Because of a problem with the hosting charges for tiandi.info, it was unavailable for a while. I am happy to report that tiandi.info is now back online.
If you have found tiandi.info to be of value and would like to help support it, one way to do so is by making a small financial contribution via the Donate page there. Such contributions will help me to defray expenses and keep tiandi.info running.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 26 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Files with the complete Traditional characters & Cantonese Sidney Lau lyrics & musical notation for the new songbook are now available for download from the Songbook—Romanised Material page. An A5 paper size (148 × 210 mm / 5.8 × 8.3 in.) file and an A4 paper size (210 × 297 mm / 8.3 × 11.7 in., similar to letter size) file are available. (Yale romanisation material may follow later if there is sufficient demand.)
Thanks go out to those who helped to produce these files.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc. Update, 2010-01-05: A password is no longer required to access these files.
The files are also available for download from the misc section of the 3lines.org site, and from Br. D. Herrmann.
Download links for files for the old Sing Praises songbook have been removed from the Songbook—Romanised Material page. If you still need Mandarin pinyin, Cantonese Sidney Lau, or Cantonese Yale versions of the old Sing Praises songbook for some reason, email me to let me know and I will email the appropriate files to you.
Files with the complete Simplified characters & pinyin lyrics & musical notation for the new songbook are now available for download from the Songbook—Romanised Material page. An A5 paper size (148 × 210 mm / 5.8 × 8.3 in.) file and an A4 paper size (210 × 297 mm / 8.3 × 11.7 in., similar to letter size) file are available. These files are only intended for those who have not yet received their official pinyin new songbooks. New songbook material with Cantonese romanisation & musical notation will be posted later as it becomes available. Update, 2009-12-28: Files with the complete Traditional characters & Cantonese Sidney Lau romanisation lyrics & musical notation are now available as well, in both A5 and A4 paper size versions.
Thanks go out to those who helped to produce these files.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc. Update, 2010-01-05: A password is no longer required to access these files.
The files are also available for download from the misc section of the 3lines.org site, and from Br. D. Herrmann.
Cantonese Referenced Theo. Expressions files are now available for download from the new Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + JP/Yale Cant. Rom. + English) page. These files are meant to be relatively extensive lists of theo. expressions as they have been found to be rendered in the Chinese publications.
The current version is dated 2009-12-21.
Thanks go out to the one who helped to produce these files.
The new Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + JP/Yale Cant. Rom. + English) page is linked to from the existing Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Also, the Basic Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Yale Cant. Rom. + English) page has been replaced by a page which contains a link to the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + JP/Yale Cant. Rom. + English) page. The next Links file update will also replace the Basic Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Yale Cant. Rom. + English) section with a section on the new page.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc. Update, 2010-01-22: A password is no longer required to access this resource.
The Mandarin Referenced Theo. Expressions files, available for download from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page, have been updated. These files are meant to be relatively extensive lists of theo. expressions as they have been found to be rendered in the Chinese publications.
The current version is now dated 2009-12-21. According to the one who produced the files, this version contains “some small but important corrections”.
Thanks go out to the one who helped to produce these files.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc. Update, 2010-01-22: A password is no longer required to access this resource.
A file with the complete Traditional characters & Cantonese Sidney Lau romanisation lyrics for the new songbook is now available for download from the Songbook—Romanised Material page. Material with musical notation may follow later if there is sufficient demand. Also, Yale romanisation material may follow later if there is sufficient demand.
The file is also available for download from the misc section of the 3lines.org site.
Thanks go out to those who helped to produce this file.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The file which has the complete Simplified characters & pinyin lyrics for the new songbook and which is available for download from the Songbook—Romanised Material page has been updated to correct four minor errors. The new file is dated 2009-12-18. This file is only intended for those who have not yet received their official pinyin new songbooks. Material with musical notation may follow later if there is sufficient demand.
The file is now also available for download from the misc section of the 3lines.org site.
Thanks go out to those who helped to produce this file.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Pinyin 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 16 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Also, the graphs of unique visitors have been updated to include unique visitors up to 2009-12-14.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material up to Ch. 16, par. 9 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page. Jyutping, Sidney Lau, and Yale versions are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
A minor update to the Links file, dated 2009-11-28, has been posted to the Chinese Links File page. Access information in recent Links emails is still valid. If you would like to receive a Links email with information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The following minor tweaks have been made:
A file with the complete Simplified characters & pinyin lyrics for the new songbook is now available for download from the Songbook—Romanised Material page. This file is only intended for those who have not yet received their official pinyin new songbooks. Material with musical notation may follow later if there is sufficient demand. New songbook material with Cantonese romanisation will be posted later as it becomes available.
