This picture was taken a few days ago in the square of the village near where we live. On the other side, just across the water channel, no further than 500 meters, is mainland China. The message is clear: The Savior was born in a manger – to save all people, from all nations. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!”
We are happy to report that the Audio Bibles we sent to Pakistan started to be distributed. Apparently our Pastor friend there found out that a ministry to the blind could take a lot more units so we have been preparing another package to send them. Meanwhile, we have received the recording of the New Testament in Macua, the most wide-spoken language in Mozambique, with a request to include that recording in our next batch of audio Bibles. So, our latest production included 200 audio Bibles in Macua and Portuguese, and we are happy to inform you that we have sent them already. We have sent another 200 units for the ministry with the blind people in Nairobi. We hope and pray these goods will get there before Christmas, a great time to distribute these precious gifts.
Actually, from Mozambique we received the following note:
“Pela graça do Senhor estamos trabalhando em cerca de perto de 100 aldeias, evangelizando e dando inicio a novos trabalhos, é uma grande benção.
A Biblia falada tem sido uma ajuda preciosissima, as pessoas adoram ouvir a palavra falada em Portugues e agora em Macua e nas suas linguas locais será de grande benção. …
A Biblia falada tem uma grande aceitação, mesmo no meio dos muçulmanos.
Pela graça de Deus um lider Moculmano converteu-se e levou a Jesus 30 familias e está evangelizando outros Muçulmanos é maravilhosos o que Deus está a fazer.
Em meu nome pessoal e em nome de todas as igrejas queremos agradecer a sí e a todos os doadores que tornam possivel esta benção de nos doarem as Biblias. Podem ter a certeza que milhares de Moçambicanos estão ouvindo o evangelho e se convertem ao Senhor, ouvindo a palavra falada.
Damos honra e glória ao Senhor, por esta maravilhosa graça e pela benção que os amados irmãos teem sido para nós.”
[Roughly translated it means:
“By the grace of our Lord we are working with around 100 villages, evangelizing and initiating new works. This is a great blessing. … The spoken Bible has been well accepted even among the Muslims. By the grace of God a Muslim leader was converted and took 30 families to Jesus and he is evangelizing other Muslims and it is wonderful to see what God is doing. In may name and on behalf of all churches we want to thank you and all the donors that make this blessing possible of the donated Bibles. You must be assured that thousands of Mozambicans are hearing the Gospel and converting to the Lord hearing the spoken Word. We give honor and glory to the Lord for this wonderful grace and the blessing our beloved brethren are being to us.”] P.P.
Not least, from Portugal, our friend who works with the blind people there wrote the following:
“Não tenho dado notícias, porque tem corrido tudo muito bem, tenho distribuído as áudio bíblias com o folheto que ensina na sua utilização, quer nos lares, quer a pessoas com deficiência visual. A boa notícia é que só tenho meia dúzia que já estão prometidas. Tem sido um trabalho muito interessante que me tem dado muito gosto fazer, para além de ouvir a palavra de Deus.” [Rough translated: “I have not been in touch because things are going well. I have been distributing the Audio Bibles with the sheet of paper that instructs the people how to use it, at seniors homes and also to people with vision impairment. The good news is that I only have a dozen (out of over 100) and they are already promised. It has been a very interesting work that I have been enjoying a lot, besides the fact that I also like to hear the Word of God.”] T.V.
The online work was mostly maintenance and improvements. We have received the new App for final testing and apparently we should have it uploaded before Christmas. Praying for that. We continue to work on optimizing the main site and recently we have invested time in Wordplanet.org, another site that has been sort of dormant and is now up for a new revival. The Brazilian narration came but had serious technical problems and had to be discarded and our Brazilian friend/brother is now starting again. We believe this new narration will be not only technically improved but also more inspired. We are glad to see a real network of people from all over the world who offer to serve and contribute to this great mission of bringing the Word of God to the Whole Wide World. Praise the Lord.
by Donna.
“Give thanks to the Lord : for He is good, for His mercy endureth Forever” 1 Chr 16:34. This verse obviously implies that we must be committed to a thankful heart every moment! We are extremely thankful for all the Lord’s mercies in our lives and for each and every one of you who are reading these Wordproject news clips!
A small thing is a small thing, but faithfulness in small things is a big thing! Jason has been faithful with his studies this year, giving increased importance to his Chinese studies. He looks forward to the release all of his pent up energy at the soccer court on the weekend! (Jorge is also able to join in as official goalie!). Gloria is intensely battling out medical school, looking forward to a break in studies which never seems to arrive and sweet Isabel in K2 is a shining light in her school and local community! Gabriel was off to visit with Phil and Julie and the family and thoroughly enjoyed the time spent together in the lovely autumn atmosphere! Little Riley is now 1 year old and not wasting any time in life. She is walking around everywhere trying to keep up with her big brother Zach! She has a great challenge ahead of herself! :). Many thanks for all the Lord’s grace and mercies in all these endeavors.
This month we received a surprise visit from our dear friend Anna and her father. We first met Anna in 1994 and are so happy to witness her strong faith in the Lord and her determination to serve him with her time and resources!
