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Taking to the air

The Pillingers will very soon be taking to the air!

On Sunday 30th January I (Steve) will be flying to Nairobi en route to South Africa for our daughter Jen’s wedding. I’ll be in Kenya for a week to attend annual staff meetings with my new colleagues in our Africa Area administration, to which I am [...]

Burunge booklets dedicated

Earlier this year I typeset three booklets in the Burunge language of Tanzania: the books of Acts, James and Revelation. Right now I am finalising the book of Genesis. It was a great joy to hear recently of the dedication service the Burunge team held to celebrate the publication of the books I had done, [...]

Welcome to the Rendille!

 

This is a presentation made in Steve’s early days among the Rendille people of northern Kenya. It’s slightly dated (umm… 1984!), but still gives a good impression of the traditional Rendille way of life, which has changed little in recent decades. It also illustrates some of the stages involved in reducing a spoken [...]

Bananas and Conflict Resolution

Letter from Rwanda

Some of you may know that our daughter Jen (21) is out in Rwanda for three months. She is working part-time with MOUCECORE, a Tearfund affiliate, as well as gathering information on conflict resolution for her third year Anthropology dissertation.

We thought you might be interested in how she is getting on, so with [...]