Friday, July 31, 2009
Posts Coming up Next Week
Most of the people groups still unreached by the gospel live in places stretching across the maps of northern Africa and Asia. Christian missions strategist Luis Bush started calling this rectangular area or band: "the 10/40 window." He used that easy-to-remember name because it lies across Africa and Asia from 10 degrees latitude north of the equator to 40 degrees latitude north of the equator.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Styles of Worship
Who cares about style? Answer: A lot of people, but God looks at the heart.
Verse from 1 Samuel 16:7 New International Version
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks
at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tawng Hman Dik
Ka tawnhriat (experience) atangin hnam dang tawng (a bikin kan tana pawimawh em em pahnih English leh Hindi) hman dik leh lam (pronounce) dik a pawimawh zia ka’n tarlang ang e.
A hmasain, English leh Hindi hi huaisen takin keini Mizo, hmasawn duhte tan hian kan tawng aiin a pawimawh tih hi ka sawi duh. A pawimawh zia chu hria kan tam, kan hre deuh vek zawk, mahse a hre zingah sawi chhuak (admit) ngam kan awm mang lo kan intih Mizo avangin. A thente phei chuan 2009 ni tawh mahse, "Hindi-te chu Vai tawng mai mai alawm", ti a hmusit tlata thiam tum nachang pawh hre miah lo kan la awm nual bawk. Mizo kan ni a, intih Mizo vak angai em ni? I vun pawh MJ-a (with all due respect) angin ti var mahla Mizo i ni tho tho. Ram dang mi nihna (citizenship) pawh I nei ani thei, Mizo I nihna a bo lo. Hnam veina/feeling lian tak pu-a English leh Hindi hmang tha duh lote hian Mizo hnam kan ti hmingchhia.
Ka pa hnathawhna azarah ram hrang hrangah, foreign thlengin kan awm kual a. Ka sawi duh ber chu Delhi-a kan awm laia ka tawnte ani. Hnam dang thiante (class-mates leh thenawmte) an lo leng ve thin. Heng ho lo len laia ka Mizo thiante an lo len hian, polite takin hnam dangte hian an lo be ve thin a. Chhan dan tur pawh hre lova an awm hian a zahthlak thei lutuk. Chhang thei thenkhat lahin lam dan (accent) thing zet maiin an han chhang a, zia lo thei khawp mai. Tichuan an haw hnuah vaite chuan, "Khawilam mi nge i thiante chu," tiin mei nei deuh tak hian min han zawt leh ta nghal a. Khawi ram ram emaw hi ka puh kual chawk thin.
Mother tongue influence (MTI), kan tawng, Mizo tawng, lam dan leh thluk dan hi chuan kawng hrang hrangin buaina min siam ang. Engpawh nise Mizoram pawn chhuak miah lo tamtak hian mawi takin English leh Hindi hi an hmang thei. A hmang lo ho hi chu ngai pawimawh lo kan ni mai. Mi deu sawh ching, tawng nalh deuhte, ‘inti sap’ ti a, tawng nalh lo deuhte, "Zo tiah tiah, thing mai mai" ti thinte an ni duh tlangpui.
‘Political fitness’ neih that ngaih ve lohna, Competitive Exams te leh company-ah te hian engatinge interview-ah kan tlak hlawm leh tawp thin, written exams-ah kan ti tha thei fu sia??? Tawng chu thiam lo ila written pawh kan tlang lovang. Kan lam (pronounce) dik tawk loh vang hi ani pakhatin inring ve em?
Mizo hnam tih hmingthat duhin English leh Hindi-ah hian tan ila thar ang u.
Take a look at this video. It contains abscene languages, so be cautious