Back from Pakistan!

We had a great time in Pakistan!
Thanks to all of you who prayed! We were safe, and Gale had very exceptional strength.
We were able to make both village visits we had planned, but Gale, Hannah, and Ava did not stay overnight. They came to join Brandon and me in the morning.
Hannah and Brandon’s work in [...]

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Unpacking The Shack

A friend of ours recommended our reading The Shack, by William P. Young. I did, and enjoyed it. You see, I was reading it in an uncritical way, and I was focusing on the strengths of the book. In particular, I was happy to read things that help us think of suffering from God’s perspective. [...]

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Ava Grace is born!

Ava Grace Baughn, was born to Hannah and Brandon on December 15! She was 8 pounds.
See the Our Kids tab for pictures!

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Our “life is now hidden with Christ.” Huh?

I think a lot off people wonder why it takes so long to translate the Bible. I love my job, but it is a big responsibility. There are stern warnings in Revelation about people who take away from, or add to, what is written! And our goal is to translate in an accurate, clear and [...]

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Translation Workshop— September and October

I really enjoyed teaching at the translation workshop through all of September. The workshop dealt with how to translate in a clear, natural, and faithful way. After a few days off, in October, a second workshop was on computer programs to aid translators.
Click on a thumbnail picture to see a longer descriptions about each one. [...]

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End of August Prayer Requests

Thanks to all of you who check here for information that
will help you to pray for us. Believe me: We need your prayers!

We hope you will pray for Lynda, Poppy, Lewynna, and Nety. These are the four young women and members of our translation team who will be going to the Capital City for the [...]

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July Prayer Requests

Hi, Everyone!
We just sent out a printed prayer letter, and will soon send out an e-mail update. Big changes are happening that affect our organization in Oreo Land. The changes mean that foreign Bible translators are finding it difficult or impossible to get visas into this country. Because of this, our translation into the colloquial [...]

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What we want most to see

Here’s a picture I took of a Agustinus who was excited to share some verses with me from his Oreo New Testament:

One of the verses he liked was 2 Corinthians 5:1, which talks about our leaving our earthly bodies, which are like temporary shelters (which the Oreo make from broad jungle leaves), and that we [...]

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Back again! May prayer requests:

Here are prayer requests that go along with our recent update:

Pray for new believers in two remote Oreo villages. Pray that God will reveal Himself in their hearts, and that they will have a hunger for God’s Word. Pray that they will not agree to follow any who seek to lead them to be involved [...]

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Off to Oreo Land!

I’m off again to Oreo Land starting this Sunday morning, March 9, and I will be back home late on the 23rd of April.
Here are some of my plans, and ways you can pray for both Gale and me while we are apart:

Please pray for the Lord’s guidance in finding and training 2-3 new translation [...]

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