{"id":13455,"date":"2024-12-04T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13455"},"modified":"2024-12-04T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T23:02:56","slug":"australia-namis-legacy-an-illustrated-childrens-bible-for-her-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13455","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Nami\u2019s Legacy, an Illustrated Children\u2019s Bible for Her People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: United Bible Society, November 25, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by seeing the children\u2019s Bibles available in English, Nami Kulyuru, a long-serving Pitjantjatjara Bible translator from Central Australia, had the vision to pass on the stories of the Bible to her descendants using traditional paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After sharing her idea with friends and colleagues, Nami began the artistic work for this book in 2021. She was passionate about seeing the children in her community, including her children and grandchildren, have access to visual representations of Scriptures with which they could connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Nami\u2019s passing in 2022, her family and community ensured that Nami\u2019s legacy would live on through \u201cGodaku Tjukurpa\u201d (God\u2019s Story)\u2014the Pitjantjatjara Children\u2019s Illustrated Bible\u2014produced by Bible Society Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedbiblesocieties.org\/godaku-tjukurpa-namis-legacy-realised-through-childrens-illustrated-bible-in-pitjantjatjara\/\">Read the full story and see some of the pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out these additional stories about Bible translation and distribution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Believers in Oklahoma hope <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godreports.com\/2024\/11\/pastor-translated-bible-into-choctaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">translating the Bible into Choctaw<\/a> will fuel revival among the people and help preserve the language, which Choctaw people were forbidden to speak for decades (God Reports).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may have seen a story in the Wall Street Journal reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/sales-of-bibles-are-booming-fueled-by-first-time-buyers-and-new-versions-d402460e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sales of Bibles are booming in the U.S.<\/a> due to first-time buyers and new versions. The article credits the trend to rising anxiety, a search for hope, and, in some cases, focused marketing efforts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youversion.com\/press\/youversions-verse-of-the-year-reflects-global-trend-of-seeking-peace-through-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouVersion\u2019s Verse of the Year<\/a> reflects what leaders say is a global trend of seeking peace through prayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United Bible Society, November 25, 2024 Inspired by seeing the children\u2019s Bibles available in English, Nami Kulyuru, a long-serving Pitjantjatjara Bible translator from Central Australia, had the vision to pass on the stories of the Bible to her descendants using traditional paintings. After sharing her idea with friends and colleagues, Nami began the artistic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13455\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australia: Nami\u2019s Legacy, an Illustrated Children\u2019s Bible for Her People<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13456,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13455\/revisions\/13456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}