"Being a pastor I was not seeing the importance and goodness reading the Bible in our mother language since we already have and use the KiSwahili Bible, and because I thought the Bwisi scripture (portions) were difficult to read. But when I hear (translator) Charles reading in the Bwisi language, I am hearing a Bwisi God himself speaking to my heart. Praise God! The Bwisi people will confess and accept the Lord Jesus when they finally have the New Testament in their own language. Praise God! May God give many days of living to (Bwisi translators) Charles and Hannington."

Rev. Canon Canon Babwisi Shauri Moya from the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Bwisi is a cross-border language, spoken in both Uganda and Congo)

There is a hunger growing among the churches in Uganda for God's Word in the mother tongue. But it's coming first from what might be considered unexpected quarters: local pastors. But who better to begin this important work than in those in a position to pass it on to others?

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Give thanks and praise to God for a great Sandawe song-writing workshop that was held in the village of Magambua in August 2008! There were 20 participants in the workshop and 15 new Sandawe worship songs were composed and recorded, including Psalm 98:4 seen above. What a blessing it is when people all over the earth shout for joy to the one true Lord in the language that touches them most! Read more...

The Sandawe experienced a new beginning with the completion of chapters 1-11 from the book of Genesis in their language. The dedication was on December 17, 2008, in a village called Gumbu. Read more...

Part of my role as a Scripture Use Worker is getting the translated Scriptures out to the people. God has provided many opportunities for me to travel around the local language area to build relationships and help people become aware that their language is now a written language and that there is an alphabet, stories, songs and portions of God's Word in their language. Read more...