See The Word at Work. Do you have the NAC?



DATE AND TIME: SATURDAY, 11 MAY 2013, 2–4 PM

• Learn about what makes a good translation - A. Krajewska
• See how we check several languages together - Dr Barry Funnell
• Learn how the Bible transforms lives! - Pastor Ian Christensen

 Time will be dedicated to prayer.
 Updates on TWFTW Bible Translators will be provided.

VENUE: NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL
Technology House, New Bridge Park Complex, Brentfield (Harrow Road), London, NW10 0RJ  T

Complimentary tea, coffee and snacks will be served from 2.00–2.30pm. Child care and activities will be provided.

For further details:
Barry Funnell: +44 7508 920 602 or bfun@twftw.org
Elecia Smith: +44 208 838 5477 or admin2@nlcci.org.uk

Click here to read the E-Vis-À-Vis - March 2013!

Sponsored Walk For Bible Translation
8th to 10th April 2013: Wales, UK

Mary Jones walked 26 miles barefoot through the Welsh Hills in the UK to buy a Bible. The story of her saving for 4 years and walking such a distance is famed to have sparked the beginning of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Several TWFTW members and friends are retracing her steps to raise funds for Bible Translation. Funds raised will help others like Mary, to have a Bible translated into the language God gave them. There are still almost 2000 languages without any Scripture, which represents about 350 million people.

Please consider donating towards this worthy cause to make God's Word available to unreached people groups. TWFTW is currently working to bring God's word to 65 different language groups. Please help us to speed up the process.

By sponsoring:

• £1 per mile (£26) can help support a translator for 1 week.
• £2 per mile (£52) can help sponsor training costs for a translator. (Total cost of training per student per year is £310, including accommodation for 1 month)
  
• £10 per mile (£260) can fund 2 part-time literacy teachers for one year.
  

Any other amount great or small will be appreciated and used towards Bible translation.

Please consider to sponsor those walking the 26 miles: Daniel and Julia Funnell, Regine, Jasmin and Faizah Koroma and friends, Els MacDonald-Taylor and Ursula Ambrose; Barry Funnell will be hand cycling the route via tarred roads, which is 28 miles in total.

Click here to sponsor!

These are links giving more information about the walk and a map:

Mary Jones Walk - LDWA Long Distanct Paths

BBC One - Weatherman Walking, Series 4, Mary Jones' Chapel

Thanks again for your partnership.

The Ngoni Bible translation team in Tanzania is continuing their faithful work on the Ngoni Bible translation. Despite only having two translators (most TWFTW Bible translation projects have three), the team has made very good progress. The translators--Casper Chawala (Project Leader) and Festus Komba--have translated a third of the New Testament and gotten about half of that work consultant checked. The Ngoni speakers (located in southeast Tanzania) are 90% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic), but only 17% are evangelical. This will be the first Bible translated for the approximately 340,000 Ngoni. Please pray for the Ngoni translators as they faithfully continue to translate the Bible into the language God gave them.

Today, January 9, we celebrate the 32nd anniversary of The Word for the World. God has been good to us, and we present our thanksgiving and praise to Him, along with our worship and adoration. Thank you also to each one of you for the role you have played.

Please click here to read an important announcement from the President of TWFTW.

Do something immortal before you die.
An Awi (Ethiopia) saying

Consultation in Ethiopia: Antoinette van der Meulen (a TWFTW consultant) recently checked newly translated Scripture.

The book of Psalms was checked with the translators in the Guji, Gedeo, Dawro, Gamo & Gofa languages (the G-Team, as they call themselves), as well as in the Maale language. It was the first time in the history of Bible translation in Ethiopia that six teams were consulted at the same time.

Antoinette also checked the following books in the Awi language: The second half of Mark;  I & II John and most of Corinthians. 

Romani language: Gospels of John were distributed at conference for Roma leaders
The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting invited Rom leaders from the broader evangelical denominations to a conference. The conference included training by Pastors Stefan Pap and Peter Pristiak. It was an opportunity to distribute the Romani translations of the Gospel of John. The projected publication of the Eastern Slovak Romani New Testament next year, coincides with the unprecedented growth of Roma churches taking place in Slovakia.



Lesicek Church Leader Laci introduces himself
Lesicek is the youngest of the Roma church plants that are part of the Hermanovce Cirkev Bratska. The leader of the fellowship, Laci, shares his testimony of God’s grace: “I was a very bad person—I drank a lot, I gambled, I was a thief and got into a lot of fights. I had a terrible home life. My wife and children suffered a lot. My life was running away like water, but—praise God—the brothers from Rokycany and Pierre came to Lesicek. When they preached God’s Word, I was deeply touched by what they said. I thank God that Jesus then came into our lives—mine and my wife’s—and changed us. I am so glad that God found us here in Lesicek, for now we live only for Him. I serve Him, because I came to know that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Click here to read the E-Vis-À-Vis - October 2012!

"As we look back over the first six months of 2012, we are once again overwhelmed with gratitude at what God has achieved. It has only been possible because of the hard work of all involved, and because of all our partners...

...As always, we thank God for his indescribable grace to allow us--including you, the recipients of this report--to play an important role in the ministry of Bible translation, particularly for the sake of those who do not yet have God's Word in their heart language."

Click here to download the report.

Manie and Lettie v.d.Heever with their children.

Over the past 10 months Manie v.d.Heever has checked the outstanding books of the New Testament, viz. Hebrews, Revelation, James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, and 1, 2 and 3 John, with six translation teams (Zigua, Kwere, Ndamba, Pogoro, Nguu, and Lughuru). It is wonderful to know that these six language groups will soon be able to read the New Testament in their heart language!

In addition, he checked the Gospel of Luke with another five teams (Yao, Mwera, Zaramo, Ma- konde, and Nguu) and conducted four workshops for exegetes and translators. He will also be teaching at the annual training event for Bible translators in September.