We have a lot of news about the translation progress, so will divide it up over the next few updates…
PRINTING DEADLINE!
In September we met with the publishing department of SIL (i.e. Wycliffe Bible Translators in the US). They will do the digital typesetting of our Palawano New Testament translation and they will be the ones to work with the Philippine Bible Society concerning the printing. “All” we have to do is finish the translation and do the proofreading before printing.
This will be a HUGE help to us. We’re thankful for others in the body of Christ to help us in this way.
But yes, we said deadline… in our meeting with SIL, we set July 2012 as our scheduled target date to turn over the files to them for the typesetting. We think this is doable, but it will require a steady final burst of work between now and July.
The finished New Testament will have two columns, footnotes at the bottom, page-marking ribbons, a glossary of Biblical terms in the back, b/w line drawings and some color illustrations… just like a “real” Bible. (The photos here are of the Kagayanen NT, done by some friends of ours; we are using it as a model for formatting.)
We are currently in the process of deciding how many copies to print initially, and soon we will know the total cost of printing so that everyone can pray and get involved as the Lord leads. This is the grand finale of a big project that’s taken nearly 30 years to bring to completion.
God gets ALL the glory.
We are so excited to be this close to getting God’s Word into the Palawanos hands…
…which involves the later phase of Distribution. More on how that will happen in the next update!
PLEASE PRAY WITH US
- Energy, health and wisdom
- Continued pace in translation progress
- Meeting our July 2012 deadline
- Development of team to fund NT printing
- Plans for distribution of NT
Reaching Palawanos together with you,
-Bill and Donna
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