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Ceremonies of Life
Monday, September 5, 2022

We welcomed Jonatan into our family on February 23. A week after returning home, we had a traditional baby-naming ceremony. Some people showed up for the early morning pronouncement of the baby’s name. My husband talked briefly about the meaning of the name Jonatan (gift of God), and one of the...

Snapshots of Life with the Madara People
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

I stood up to stretch my back and mop the sweat off my face. Stooping and bending to work in the millet field with a sleepy toddler on my back was tiring. I certainly didn’t have the stamina of my neighbors who could work all morning in the blazing sun with only an early morning cup of gruel...

A Vehicle for Truth to the Weno
Saturday, June 1, 2019

We feel like language is becoming a means of communication rather than just a wall of noise. It feels good being functional and not a total outsider linguistically.

Village Language Learning
Monday, April 1, 2019

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. —Psalm 63:1

To Africa by Way of France
Monday, October 1, 2018

An ABT member writes during a time of transition—

This year has seen us taking the final steps to launch out and begin our involvement in Old Testament Bible translation in Africa.

Africa Field Report
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Greetings!

In the beginning of February, I had the privilege of visiting the beautiful, diverse continent of Africa for 10 days. Since part of my job description with ABT includes being the Field Director for our African work, I was commissioned by the board to take in a conference in...

Weno—Now is the Time!
Thursday, March 1, 2018

A small All-Nations team of two families moved to Benin, West Africa, during 2017. This email introduces the Weno* language group among whom they are living. Although other Christian workers have been working with this large group of people in recent years, Bible translation and church planting...

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