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Ayta Bible Translation
Translating the Word


Thanks and Merry Christmas

We are so grateful to you all who have prayed for us and supported us over this past year. It has been a challenging year in trying to keep up with both family matters and the progress of three translation teams. But at the same time we have seen God provide for all our needs (and more) and seen great progress for each of the teams. We are actually anticipating two of the teams submitting their last books of the New Testament for consultant checking some time next year. To God be the glory, great things He has done. We are so grateful to have a part in this work and grateful for the part each of you has in praying and supporting us in various ways.
 

 

 







 
 


Blessings of 2015

  • Our family has been healthy the whole year in spite of travelling and hectic schedules.
 
  • We got to enjoy time with family (in the US earlier in the year) and reunions with friends and co-workers since returning.
 

 
  • Lawrence Virtual School (LVS) makes it possible for our kids to study safely at home.


 
  • Roger has had a variety of opportunities to speak and share the Word of God (especially Walk Thru the OT & NT) in several different settings including teaching a Bible survey class at IGM Bible School in Manila (see picture). 
 
  • All three translation teams met their translation production requirements for this year.
 
  • Mika and Daniel along with their friends have formed a soccer team (with Roger as the coach) that got to compete in a a tournament in Manila.
  Prayer Requests for 2016
  • This month we are starting to launch something new for the Ayta Mag-Indi elementary and youth. We are challenging the churches to use the Old Testament stories from Genesis and be prepared for a Bible quiz tournament at the end of January. We have produced a variety of materials to help the pastors and youth workers. We have sample quiz questions, coloring pages (for elementary level), teacher's guide, audio version, video version, student booklet, and picture flip charts for group teaching. Pray that the Ayta Mag-Indi Bible quizzing concept will develop and be effective and ultimately result in a deep hunger for the Word of God. 
  • Pray that the Ayta Mag-Indi team will finish the last 5 books of the New Testament and that the Ayta Abellen team will finish the last 4 books in 2016.












 
  • Pray for those in a remote Ayta Abellen village who have requested more Bible teaching but to whom we have not yet been able to find a solution to reach them regularly.
  • Pray for good health for Vangie's mom (Flora Digan) and Roger's parents (Herb and Ruth Stone).
  • Pray for perseverance for the teams as they work on hard books all the time.


Partnership 

Online giving can be done through either the Free Methodist or Wycliffe Bible Translators websites:

https://give.fmcusa.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=1285  
 
http://www.wycliffe.org/Partnership.aspx?mid=6C2CCD 


 
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PO Box 2270 CPO 
1099 Manila
Philippines





 
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