Daily Prayer: the Hawu people of Timor
The Hawu people live both on their small home island and also in large communities on the mainland 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.
God has called the translator 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 the main island. 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.
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Earlier this summer the Hawu people celebrated the dedication of Mark’s Gospel, the first book of translated Scripture. The whole thing was broadcast on the radio. Praise God for the good reception.
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Earlier this year two of the translators died. Pray for the families and for the right people to replace them on the team.