ARE PLANTING THE WORD
OF GOD IN AREAS WHERE WE
WILL NEVER GO.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU AND
WHEN YOU INVEST IN THIS
KIND OF SOIL, IT WILL GROW
PHENOMENALLY, AND LIVES
ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED
BEYOND IMAGINATION AND
WHAT CAN HAPPEN, AND I
WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO
THAT AND GET YOUR COPY AND
YOU WILL LOVE IT.
AND THE STATEMENT, AND THE
BACK OF THE BOOK, I DON'T
KNOW MAYBE AND THE NAME,
>>AND THIS WAS THE
PASTOR'S WIFE.
>>SHE NURSED HER DAUGHTER
BODY, AND SHE WAS READING
THE FIRST SCRIPTURES, AS
DAVID SHOWS THIS, AND LOOK
AT THAT.
>>THIS IS MY FAVORITE
PHOTOGRAPH.
>>AND THIS IS READING THE
SCRIPTURES IN HER VERY OWN
LANGUAGE, AND AT THE TIME,
I THOUGHT, WOW, THEY ARE
BEING LOVED AND FED.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID.
>>THIS IS WHAT I WAS
THINKING; I TRY TO FOCUS
THE CAMERA WITH TEARS
COMING DOWN MY FACE.
AND SHE DOES NOT SPEAK,
AND SHE DOES NOT SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE, AND THE PASTOR
SPEAKS THE LOCAL LANGUAGE,
BUT SHE DOES NOT, AND SHE
SPEAKS ANOTHER LANGUAGE
AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED,
BUT WE HAD TO EXPAND THE
BIBLE TRANSLATION.
AND NOW SHE IS GETTING THE
WORD OF GOD IN HER
LANGUAGE, AND THIS IS WHAT
I'M THINKING AND WHILE I
WANT TO FOCUS THE CAMERA,
AND WHAT AN AWESOME
EXPERIENCE IT WAS TO SEE
THIS.
AND I THOUGHT AND WHAT
COULD BE BETTER THAN BEING
A PART OF HELPING TO MAKE
A MOMENT LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
>>AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE
WATCHING, AND YOU MIGHT
HAVE A BIBLE AND YOU MIGHT
NOT, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY
WATCHING THIS, IN AMERICA,
AND YOU HAVE NEVER TRUSTED
THE ONE NAMED JESUS WHO
DIED UPON THE CROSS, AND
HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR YOU
AND HE WENT TO THE GRAVE
AND HE ROSE ON THE THIRD
DAY, AT THE RIGHT HAND OF
THE FATHER AND HE IS
INTERCEDING FOR YOU KNOW
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SAY DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY WILL SPEND THEIR
LIVES TRANSLATING THE
BIBLE SO THAT SOMEBODY
ELSE CAN TRUST CHRIST, AND
I HAVE NOT.
AND I HAVE GOT THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND YOU WOULD BE
SAVED.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER
TO EVERY NEED YOU MIGHT
HAVE AND GOD BLESS YOU
BYE-BYE.
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