We have become friends through the forum

Of course we are brothers and sisters in the Lord,Isn't it interesting how we are joined together as friends though the forum as well.some ask and others take time to answer questions.We have also expressed how we feel one another with the posts of Dann.If it doesn't offend any body ,I would like to know to introduce ourselves by mentioning only in which country and city we are.You know some times I find myself laughing and smiling.Before yesterday ,while I was on the phone in different times with different brothers my eyes were concentrated to the forum,and I laughed with out being aware.What I want to say is not to tell you ,what I have done what I shouldn't do,but more interesting is how I enjoy the communication with different brothers and sisters in the forum.So if you just name the country and city you live, I consider it as a valuable present.I would like to thank everybody and logos for giving us this opportunity.

Frankfurt-Germany

God bless everybody.

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William

Well, Tucson, Arizona, USA here. I want to go a bit more Tes. Sorry....I am a career changer. The Lord has closed doors on my first career ( and for that I am grateful). I was a Teacher of Mathematics and Physical Sciences to 13-17 year olds. I believe the Lord is seeming to open a couple of paths. I am starting in the next month a few courses in biochemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry. In the mean time, my pastor has asked me to teach a lesson and I can see it leading to more. He has agreed to check out nontraditional paths to enter the ministry. An opportunity that I was feeling was closed perm. for me. I will just have to see. In the summers here we get temperatures that are about 43 degree C as highs and lows about 30 degree C.

Robert Pavich

Hello Tes,

I'm from West Virginia, USA.

I'm not a Pastor, nor am I even a teacher or any other church office holder.

I just love studying His word...and Logos is a great way to do it!

God bless,

bob

Dave Hooton

Frankfurt-Germany

Nice city!

I'm from Melbourne, Australia (another nice city!).

God bless,

Stephen Miller

Tes,

Like Dave I come from Australia. But I'm from Sydney which is higher and better than Melbourne.

I am gradually translating the whole Bible. Because I do this while travelling on the train when finished it will be the first trainslation of the Bible.

Because I am old, I am still using Logos 3. Nothing wrong with that .... I am still using WordPro.

Stephen Miller

Sydney, Australia

Jack Caviness

If it doesn't offend any body ,I would like to know to introduce ourselves by mentioning only in which country and city we are

Asheboro, North Carolina, USA, home of the North Carolina Zoo. I have retired from the US Navy after 20+ years, retired from serving as Pastor after 25+ years, and am now semi-retired from a family business after 7 years. Now, I teach Sunday School and a Home Bible Study, and try to help my Pastor.

Graham Criddle

I live in London, England.

Graham

Edwin Bowden

Kansas City, Missouri.

In my avatar, I'm wearing a KC Royals baseball cap with the stadium behind me. I'm a huge fan.

Friedrich

hey Tes,

I live in Monroe, Michigan, just south of Detroit on Lake Erie. I was in Miami, FL before that. I have moved a lot (even lived in Grundy VA, Robert--coal country, a stone's throw form W. Va), even Germany, as you know- Berlin and Munich. Jack--ever go to the story teller's convention there in Asheboro? Graham, thanks for sticking to the OP guidelines. You're a stand up guy. [:P]

William, didn't know they used Celsius in AZ. You guys must not be American. Edwin, did you ever listen to games that Rush Limbaugh announced?

You guys from Australia . . . . Hooton, I think think Stephen wants to rumble.

Matthew C Jones

We have also expressed how we feel one another with the posts of Dann.If it doesn't offend any body ,I would like to know to introduce ourselves by mentioning only in which country and city we are

"Tribe of Dan." I like the sound of that.

I presently live in Oklahoma City,

considering moving to Ireland, Japan, Israel or Ecuador in the next few years. [ap]

Any Logos users in County Cork, that can answer logistical questions?[C]

Terry Poperszky

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

TCBlack

I've always wanted to visit Frankfurt after taking three years in German in highschool. Alas.

For the last 12 years I've pastored in Moweaqua, Illinois - USA.

Donovan R. Palmer

Lome, Togo - West Africa

Ted Hans

Hi

I live in London, England.

Same here. London, England.