Thanks go out to those who helped to produce this file.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 16, par. 9 of the “God’s Love” book is now available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Also, the graphs of unique visitors have been updated to include unique visitors up to 2009-11-23.
Note that starting with this batch of files, the procedure for producing the Simplified files has been corrected so that “甚” will only be converted to “什” when it is part of the expression “甚麼”.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Recently, a brother in the Chinese field in Japan kindly sent me the complete list of Chinese congregations and groups in Japan as of the beginning of this service year. He said:
Last month we successfully finished the magnificent Chinese District Convention. We had 2,472 attendants, including 26 congregations and 31 groups. More than 1,600 pioneers are working in Chinese territory in Japan.
(2009-09-29)
I just recently was able to finish updating the Japan section of the List and of the Map at tiandi.info with the extensive information he provided.
To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Pinyin 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 15 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Also, the graphs of unique visitors have been updated to include unique visitors up to 2009-11-01.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
A minor update to the Links file, dated 2009-10-27, has been posted to the Chinese Links File page. Access information in recent Links emails is still valid. If you would like to receive a Links email with information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The following minor tweaks have been made in response to email input:
The blue and white graphics on the main page are links to other pages on the site. The gold graphics on those pages are download links.
The 2009-10-23 Links file update has been released. Those of you who are on the list to receive email updates have been sent an email with directions on how to obtain this updated file. If you have not received this email update and would like to, email me about receiving the update and getting added to the mailing list, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
If you haven’t already done so, I recommend that you read the included directions.html file before proceeding to use the Links file. Besides including instructions and examples on how to use the Links file, the directions.html file also discusses the redistribution of the Links file.
The Links file is used by downloading its zip file from the web page linked to in the email, extracting it with the supplied password, saving it to a drive, and opening it in a modern web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Opera. After you open it, you may want to bookmark it or add it to your Favorites for easy retrieval later on.
New and updated resources are listed under the *** NEW *** and *** UPDATED *** index headings.
The *** NEW *** resources this time around are:
The *** UPDATED *** resources this time around are:
The following resources are no longer listed in the Links file:
In addition to the above-mentioned items, several other more minor changes, updates, and refinements were also made compared to the previous version of the Links file, dated 2009-07-05. So don’t hesitate to avail yourself of the current version, dated 2009-10-23.
The tiandi.info post Praying to... has been updated to embed today’s Pearls Before Swine comic, since their themes match up so well.
To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 15, par. 13 of the “God’s Love” book is now available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Some interesting comments have been posted in response to the tiandi.info post “What Do You Think Regarding Which Culture is More Godly?”
You may find it interesting to check out the comments some of our fellow workers in the Chinese field have posted in reply to other tiandi.info posts as well. Also, feel free to contribute to the discussions there with comments of your own.
To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material up to Ch. 14, par. 11 of the “God’s Love” book, along with complete material for the Appendix, is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page. Jyutping, Sidney Lau, and Yale versions are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Pinyin 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 14 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Some of you may have noticed that the Basic Theo. Expressions and the current pinyin songbook are no longer available for download from the Publications (Mandarin) page. There will soon be a new version of this page, which will be listed in an upcoming update to the Links file. Meanwhile, anyone who wishes to obtain the Basic Theo. Expressions or the current pinyin songbook may email me for them, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 22 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material for the complete Appendix of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 146 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 14, par. 11 of the “God’s Love” book is now available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 103 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 169 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Pinyin 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 13 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
A new post has been made on tiandi.info, the first in an admittedly long time. It discusses something that I think can have a big effect on the kind of environment that exists in a language group or congregation. Thus, it can have a big effect on the experience of being in one, for both publishers and interested ones:
What Do You Think Regarding Which Culture is More Godly?
To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
If you have found tiandi.info to be of value and would like to help support it, one way to do so is by making a small financial contribution via the Donate page there. Such contributions will help me to defray expenses and keep tiandi.info running.
Unfortunately, I have been having trouble keeping up with the hosting charges for tiandi.info lately. As a result, it was unavailable for a few days. I am happy to report that tiandi.info is now back online. Also, I’m working on a new post that I hope will go live there some time in the next few days.
If you have found tiandi.info to be of value and would like to help support it, one way to do so is by making a small financial contribution via the Donate page there. Such contributions will help me to defray expenses and keep tiandi.info running.
