Kejom NT dedication

Training Babanki (Kejom) Bible Translators to do back translations easily using Paratext software. This will facilitate consultant checking of their Scriptures...
Three years later, their New Testament is ready. During the dedication on Saturday 28th April, the Babanki people are told that the real translation work has just started! They were exhorted to take every advantage of the precious word of God by owning it, reading it, meditating on it and above all, putting it into practice so that truth of the Gospel should shine in their daily practices.
On the 7th of February 2009 during the dedication of their Gospel of Luke, the Pastor who spoke on that day challenged them for having several "country sundays" when the almighty God has only one. He went further to say that if they do not abide by the standards of God, the community will not advance in many ways... It is alleged that later on, the country sundays were reduced. This time, the Ethno Arts team of CABTAL, worked with the community who came out and challenged themselves to leave behind the man made gods and look up to the one true God who now speaks to them clearly in their own language.
Their Fon personally appreciated CABTAL, SIL and Wycliffe USA for empowering them to develop their language. He is ready to learn to read and write Kejom language. Praise the Lord for using different men and women to accomplish this project. Some lost their lives in the process; may their families see this fruit as a blessing and enjoy it all the days of their lives.

ITD, ITC and ICCM

April 5-6: We had the face to face yearly IT Discovery meeting in Nairobi Kenya.
IT Discovery Purpose is to research information technology issues for the benefit of Bible translation workers in Wycliffe and SIL Africa Area and related Bible translation organizations.
The group's role is to work together to discover the key area issues, and develop practical recommendations that address the means to implement solutions. This might mean commissioning others to do specific research tasks in information technologies that will expedite the work of Bible Translation and Language development in Africa and the world over.

April 7-10: We had IT Connect Conference English:
IT Connect is the annual gathering of IT Staff serving SIL International, Wycliffe and Alliance Organisations in Africa share best practices, find ways of helping one another to overcome challenges and to learn from one another. The whole idea is to collaborate, learn, grow and teach one another so as to expedite the work of Bible Translation and language development. It is always a time of great spiritual refreshment.

April 11-14: International Conference on Computing in Missions (ICCM) Africa
The International Conference on Computing and Mission (ICCM) is an annual informal gathering of women and men who have a common interest in computers and mission. We share a vision of cooperation for effective use of technology, bringing the Gospel to every nation. ICCM Africa. The gathering this year brought staff staff from several countries for spiritual refreshment, and sharing technological knowledge to advance the work of the great commission.

We are thankful for this time spent together. We go back ready to serve the Lord with renewed energy and ready to work together as a team with the Holy Spirit operating in us as the operating system.

Mushroom Mushroom Mushroom

At this time of the year, Lilian is always looking forward to one thing from up country - that is mushrooms because this is the season for this precious stuff. She knows her to prepare and can this in airtight containers and we enjoy them even when mushrooms are no longer in season. On our way to the village, we bought some for my Mom who also sees it as a delicacy since such stuff do not grow at all in our area. We were very lucky to meet these young girls selling on our way back in the late evening. Lilian could not resist buying and I could not resist taking a photo. I look forward to eating it one of these days in its natural state. Praise the Lord for providing all these for us for very little cost.

Funeral of Mama Margaret Kerka Ngong

March 17 was the day we finally laid to rest the mortal remains of our Mother Mama Margaret Kerka Ngong. Eventhough we have a lot of pain in our hearts, this is equally an opportunity to celebrate her life. She has been a wonderful person over the years and has touched many lives. This was quite evident by the crowd that turned out to bit her farewell. The Lord was so gracious and held the rain so that nothing disturbed the funeral. The Lord was so gracious to us to drive safely from Bamenda to Kimar and back.

Household accidents

The night of the 17th saw God again protecting us in an amazing way. We had a safe trip to the Nso to bury our Mama and got some goodies from the village as usual. One of such as very sweet pineappeles from our farm at Mensai. When we got home, I really wanted to eat pineapples and nice bananas all from the village. Caritas prepared fruit salad from the pineapples and the banana and decided to boil the pineapple peelings to make some juice out of it. Lo and behold she went to bed and left the pot on the gas. When I got up at 6am, the pot had been on the stove from 8:00pm to 6:00am - 10 hours!!! This is how the pot looked like and the smell in the house was not good. We are so thankful that in all this, the Lord protected each and everyone of us from the worst that could have happened.

Bible Scholar Training March 2018

March 4th to 9th 2018 at the CABTAL Chapman Center in Yaounde was the second edition of the African Bible Scholars training in Cameroon less than 6 months ago from last December. I was excited to be one of the facilitators teaching ParaTExt and helping with other practical software related needs. It was truly a huge lesson experience for me as I sat through the sessions. As the theme says "Training and mentoring Cameroon Bible Scholars in a changing world", may that change truly came and through me as well.