Ted

Fred Chapman

Warrior, Alabama (thats about 25 miles north of Birmingham)

USA

Kaye Anderson

Poolesville, Maryland, USA. It's a tiny rural place about 30 minutes above Washington, DC. I'm tying up ends here to move. I am a retired nurse, currently employed as a database analyst for a non-profit.

I am restless, waiting to see what my real calling is now that I am back in the Word and listening to God's voice again. Neither my occupation nor my location feels right now.

Dan, your summary of everyone's posts made me laugh out loud! :-)

Very nice to meet you, Tes! And everyone else!

Gerben Groenewoud

Well, this is the first time I am writing. I am from Maarssen, the Netherlands. I read the forums quite often, but this is the first time I am reacting. God bless you too.

Rich DeRuiter

I live in the unincorporated village of Alger between Bellingham and Burlington, WA, USA.

I'm a pastor in the Christian Reformed denomination, and a volunteer firefighter/captain here in the local, county fire district.

nicky crane

Graham and Ted, are you going to Morris Procter's seminar in London in Feb? Maybe we can meet up? I hope to make a trip back to England for that! I used to live in London, but have been in Albania for the last 17 years. I teach the Bible via storying and bind up wounds and burns on the side in a small Muslim village.

Bohuslav Wojnar

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.

nicky crane

Bohuslav,

I'm sure I must have at least been through Cesky Tesin on my travels, tho I spent more time in Nova Paka, Kyjov, Olomouc. I forget now. I have to confess I actually spent most of my time in Slovakia. Celebrated the Velvet Revolution partly in Prague (as I walked down Bartolomejska I was actually followed by a guy who was obviously STB, but not yet aware that he'd been dissolved - till I turned round and started following him - and then he disappeared!!) and mostly in Presov. I haven't been back to Czech Republic and Slovakia since democracy as I was spending all my free time in Albania before coming to live here permanently in 1993.

Ted Hans

Graham and Ted, are you going to Morris Procter's seminar in London in Feb? Maybe we can meet up? I hope to make a trip back to England for that! I used to live in London, but have been in Albania for the last 17 years. I teach the Bible via storying and bind up wounds and burns on the side in a small Muslim village.

Did not know there was a Morris seminar in London? Thanks for the info, and Yes if it takes off it will be nice to meet another Logos user.

Ted

Bohuslav Wojnar

Bohuslav,

I'm sure I must have at least been through Cesky Tesin on my travels, tho I spent more time in Nova Paka, Kyjov, Olomouc. I forget now. I have to confess I actually spent most of my time in Slovakia. Celebrated the Velvet Revolution partly in Prague (as I walked down Bartolomejska I was actually followed by a guy who was obviously STB, but not yet aware that he'd been dissolved - till I turned round and started following him - and then he disappeared!!) and mostly in Presov. I haven't been back to Czech Republic and Slovakia since democracy as I was spending all my free time in Albania before coming to live here permanently in 1993.

Great to hear that Nicky,

On your travels from Prague to Presov (Slovakia) you probably passed trough our town. Main train track from Prague to Slovakia goes through our place. This railway has been one of the reasons our town had been cut in two parts between Poland and Czechoslovakia after WW One (to keep it in one country) [:)]

Bohuslav Wojnar

Did not know there was a Morris seminar in London? Thanks for the info, and Yes if it takes off it will be nice to meet another Logos user.

Ted

Ted, if you hear about the Logos Seminar in London, let me know. I would be very happy to come and take part of that event (much closer than US) [:)]

nicky crane

Ted,

Sometime around 15th Feb at Proclamation Trust if I'm not mistaken. There's a taster and a full seminar. My one hesitation is the weather this end. My neighbour housesits and is not always effective at thawing frozen pipes, sometimes with expensive consequences. But Global Warming has reduced this risk!

Where are you in London? I usually stay with friends in Beckenham.

Graham Criddle

Graham and Ted, are you going to Morris Procter's seminar in London in Feb? Maybe we can meet up? I hope to make a trip back to England for that! I used to live in London, but have been in Albania for the last 17 years. I teach the Bible via storying and bind up wounds and burns on the side in a small Muslim village.

Nicky, thanks for that. I had missed the announcement.

I am just checking on the dates, I think I might have a prior commitment.

