Young Volunteer Program

Resource:  Dennis Smith

Friends:

The Young Adult Volunteer program is one of the best things we do as PCUSA. Please take a look at the attached materials and think if you or someone you know might be able to participate in this great program!

YAV Recruitment Invitation - Fall 2013

YAV Palm Card - 2013

YAV Info Flyer - Fall 2013

Saludos,

Dennis A. Smith

dennis.smith@pcusa.org

Regional Liaison, Brazil and Southern Cone, Presbyterian World Mission

Enlace Regional, Brasil y el Cono Sur, Misión Mundial Presbiteriana

Representante Regional, Brasil e Cone Sul, Missão Mundial Presbiteriana

Sucre 2855, 3o

1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mobile: (+54)11-6621-8944

Residence: (+54)11-4776-0966

www.presbyterianmission.org

Microsoft Launches Quechua App For Tablets

Resource:  Peru This Week

By Rachel Chase

Proponents of Quechua hope that using the language in a technological setting will help to preserve the indigenous tongue.

Microsoft is helping to preserve the indigenous language of Quechua through a rather unexpected medium: the app.

According to Andina news agency, Microsoft is launching an application with tablet tools in Quechua for Windows tablet devices. Andina reports that the launch will take place on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Cusco Conventions Center. The launch is part of Quechua Week, an event sponsored by the Ministry of Culture that aims to celebrate and promote the indigenous language.

Cusco writer Luis Nieto Degregori told Andina that by using Quechua in high-tech devices, proponents of its use can make sure it lives on for years to come. “Quechua should be in computers, in cell phones, in tablets— it’s very important; it’s a language of the present and of the future, and this is one of the ways to make sure Quechua doesn’t disappear,” Nieto Degregori, the author of acclaimed 2003 book “Cuzco después del amor” (“Cusco after the love”) said.

Quechua is the most widely-spoken indigenous language in South America. According to 2007 Peruvian census data, there are more than 3 million Quechua speakers in the country. There may be as many as 10 million Quechua speakers worldwide.

How Many Trees In The Amazon?

Resource:  Chicago Tribune

By Steve Johnson

There are almost 400 billion trees in the Amazon River basin, “close to the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy,” says Nigel Pitman, a Field Museum visiting scientist who is second author of a new study that provides the best answer yet to this difficult-to-quantify question.

The study, published today in the journal Science, calculates that there are roughly 16,000 tree species in the vast and varied region, roughly the size of the continental U.S., but that just 227 of those species, including Brazil nut, chocolate, rubber, and acai berry trees, comprise about half of all the trees.

Veterans Day Concert

Resource:  Jim Harrill jharrill@martinandharrill.com

The Annual Veterans Day concert for the community at South Mecklenburg High School, Wednesday, November 6 at 7:00 PM in the auditorium.

The public is invited!

Catching Up With The Dimmocks

Resource:  Sharon Presbyterian Church eDesciple

Our PC(USA) missionaries Nancy and Frank Dimmock are living mostly on two different continents
in their new assignments. Frank works at The General Assembly in Louisville, KY, as one of three
new mission catalysts, traveling to many nations to help with poverty and health issues. His vast
experience since 1979 of working with women and children in Africa will aid our larger church’s
understanding of world poverty.

Nancy is in Lusaka, Zambia, as the Young Adult Coordinator (YAV), organizing sites and programs for young adults to participate in a transforming year in mission work. Three of their children live in Zambia with her; four other children and one new grandchild live in southeastern US. Andrew stayed in Lesotho to continue his schooling.