We may have already mentioned this in a previous blog, but we still think it’s pretty neat! Bob Creson, president of Wycliffe USA, along with Scott Toncray, Jon Shuler, and Nick Wolverton (all colleagues of ours that work in Orlando), recently visited some of the Bible translation projects in Uganda and Tanzania.
Today I stumbled upon the website for Wycliffe’s work in these two countries: http://www.thetask.net. It’s very informative and answers several questions that I didn’t even know I was curious about! You should check it out.
Through following the Wycliffe USA blog here during the trip that these men took, I got a small glimpse into how God is working throughout Africa (and the world) through the work of dedicated and humble people. These workers are in the midst of a comprehensive project that is called “Scripture Access for All” which will go far beyond just translating Scripture into the minority languages of Uganda and Tanzania. Right now, Wycliffe Is involved in the translation projects of 20 language groups in Tanzania and 4 in Uganda, with many more still to be started. You may think that 4 minority languages don’t represent very many people, but according to thetask.net, these groups comprise over 860,000 speakers!
Much of this huge task involves humanitarian aid (working with AIDS education, community empowerment, and literacy), training staff, and laying the groundwork and infrastructure necessary to GET Scripture into the hands of all of these communities.
Bob Creson says it this way: “Helping a mother become literate can make a more lasting impact on a community than providing a doctor. While a doctor can fight disease and sickness with medicine, mothers – and ultimately communities – are better served through literacy programs that help mothers read prescriptions, medicine bottles and educate themselves on healthcare.”
Pray for these communities in Uganda and Tanzania! These aren’t just groups of faceless people in a far off land that we have no connection with. These are individuals that have no access to God’s Word in the language that they dream in, the language that speaks directly to their heart. They are beautiful individuals, created in God’s image, with the same basic needs as you and me. Let’s pray together TODAY that God would raise up willing servants to reach into the heart of Africa and bring His very Words to her people!
Lastly, meet Terrill Schrock, a translator just beginning with the Ik people of Uganda. He talks more about the translation process and speaks of the benefits of bringing an identity to a culture through the written word.
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