Trip #2 is on the Calendar

While we were in Australia, some very important logistics were worked out for our trip to the second language group on the table.
Who was taking us?
And when would we go?

Even though the idea was mentioned, there's a number of reasons why going on our lonesome seems like a bad idea.
1. It's a road allocation. Meaning I would have to drive.
a. I don't know how to drive a stick, so that could pose some complications.
b. If something were to happen (flat tire, highway robbery, overheated engine, etc.), what would I do?! I have no idea! I don't have a lot of experience in crisis management in a third world country.
2. It's the first time anyone from PBT has been out to see this people group in a hot minute. They need more of a greeting than two green members.
3. When I'm picking an allocation there are probably a ton of things to consider! Things that you may only realize after the fact. So I wanted someone who had already allocated to help point out things to me.
So I picked three of the best names on the field and said I wanted one of them to accompany us.

William Butler stepped up to the plate.
William is nearly finished with his own translation project, has successful raised a couple of children in the jungle, and is a noted storyteller, frequently requested for The Coffeehouse, PBT's annual night of missionary stories and dessert.

So with this brimming cup of wisdom, we'll be headed out in August, penciled in for the 15th-19th.

Now, just as with the first language group, we need a reason to go. So our mission is to present a change in spelling convention which was decided by the translation team but never before seen in print and see how well this change is received.
For an example that would be applicable in English, a small team of people decided that "c" was a stupid letter, utterly pointless, so they went through every single resourse in the language and tshanged every instanse of the letter of whitsh we speak to a signifikantly more appropriate letter, s or k. But no one, not even the small team of people had gotten a tshanse to see this tshange in print. So we're going to go out and present them with this tshange and see how they like it.
How are we going to do that?!
That's a fantastik kuestion! (q is also stupid)
When we know, I'll write another blog post!

Until then!
Please be in prayer that God would give us wisdom in our desisions about allokation.