3-line material up to Ch. 13, par. 14 of the “God’s Love” book is now available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Note that due to some slight reformatting, all the available pinyin 3-line “God’s Love” book files have been repaginated, resulting in page breaks occurring in different places than in past files. Internal page references have been updated accordingly.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 168 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
One thing that is notable about this talk is that it was given by a missionary brother.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
A minor update to the Links file, dated 2009-07-05, has been posted to the Chinese Links File page. Access information in Links emails of the last several months is still valid. If you would like to receive a Links email with information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The main change has been to update the email address that should be used to request some of the resources. A couple of other minor changes have been made as well.
The files explaining how to use the iPhone-formatted files and how to print out the Extra Large Print (XLP) files are now included in the zip file along with the Links file and the Directions file.
Pinyin 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 12 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material up to Ch. 12, par. 12 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page. Jyutping, Sidney Lau, and Yale versions are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The Map of Chinese Protogroups, Groups, and Congregations at tiandi.info has been enhanced with Google Earth Plug-in technology. This allows the current map file to be viewed, zoomed into, etc. right on the web page without having to be downloaded and opened in the Google Earth program. Of course, this option is still available for those who want the bigger view and other additional options offered by the full program.
A static screenshot of some Google Earth Plug-in content. The content on the Map page at tiandi.info is live and interactive, and it is bristling with placemarks representing Chinese protogroups, groups, and congregations all around the world.
An example of the power and resolution of Google Earth and the Google Earth Plug-in is that thanks to precise directions from a sister in the Nairobi Chinese Group in Kenya, this group’s placemark on the Map now points to the exact building in which it meets, the Nairobi Bethel Kingdom Hall.
To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 12, par. 12 of the “God’s Love” book is now available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
A couple of updates have been made to the New World site, mentioned in the previous post:
This is only indirectly related to the Chinese field, but maybe some of you will find it interesting. The title of this post refers to a fictional short film that depicts a Chinese-Canadian youth praying to Jehovah God for the first time since he truly developed faith in him. I and a few others shot it a few years ago, but having been busy with various things since then, I only recently finished editing and rendering versions that can be streamed or downloaded from the Internet.
While the dialogue is in English, and the subject matter is not unique to the Chinese field, the main characters are Chinese-Canadian, thus the indirect link to the Chinese field. Click on the picture below to go to a web page that contains links for viewing Small, Medium, and Large streaming versions (streaming works in Safari on the iPod touch and the iPhone), a download link for an iPod/iPhone-compatible video file version, information on requesting DVD copies, and also some additional background information regarding this project:
Click on the picture to go to the New World web page.
I hope you like it. If you have any questions or comments, you may email me at waynerj@shaw.ca, or you may post a comment at this parallel post at tiandi.info. (Email me for the login information if you don't already have it, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.)
3-line material up to the end of Chapter 11 of the “God’s Love” book is now available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Many corrections have recently been made to the songbook alternative files. For more information, email Dieter.
3-line material for the Appendix of the God’s Love book up to and including the sixth topic, referred to in Ch. 11, is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 11, par. 17 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The tiandi.info post “The Cantonese Field is Flourishing Along With the Mandarin Field” has been updated with a graphic representing the unique visitors to the Cantonese & Mandarin God’s Love book 3-line material download pages so far. These unique visitors total over 9,500 at this time. [More current versions of this file will be posted for download at the bottoms of the God’s Love book 3-line material pages as time allows.—ed., 2009-05-20]
I think it's especially interesting to look at the full size graphic at different zoom levels, from seeing the whole thing to zooming in until single rows are legible. It kind of lets you go from a “bird’s eye view” of this entire large army to a view from within the ranks. You, dear reader, are probably represented by one of the C’s or one of the M’s. If so, it is evident that you are not alone, and that Jehovah is mobilizing more and more workers for both the Cantonese field and the Mandarin field as the end draws ever closer.
To obtain the tiandi.info login information, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 11, par. 13 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
I recently got an email from a brother who is now helping to provide Cantonese resources for the 3lines.org site. Here is an update from him on some new Cantonese resources that are there now, or that they are working on:
“We are working on a few things for Cantonese Sidney Lau romanization
- Hebrew Scriptures (Exodus already uploaded, Genesis and Leviticus in progress)
- We’re intending to complete the Hebrew Scriptures as time goes so that it will support the weekly Bible reading
- Reasoning Book Intro & Conversation Stoppers (already uploaded)
- Recording the Bible Teach book in Cantonese”
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 143 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.
