What is linguistics? Linguistics is the scientific study of languages and their structure. The test we will be taking tomorrow will consist of a fictional language in order to see if we have an aptitude for finding specific patterns within the language and are able to "solve the puzzle." This test will be timed in order to gain as accurate result as possible and we've been told that it is divided into four sections.
You may be asking, "Why is this so important?" You see, there are well over 7,000 languages in our world today. Sadly, only 7% of have the full Bible in their own language. This leaves 93% of the languages lacking the full Word of God. Worse yet, there are more than 2,000 languages, comprising 30%, that do not even have a single verse of Scripture written in their language!Our desire is to create more orange in this chart by presenting a tribe in Papua New Guinea with the entire revelation of God's Word in their own language. While linguistics is not necessarily essential, it would be beneficial in assisting us in attaining this goal.
We've heard stories of people who completely bombed the linguistics test but took the course anyways and turned out to be some of the best students. Teachers tell us that it really comes down to a matter of discipline, persistence and determination. This is not to discount that aptitude in this area is certainly a help but, even if we fail, there is still hope!
The test is scheduled for the last two class periods Tuesday morning from 10:25am - 12:05pm central time. If you could pray for us during that time, it would mean a lot to us!
Thank you in advance for your prayers!
United in Christ,
Cameron and Caitlin
** Read the update on the results of our test here
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