Praise God for bringing Martha through Bisaya culture and language acquisition. Pray for her teammates who will begin learning the Umajam culture and language while Martha is on home assignment.
Pray for “strong, faithful leaders who prioritize the care and wellbeing of the body of Christ.” Pray for “protection from internal conflict within the church leadership team.” And pray that the Iski New Testament translation, which began in 2016, would be completed soon.
Praise God that the Kuyu, Kovol and Lembena teams have all completed literacy kick-offs, have written and illustrated primers and accompanying readers and can now prepare for literacy classes to start in the new year.
Pray for Diego and Tammi as they continue to learn the Tzeltal culture and language and prepare for language evaluations in November.
In the first three months of having the Bible in his own language, Molesse read Genesis, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, Daniel, Jonah, Malachi and the whole New Testament. And since at this point the Bible in Lolo consists of the New Testament and selected portions of the Old Testament, that was the whole thing. In three months.
