Dear Prayer Supporters,
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.” (Eccl. 7:8) These past few months have seen several important ministry projects drawing near a conclusion! Two Bible translation projects are approaching the final stages, the bookstore project is nearly finished, and five men have just finished their studies and graduated from the theological school. We continue to look forward to what God will do through these ministries.
Bible Translation
Two of the Bible translation projects I work with, the Sara Kaba Dem and Sara Madjingay, are getting close enough to the end of the translation process that we are seeing the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Among our remaining tasks are finishing a topical index and a glossary for each project, finishing spelling checks, and some general “clean-up” tasks. After these tasks are finished, the language committees will read through the entire Bible to check that they are satisfied with everything. The next step after that will be to send it to the page formatter to prepare it for printing! Please keep praying for us, as these final stages are critical, and although it is exciting to be nearing the end of these projects at last, the translation teams are all tired after so many years of hard work. Pray that they will not become discouraged.
Bread of Life Christian Bookstore
We are also getting close to finishing this project! The bookstore building itself is finished, but we are still building proper housing for the bookstore manager. This should be finished by July, so it shouldn’t be long before the bookstore can be opened for business! The book ministry has definitely outgrown my house (I have boxes of books in nearly every room of my house!), so I’m looking forward to seeing the ministry be able to grow and reach more people. Thank you for your continued prayers for this ministry.
Bible School
On May 20, we completed another school year with the graduation of five students from the theological school of Balimba. We will miss them here in Balimba, but we look forward to seeing God use them in ministry in the years to come. Please pray for these young men as they begin their ministries.
New Guests
As I write, I am hosting three American guests: one is an experienced linguistics consultant from Bibles International, one is a new translation consultant who is still in training, and the third is an intern. Please pray for their ministries while they are here in Chad, and for God’s leading in the future ministries of the new consultant and the intern.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
In Christ's Service,
Anna Beth Wivell
Praying for patience and accuracy and joy as the translations are completed! Praying also for funds for the Shepherd's Bag ministry, your missionary guests, and of course, your diligent students who are struggling with Hebrew!
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