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I live in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a gorgeous historic town about half way between Ottawa and Toronto.
I have the World's Best Job as Church Administrator at Bethel Church, a congregational church downtown.
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I live in Oshawa, Ontario, home of Canadian General Motors, 40 kilometres east of Toronto and west from fellow Logos Community members Carmen and Alex.
Oshawa is on the North Shore of Lake Ontario
....... Mel
Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........
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I live in Ridgewood, NY (in the borough of Queens NYC). Happily married to a master cabinet maker who works for Metro North Railroad also fills in as their chaplain and is an ordained minister but not pastoring. We attend W. Sayville Reformed Bible Church which is about a 47 mile trip each way on the Lord's Day. I am currently doing my post-grad work at Trinity Theological Seminary in Philosophy of Christian Theology and Apologetics.
Two of my professors highly recommended Logos and then it was gifted to me last Christmas. I'm so thankful for those who have put this software together and the experts who respond to questions and problems.
Ridgewood-NYC
Nancy A. Almodovar, M.Th.
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Fred Chapman said:
Warrior, Alabama (thats about 25 miles north of Birmingham)
USA
Fred, I live in Huntsville, AL. Are you coming to the Logos conference tomorrow?
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I live in Sudden Valley (Bellingham) Washington, USA: or rather, at my desk here at Logos headquarters!
I am in the sales department and have had the opportunity to speak with many, if not most, of you that have posted on this forum. My good friend Ghebreab (Tes) pointed out that there isn't much Logos Employee involvement in the forums. Well, that's true ... this is my first post. In our defense, they keep us pretty busy with non-forum related business the majority of the time!
Thank you Ghebreab for pushing me into posting, and I look forward to hearing from you all soon!
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Nancy A. Almodovar said:
which is about a 47 mile trip each way
Hello Nancy,
Saw your post. Glad to have you here. 47 miles is a long way to go for church on the east coast like that. What do you think about the commute? I have some experience with long commutes to church myself. I actually enjoyed the long commute. It allowed me time to "prepare" for service and/or really think about what was said and how it can impact me.
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Chandler, AZ (suburb of Phoenix).
Father to a two year old. Husband to the most beautiful and godly woman I've ever met.
One of 7 pastors of Grace Bible Church (gbcaz.org).
Currently in Tampa, FL for a few months for my nurse anesthesia clinicals. I'll be back in AZ in a month.
Jacob Hantla
Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
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Western New York state - Rochester, NY, is about 50 miles east of Niagara Falls.
Blessings,
FloydPastor-Patrick.blogspot.com
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I'm doing a ministry apprenticeship with a local church, I live in Port Macquarie, Australia. Four hours north of Sydney
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Schönen Gruß Tes!
Ich bin in San Francisco und studiere Sytematische Theologie an der GTU.
(see if you non-Germans can figure out the above, it's pretty close to the English)
Hab zehn Jahre in Deutschland gewohnt (Berlin und München) bevor ich nach Kalifornien zurückgezogen bin.
-Haifisch
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shark tacos said:
Sytematische Theologie an der GTU
Which school are you enrolled through? I know some profs there.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
Which school are you enrolled through? I know some profs there.
I'm at PLTS, but I know several profs in SFTS, CDSP, and JTSB too.
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Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
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Blessings.
I'm from Bayamón, Puerto Rico pastoring the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Magnolia Gardens (Bayamón) for the last two years. Used to be a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Puerto Rico.
Fernando
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David P. Moore said:Fred Chapman said:
Warrior, Alabama (thats about 25 miles north of Birmingham)
USA
Fred, I live in Huntsville, AL. Are you coming to the Logos conference tomorrow?
I was not able to come this time. I am watching for future dates that are close by. Huntsville is a great city. In my career prior to entering the ministry I had a office in Madison that handled the Huntsville / Decatur market and a good portion of the northern end of AL. Are you at the church that is sponsoring the conference?
