Well, we're back in Lima once again. Our time in Ayacucho was very enjoyable and Brian felt good about the work they got done. There are several different Quechua languages, totaling 10 million speakers. Quechua de Ayacucho has over 1 million speakers. They have had the Bible in their language for several years, and now they're doing a revision. The four translators began their work in January of this year and plan to finish the project in 3 years. Brian was able to get Paratext 7 set up for them and train them in it. All of the projects Brian is involved in are exciting, but it's particularly exciting to see projects of this magnitude that could reach such a great number of readers.
By the way, we goofed big time on this trip. We had left some of our luggage at the hotel in Lima because the airline we took to Ayacucho was very fussy about over-weight bags. So we just took the absolute necessities. Unfortunately, we didn't take the camera charger, and of course, after taking only a few pictures in Ayacucho, the battery was dead. So we apologize for not being able to send more pictures. There were certainly several times when we wanted the camera!
We left our hotel in Ayacucho this morning at 6:00 (another early morning - woohoo!), and landed in Lima 8:20. We got our luggage right away, and there was a taxi waiting to take us to the hotel. So we thought we'd have lots of time to relax at the hotel, but that didn't exactly happen. It's supposed to be about a 25 minute ride, but instead it took over an hour. Crazy city traffic! I'm just glad we weren't the ones driving!
After checking in to the same hotel we were in last weekend (same hotel, different room), we grabbed a quick breakfast, showered, and were back out the door at 11:00 to go to the Bible Society office. It was neat meeting everyone at the office and learning a bit about the work they're involved in. Tonight one of the ladies from the office is going to go with us on a tour of the city. We didn't see very much of Lima last weekend when we were here, so that should be fun.
Tomorrow morning we leave for Guayaquil, Ecuador. From Guayaquil, we take a four-hour bus ride to Cuenca. We'll stay there Saturday night and Sunday night, and then take another bus to Canar on Monday morning. We don't leave Ecuador until the following Thursday (October 29), so we will have several days to work with the Quichua team as they near the completion of their project. From there, we will spend a few days in Mexico City working at the Mexican Bible Society office, followed by a week working with the Purepacha translation project. So our travels are far from over!
As always, we deeply appreciate your prayers for the projects, the translators, and our travels and health. Thanks for joining us in these travels! Donna
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My head is spinning just thinking about your travel plans. Do you have a secret secretary along just to keep everything straight?
ReplyDeleteI always thought Quechua was "a" language. Interesting to read that there are several. Are they kind of like British English and American English? or something completely distinct? We are currently watching a BBC Scotland TV series on Nexflix and often feel like they are speaking a completely different language!
I agree with Kim, how can you keep all those cities and even countries apart, to say nothing of getting to the right place at the right time? I would need a mammoth day planner.
ReplyDeleteBible translators are special, unique people and that includes the Reness'. Certainly our prayers will/do include all of you. Must be challenging but also interesting when Brian gets involved in projects when they are at different stages of completion. How dedicated the translators are!