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Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by Nelli Derksen

Nelli Derksen — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:27:41 +0000

hi,
we are looking for the E-mail adress from Mark & Sonja Wuerffel.
We got to know them in Kassam (Yonki EBC Station) as we worked for the swiss mission
Do you have any adress from them and would you help us to find it?

Thank and greetings
Familiy Derksen

Comment on Dorelo by gcw

gcw — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:40:45 +0000

You are very welcome, Michael. Thanks for the kind comment. God bless you for your willingness to serve in that important part of the Bible translation effort for Papua New Guinea. Amie and Charlie are here in the States at the moment; you folks may be arriving there about the time they are returning.

Comment on Dorelo by Michael Turner

Michael Turner — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:46:06 +0000

Thank you for your post. It was SO informative. We are planning to go to Ukarumpa as SIL boarding home parents, hopefully in the next few months.

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by gcw

gcw — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:55:08 +0000

Hi, Mark. I’ll check with my daughter and son-in-law and ask them to respond via email, but I think Wycliffe will make some recommendations, depending on whether you are going as Associates or Members. For Members (required for commitments > 2yrs) those might be a bit stronger than “recommendations.” Medical insurance is a notable part of the expense because for any significant emergency, it must include airlift over to Australia. Also, while the local Ukarumpa market and a garden can provide some wonderful produce, food and other staples that are closer to what you may be accustomed are pretty expensive because they need to be shipped in from Australia or the U.S.

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:52:30 +0000

Hey Gerry, my wife and I are extremely interested in teaching at UIS. In fact, we are moving along the process of applying, and Wycliffe is calling us for an interview sometime this next week! We’re so excited and pray that this is what God has for us. Anyway, we’re just doing our research and have learned a great deal about UIS, Wycliffe, SIL, and PNG as an overall country. But one thing I can’t seem to find info on is the cost of living. We’ll need to raise support in order to make it there, and are looking for ballpark figures of the basics like food, housing, and such. We are very, very simple people and our cost of living here in Califonia (USA) is easily less than 20K a year. I am thinking that it should be less than that in PNG… So any info you have would be helpful and much appreciated! Could you email me some info if you don’t mind??? Thank you so much, I look forward to hearing from you!

Comment on Lae to Madang by Bruno Kneubuhler

Bruno Kneubuhler — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:58:33 +0000

Hello
I will be going to Madang soon and most probably will rent a car. Do you know what fuel costs there ?

Thanks a lot for your kind answer
Bruno (Switzerland)

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by gcw

gcw — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:39 +0000

Thanks, Dawn. Obviously I didn’t do adequate research before making that statement. Wikipedia agrees with your language count. It seems my percentage was likely based on the number of written languages known in the world, rather than the number of natural spoken languages. The 800-language count for PNG (I hope I’m close to accurate on that number!) includes many which do not have a written language, so the spoken language number you provide is the one that should be used.

Thanks again, Dawn, for pointing that out. Much appreciated!

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:37:21 +0000

Hi, Not meaning to be picky, just looking for some PNG statistics. You say there are about 800 languages in PNG, and that is almost 25% of all languages on earth. Actually, with just over 6,900 total languages on earth (according to Wycliffe statistics) that is just about 12%. That is a little different perspective – still huge percentage for so small a country.

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by gcw

gcw — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:06:51 +0000

Jim – Thanks for your kind comments. There are two worship services on Sunday – one that is run by the nationals and is, I think, conducted in Tok Pisin. There is an English language service held later in the morning, conducted by the missionaries. It’s an ‘interesting’ situation since the folks speaking are from various denominations, so the specific details of the theology of the speaker can vary from week to week. I think they try to tread a fine line of speaking the truth while not raising a level of controversy. On the plus side of this, it leads to much open conversation; the Bereans would be proud of them, I think.

I’ll email you separately; really interested in when you’ll be going, how long you’ll be there, and the specific purpose of your trip.

gcw

Comment on SIL, Wycliffe, and Ukarumpa by Jim Sands

Jim Sands — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:21 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful, interesting ‘look see’ to Ukarumpa. Say, how are the church service(s) on Sunday? Do locals or missionaries lead the worship? Night or day worship celebrations/service? Curious about what you do on Sunday or Wednesday to study the Bible and worship as a group. Would you please email me and let me know? Or email a copy of the Worship Services in Ukarumpa to
james.sands@us.af.mil (or jimmysands@msn.com). thanks, great info