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shark tacos said:
Ich bin in San Francisco und studiere Sytematische Theologie an der GTU.
(see if you non-Germans can figure out the above, it's pretty close to the English)
let's see, you have "been itchin' in San Francisco and are a studly systematic theologian and . . ." sorry, didn't get the rest.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Dan DeVilder said:
let's see, you have "been itchin' in San Francisco and are a studly systematic theologian and . . ." sorry, didn't get the rest.
LOL Yes, that's exactly right. Here's a German beer for you [B]
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Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Welcome!
Help links: WIKI; Logos 6 FAQ. (Phil. 2:14, NIV)
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Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Beneyam, welcome to the forum. In April we have visited Ethiopia with a group of pastors from England, Hungary and Czech Republic. I have been really blessed as we ministered and fellowshipped with many wonderful people of your country. Let God bless you and keep you as you minister to Him in your great nation.
Best greetings to you from the Czech Republic [:)]
Bohuslav
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Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Likewise, Beneyam, welcome! I know Tes through this forum. Beyond that, I used to teach and live at a residential school (kind of like a boarding school) for at-risk children. Most of them were Ethiopian or Eritrean. I learned a few words here and there, and also got to taste doro wat and injara, and other Ethiopian foods. Mmmmm Good! Some of them (boys and girls) were excellent soccer players, too.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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shark tacos said:
Schönen Gruß Tes!
Ich bin in San Francisco und studiere Sytematische Theologie an der GTU.
(see if you non-Germans can figure out the above, it's pretty close to the English)
Hab zehn Jahre in Deutschland gewohnt (Berlin und München) bevor ich nach Kalifornien zurückgezogen bin.
-Haifisch
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Dan DeVilder said:Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Likewise, Beneyam, welcome! I know Tes through this forum. Beyond that, I used to teach and live at a residential school (kind of like a boarding school) for at-risk children. Most of them were Ethiopian or Eritrean. I learned a few words here and there, and also got to taste doro wat and injara, and other Ethiopian foods. Mmmmm Good! Some of them (boys and girls) were excellent soccer players, too.
I join in welcoming you. Tes is eager to see an Amharic Bible in Logos format, and I guess you would be interested in that too. I too have enjoyed Ethiopian food at Kokeb restaurant in Seattle and Nyala restaurant in Vancouver. I took a summer class at my seminary on the History of Christianity in Africa a few years ago and learned about the ancient history of Christianity in the area of Ethiopia & Eritrea. I had known nothing about it before (apart from the story of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8). God bless.
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Fred Chapman said:David P. Moore said:Fred Chapman said:
Warrior, Alabama (thats about 25 miles north of Birmingham)
USA
Fred, I live in Huntsville, AL. Are you coming to the Logos conference tomorrow?
I was not able to come this time. I am watching for future dates that are close by. Huntsville is a great city. In my career prior to entering the ministry I had a office in Madison that handled the Huntsville / Decatur market and a good portion of the northern end of AL. Are you at the church that is sponsoring the conference?
I attend Murphy Hill Baptist church in Toney, about 15 miles north of Huntsville, where I am a Sunday School teacher. The conference is great. Moe is gifted at what he does. A lot of basic stuff today, but great for reinforcement, and learned a few tricks too. Perhaps we will get to meet at one of these seminars.
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Richard DeRuiter said:Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Welcome!
Hi Richard
Thank you and God bless you!
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Richard DeRuiter said:Beneyam Befikadu said:
Greet5ing from Ethiopia,Addis Ababa
This is Beneyam the last 15years am pastoring in the Glory of the Later House Reformation Churchof Addis Ababa-Ethiopia (East Africa).I want to be a part of you.
May God bless you
Welcome!
Blessings in Christ.
