Abby Farmer - in my office

We've all been learning a lot over the past two weeks.   A team of seven from the Choctaw Bible Translation Committee is traveling to Canada for a week long workshop called Healing the Wounds of Trauma. The workshop was originally designed to assist people from Africa to recover from tragedies they encountered as a result of civil unrest.  The book "Healing the Wounds of Trauma" can be found on Amazon. 

While I was taking classes at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, we covered the contents of the book during one of my classes.  The purpose of the workshop is adapting the concepts in the book to a Native American context.  

We are in the process of fund raising to send our team to the workshop. 

More beaded medallions

 Some new beading projects! I've gotten a lot better with more practice!  Above is a part of my bead set.

 Three medallions that will make-up the necklace portion of my bead set.  Choctaw dress (usually) includes a necklace, two beaded bibs, earrings, and two pins that are attached to the dress. 

 A first attempt at earrings. 

 Earrings completed for Michelle in the Red Water (Oka Homma) colors - red and yellow. 

 Bolo tie that I made for Gary.  I attached an elastic loop on the back for the leather straps. 

 Cobalt blue, white and maroon special order earrings with rhinestones.

 Red and white special order earrings.

Consultant Check

This has been a busy week for the CBTC translators.  A consultant from the American Bible Society, Steve, came to the office for a few days of intense checking!  The translators and board members spent the week painstakingly going through the Gospel of John.  One of the translators read the Choctaw language draft.  Another translator or board member would do a back translation in English.  Then, Steve and our own exegetical consultant, Laura, checked the meaning against the Greek and Hebrew text.

Soon, we'll have the gospel of John ready for publication! This weekend, we're all going to take a much needed break.