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| Missionaries like us like to write glowing reports and exciting newsletters, proclaiming all the wonderful things that are happening on the mission field. Everyone likes a positive letter, right? But rarely is ministry on the mission field quite that simple. There are, of course, many victories, but there are just as many defeats, or perhaps we should say “delays”. Several years ago, our team leader, Bob Hitching, began work with a Bayash national in Croatia to translate the New Testament into the Croatian Bayash (Ardelean) Romani dialect. |
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| There was great progress made, then serious problems arose, then more progress, then more obstacles. Suffice it to say that after 5-6 years of hard work, a draft of the New Testament in this dialect was finished, and yet, it has stayed in draft form the last couple years. As any writer knows, drafts are good, but they are only drafts. And when it comes to God’s Word, we want the best, most accurate, and most clear translation possible. So it is a high priority for us to take up the baton of this project and begin testing, editing and improving this draft translation. |
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| The first big need is for Bayash mother-tongue speakers to work on the project. Please pray that God will raise up Bayash to work on this translation. The next need is for them to be trained how to do Bible translation. Pray that the Lord will open the door for me to train translators. The next need is for finances to pay the translators—a worker is worthy of his hire, so those Bayash who dedicate themselves to do Bible translation need to be paid so they can devote work time to this most worthy of projects. |
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| There are three other Romani dialects in this area (Hungary, Croatia and Serbia) in need of Bible translation as well. We are praying for $50,000 we need to get 52 chapters in each of these four languages translated, tested, corrected and printed. That comes out to about $30 per half page in each dialect. Please pray that the Lord will provide the funding and that by His grace we can make significant progress in these translation projects. If you would like to help, please specify your gift for the “Roma Bible Society Project” (#150786). You can give online here, or send a check made out to Pioneers to 10123 William Carey Dr., Orlando, FL 32832. |
| We are also praying for $330 in monthly financial pledges for our own missionary support. Monthly pledges can be designated for our account #110250, made online here or by check to Pioneers at the same address.
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| Thank you for your prayers and partnership in this ministry!
Todd & Pamala Price
(Matthew, Kirsten, Daniel & Ariela)
Szövő utca 8, Érd 2030, Hungary
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| | | PRAYER REQUESTS & PRAISES FOR DECEMBER 2014
(a version formatted for printing is available here)
Mon 12/1 Pray for a full-time job for Timothy or for more schooling
Tues 12/2 Pray for mother-tongue translators for Croatian Ardelean Bayash
Wed 12/3 Pray for opportunities to train mother-tongue speakers in Bible translation principles
Thur 12/4 Pray for Nedelko who has worked on this translation in the past, to restart, if the Lord wills
Fri 12/5 Pray for fruit from the 500 Christmas shoe boxes distributed to Roma villages in northern Hungary
Sat 12/6 Praise God for good tutoring for Matthew before he took the ACT
Sun 12/7 Pray for Pam as she teaches Kirsten’s Sunday school class this month
Mon 12/8 Pray for success in making needed amendments to our government registration here in Hungary
Tue 12/9 Praise that Todd & Goran have produced an e-mail newsletter, blog & FB page to inform & encourage Roma pastors in ex-Yugoslavia
Wed 12/10 Pray for Nóri, a Hungarian Bible translator, to have a safe pregnancy & delivery of 2nd baby & for grace in raising their 2 year old also
Thur 12/11 Pray for Gergely to have many opportunities to study the Bible with Bayash in southern Hungary
Fri 12/12 Pray for accurate translation & testing of sections from Luke & John for Hungarian Ardelean Bayash
Sat 12/13 Pray for Anikó, one of the translators, to grow in her faith & for the salvation of her family
Sun 12/14 Pray for continued progress for us as a family learning the Hungarian language Mon 12/15 Pray for Jonathan to walk with the Lord & for wisdom for job & school decisions Tue 12/16 Pray Todd can get the revisions done on his PhD thesis to ready it for publication Wed 12/17 Pray for $330 per month more which we need in monthly financial pledges
Thur 12/18 Pray for wisdom for our team leader, Bob Hitching, in many ministry decisions
Fri 12/19 Pray for wisdom for Todd & Jelle working on Roma Bible Society projects
Sat 12/20 Pray for $50,000 for the four Bible translation projects
Sun 12/21 Praise God for our house here where we have hosted guests each weekend of November
Mon 12/22 Pray for funding to be able to translate Luke & John passages into Hungarian Bayash
Tue 12/23 Pray for Kirsten to grow in Christ with self-control & a love for the Scriptures
Wed 12/24 Pray for Ariela to understand about Jesus & love & follow him
Thur 12/25 Merry Christmas! Thank God for sending Jesus as Savior of the world
Fri 12/26 Pray for Elizabeth to enjoy her studies in her last semester of Bible college
Sat 12/27 Pray that many Roma will come to Christ through Christmas shoeboxes & Christian literature
Sun 12/28 Pray for Daniel to grow in his understanding & faith in Christ
Mon 12/29 Pray for funding to translate sections of Luke into Serbian Gurbet
Tue 12/30 Pray Matthew can use his graphic & video design skills for ministry
Wed 12/31 Pray for all Roma in Europe & w. Eurasia to have God’s Word in their heart language!
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