Learning from Ethiopian Christians: Three Encouraging Christians from My Adoption Trip
The following is my account of the stories of three Ethiopian. I wrote them down in my journal while I was in Ethiopia for our adoption court date. Alazar and Ewenetu “After taking Tarike back we went out to eat with Alazar (the driver for Celebrate Children International). He told me about how he became a believer. He was a driver at the airport and often would read his Bible in his car in between fares. He grew up in the Orthodox Church and could not reconcile the cold religion he grew up with and the Jesus about whom he…
Well It Only Seemed Fair
For the purposes of fairness I checked myself into the ER last night (or I should say this morning) at about 1am. It only seems right being that Stacey was there last week. All kidding aside I woke up at about 12:30am with intense pain in my abdomen. I tried to let it pass, but it only got worse. So I woke up Stacey and we headed to the ER. At about 5am they determined that I have a large gallstone that was blocking the bile from working its way into my system (fortunately they did not wait until 5…
Remembering the Meaning of Christmas…Outside the Camp
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. Hebrews 13:11-13 During this Christmas season, many of us Christians will deliberately call to mind the birth of Christ and along with that will come a deep appreciation for one’s salvation. However, as we read Luke 2 together and remember…
Some Days You Know How Fleeting Your Life Really Is
“As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him.” – Psalm 103:15-17 A couple days ago I (Stacey) felt numbness on my right side and went to go call for Dave and had a hard time remembering his name. I tried to explain to him that something just wasn’t right in my mind but I just couldn’t express my…
The Harvest is Plentiful, but the Laborers are Few
“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:36-38 Just in Cameroon alone there are around 270 people groups that do not have the Bible in their own language. Our colleagues at World Team narrowed down these 270 languages to the top 10 most needy people groups in Cameroon for us to consider translating for….
We’re Back!
We thank the Lord for bringing us back from Cameroon safely and in good health. Our visit could not have gone better. In fact, it went so well that we left almost in tears knowing that it will be at least two and a half years before we can return. Our logical reasons for choosing to go to Cameroon have now turned into deep affection for our fellow missionaries, for those who are without Christ, for the state of the church in Cameroon, and for the pleas of many different people groups begging us to translate the Bible for them….
Off to Cameroon, October 13th – November 3rd!
By way of background, Dave and I are appointees with the mission organization World Team (http://www.worldteam.org/) and our goal is to translate the Bible from Genesis to Revelation for a language that does not yet have it. There are over 200 languages in Cameroon, Africa so we are planning to spend the rest of our lives translating one such language. In October, we will be meeting the missionaries with whom we hope to work. They are kind enough to take us to the people groups that we are interested in translating for. They put together a list of their top…
NT Translation Completed in Papua!
A translation of the New Testament was completed by World Team missionaries for a tribe in Papua, Indonesia. This is a video of their celebration.
Thank you to the Men who Died to Bring us the Bible in English
It was through studying the many men who died in their commitment to translate the Bible into English that led us to go into Bible translation ourselves. We are debtors to men like Tyndale who made it his goal to translate Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English…a commitment which cost him his life. To listen to or read John Piper’s sermon on the life of William Tyndale, please visit the link below: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1840_Always_Singing_One_NoteA_Vernacular_Bible/
You may not be “Called” but are you Willing?
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has said repeatedly “Oh I could never…(fill in the blank).” I am fairly certain that I said I could never go into missions, could never live in the jungle, could never translate the Bible for an illiterate people, and so on. (I mean, haven’t you?) In the same way, it is a very common occurrence for us to tell people that we are going into missions and their reaction is “Oh I could never do that.” My response is “Well neither can I!” Surprisingly, we do not like bugs, I (Stacey)…
