Whats up in Kadiolo?
Hello. What is going on in Kadiolo? You ask? We've been getting back to life as normal after all the travelling
that was done.
We hosted 2 women from SIL, Wycliffe who came to visit from Bamako. The one, Karin has come from Germany to work on our local dialect of Senefou for Bible translation. Our dialect, Shannara (Not how it is spelled.) is a close cousin of Cebaara that was done in Cote D'Ivoire. However, with the literacy rate as low as it is, people have a hard time reading their own language, and reading a dialect, even if it is a close cousin may be harder for them than for us, who are used to reading new materials every day.Of course, the King James 1611 is a close cousin to our English Bible as well. Whens' the last time you read that?
If you say it is understandable, but not 100% clear, that is the same thing a Shannara speaker would say
about Cebaara.
So the translation will begin... An interesting thing about this translation is that Shannara is one of the
target languages in Mali for schools. The government is offering language classes/literacy in Shannara for the
people to learn to read it. Also, the Catholic missionaries in Diou, (a village about a half hour from us.) are
interested in working in Shannara. I took Karin & her director to meet with the Catholics in Diou, and they are
willing to help in the translation work. It could be an exciting collaboration that will allow the Word of God
to be widespread in this region. We are looking forward to this happening!
Pastor Youssouf is in full swing with literacy classes. He has students broken up into 3 groups. beginners, intermediate, and advanced. They start learning to read Bambara, but as they advance, they move on to french. Here is a pic I took this morning in class.
that was done.
We hosted 2 women from SIL, Wycliffe who came to visit from Bamako. The one, Karin has come from Germany to work on our local dialect of Senefou for Bible translation. Our dialect, Shannara (Not how it is spelled.) is a close cousin of Cebaara that was done in Cote D'Ivoire. However, with the literacy rate as low as it is, people have a hard time reading their own language, and reading a dialect, even if it is a close cousin may be harder for them than for us, who are used to reading new materials every day.Of course, the King James 1611 is a close cousin to our English Bible as well. Whens' the last time you read that?
If you say it is understandable, but not 100% clear, that is the same thing a Shannara speaker would say
about Cebaara.
So the translation will begin... An interesting thing about this translation is that Shannara is one of the
target languages in Mali for schools. The government is offering language classes/literacy in Shannara for the
people to learn to read it. Also, the Catholic missionaries in Diou, (a village about a half hour from us.) are
interested in working in Shannara. I took Karin & her director to meet with the Catholics in Diou, and they are
willing to help in the translation work. It could be an exciting collaboration that will allow the Word of God
to be widespread in this region. We are looking forward to this happening!
Pastor Youssouf is in full swing with literacy classes. He has students broken up into 3 groups. beginners, intermediate, and advanced. They start learning to read Bambara, but as they advance, they move on to french. Here is a pic I took this morning in class.
Please pray that the Word of God continues to go out, and that people's hearts and minds are ready to recognise the truth when they hear it, and be willing to commit to Jesus.
Also, continue to pray for our family's health. I've been going through something this week. It seems to be
passing, but please continue to pray.
Also pray for Hilary at Dakar Academy. She is doing so well, we are proud of her, but she needs daily uplifting
in prayer. Here is a pic she sent to me...
Thanks for stopping by, Tom & Lisa Seward
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