Our new printers, Cefni Computers have started with 50 copies of booklets in each of ‘veryeasy’ Swahili from Tanzania and ‘veryeasy’ French for Africa from Burundi. We shall post them to different people for field-testing and feedback before a second larger printing.
Tomorrow we move on to Amharic and Oromo from Ethiopia then Yao from Mozambique, Chichewa from Malawi and Kirundi from Burundi…..
We have wonderful typesetting help from a friend in Wycliife Associates UK.
We only seek to kick-start different languages but the national churches must then accept ownership of this work. Taking the gospel to the poor and marginalised is PART OF THEIR CALLING. Matthew 28: 18-20
We will always start with the ‘veryeasy’ levels to reach more poor people. Then, when we are established in a language, we shall do ‘easy’ gospels too.
As i have now been accepted as a delegate for Tokyo 2010 in May and as veryeasyChinese and Street Chinese are doing well i expect to visit Shanghai again – on the way to Japan. Praise God for many doors opening.
Hi Martin,
Further to our chat today (and after checking with my staff) I can confirm that we at Cefni Computers can manage your laser printing needs at the special rate of £0 per copy for the foreseeable future as we have plenty of semi redundant printers that can be used up on this type of work before they go for recycling.
Obviously we would prefer Black & White documents as we have more of those sort of printers available – please don’t send me an order for 10,000 straight away 
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I will also try to contact my customer that knows Japanese tomorrow so hopefully you will get some good news in that direction also.
Latest info re Tokyo 2010 (please see http://www.tokyo2010.org/ and http://www.edinburgh2010.org/en/events/other2010projects.html )
I hope – God willing – to be invited to attend this event. Please pray.
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We hope soon to be printing booklets for the Brao language in Cambodia. These will be the first Bible portions in this language and so I’ll put them in the Made to Measure section of this site.
The Christmas Story has arrived just in time for Christmas – from Timothy, a Burmese man in the USA. This story is in veryeasyKaren and in English. We hope one day to have this in Braille too. Thanks too to Carole for supervising this project. I hope in January to network with Braille producing groups in the UK. Happy Christmas and Spirit -led New Year from Martin & Jenny
Pastor Martin is enjoying resting, dieting and walking in the rain. My blood pressure is the lowest for 20 years. But losing weight is more of a challenge.
But Ps 121 reminds us that we serve a God who ‘neither slumbers nor sleeps’.
Bishop Jamali Milanzi rejoices in new contacts for Zulu and Xhosa in Johannesburg, South Africa and for Sesotho in Maseru, Lesotho. Bishop Milanzi is a close friend of Revd Susan Kibii in Malawi. May the Lord enlarge their ministry throughout Southern Africa and East Africa!
Dr. Emmanuel Yakubu from Nigeria is back in Ghana en route for Abidjan -may God bless his wonderful ministry in West Africa!
And our Wyclffe Bible Translators friend Carole in the US writes :
‘We had a long holiday weekend last week, and today Timothy brought in copies of the Karen Christmas story — TYPED! It was beautiful. I don’t know how he did it, but it’s perfect.’ Karen is an important language from Myanmar or Burma.
PRAISE HIS WONDERFUL NAME!!
Bishop Jamali Milanzi of Malawi has made a good Zulu and Xhosa contacts in Johannesburg and moved on to Lesotho. Please pray for Jamali and his new wife Ireen during this time apart. It was my joy to meet them both in Blantyre in 2008.
Psalm 90 v 2 : Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Isn’t it wonderful to have a growing number of people willing to travel to other countries, at their own or their churches expense to promote easyBibles – especially now that I’m confined to barracks! In fact, this is of course God’s timing in taking the work forward. EB does NOT belong to me or to the UK. The world has has enough of colonialism!
So halleluyah for :
Bishop Jamali from Malawi visiting Johannesburg, South Africa
Caleb from Malawi who has alredy been to Mexico and Zimbabwe and with Stephen from Mozambique is now in Cape Town, South Africa
Apostle Susan Kibii who has visited Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and is now in Arusha, Tanzania
Dr Emmanuel from Nigeria who has been to Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and soon returns there
Dr Jason Lim from Malaysia and UK who next May will return to China for his 4th trip