Tag Archives: Cameroon

Bible Translation challenge continued

If you missed Monday’s post, you might want to start there before attempting this next challenge. Remember – We say that a translation is a good translation after having asked 3 important questions: Does it sound natural? Is it clear? … Continue reading

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The road to Bible Translation

We just finished our annual meetings and the week after the meetings we have academic half days to allow the linguists and the translators a time to share with one another what they have either published, changes in technology, challenges … Continue reading

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Growth and Work

I recently found an old brochure that was used for raising funds to help complete the training center where I work at. I also thought I would show the number of completed New Testaments that our organization was able to … Continue reading

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After the dedication

I recently read an article about Joseph Nkwelle, a seminary student at the Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary. Joseph’s mother tongue is Akoose and he is studying to be a Bible translation consultant, when I read that it brought back the … Continue reading

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Palm Sunday

It’s always been neat to see small palm branches for sale around Palm Sunday. You see people walking up and down the road on Palm Sunday holding a small palm branch. This Palm Sunday, DeAnna wanted to buy a small … Continue reading

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Learning to read

We have shared in the past about our guard Christian and how he and his son were voices in The Jesus Film for the Badw’ee language. So, I assumed he was already completely literate in his mother tongue. Earlier this … Continue reading

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Post-it® Notes and God’s faithfulness

I’ll confess, sometimes I get frustrated. Sometimes it seems that nothing is going right, my plans aren’t working and everyone around me wants something from me. It’s getting close to that time of the year in Cameroon when the demands … Continue reading

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One book at a time

I recently heard of a man in the Far North of Cameroon who was falsely accused and imprisoned for something that he did not do, and once he was released instead of holding a grudge or being angry with this … Continue reading

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Water puts out electrical fire

Several days ago the electric meter reader technician came around to read the meter; he was scared of our dog as usual, good dog. So, I (David) held him back so the meter man would feel comfortable coming in. I … Continue reading

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40 Day Fast

First of all, I want to thank you for reading our blog and partnering with us! I (DeAnna) will be observing a 40 day fast from writing blog posts and logging into social media. I need to take this time … Continue reading

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