They are back from South Asia...
here's an exclusive interview with Jason and Elizabeth…
How would you describe your experience in 3 words?
Jason: Challenging, humbling and revealing
Elizabeth: Stretching, redeeming, and revealing
What exactly did the team do, on the trip?
Elizabeth: 1) assisted a local team with leprosy and dental camps, 2) participated in Bible storytelling training and sharing with small groups, 3) created thousands of vocabulary cards & recording books on audio -- saving one local worker 129 1/2 hours of work on her ESL projects for mother tongue translators, 4) developed Bible based literacy materials for unreached people groups learning to read their own language, 5) gained perspective on what living overseas long-term looks like, 6) learning the local language, 7) interviewed ethnomusicologists, surveyors and translation consultants, 8) witnessed worship in the local language, 9) took anthropology and grammar classes with mother-tongue translators and 10) watched Bible translations being checked in several languages!!!
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