Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Last but not Least

Something exciting is afoot at Wycliffe. It's possible that someone in your generation or the generation of your children will start work on the last language needing a Bible translation! Check out these facts from the Last Languages Campaign and read more by clicking on the links below.

For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT).

You just did something that nearly 200 million people cannot do. You read God's Word in the language you've most likely spoken from infancy — the language you understand best and that touches your heart. Read more.

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These remaining language communities are located in countries with high birthrates. That means millions of additional lives, will be touched over several generations, with the gospel.

Sadly, the mortality rate indicates 2.4 million people in these communities will die each year without hearing or reading God’s Word. Read more.

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Forty percent of the current language projects have been started within the past eight years. But so much remains to be done. Numbers don’t tell the whole story. It is about entire communities, and about making a difference for eternity. Read more.

2 comments:

lyss said...

Exciting! Thanks for posting this Amy!!

paulmerrill said...

Thanks so much for bringing this to the light, Amy!


-Paul Merrill for Wycliffe's The Seed Company
http://www.theseedcompany.org/