In Mbeya Cluster Project office, the Vernacular Media team had visitors. A local secular radio station offered to broadcast mother tongue Scripture to three million people, three times weekly. “I gave them sample programmes,” said one team member, “to see if they were serious.” The station manager called back within the hour, to change his offer...

In a “cluster project” of multiple languages, teams routinely help each other in many ways. But when fifteen translators on seven teams line up their desks to spend two weeks together in one room, it means something big is underway. They are joining forces to wrestle with Paul’s letter to the Romans. Inside the hall, it’s getting busy and loud...

A special team traveled many hours through the mountainous Mbeya Region to find a church choir waiting for them. They had arranged to record the choir singing its songs of worship in Bungu, their language. “By making an excellent recording for this choir,” Jo said, “we can help them lay a strong foundation for future Scripture translation.” Voices (and hearts) soared. Then suddenly, the drums began...

Translation teams work with volunteers from their language community to review new Scripture portions. The group helping our Sangu team included a very old and respected man who (like most Sangu) follow another major religion. When he recently passed away, the team went to his funeral to pay their respect. They had no idea that BBC Swahili was there, and captured everything...

In the Bende language, malesi is a spirit being something like a 'guardian angel' for raising children. Other kinds of 'spirits' are simply good or bad. So how did the team translate angel in the book of Luke?