Guan of South Asia

The Guan people have lived as shepherds for hundreds of years. Nearly all of them practice the traditional religion of their country. They value their language and want to see literature in their mother tongue. This interest opened the door for a translation team to move into the area in January 1998. The husband-and-wife team began learning the Guan language, but at that time, they didn’t know of even one Guan Christian. Since then, they’ve discovered a handful of Guan believers. These Christians are helping them with the translation project, and they’ve begun drafting parts of the New Testament.

  • Pray for the team as they labor on the epistles of Paul. Review of Luke’s Gospel has been completed. All equipment was working well and though there were regular power cuts, batteries helped the team proceed without interruption.

  • Pray that the team can identify qualified native Guans to participate in the mother-tongue translators’ training that’s expected to take place in February.

  • Pray that a good number of Guan biblical materials will be printed and distributed and that the power of God’s Word will be exhibited in the lives of the people.

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