June 2015 - Prayerlink

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Jesus said,“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

As you prayerfully peruse this issue of Prayer Link, please give glory to our Heavenly Father for the great things He has done; is doing; and will do as we continue to serve Him while the day of opportunity lasts.

Praise God for the Bible stories in many new languages that are in process of being translated and prepared for distribution on the BFC website. All across the world, people are joining hands and hearts with us here to share the wonderful Gospel of God’s grace.

Praise God for the many expressions of interest and encouragement that come to us via email. People are being blessed by God’s Word through BFC stories.

Pray that many more translators will be raised up to extend the ministry so that all children will have opportunity to hear the Gospel and be saved. God bless you as you pray.

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PrayerLink is sent monthly to all prayer supporters. Editor: E.D. Hughes.

Here are two news items that are also prayer requests. Though they seem rather small issues, they are very important - the first because of a need for sensitivity to the world population; and the second because we want the Body of Christ as it lives and functions in local churches, to be occupied with reaching the world’s children with the saving Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Converting to Brown Skin

Ninety of our languages have pictures with brown skin. That makes sense, as most of the world’s population falls into this category. There are some languages we completed earlier where we are now converting the story characters to brown skin. These include Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Tagalog and Turkish. All 60 stories have been finished in most of these languages, so it is a big project. Please pray.

Worldwide Church Mailing

We are slowly emailing about 15,000 churches worldwide to let them know about Bible for Children. Our website is appreciated by many, many churches who like the colorful graphics, the accurate Bible stories, and the coloring book files. Our challenge is to let more churches know what is available. Please pray.

Pakistan Advance

Just as a contact in India has been a huge blessing in finding new languages, now we have a contact in OM Pakistan who will do the same. We will complete the Urdu language, and hope to have other languages of Pakistan coming soon. Please pray.

The green background of Pakistan’s national flag represents Islam and the majority Muslims in Pakistan; the white stripe on the flag represents religious minorities. In the centre, the crescent and star symbolizes progress and light respectively. The flag symbolizes Pakistan's commitment to Islam and the rights of religious minorities. ( Wikipedia.org)

BFC website now features Bible Stories in 111 languages.

It is difficult to obtain new languages, but well worth the effort! The various languages are fascinating, and it is a joy to work with them knowing all the children who will be blessed. Here are the latest languages. Thank you, dear friends for your prayer support and encouragement in this work.

Emakhuwa
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi. 7 million speakers.

Haryanvi
Northern India. Over 13 million speakers.

Changana
Southern Mozambique.

Xhosa
South Africa ,Lesotho. 8 million speakers.

Dhundari
India. 10 million speakers.

Menya
Marobe Province of Papua New Guinea. 20,000 people. (Yes, we care about small people groups.)

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