Our first two months in Africa
have been diverse to say the least. I am amazed to see the odd and
unexpected things that fill my day. God has been good to give us the
opportunity to serve him here in Uganda for a time. One of my primary roles on the
Echelon team is that of a language coach. With my spattering of linguistic
education I have begun the task of developing and writing the Echelon field manual for language learning. This is a
big job an will take a considerable amount of time.
Next week
we start learning the Karimojong language. Our in-country team, at the present
time, consists of four adults and three children. I will be facilitating the
language learning of both the adults and children during this initial phase of
language learning. In addition to our in-country team, we have two couples that are presently in the States and will be joining us in
Africa in ten months. Thus far, the work
has been interesting. I began with some basic language documentation with the help
of the Karimojong people. We started with recording a few of the songs that the
Karimojong had written and finished with useful phrases (this
material can be found on our website). These lessons are available to anyone who might have an interest in the
Karimojong language.
As this language
project develops, I will be posting parts of it along the way for all those who
might be interested in the process of language learning from an Echelon
perspective.
