Just a quick update to let you know the good news that in spite of
expected delays due to the coronavirus and the current difficulty of getting
materials for bible covers from China, the Philippine Bible Society phoned us
last week to let us know that they are still aiming for the end of next month
as the completion date for the Talaandig New Testaments!!
Including shipping time, that still puts the Celebration of the
Talaandig New Testament, sometime in the month of April or early May and we
continue to aim for this by faith! God’s timing is perfect!
We are making great progress with the new evangelism material we’re
developing and are currently working on lessons 8 and 9 along with visual aids
and illustrations. On Feb 29 we are holding the first seminar on these
materials for a group of pastors, missionaries and others who are interested,
which will be in English, and then on Mar 9, the same seminar except in
Talaandig.
Our plan is to continue holding monthly seminars in both languages and
the materials can then be taken out and taught in each of the regions to other
groups of pastors, evangelists and anyone wanting to teach about salvation to
their neighbours and families. Please pray that this will be a great tool for
the pastors and evangelists in all the regions here and that they will be
pleased with how we have put together this material that they have been asking
us to do for a good many years now. It just had to take a back burner until we
finished the translation!
God’s work continues mightily! Last week, eight new believers from
Malandog and Kiwalan were baptized in the ocean, including this 80-year-old man
who is Wing-Wing, our co-worker’s Dad!!!