For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 10 of the God’s Love book is now available for download from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material for the Appendix of the God’s Love book up to and including the fifth topic, referred to in Ch. 9, is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Cantonese romanisation 3-line material for all the questions of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I have posted these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Mandarin pinyin 3-line material for all the questions of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I have posted these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
The download links sections of the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) and the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) pages have been reformatted, so hopefully it’s now easier to see what’s what.
Also, earlier, subheadings had been added to each page, along with a Contents section at the beginning that has shortcut links to the subheadings.
3-line material up to the end of Chapter 10 of the God’s Love book is now available for download from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 16 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to Ch. 10, par. 12 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
To clarify a matter that several have asked about, all the God’s Love book 3-line files available for download at this time contain all material available up to this point, not just a chapter at a time. E.g., the current iPhone-formatted file’s name is:
For the Appendix files, such as:
I have just been sent a couple of PDF files with the songs for the Memorial:
If you would like to have these files to make printouts for visitors at your Memorial, email me and let me know.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 15 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Since the crunch seems to be over, the password is now again required to extract the 3-line God’s Love book PDF files from their zip files downloaded from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) and God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) pages.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material up to the end of Chapter 9 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 14 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
3-line material with Cantonese romanisations for the questions up to the end of Chapter 13 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
3-line material for the Appendix of the God’s Love book up to and including the fifth topic, referred to in Ch. 9, is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
3-line material up to Ch. 9, par. 12 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Thanks to an attentive user who pointed out that the previous files had been missing the footnote for Ch. 7, par. 5 and the question for Ch. 7, par. 12, these omissions have been rectified in the current files.
All the Budapest Mandarin course files have been updated to their 2008 versions, except for the grammar course files, which have not changed. Also, all the PDF files have been recreated so that copying and pasting tables of material produces more usable results.
A minor update to the Links file, dated 2009-03-07, has been posted to the Chinese Links File page. Access information in Links emails of the last several months is still valid. If you would like to receive a Links email with information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Since more and more people are using mobile devices such as the iPhone and the iPod touch, links to the 3-Line Material on the iPhone and the iPod touch and Printing Extra Large Print 3-Line Material web pages were added, along with the following new Index entries: Mobile Devices, iPhone / iPod touch, and Windows Mobile Devices. Some tags were also updated as a result.
The files explaining how to use the iPhone-formatted files and how to print out the Extra Large Print (XLP) files are now included in the zip file along with the Links file and the Directions file.
A minor update to the Links file, dated 2009-02-24, has been posted to the Chinese Links File page. Access information in Links emails of the last several months is still valid. If you would like to receive a Links email with information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you're with, who referred you to this site, etc.
Since many are seeking access to tiandi.info, direct links to the sections describing the Links News, tiandi.info, and tiandi.info Blog en Español blogs (including login information) were added after the Blogs entry in the Featured / Commonly Requested Tags (Index Headings) section.
Also, the files explaining how to use the iPhone-formatted files and how to print out the Extra Large Print (XLP) files are now included in the zip file along with the Links file and the Directions file.
Due to the need of many to have the material starting this week, and due to the backlog of password requests that still need to be processed, for a limited time the God’s Love book 3-line PDF files will be available for direct download without requiring the password.
The download page for the pinyin God’s Love book 3-line files can be accessed from the 3lines.org site. After entering the login information, you will be redirected to the main index page. There, click on bs (Book Study). The resulting pinyin files download page contains a link to the download page for the Cantonese romanisation God’s Love book 3-line files.
Please feel free to share this access information with anyone else in or seriously considering entering the Chinese field, unless they reside in a land where our work is restricted. If you know of someone in such a land who wishes to receive this information, please get them to contact me directly. Please remind anyone to whom you give this access information to follow these distribution instructions too.
3-line material up to Ch. 9, par. 8 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Following not long after release of the new version of the 3-lines site and coming just before the God’s Love book starts to be studied at the Book Study, the 2009-02-19 Links file update has been released. Those of you who are on the list to receive email updates have been sent an email with directions on how to obtain this updated file. If you have not received this email update and would like to, email me about receiving the update and getting added to the mailing list.
I recommend that the included directions.html file be read first. Besides including instructions and examples on how to use the Links file, this file also discusses its redistribution.
