{"id":252060,"date":"2017-05-11T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=252060"},"modified":"2017-05-11T06:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:00:03","slug":"bible-four-pacific-languages-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bible-four-pacific-languages-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible in four Pacific languages available"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252081\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Childrens-pix-225x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerard and Mary Aflague worked as book designer and editor from both Guam and Colorado<br \/>(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado<\/strong> \u2014The Gerard Aflague Collection recently released four children\u2019s bible titles including: My First Chamorro Children\u2019s Bible Stories, My First Hawaiian Children\u2019s Bible Stories, My First Samoan Children\u2019s Bible Stories, and My First Tongan Children\u2019s Bible Storie.<\/p>\n<p>Gerard Aflague, the book\u2019s designer, was passionate to offer a children\u2019s story bible that would be translated into a variety of Micronesian and Polynesian languages to support language learning by children with the support of their parents. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when social media offers avenues to share new and exciting cultural learning opportunities, the launch of these books provides a unique means to share cultures across the Pacific,\u201d Gerard Aflague said.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Aflague, editor of the books, said that its content includes visual illustrations that are brightly colored and vivid, retelling 16 of the more recognizable bible stories including the Creation Story, Noah\u2019s ark, Baby Moses, Daniel in the Lion\u2019s Den, Jesus Heals the Blind Man, Jesus\u2019 Crucifixion, Jesus\u2019 Resurrection, and Jesus\u2019 Second Coming.<\/p>\n<p>The release of these books took much commitment, effort, and coordination among many involved across the world. Gerard and Mary Aflague worked as book designer and editor from both Guam and Colorado; the illustrator worked from India, and many translators from Guam and Polynesia assisted across the miles.<\/p>\n<p>Gerard Aflague\u2019s passion to author, illustrate, and self-publish children\u2019s books offered him the opportunity to give back to his people, and to the larger Pacific Islander communities. These children\u2019s bibles are a gift from his family to the larger islander communities across the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>These new children\u2019s bibles are available online for purchase on Amazon.com, Ebay.com, and the GerardAflagueCollection.com. In Guam, the Chamorro-English children\u2019s story bible will be made available at Bestseller Bookstores; and at Faith Bookstore and Bonita Baby Boutique in Hagatna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado \u2014The Gerard Aflague Collection recently released four children\u2019s bible titles including: My&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":252081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16746,16747,51,16748],"class_list":["post-252060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-bible-stories","tag-gerard-aflague","tag-guam","tag-mary-aflague"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}