Month: <span>February 2008</span>

morningcoffee.jpgCheck out Unphotographable. I am amused. It’s something I would do. Perhaps if I got my dream camera* I’d take it everywhere? It’s a bit like dreaming up some wonderful story or blog post and promptly forgetting it because you don’t have any kind of writing implement… kind of.

Speaking of photographs, check out the coffee I still have sitting beside me! Yes it does taste as good as it looks. Sometimes I do just get it right. It’s not perfect but it’s pretty darn close (Perfect dictates no airbubbles showing in the milk). Smugness all round.

*as yet undecided but it would be a nikon and an SLR, obscure inside sources tell me to wait until the self cleaning gets more effective and common sense tells me to wait until I save up enough money.

Coffee Photography

Some great news re. the dedication of the Pijin Bible this year. That and Geoff and I will also be heading overseas in the middle of the year so I can show off where I grew up and celebrate with family and friends about it all being done. Finally!

Dear Friends,

I have just heard some wonderful news that the cabinet of the Solomon Islands Government has officially decided to declare 2008 the Year of the Bible in Solomon Islands. There are a whole world of possibilities in this, one of which it seems is that they plan to make a significant financial contribution to the initial publishing cost of the Pijin Bible (their Parliament still has to pass the 2008 budget).

The formal launch for the Year of the Bible will be on 24 February. Churches will be encouraged to focus on the importance of the Bible in their various morning services. In the afternoon there will be a Bible march through town toward one of the large churches where a special programme will be held.

The planning committee seems pretty excited about the Year of the Bible and we hope excitement will grow and spread! They will meet again next Wednesday for more planning and will be nailing down the theme of the year and a Bible verse.

Please pray that all the plans will be strategic and effective in getting people to use their Bible and embrace the Pijin Bible when it is published. There will also be two New Testaments published this year in Solomon Islands – the Wala language NT in March and the Natugu language NT & Psalms in July.

Thanks,

Gerry (Bec’s Dad)

Christianity Solomon Islands