Finally, after several months in the works, the audio Bible devices manufacturing was concluded in China and our friends there were able to process them and send them to the respective shipping companies to be forwarded to Europe and Africa. It has been a different approach not only because the board of this MP3 player was redesigned to accommodate another kind of memory chip (the previous memory chip became unavailable in the market), but also, because we were not able to personally supervise the production and shipping due to the fact that we are not able to go to China (because of covid restrictions and visa issues). Therefore, we have been doing all this by proxy, so to speak, with our brother in the Lord / electronic technician, in China, doing all of this for us. We trust all will be well and the audio Bibles will be a blessing, as they always have been, to the many recipients waiting in Portugal, Kenya, Congo and Mozambique, which, for the moment, are the fields we are committed to help.

The online work has been mostly maintenance work, although there were some major changes done this month to Punjabi language, as our friend and brother in the Lord, Anil, has found time to re-record the audio and correct the text of the Punjabi Bible. This is the kind of improvement we have done to online Bible texts, as some Bibles were digitalized by unknown sources, who (sometimes) left errors and misprints on the digital versions. This requires that the digital version be compared to the printed version and duly corrected when necessary. This can only be done by native speaker, as obvious. We have improved a few of the digital Bible versions available at our website and, perhaps, one the reasons why we are called Word “Project” – that is, running a course, dynamically constantly projecting to the future.

Another purpose for ‘our existence’ is to provide Biblical resources to other people and ministries. Constantly we receive requests for cooperation and pleas for help, as follows:

“Dear Word Project. Greetings, My name is William, I am born again and love God passionately with all my heart. am located in Kenya Africa. Please could you help me spread the gospel through your prayers and mentorship, discipleship. I reach out through evangelism in the villages and marketplaces. and we meet in housechurch gatherings, Ihave pioneered 100 of them, each having 30 adults. Please would you help me with Swahili bibles, that I can share with those that get born again and also believer in the villages. by doing this, we will be able together to empower the born again with the word of God and also enable them to have reference in daily life and grow spiritually. I also welcome you to Kenya for gospel mission. God bless you – W.M. [We forward this to our brothers in Kenya, so they may see how they can reach this friend with some recently sent audio Bibles]

This month Donna has been helping with some of the computer indexing of Tagalog Bible, as we need to speed up the process. After one month, with two people working on this, we are finally reaching the final stages. TG.

For my 71st birthday I receive several gifts, all of them very precious and meaningful, not least this new WP interface (web page), sent to me by Gabriel.

More App reviews this month

By Donna:

August passed by like a breeze with an abundance of rain and sunshine! Reminds me of the poem: “Everyone wants to be happy, nobody wants pain. But we can’t have a rainbow without any rain!” 🙂 Yes, we have had our ups and downs this month, but we had many rainbows just the same!
Regarding life celebrations, we added two more anniversary festivities to the August marathon. Jason is now considered an adult by reaching the big number milestone of 18! He is working as a coach for the young aspiring footballers in Macau and he is happy that his ankle is recovering. God willing, he will soon be able to return to training sessions in preparation for the coming season. Jason also began his first university classes in Umac. Due to a covid incident, the initial month of classes are being taught online, but it will change to face to face classes in a few weeks. It’s a new day for Jason!!

Also, Jorge also has reasons to celebrate as he enters his 71^st year full of health, energy and zest for life! He is very active with many things, not least in sports, whereof he is now participating in a local football ‘Veterans’ team! We held a simple but happy celebration for his birthday here at home.

Sweet Isabel and Aurora are back to school! For Aurora, 3, this is her first year in K1, and she is one excited student, looking forward to all the friends and activities this new experience will bring her way! Veteran scholar Isabel is now on Primary 1 and loves learning! We wish them both a wonderful school experience this year!

All the teachers are back to work. Mandy and Gabriel are working at the university level and Joana in full force with the younger ones! The world needs these very talented and dedicated teachers. Let us always remember to pray for them.