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Rosie Perera said:
Likewise
Hey .! My Name is Rolf Tekle .! I Living in Germany . Were three years on the Bible School . I already visit in Ethiopia - and like Injera and Doro Wot . I was two years on Mission Work in Slowakia - Rwanda and have lifed sometime in Canada - Williams Lake B.C. I Greetings everything in the Community Logos . Gods Belessing .!
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Welcome Rolf here. Finally we have somebody who would ask Logos for Slovak Bible Translations [:)]
I live about 30 km from the Slovak borders and have many pastors - friends there.
Bohuslav
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I live in Bellingham, WA and I've worked at Logos in the Design and Editorial department since April. I was a Logos user for four years before that.
Bohuslav Wojnar said:I live and pastor the church in Cesky Tesin, the oldest town of the Ostrava metropolitan area in the Czech Republic. This year our church celebrated 100 years of existence and our town 1200 years since its legendary beginning. It used to be the capital of the Austrian Silesia. Our town is devided between Czech Republic and Poland, it used to be called in the past Teshen in German or Cieszyn in Polish.
You can find some more information about Silesia here and about the Teschen Silesia (The Duchy of Teshen) here.
Bohuslav, I have been through your town. I used to live and teach English as a second language in Prague, and took the train between there and Budapest several times. I have many stamps in my passport from Cesky Tesin, but unfortunately I never got off the train.
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Elliot Ritzema said:
Bohuslav, I have been through your town. I used to live and teach English as a second language in Prague, and took the train between there and Budapest several times. I have many stamps in my passport from Cesky Tesin, but unfortunately I never got off the train.
Wow, that's great to hear. Be glad you got those stamps in those days. No stamps anymore now. We are part of Schengen and at our borders with Poland there is no police anymore. What a change from the times I still remember when they would shoot you if you would try to cross the river...
Bohuslav
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Rosie Perera said:
I too have enjoyed Ethiopian food at Kokeb restaurant in Seattle and Nyala restaurant in Vancouver.
Hi Rosie,wot is Sauce ,which it could be of different type of sauce,was it specific like Dann has mentioned it Doro wot (Hen- sauce) or key wot (any kind of meet)?It is my favourate food.
Rosie Perera said:took a summer class at my seminary on the History of Christianity in Africa a few years ago and learned about the ancient history of Christianity in the area of Ethiopia & Eritrea.
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Rosie, this is very intersting what have you learned?would you like to share us?
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes said:
Hi Rosie,wot is Sauce ,which it could be of different type of sauce,was it specific like Dann has mentioned it Doro wot (Hen- sauce) or key wot (any kind of meet)?It is my favourate food.
I remember I had "doro wot" but it was a long time ago so I don't remember what it tasted like, but I do remember it was delicious.
Tes said:Rosie Perera said:took a summer class at my seminary on the History of Christianity in Africa a few years ago and learned about the ancient history of Christianity in the area of Ethiopia & Eritrea.
Rosie, this is very intersting what have you learned?would you like to share us?
I am in a coffee shop right now (my modem died) so I don't have my notes with me from that class. But when my new modem arrives I will write back with some summary of what we learned in that class.
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Rosie Perera said:
But when my new modem arrives I will write back with some summary of what we learned in that class
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OK Rosie,Thank you.
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes, I celebrated Christmas with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Church if the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, back in about 1972. I later met a young Ethiopian Orthodox nun who told me how the charismatic movement had come into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church through evangelical missionaries who obeyed the rules about not proselytising, so had Bible studies for members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, who remained within their church, but shared what they had been learning with others in their church, so it spread more than it would have if they had become members of an evangelical church. Around 1990 I helped with a coffee morning with English lessons etc for refugee women in England, and we had some women from either Ethiopia or Eritrea. Forgive me for not remembering which: I met them only in the group. I had much closer contact with women and their families from other countries, teaching them English and supporting them in their battles with the British social services bureaucracy.
So it's good to have another contact with someone from Ethiopia through this thread that you started in an inspired moment!
