Two Months Left

Well, time is winding down here, only 2 months and I will be home. Some days I am ready, some days I wish it was longer. I am sorry I have not posted in a while because we have been so busy. In the past month we have had a medical/dental team visit and we have been working hard on stories.

On my blog, I have explained our story project before, but for new readers I will give a short overview. Michelle, Sarah, and I are creating an Oral Bible Story Set in the Nomad language. You see, only 13% of Mali is functionally literate, which means the vast majority cannot read and may never learn. So our job is to put Bible stories into an audio format so that God’s Message can be shared with everyone. We have to go through many steps to accomplish this process.

First, we must gain an initial recording of the story in Nomad. Our friend, Michael, does this.

Second, we must translate the story back into English from Nomad. This is so we can make sure it says exactly what it is supposed to. Our friend, Jordan, does this.

Third, we go out and play the story for Nomad people. We ask questions to ensure the story is understood. This step is called testing.

Fourth, our supervisor looks over the story and approves it for a final recording.

So this is what we have been hard at work on for the past months. We are chugging along but we still have much work to do. We ask for your prayers this last two months.
• Pray that Michael and Jordan will be able to give us time to work on stories. We need them for three major parts of the process and they are both busy men.
• Pray that Michelle and I would seek God’s direction as we work.
• Pray for Sarah as she is still transitioning in the States.

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