This is a short music video (https://youtu.be/kzQ_u-FXHZw), with pictures of some of the Roma of Eastern Europe for whom we are translating the Bible. In the video, you will see pictures of many Roma and of the work we are doing to bring the message of redemption to them through translating the Bible into their Roma dialects.
The words and music of the song, called “Saviour of the World”, which will be playing were written by my friend, Mark Beazley. Some of the lyrics are:
“True Son of heaven Star of the morning Light to the people walking in darkness Shine on us”
“Only Messiah Hope for the hopeless Desire of the nations your blood has ransomed Bring us life”
As you listen to the song and watch the video you will see pictures of many of the Roma. You will see the Roma believers who are translators working on Bible translation. You will see the children’s Bible clubs that we do in the summer, where we tell Bible stories, play games, teach Bible songs and do Bible story crafts with the Roma children in their villages. You will see us working on the Bible translations with the Roma translators. You will see us testing out drafts of Bible translations to see if the people understand it. The part where there is talking is from this summer when we had the children’s Bible club and the teacher is teaching them our theme, that Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. She is having the kids repeat this and then preparing to lead them in a song.
I hope you enjoy watching and listening. And thank you so much for praying for the following fresh prayer requests:
1. Please pray for my upcoming trip to Croatia, November 6-15:
a. for details to come together for a location where we can meet for a few days with several of the translators who are from Serbia and will travel to be with us.
b. for Todd as he prepares the translation materials to use with the Roma translators for checking accuracy on keywords and literary devices in the NT.
c. for good health and safety in travel, so that Todd can meet with all the translators during this trip
d. to be able to repair or replace the computer tablets that have not been working properly for three of the translators
2. For safety and stamina as we continue to travel and speak at churches every weekend.
Thank you for praying, Todd
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