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by David J. Ringer

I'm a writer and photographer for Wycliffe International and its partners.

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A cold glass of water

Monday, May 1, 2006, 10:17 pm

There’s a lot I’d like to talk with you about, but I will leave you with this till tomorrow:

The Nama people, of hot southwestern PNG, do not have the Bible in their language. “Having the Bible only in English,” said a Nama woman, “is like holding a cold glass of water that we can’t drink.”

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