March 1, 2006
We Are In the USA…
We Are In the USA…
In early February, we were saddened to learn that Donna’s mom had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her time was potentially quite short, and she needed help, so Donna flew to be with her in the Mid West.
Bill was planning to remain on Palawan and continue working on our house in the tribe until mid-March. But the mission’s entire flight program on Palawan is in the middle of a move and this meant that he could not fly in to our village for a rather long time. So he has flown here, as well. We are caring for Donna’s mom during this time and Bill is working on a number of ministry projects on the computer and via email: these include Palawano language research and discourse analysis, preparations and communication with others who will be designing a literacy program for the Palawanos, and several things related to resuming the translation of the Palawano New Testament.
Right now we plan for Bill to return to Manila in early April for a Bible Translation Workshop and some other events coming up in our work there. Donna will catch up with him later, returning to the Philippines when she is able.