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It’s a great year for these folks who received the Bible in their own language. Will you pray that they will use them and experience new life in Christ?

• Laarim New Testament (+ Old Testament portions) in South Sudan on Nov. 15. Population: 3,620.
• Hirrob* New Testament in South Asia on Nov. 15. Population: 2,000.
• Risua* New Testament in South Asia on Nov. 15. Population: 7,000.
• Jiriab* New Testament in South Asia on Nov. 15. Population: 12,800. 
• Vamé New Testament in Cameroon on Nov. 21.Population: 15,000.
• Ouldémé New Testament in Cameroon on Nov. 21.Population: 10,500.

We look forward to a new year after celebrating Christmas with family in December.

Thank you for praying for us! My word for the year is “WORSHIP”! We’ll be doing it in heaven so I want to do more now here on earth!!

Wycliffe Bible Translators and their partners engaged in 616 languages for the first time!

That meant that a new language was engaged every 14 hours on average!

Whoo hoo!!!

Thank you for praying! With God’s help we are getting the job done!

• Sihanaka New Testament in Madagascar on July 14. Population: 7,548,360.
  • Enjoy this video about the dedication! It is so inspiring!
• Kwaya New Testament in Tanzania on July 29. Population: 100,000.
• Jita New Testament in Tanzania on July 31. Population: 365,000.
• Zanaki New Testament in Tanzania on Aug. 2. Population: 97,400.
• Mankon New Testament in Cameroon on Aug. 30. Population: 18,800.
• Uare New Testament in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 7. Population: 3,150.
• Feni New Testament in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 16. Population: 2,100.
• Tabo New Testament (revision/reprint) in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 28. Population: 3,500.

What a joy that we can be partners with those doing the work of Bible Translation! Keep praying that they will study and read their new translations and that lives will be transformed!

Last week I had a great time returning to the place I last worked at. For years I helped each Spring and Fall with planting flowers on the property. A former colleague asked me if I could help her do it again this Fall and I happily agreed.

I only had three hours to give but we got the flowers purchased and some planted. I felt nostalgia thinking about the years my mom managed the flowers at Camp Hope/Camp Joy at this age as well. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!

Happy Fall!!

I’m so proud of my husband. For years he said that he wanted to go to seminary or Bible College when he retired. Three years ago, before retiring, he started in on that goal.

And now’s he’s finished! He reached his goal: He just graduated from Faith Bible Institute!

What can be better than studying God’s Word???

Congratulations, Love!

It’s been years since we have used this blog! Life got busy for us and although we wrote a newsletter 10/12 months a year, we did let this blog go for a while.

Ken retired two years ago, a bit earlier than planned, and has been a huge help to our daughter and her family as she navigates her cancer diagnosis. Anne kept working these last 2 1/2 years but the time is now right for her to stop working as well. Having 40 extra hours in the week will be a help to our family.

We’ve jumped right in because school is out for the summer. Our daughter has three sons with the two youngest 7 and 9 years old, so we’re joining her daily to do events and life together. We also have a few trips planned this summer which should be fun. One of them includes visiting our other daughter, her husband and our newest grandson! Yay!

Once Fall hits, we can see what else God has for us to do. We also want to come and see our supporting churches and many of you who have been walking by our side these last 34 years as we served with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

In the meantime, I’ll try to keep in touch a little more often as we move forward.

A colleague just shared this story with us. It was such an encouragement. I hope it reminds me to keep praying for everyone and not give up on the work God is doing.

In my home country I was among the very devout. I was a fervent Muslim and had the position of an imam.

One day – it was the feast of Ramadan – I went to the mosque. I was dressed in new clean clothes, ready to do my prayers. On my way I saw the Christian sweeper who used to clean our street.

I felt sorry for him because he had to work on a day like this where everyone else was celebrating, and I de- cided to give him some money.

The man thanked me and asked whether he could pray for me. This was a surprising request and I thought: “How does this Christian want to pray for me? It is nei- ther the right time nor the right place for prayer, and when we Muslims pray, we wash ourselves and wear clean clothes. And he wants to pray with dirty hands and dirty clothes in the middle of the road!”

But I wanted to make him happy and permitted him to pray for me.

And so he prayed, “Lord, thank you for this man, for this money and for this time. God, please show him the way, the truth and the life. Amen.”

I was surprised to hear this prayer, even though it confirmed my opinion that this poor man just didn’t know how to pray the right way.

Six years later God changed my life and caused me to find the way, the truth and the life in Jesus. At that time God reminded me of the sweeper: “Do you remember how six years ago one Christian man prayed for you? This is the answer to his prayer.”

This sweeper never knew that the imam for whom he had prayed would one day become a follower of Jesus. But his prayer had been answered.

And this is why I keep encouraging other people: Pray for Muslims! Don’t give up, even if you don’t see results. You don’t know what God will do.

Lord, stir Christians to follow in the example of this humble sweeper. Touch lives and draw people to Jesus.