Word Alive Now Blog
Over the past year, a local Bible translator serving her Timber* language group in Southeast Asia grew so discouraged that she decided to quit. Ani* now believes she was under spiritual attack.
Imagine a region torn by war. The militia controls public life. People live in fear. How can the translated Word of God make a difference? How can it even get to people? In that troubled region in West Asia, four…
Growing up under communism as part of a minority language group in Asia, Bota knew nothing about Jesus. But as a young adult, she grew increasingly curious about the meaning of life and whether God existed.
My husband Will was working with a local translation team. One day, we were reading Mark chapter 6. It says that Jesus sent out his disciples, saying, “Take nothing for your journey except a staff.” One of the translators asked me, “How old were the disciples?”