Partners
Prayer Partners:
19 Current
0 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$79,207 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Timor
- Speakers:
- 110,000
- Start Year:
- 2004
- End Year:
- 2012
Reports to Investors
Hawu (Lyabu) NT
The Hawu people live in the Timor region of Indonesia, a nation that has been troubled by political and religious unrest for the last several years. They not only live on their small arid home island of Sabu but also in large communities on Timor Island and several nearby islands. Most of the Hawu speakers who live off the home island are active Christians. However, some who live in the homeland continue to follow the traditional religion and are considered resistant to the gospel.
The Bible is available in the national language of Indonesian, however the average Hawu church attender doesn’t understand Indonesian very well, and the Christians want a translation in their language. God has called Thomas to provide leadership for the translation project. He is a native speaker of Hawu, an ordained pastor and currently a lecturer in the theology faculty at a Christian university on Timor. This project began as a one-year project to translate the Gospel of Mark and train local translators, and has now developed into a fully formed project to complete the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament.
News from the Field
- Feb28
Daily Prayer: the Hawu-speaking people of Timor
110,000 speakers are Christians and animists who live in a politically and religiously turbulent area. The Timor region has been troubled by political and religious unrest for the last several years. Most of the Hawu speakers who live off the home island are active Christians. However, some who live in the homeland continue to follow the traditional religion and are considered resistant to the gospel. - Oct01
Daily Prayer: the Hawu people of Timor
Pray with us for the Hawu people