Tag Archives: #BibleTranslation

Glimmers of Hope: Quarterly Impact Report

Below are excerpts from the exciting quarterly report on progress in Bible translation with our teams and global partners: Dear friends,  This quarter’s update shows encouraging progress and extraordinary opportunity. We have now served in 452 Bible translation projects to date, with 444 presently active and 10 full Bible translations completed. Bibleless places are beginningContinue reading “Glimmers of Hope: Quarterly Impact Report”

An answer to a years-long prayer…

Last week we saw an answer to a years-long prayer request: I had the joy of leading the first Bible translation consultation meeting with the new team (pictured above) translating the New Testament into the Bayash language! As you might recall, from 2014-2018 we worked on translation into Bayash and completed the Gospel of LukeContinue reading “An answer to a years-long prayer…”

Croatia, day 8: VBS in both villages

Thank you for your faithful prayers for us. On Tuesday, the weather was dry and beautiful so we were able to hold our VBS in both villages. In each village we sang songs, acted out Jesus’ parable of the sower sowing seed on the four types of soil, played an audio recording of the ScriptureContinue reading “Croatia, day 8: VBS in both villages”

Greetings from Kenya

Today is our 37th wedding anniversary, though we find ourselves on opposite sides of the world! I (Todd) am in Nairobi, Kenya, and Pamala is in Atlanta, Georgia. As part of my role as a Regional Consultant Coordinator, I’m attending workshops in Nairobi for consultants-in-training, i.e., those in the process of becoming Bible translation consultants.Continue reading “Greetings from Kenya”

We’re back from Serbia. Pray for the distributed New Testaments to bear much fruit!

On a hill above one of the Roma settlements Meeting with the translation team for the Bayash language A wonderful NT dedication service Thank you for praying for our trip to Serbia. We praise God for what he did during those days and are so excited that the New Testament was distributed to so manyContinue reading “We’re back from Serbia. Pray for the distributed New Testaments to bear much fruit!”

Our financial support; our trip to Croatia

We are so grateful to you all for your prayers for us and your faithful financial support! We wanted to mention that, due to increases in the cost of living (health insurance, vision and dental insurance, groceries, utilities, car insurance, and other car expenses, etc.), we now lack $2,000 per month to have our fullContinue reading “Our financial support; our trip to Croatia”

Daniel in Croatia; summer team wanted; translation progress

Seeing Daniel off at the airport in Kansas City DANIEL IN CROATIA: We are so proud of Daniel, who is in Croatia for 10 days working with a team to help finish a halfway house being built by the church we attended in Croatia (where he was baptized when we lived there)! He is workingContinue reading “Daniel in Croatia; summer team wanted; translation progress”

Now published! 4 years in the making…

Now published! Four years in the making. The New Testament newly printed in Arli, Gurbet & Chergash The picture above represents the culmination of years of work: a newly printed New Testament in three new languages. How we rejoice at this milestone! The shipment arrived at our translators the other day, and here is whatContinue reading “Now published! 4 years in the making…”

Christmas play, totaled car, Sodom & Gomorrah

Dear praying friends, The Lord answered your prayers and gave Pamala the stamina to write and direct the Christmas play for our church in December. We’re thankful that the production went very smoothly, but are even more grateful for those who attended and that the Gospel was clearly presented. Part of the vision for writingContinue reading “Christmas play, totaled car, Sodom & Gomorrah”

Quick prayer requests for more translators

Dear faithful praying partners, meetings are taking place to find translators for two exciting opportunities: 1) to begin translating the Bible into the Džambazi/Gurbet language in Macedonia, and 2) to restart Bible translation into the Bayash language in Croatia and Serbia. Please pray that God provides the right translators so work can begin in February.Continue reading “Quick prayer requests for more translators”