The Links file is used by downloading its zip file from the web page linked to in the email, extracting it with the supplied password, saving it to a drive, and opening it in a modern web browser like Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Opera. After you open it, you may want to bookmark it or add it to your Favorites for easy retrieval later on.
New and updated resources are listed under the *** NEW *** and *** UPDATED *** index headings.
New resources this time around include:
Among the sites that were updated:
Spanish God’s Love book 3-line material with Simplified characters and pinyin is now available from the 3lines.org site. After entering the login information, you will be redirected to the main index page. From there, click on español, then on Mantengase en el Amo..>.
For now, material for Ch. 1 is available.
Computer-generated Mandarin audio files for the entire God’s Love book are now available for download from the 3lines.org site. After entering the login information, you will be redirected to the main index page. From there, click on misc, then Media/, then God's Love MP3 Files/.
For now, in view of the worldwide situation regarding the Links file resources, it still seems prudent to require passwords to access the resources so that they will only be accessed by those in or seriously considering joining the Chinese field.
If you are experiencing problems with the passwords, please see the reminders in this post:
Password Reminders
http://linksnews.blogspot.com/2009/02/password-reminders.html
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 13 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
God’s Love book 3-line material with Cantonese romanisation (Jyutping, Sidney Lau, and Yale) is now available from the new God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page. There is a link to this Cantonese page from the original God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page, and the password for the files is the same.
You may obtain the access information for the new God’s Love Book (Chinese + Cantonese Rom. + English) page from others who already have it. If necessary, you may email me for it.
For now, material is available for the main text up to Ch. 7, par. 22, for the Appendix up to Topic 4, and for the Questions up to Ch. 10. Future updates will be reported on this blog.
3-line material up to the end of Chapter 8 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
The passwords can be tricky. It is all too easy to leave out a space, use a lowercase letter instead of an uppercase letter, etc. Here are some things to keep in mind:
If the above suggestions don't solve your problem, I suggest you find someone in your area who is familiar with computers to help you.
Starting on Feb. 1, 2009, Mandarin MP3 and AAC audio files, playable on iPods and similar devices, began to be available for download from the Society’s http://www.jw.org/ web site. The Chinese file download pages, one in Simplified characters (汉语) and one in Traditional characters (漢語), can be selected using the Language dropdown box in the upper right corner of the page. Both these download pages contain links to download Mandarin audio files—no Cantonese files are in evidence at this time.
Currently, Mandarin audio files are available for recent issues of the Watchtower and Awake! magazines, and for the J’s Day and Bible Teach books.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 12 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
The paragraph on the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page regarding how to obtain the password for the files has been updated. It now reads:
The password to extract the PDF files may be obtained from ones who already use these files, since such ones should have the password as well as the directions regarding who only to pass it on to. Once you receive the password, please only pass it on according to the directions you receive along with it. Also, to obtain passwords, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca.
This way, those who already have the password can help pass it on to valid users of the files. Otherwise, it may not be possible to get the password to all who need it before we start to cover the new book at the meetings. If you are not certain what the directions are regarding who only to pass the password on to, email me at waynerj@shaw.ca.
3-line material up to Ch. 8, par. 13 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 11 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page. Both regular letter size material and “XLP-iPhone-A5” size material are available.
Note that the files with the questions material now include the material for all the questions from the beginning of the book to the end of Chapter 11. A table of contents has also been added for your convenience.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
These files are listed after the regular material on the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
Also, this paragraph has been added to the page:
While the regular files use letter size as the paper size, the files named with “XLP-iPhone-A5” use A5 as the paper size. These files are especially suited for display on devices such as the iPhone, the iPod touch, and other devices with similarly sized screens. (Click here for instructions.) They may also be printed on letter size paper, resulting in Extra Large Print material. (Click here for instructions.)
3-line material up to the end of Chapter 7 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
3-line material for the questions up to the end of Chapter 10 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
Note that the files with the questions material now include the material for all the questions from the beginning of the book to the end of Chapter 10. A table of contents has also been added for your convenience.
Since some may be able to get by with just the questions, I will post these ahead of corresponding material for the main body of the book, which will continue to be produced.
A Spanish translation of tiandi.info’s About page, which explains the goals behind tiandi.info, has been posted. Here is the link:
tiandi.info - Sobre Este Sitio
http://tiandi.info/sobre-este-sitio/
3-line material for the Appendix of the God’s Love book up to and including the fourth topic, referred to in Ch. 7, is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
3-line material up to Ch. 7, par. 12 of the God’s Love book is now available from the God’s Love Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page.
