Big news for us this week is that we are now printing
the updated version of the Tala-Andig scriptures which now has over 52% of the
Tala-Andig New Testament completed as well as some maps and a Glossary!!
These New Testaments have been greatly desired and are
very, very precious to the readers here and they include the completed books of
Mark, Luke, Acts, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians and
James as well as portions from the Old Testament, good sized portions of
Matthew and John and some from 1 Timothy, Hebrews and
1 Peter!
We are thrilled and really praising the Lord as you
can imagine!!!!!
Our printers are running hot in the office and it is
all hands on deck as we print and bind these partial New Testaments.
Distribution of these have begun already and will
continue for the next weeks and months.
We are using A4 size paper for now with a cardboard
cover which then slips firmly into hard covers which we bought for these copies
of the partial New Testaments. This works good for now until we are ready to
print the whole New Testament when they will be printed professionally.
In the above picture you can see Nanah holding up the
copy that she has just finished binding. It is now ready to be put into the
hands of someone who is waiting for their own book of all the Tala-Andig
scriptures that have been translated to date! Y ou can see
the stack of printed Tala-Andig partial New Testaments that Nanah has completed
binding this morning.
These scriptures will bear much fruit as God has said:
“So shall my word
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto
I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11 KJV)
All of this work involves a big team effort and one of
our translation team members who has a huge part in the process is Nanah (in
the above picture) who is a very gifted editor and checker and who has helped us
with almost every chapter so far of the TA translation. Also key players in the
team are Ann-ann, Jie-jie, Lalin and recently Benjie and there are others as
well. Please pray for this invaluable team!!!
Thank you so much for your prayers and please
specifically pray for strength and grace for us to keep persevering and to
constantly remember and practise God’s presence with us, especially through the
times when we are getting battered and thrown about in spiritual storms.
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| We praise the Lord for our translation team and we also praise Him for coffee breaks! |
