In the Kabwa language area, over forty church leaders came together for a special ministry workshop. After translators completed Scripture portions in Kabwa, the team made audio recordings, and loaded them on solar-powered audio players. Now those leaders were learning to use the players in mother-tongue Bible study...

As the Jita language translation team continues to complete books of their New Testament, they now find themselves grappling with the imagery in Revelation. English Bibles use one word to describe the ‘seals’ on both a scroll and on the foreheads of people. But in Jita, there is not a single word which can be used that way. So the team launched into research...

As the Ikoma team prepares to record voices for the JESUS film, they held an “actors’ workshop” for people interested in playing a role. Some who attended were still learning to read Ikoma, and were able to work with local literacy specialists. Many were excited to discuss the whole Ikoma project. Throughout the day, they asked questions, raised challenges, and shared ideas...

“I was doing some work around the house, and needed materials,” began Michiel (a Translation Advisor). At a local hardware shop, two employees expressed desire to read Scripture in their languages. “They wanted the Gospel of Luke,” Michiel said. “We have it in Kabwa for one man, but the other speaks Jita — we ran out of those a while ago.” A few weeks later came a surprise…

Samson (a Literacy team member) called a contact in the Ikizu language community with bad news: a workshop was being canceled because of the team's limited budget. "These workshops are a great encouragement for our reading groups," Samson explained. "But wait," the Ikizu man said. "I have a solution. Listen..."