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As we are OT except for my passing request for Coptic resources (my smilies don't work), let me share a funny story. I was taking a one week long course on Orthodox spirituality at GTU in Berkeley. Our instructor ran the Orthodox student center for Orthodox students.One of the other students was a Jesuit (Catholic) priest from Ethiopia. Because of the makeup of the class, the syllabus was quickly changed from lecture to question/discussion format so we got to know each other quite well. Or so we thought. It was late in the class on Thursday before we succeeded in making the teacher understand that the Jesuit was Coptic rite Catholic not Orthodox.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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nicky crane said:
Tes, I celebrated Christmas with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Church if the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, back in about 1972. I later met a young Ethiopian Orthodox nun who told me how the charismatic movement had come into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church through evangelical missionaries who obeyed the rules about not proselytising, so had Bible studies for members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, who remained within their church, but shared what they had been learning with others in their church, so it spread more than it would have if they had become members of an evangelical church. Around 1990 I helped with a coffee morning with English lessons etc for refugee women in England, and we had some women from either Ethiopia or Eritrea. Forgive me for not remembering which: I met them only in the group. I had much closer contact with women and their families from other countries, teaching them English and supporting them in their battles with the British social services bureaucracy.
So it's good to have another contact with someone from Ethiopia through this thread that you started in an inspired moment!
Nicky, I know very little about Orthodox,since my ancesstors to the fourth generation are from the Evangelical church of Eritrea.I am amazed if any one apart of their religion is able to celebrate ,with them.
Blessings in Christ.
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I'm in Swansea Illinois (very near Saint Louis, Missouri). Logos has enabled the better blending of two of my main affinities, Christ and Computers.
[ I've been very nomadic all my life...for a few years I lived in Zeppelinheim FRG, very near Frankfort. A couple years ago I lucked into being able to fly a Zeppelin from Templehof in Berlin--that fulfilled a childhood dream. ]
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Ward Walker said:
I'm in Swansea Illinois (very near Saint Louis, Missouri). Logos has enabled the better blending of two of my main affinities, Christ and Computers.
[ I've been very nomadic all my life...for a few years I lived in Zeppelinheim FRG, very near Frankfort. A couple years ago I lucked into being able to fly a Zeppelin from Templehof in Berlin--that fulfilled a childhood dream. ]
Very cool! I only lived in Berllin and flew out of Tempelhof. But I did it all alone as a 10 year old.
I lived in S. Ill, too, but on the other side of the state. But sometime you need to figure out how to post a thread about your story of flying a Zeppelin but make it sound Logos related. [;)] Or did you mean fly out a Led Zeppelin? Robert Plant, perhaps? [:P]I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Ward Walker said:
I'm in Swansea Illinois (very near Saint Louis, Missouri). Logos has enabled the better blending of two of my main affinities, Christ and Computers.
[ I've been very nomadic all my life...for a few years I lived in Zeppelinheim FRG, very near Frankfort. A couple years ago I lucked into being able to fly a Zeppelin from Templehof in Berlin--that fulfilled a childhood dream. ]
Hi Ward, Zeppelinheim is belongs to f Neu-isunburg ,I lived there one year.Even now I am living near Airport I am not far from Zeppeliheim.I was surprised when I have seen it.Ich freue mich darauf.
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes, I think there are Orthodox and Orthodox in Ethiopia. I went to the Christmas celebration with friends who have a gift for making friends with all sorts of people from all sorts of traditions. MAybe I would not have been so readily accepted had I not been with them. The nun said there are very traditional groups in the orthodox church, but also others who have been influenced by evangelical missionaries. I also met a lady from somewhere in Europe who had become a nun in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and was very traditional.
Till I met you on the forum I had no contact with evangelicals, tho I have read a book, and we get news past and present that tells us they have had and still are having a rough time. So I do still pray for them, albeit not often enough.
I know this is only loosely Logos related, but it did arise from having become friends thro the Forum!
