tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post7482490413858808698..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: The Gathered MeetingJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-88663401432344669442011-11-12T13:06:39.872-08:002011-11-12T13:06:39.872-08:00In Bolivia, Bill, and in Peru, the native language...In Bolivia, Bill, and in Peru, the native language of almost all Friends is Aymara. For a few, the native language is Quechua or Spanish (still ethnic Aymara, of <br />course). Aymara Friends do a great deal of work translating from<br />Spanish to Aymara. Some of their university students, often supported by Bolivian Quaker Education Fund, major in linguistics, which in Bolivia means Aymara, Quechua, Spanish, and English (sometimes Portuguese as well).<br />In Guatemala the situation is quite different. Many people there speak Mayan languages, but almost all Friends there speak Spanish.<br />So, except for Brazil, which at pressent has almost no Friends, knowledge of Spanish almost completely covers the language needs of Friends. (Remember that any Aymara-speaking Friend with even a primary-school education will know Spanish.)<br />This makes life convenient for Friends---just two languages, English and Spanish, for our hemispehre.<br />Peace, Jeremy MottJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-57810828556033398572011-10-27T18:49:03.203-07:002011-10-27T18:49:03.203-07:00I meant to say Latin American *Friends* - I was sp...I meant to say Latin American *Friends* - I was speaking of them not the population in general.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-51695417985831483662011-10-27T15:42:53.095-07:002011-10-27T15:42:53.095-07:00To Robin's comment, I know effort has gone int...To Robin's comment, I know effort has gone into Spanish translation, but my understanding is that the majority of Latin American population has a native language as their heart language, not Spanish. Is that right?Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-60499452284128443022011-10-27T07:03:29.360-07:002011-10-27T07:03:29.360-07:00Dear Johan,
Having just returned from travel amon...Dear Johan,<br /><br />Having just returned from travel among Aymara speaking Friends in Peru & Bolivia, I am more tender than usual to the need to have the best Quaker writing available in the native languages of Friends. So much good work, hard work to be done. And I am looking for ways to better keep track of all the translations that are done so as not to have to repeat work that has already been done. I would welcome your suggestions and prayers.<br /><br />Robin MohrRobin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-35762657272167120222011-10-26T11:13:49.412-07:002011-10-26T11:13:49.412-07:00Thomas Kelly's words do express amazing truth....Thomas Kelly's words do express amazing truth. Obviously, he was inspired when he wrote. I wonder how many experienced Friends, like me, have never read this piece before, at least not all the way through.<br /><br />I can't offer any help to Bill Samuel for the problem that he raised. However, I do ask him to pass along my prayer to the Friend.<br /><br />Love, Jeremy MottJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-26072872521348533412011-10-22T17:22:25.844-07:002011-10-22T17:22:25.844-07:00Kelly's words express amazing truth.
I am won...Kelly's words express amazing truth.<br /><br />I am wondering about the ability to have a gathered meeting for worship when those gathered are not physically in the same place, and not even simultaneously electronically connected.<br /><br />I am particularly thinking about this in connection with how to offer spiritual support to a Friend from Ethiopia who is currently a refugee in Djiboouti.<br /><br />Anyone with insight on this, or who feels led to be in contact with this Friend, can contact me at billsamuel[at]verizon.net.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-82048314409415817172011-10-21T11:48:40.021-07:002011-10-21T11:48:40.021-07:00Hello to you both, Marshall and Nancy, from the Ru...Hello to you both, Marshall and Nancy, from the Russian-speaking Friends gathering in Kremenchuk. In a few hours, I have to give my reflections on Kelly's work. Still polishing it up....<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words!Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-60601289109024804602011-10-20T16:30:06.638-07:002011-10-20T16:30:06.638-07:00"There's no place like poem." I love..."There's no place like poem." I love it! Thank you for this post. I've been looking for a copy of The Eternal Promise. I've never read it.Nancy Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660294694426043259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-44106253234192792562011-10-20T05:19:45.226-07:002011-10-20T05:19:45.226-07:00Thank you for posting about this subject (the gath...Thank you for posting about this subject (the gathered meeting)! It always does my heart good when a Friend returns to the basics this way —Marshall Massey (Iowa YM [C])http://journal.earthwitness.org/noreply@blogger.com