The Olivers In Thailand

After working fairly solidly on the Wa Bible checking and typesetting for the last 2-3 months, the PDFs have now been sent off to the printer.

The main PDF contains the text of the Wa Bible Old and New Testaments. Additional PDFs include the simple artwork for the spine and cover and the title pages and tables of contents.

The Wa language is emerging. The written language has been developed only fairly recently in the process of translating the Bible.

There are many dialects of the Wa language which vary in spelling and pronunciation. Attempts have been made to reinforce usage of the main Wa dialect.

The Bibles will be printed in Japan and the printing will take about 3 months. The Bibles will then be shipped back to Chiang Mai at the end of February leaving the month of March for the Bibles to be delivered on in time for special celebrations. This will mark 100 years since the first Wa believer and the emergence of the Wa church since the first missionary to the Wa people, William Marcus Young.