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Dan DeVilder said:
But sometime you need to figure out how to post a thread about your story of flying a Zeppelin but make it sound Logos related.
Both Logos 4 and Zeppelins are somewhat cloud based. [st] Altough when Logos crashes it's not as tragic as a Zeppelin. [li]
Still the view from up there is unsurpassed.
(I know, that went over like a lead balloon! [+o(] Aaawww, stop it.)
Logos 7 Collectors Edition
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nicky crane said:
MAybe I would not have been so readily accepted had I not been with them.
Nicky,you are absolutly right.
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes said:Rosie Perera said:
took a summer class at my seminary on the History of Christianity in Africa a few years ago and learned about the ancient history of Christianity in the area of Ethiopia & Eritrea.
Rosie, this is very intersting what have you learned?would you like to share us?
OK, here I am back again (my modem is still broken, but my neighbor is letting me use his wireless network for a new days until my new modem arrives).
Here are my notes about the History of Christianity in Ethiopia from that class:
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Rosie Perera said:
OK, here I am back again (my modem is still broken, but my neighbor is letting me use his wireless network for a new days until my new modem arrives).
Here are my notes about the History of Christianity in Ethiopia from that class:
Hi Rosie you have done a tremendous study,thank you very much.'' እግዚኣብሄር ይባርክሽ``in english ``God bless you``
Blessings in Christ.
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Hola .! Hermano.! Mi nombre es Rolf Tekle de Alemania .! Rica bend ision de Dios .! El Dios tiene un gran plan con Puerto Rico .! El Dios me ha dado dos anos antes Puerto Rico . Como Oracion . Bals viene un gran despertar .Sobre Puerto Rico todo el mar Caribe la region Cambiara . La iluvia de piedra preciosos y Rio deaceite de la Biblia eran solo el principio de los milagros que todavia vienen ,. Saludo .!
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Hi Tes,
I'm originally from Ethiopia (yet another Ethiopian :-)) and live in Germany (I love Cologne[:D])
I work as a computer programmer.
My Ethiopian Christian site iyesus.com is the first site to offer online Amharic Bible search functionality. I've also developed a standalone Amharic Bible Software called Iota which you can download from iyesus.com for free. Iota of course can not be compared with the huge logos.
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Yared Getachew said:
Hi Tes,
I'm originally from Ethiopia (yet another Ethiopian :-)) and live in Germany (I love Cologne
)
I work as a computer programmer.
My Ethiopian Christian site iyesus.com is the first site to offer online Amharic Bible search functionality. I've also developed a standalone Amharic Bible Software called Iota which you can download from iyesus.com for free. Iota of course can not be compared with the huge logos.
Anyways, nice to be here and meet some nice guys!Welcome, Yared! Wow, you're a great addition to this community! Tes has really been hoping for an Amharic Bible in Logos, but I know how difficult it is for Logos to get new foreign language Bibles for languages that nobody in-house speaks. I was trying to help Tes find some way to help Logos get the work done to convert the digital files (already available for download in places on the web) into Logos format. They essentially need someone to be a liaison for them to get the publishing rights (if it's not public domain) and proof-check the resource once it's been built, write a blurb in Amharic for the catalogue, stuff like that. Would you be willing to be of assistance?
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Rosie Perera said:Yared Getachew said:
Hi Tes,
I'm originally from Ethiopia (yet another Ethiopian :-)) and live in Germany (I love Cologne)
I work as a computer programmer.
My Ethiopian Christian site iyesus.com is the first site to offer online Amharic Bible search functionality. I've also developed a standalone Amharic Bible Software called Iota which you can download from iyesus.com for free. Iota of course can not be compared with the huge logos.
