Eric and Donna Shrift C.P. 209 Boa Vista, RR 69301 -970 Brazil email: [email protected] blog: shriftblog.org FALL 2012

And they were sermons, Bible studies, and scarce. We have been astonished beyond hymns in the Macushi transferring these into digital measure, saying, “He has language. format, cleaning up the audio, done all things well. He We have also been helping out and organizing them to be more makes both the deaf to our coworkers among the user friendly. Inserted in this hear and the mute to Yanomami tribe. Earlier this project is an effort to save some speak.” year, we recorded over 50 of the Indian language (Mk. 7:37) hymns in their language and recordings made by our were able to produce a CD that missionʼs pioneers when they Greetings dear friends and can reach many areas where first contacted the unreached partners, our missionaries cannot go – villages where we now work. either due to physical or legal Lately, we were introduced to Since returning to Brazil, the barriers. In oral societies such what can best be described as Lord has involved us in new as theirs, songs are an a jungle iPod. A coworker was ways of helping some men to important means of transferring recently given several solar- hear and others to speak the truths. powered, weather and words of Jesus. Our work of Another recent project has shockproof, mp3 players which recording and producing been upgrading the language are formatted to play the programs for TransWorld course materials for our new spoken New Testament. A Radioʼs indigenous language missionaries. crosscultural worker can add broadcasts continues -- now the appropriate language going on ten years. Throughout tracks, and presto, you have a our programʼs history, we have talking Bible. It took a while, but known that nearly all Macushi we were finally able to get one villages have had at least dialect loaded in, and now, with someone with an AM radio to the bugs worked out, are better pick up the weekly broadcasts. equipped to try other Nowadays, with increasing languages. mobility and the easier Please check out our blog, Typically a new missionary, like availability of audio devices, listed above, for a family update our son John who has just now many households have access and closer-to-home items of begun to work with the to a CD player. interest. Yanomami, will spend up to a This new reality presents us year immersed in a full time with a fresh opportunity to get Thank you for your continued language acquisition program Godʼs word out to first-time friendship, support, and for their people group. A large hearers and isolated believers especially your prayers. part of these courses is on 25+ who are without regular year-old magnetic cassette teaching. We are producing and tapes. Needless to say, these Eric and Donna have already begun distribution tapes are in poor condition and of audio CDs which include cassette players are getting

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