Graham

Lynden O. Williams

Pastor for 15 years. Nassau, Bahamas.

Jerry Bush

Pastor in the cornfields of south central Illinois.

Olney, Illinois, USA

Before that, I lived in Missouri, Michigan, Texas, and Alaska.

Jerry

Andy

Same here. London, England.

Ted

I'm a little further North: Greater Manchester, UK.

I hope you don't mind me prying, but given you are in London, I wondered if you are, perhaps, the Ted Hans mentioned in the acknowledgements of Mr Adrian Warnock's Risen With Christ? Apologies for asking, but curiosity got the better of me [:S]!

Rosie Perera

I'm an American living in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The best city in the world to live, according to several different published rankings. I originally came up here from Seattle in 1996 to attend Regent College (international graduate school of Christian studies), got my Masters degree in 2004, and ended up settling in Vancouver. The work I do I could do from just about anywhere, so I decided to choose a place to live that I love and that has easy connections with the network of friends and collaborators I've made through Regent. I've been a "permanent resident" of Canada since 2006. Not planning to apply for citizenship since I still feel very much like an American, but I do find myself slipping into Canadianisms every once in a while, eh? [:)] And I still can't think in Celsius!

Andy

are you going to Morris Procter's seminar in London in Feb?

Hi Nicky,

Thanks for highlighting this, I had missed it completely.

I had been hoping that Camp Logos might come to the UK.

Alan Macgregor

I am a minister in the Church of Scotland in Banff (the original) linked with King Edward in North-East Scotland. Aged 63 now, I was planning to retire to Portessie, a little hamlet on the outskirts of Buckie about 20 miles away, but the Lord has other plans and I have just accepted a call to be the minister until I'm 70 in Buckie South & West linked with Enzie (pronounced Ingy - Portgordon) Parish Churches. So I'll be moving in about six weeks time.

I've just submitted my PhD thesis to University of Aberdeen and am preparing to defend it in the next two months.

I have never left my native shores (I have been to England a few times) but being part of this forum fellowship makes me feel a real internationalist. [Maybe that's the Lord preparing me for glory (Galatians 3:28).] [:D]

Pam Larson

I live in Southern California - 17 miles from Disneyland. [:D]

Dan Sheppard

Olympia, Washington.

Layman, who has contemplated going to seminary for a Master's of Divinity. But want to do it long distance (don't wanna move).

Curious about the Australians translating the Bible. Is that from English to Australian? Be sure to include a dictionary for us Americans. [:)]

I cannot imagine Abraham saying, "G'day, Mate!"

Levi Durfey

I am the pastor at First Baptist Church in Baker, Montana, USA.

Here we have wheat, cows, and oil.

Mike Childs

I pastor a United Methodist Church (and play with my grandchildren) in Louisville, Mississippi (United States of America).

Darcy S. Van Horn

Over the past 13 years, I've served two pastorates in Vancouver, BC. Prior to that I was a missionary in North Africa. Though I haven't posted much on these forums, I read them often and greatly enjoy them, not only for the help with Logos, but also just because it is such a joy interacting with brothers and sisters in Christ from all over the world, and from many different Christian traditions. Blessings to all!

In Him,

Darcy

Locksmythe

Hi,

I'm an elder/pastor disguised as a locksmith here in Melbourne, Florida, nice to meet you.

Ebbe Andréasson

Pastor for 21 years. Last 9 of them in Habo, 18 km from Jönköping in the south part of Sweden (northern Europe). Before my pastorsstudy I was an carpenter.

Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell

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.

Milford Charles Murray

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

Steve Adams

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.

David P. Moore

Warrior, Alabama (thats about 25 miles north of Birmingham)

USA

Fred, I live in Huntsville, AL. Are you coming to the Logos conference tomorrow?

Jim-Ray

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!

William

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.

Jacob Hantla

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.

Floyd Johnson

Western New York state - Rochester, NY, is about 50 miles east of Niagara Falls.

Yared Getachew

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.

Anyways, nice to be here and meet some nice guys!

Rosie Perera

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?

Yared Getachew

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.

Wayne

Teaching in Cuiaba, Brazil, which is 500 miles west of Brasilia.

We are praying about an invitation to teach in Johannesburg, South Africa

Rosie Perera

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.