In a few short weeks, even as we will be traveling enroute to the US, our partners the Knapps and Williamsons will be returning to Toboland bringing with them cargo--more precious than the cargo cult can imagine. That is portions of God’s Word to them in their own language!! God has so much more to offer in His Word than all the physical cargo on this earth put together many times over.
From the first stages of studying and rough drafting these portions all the way to proofing and printing them, many long hours of work and lots of prayer have gone into these precious booklets, which contain consultant-checked portions of Genesis, Exodus, Acts, and the book of Mark. How awesome is it that the God of the universe loves us so much and desires to communicate his special Word to us on this planet, even in remote corners like where we serve. God has given us the incredible privilege of being part of the team who are working together to share that message with the Tobo people and also to be part of the team—including some of our Tobo friends-- that has worked to get these scriptures into their hands.
Don’t forget that you too have played your part in seeing this happen—be encouraged and let’s all praise our Lord for this. Let’s also pray that the Tobo believers will take the contents of this precious cargo from God and use it for His glory as it grows them up in the faith and is used by them to share that faith with their friends and family.
Pray also for the future months and years as much work remains to be done to see more of the life-giving message of the Bible translated into this language.
Thanking God for His Word, which WILL NOT return to Him void (Isaiah 55:11),
Chad, Janeene & Elijah
PS The coke boxes in the picture contain 50 copies of God’s Word in a semi-permanent form until the entire NT will be published. It has comb binding so that we can continue to add on translated portions of scriptures into one book, making it easier for the Tobo to handle and read.
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