Mbeya of Tanzania

There are 10 languages in the Mbeya cluster, living in the mountains and plains of southeastern Africa: Bena, Bungu, Malila, Ndali, Nyakyusa-Ngonde, Nyiha, Safwa, Sangu, Wanji, and Kinga. Praise the Lord that the project is fully partnered. In 2003, several church leaders formed a council to initiate Bible translation projects for their people. Forty leaders representing 10 languages and nine Christian denominations have committed to the project.

  • Pray that the Lord will use the Scripture calendars distributed this year to draw many people to the truths of His Word and to make a significant difference in their hearts and lives.

  • Thank the Lord for the Mbeya Cluster teams’ good translation progress. Pray that typesetting and printing of Mark in Wanji will go without glitches as well as their recording of the book in audio form.

  • Thank the Lord that the teams are learning how to convey their vision for the translation work more strategically among their own people. Praise God that linguists are on hand to assist the literacy effort by proofreading the stories the teams produced at the storybook workshop last year.

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