About Me
- Joy Washburn
- Seeking Joy? Currently, you can find me in Austin, Tx loving coffee, the Spanish language, and a crowd of nieces& nephews. I'm a college grad ready for change & looking for my next big step. A huge goal in my life is furthering Bible translation because I think God made me for it! E-mail: writejoy2009(@)gmail.com
Language is More than Words
Many cultures around the world do things differently than western cultures. For instance, when we hold up a closed fist with the index finger raised, that means the “one.” But to the Gadsup people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) it means “four " They count the fingers that are down. Another people group in PNG—the Kewa—communicate numbers up to 24 using their hand, arm and face!
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