Luke and Laura have completed the first part of their language and culture acquisition training course with Wycliffe Bible Translators. They studied how cultural values can lead to misunderstandings and explored learning a language without resources beyond a native speaker. They will now begin the second part of the course focusing on their linguistic assignment in PNG. They request prayers for strength, continued growth of their support team, and Luke's broken thumb as it may impact assignments. Their work permit has been approved and they are waiting on their visa to be processed.

1. Autumn 2011
Luke and Laura
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Language & Culture Acquisition
Well, we’re halfway though our language and Laura learning an PNG
training down at Wycliffe HQ. It’s language for three weeks. Carol (in
hard to believe that we moved down the photo) was Laura’s Language
here seven weeks ago! Praise God Resource Person. We also looked at
that we both completed the Language being able to recognize, record, and
lukeandlaurainpng.blogspot.com and Culture Acquisition course with produce the sounds of the world’s
Luke & Laura Warrington flying colours. We are studying languages, which was both
271 Newcastle Road alongside colleagues from 18 different challenging and fun!
Blakelow countries.
Nantwich
We’ve just had a tumultuous week off
Cheshire We were able to explore how different (see the blog for more details!) before
CW5 7ET cultural values affect decision-making the second part of the course begins
01270666549 and how this can all too easily lead to on Monday 26th. This will be more
07763408609 misunderstanding and conflict. specific to our linguistic assignment
in PNG.
Wycliffe Bible Translators
ETP UK Campus Points for prayer:
Horsleys Green
High Wycombe • Strength for the second part
Bucks of the course as the pace goes
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• The continued growth of a
laura_warrington@sil.org support team (we’re now at
luke_warrington@sil.org
88%!).
Luke’s birthday 27th May • Luke’s has just broken his
Laura’s birthday 15th One challenging quote that we
right thumb which will make
September heard was that “missionaries would
Anniversary 21st July 2007 assignments more tricky.
be more effective if they didn’t
believe they were superior to us”. It • Thank God that our work
Through the Bible, God
came out of some research about permit has been approved!
can speak directly to the effectiveness of cross-cultural Visa is still being processed.
every man, woman and missionaries. We know that what
child. But unless people we have learnt will be invaluable to We also want to hear what you’re up
have Scripture in their us when we get on the field and to! Please let us know if you are
heart language, they work with both nationals and interested in finding out more. Please
cannot read his message note our new addresses on the left.
missionaries from around the
of life and hope. Over
2000 languages still don’t world.
have even one Bible The course also gave us the chance
verse.
to think about how we might learn a
language without any resources
6.9 billion people. other than a native speaker. This
included some hands on experience
6,900 languages. with Luke learning an Ethiopian
1 world. 1 God.
1 Gospel.