Anyways, nice to be here and meet some nice guys!Welcome, Yared! Wow, you're a great addition to this community! Tes has really been hoping for an Amharic Bible in Logos, but I know how difficult it is for Logos to get new foreign language Bibles for languages that nobody in-house speaks. I was trying to help Tes find some way to help Logos get the work done to convert the digital files (already available for download in places on the web) into Logos format. They essentially need someone to be a liaison for them to get the publishing rights (if it's not public domain) and proof-check the resource once it's been built, write a blurb in Amharic for the catalogue, stuff like that. Would you be willing to be of assistance?
Hi Rosie,
I'm willing to help as long as the effort does not exceed the sphere of my abilities and available leisure.
In my view, the first step is to analyse the logos format so to decide whether there is any suitable Amharic bible available on the web that can be converted to the Logos format. This analysis could also help to make initial effort estimation for the task. For example if the logos format requires that every word in the Bible for a given language needs to be coded with Strong's numbers, then this could be a make or break criteria. Because, as far as I know, there is no Amharic Bible coded with the Strong's numbers. The task of coding the Amharic words with Strong's numbers may be beyond Logo's capabilities.
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Teaching in Cuiaba, Brazil, which is 500 miles west of Brasilia.
We are praying about an invitation to teach in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Yared Getachew said:
I'm willing to help as long as the effort does not exceed the sphere of my abilities and available leisure.
In my view, the first step is to analyse the logos format so to decide whether there is any suitable Amharic bible available on the web that can be converted to the Logos format. This analysis could also help to make initial effort estimation for the task. For example if the logos format requires that every word in the Bible for a given language needs to be coded with Strong's numbers, then this could be a make or break criteria. Because, as far as I know, there is no Amharic Bible coded with the Strong's numbers. The task of coding the Amharic words with Strong's numbers may be beyond Logo's capabilities.
While some foreign language Bibles in Logos do indeed have Strong's coding (e.g. the Russian Bible), the most basic ones (e.g., the Finnish Bible -- Raamattu) don't need to have much in the way of special tagging. Just the verse numbers so you can navigate properly to the right verse from the reference box. I presume that since the Amharic characters are part of Unicode, then indexing would work the normal way without any special processing, so Bible search would work. There would be no intelligence about "Match all word forms," though. That's OK. Just getting the Amharic Bible into Logos would be a big help to Amharic speakers.
Can I contact you by leaving a message on the contact page of our iyesus.com website? I know absolutely zero Amharic but I was able to find the contact page by hovering over the tabs, and I can turn off the "write in Amharic" checkboxes.
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Rosie Perera said:Yared Getachew said:
I'm willing to help as long as the effort does not exceed the sphere of my abilities and available leisure.
In my view, the first step is to analyse the logos format so to decide whether there is any suitable Amharic bible available on the web that can be converted to the Logos format. This analysis could also help to make initial effort estimation for the task. For example if the logos format requires that every word in the Bible for a given language needs to be coded with Strong's numbers, then this could be a make or break criteria. Because, as far as I know, there is no Amharic Bible coded with the Strong's numbers. The task of coding the Amharic words with Strong's numbers may be beyond Logo's capabilities.
While some foreign language Bibles in Logos do indeed have Strong's coding (e.g. the Russian Bible), the most basic ones (e.g., the Finnish Bible -- Raamattu) don't need to have much in the way of special tagging. Just the verse numbers so you can navigate properly to the right verse from the reference box. I presume that since the Amharic characters are part of Unicode, then indexing would work the normal way without any special processing, so Bible search would work. There would be no intelligence about "Match all word forms," though. That's OK. Just getting the Amharic Bible into Logos would be a big help to Amharic speakers.
Can I contact you by leaving a message on the contact page of our iyesus.com website? I know absolutely zero Amharic but I was able to find the contact page by hovering over the tabs, and I can turn off the "write in Amharic" checkboxes.
That is nice that you found the contact page by hovering over the tabs :-). There is also a "contact us" english menu on the left hand side of the page.
Of course you can contact me using the iyesus.com contact form. By the way on iyesus.com you can search the Amharic bible using special search operations like exact word, Anay word, All words, Whole word, substring etc.
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