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Jim and Kathy Albright (seen here with their two daughters)
replaced Ruth and me when we left Malawi in 1980. They worked with Namikango
for 10 or more years, then began working with SAFE Ministries, an effort
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For years we have wanted to produce a concordance for
the Chichewa Bible. This would greatly open up scripture for Malawians.
Jim is skilled in computer science and publishing. He oversaw some early
work on the concordance years ago (including keying the whole Chichewa
Bible into computer and researching what program would be required). But
Jim has been distracted by other responsibilities until now. He has just
resigned from SAFE Ministries to return to the States. I met with Jim
and Lendal to discuss the steps remaining to complete the concordance.
Now the work is underway.
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Jim wrote a computer program that can spit out
a rough draft concordance in minutes. He printed out the thousands of pages
and brought them to the mission in the trunk of his car. We are hiring a
team of Malawian workers to edit down the entries into a reasonably-sized
book and enter the edits into computer. Jim will then refine the results
and the concordance will be ready for publishing. **We need contributors
for the initial publishing cost. Click here for details. |
