Seeds
The kids were off for a month and we spent the month running, teaching, running and building, and proposing to the funders of Bible translation projects around the world. The teaching went well; the building was a bit stressful, but moving ahead; and the Seed Co. was a highlight!
You can click on Seed Co. and check out their stuff. We were pretty impressed with the thoroughness of the application form. We were also delighted with Stuart, the guy they sent out to help us fill in the proposal properly. This isn't an ordinary fill-in-the-blank deal. They want the details like: What is special about this group? How do they make a living? What is their religion and how does it affect their everyday life? How will the Bible make a difference in this people group's future? Who are your partners and what role do they have? Who makes the decisions? Why do they need missionaries? How long will it take to finish the NT?
We can now answer all these questions! It took hours of conversation with Mozambican pastors, Stuart, and among ourselves to get to the answers, but we now know why we are here and how long we need to be here! Before we were shooting in the dark, but now we have a target that looks realistic!
What is special about Seed Co. is that they don't pay missionaries! They are there for the national translators who are actually running the projects. At this point, it is safe to say that Mikael's involvement in the project is limited to exegesis and helping them with planning and training. He also gets their computer "unstuck" when someone hits the wrong button. We also need to be around for the literacy and linguistic side of things. So, they need us here, too. We train them to administer the project, and they are proving to be faithful and capable in what they are trained to do!
We came back to Mozambique almost a year ago with budgets and estimates of what it takes to live and work here, but our funding strongly favors Literacy. In the meantime, money for 4 full-time Bible translators, rent for an office, and all that goes with it is very UNDER funded. Seed Company is there to make it possible fore everyone to WORK on ministry and not worry about the funding for the long-term of the Bible translation.
So, I'm going to re-introduce you to the Nyungwe Bible translation project. I will write a series of posts based on the information gathered through the proposal. I hope it inspires you to pray for the Nyungwe people... and to pray that we get sufficient funding to finish the New Testament by 20__.
... I'll tell you tomorrow
You can click on Seed Co. and check out their stuff. We were pretty impressed with the thoroughness of the application form. We were also delighted with Stuart, the guy they sent out to help us fill in the proposal properly. This isn't an ordinary fill-in-the-blank deal. They want the details like: What is special about this group? How do they make a living? What is their religion and how does it affect their everyday life? How will the Bible make a difference in this people group's future? Who are your partners and what role do they have? Who makes the decisions? Why do they need missionaries? How long will it take to finish the NT?
We can now answer all these questions! It took hours of conversation with Mozambican pastors, Stuart, and among ourselves to get to the answers, but we now know why we are here and how long we need to be here! Before we were shooting in the dark, but now we have a target that looks realistic!
What is special about Seed Co. is that they don't pay missionaries! They are there for the national translators who are actually running the projects. At this point, it is safe to say that Mikael's involvement in the project is limited to exegesis and helping them with planning and training. He also gets their computer "unstuck" when someone hits the wrong button. We also need to be around for the literacy and linguistic side of things. So, they need us here, too. We train them to administer the project, and they are proving to be faithful and capable in what they are trained to do!
We came back to Mozambique almost a year ago with budgets and estimates of what it takes to live and work here, but our funding strongly favors Literacy. In the meantime, money for 4 full-time Bible translators, rent for an office, and all that goes with it is very UNDER funded. Seed Company is there to make it possible fore everyone to WORK on ministry and not worry about the funding for the long-term of the Bible translation.
So, I'm going to re-introduce you to the Nyungwe Bible translation project. I will write a series of posts based on the information gathered through the proposal. I hope it inspires you to pray for the Nyungwe people... and to pray that we get sufficient funding to finish the New Testament by 20__.
... I'll tell you tomorrow
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