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TriJung 08-07-97 Jungle Jewels & Jaguars Living
with the Amueshas Translating God's Word Martha Duff Tripp Harvest
Day Books, 2008, 347 pp., ISBN 978-0-9790834-5-7 |
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The author provides an autobiography of her life and ministry in Peru
from the 1950s to the 1990s. She
describes the unique experiences of translating the Bible and living with a
remote group of indigenous people in the Amazon Jungle along the foothills of
the Andes. The book gives an excellent
description of the joys and heartaches of ministry and the power of the
Scripture in the lives of people newly learning to read. Her experiences may be typical of many
Bible translators in remote areas. Imagine two single women in their 30's living alone in the jungle, boating
and hiking to more remote areas, learning to talk in a language they have
never heard, learning to put that language in writing, teaching people to
read, teaching readers to teach others, and developing schools. Imagine learning to read the very first things written in your own
language. Imagine learning to write
and writing things that had never before been written in your language. Imagine life change when you first discover
the true "Our Father!" Amazing experiences. Wonderful
life changes. True heroism. |
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