Photo courtesy New Tribes Mission
Papua New Guinea (MNN) ― A group of men from various villages around Papua, New Guinea have joined the New Tribes Mission translation team.
Two Hamtai men, Malcolm and Esek, have worked with NTM missionaries Tom and Corinne Palmer to translate Scripture into the Hamtai language. This new group of men will return to their villages next month to check the translation with various ages and people groups to see how clearly it speaks to the people.
"They want to make sure the translation is clear to all and find where they might need to make changes to make any given passage more clear," wrote the Palmers.
The men left their homes bringing several bags of food, which they hope will be enough to last a month. Two meals are the daily ration, one morning and one evening meal. When the men showed up to work one day with no morning meal, the Palmers asked them if their food and money were gone. Tom and Corinne were surprised by the men's determination to make their supply last the entire month.
"It shows the extent of sacrifice they are willing to go to in order to help with this project."
The Palmers ask for prayer concerning their heavy workload.
"Pray we will all get enough rest," they ask. "Pray that interruptions will be kept to a minimum so we can accomplish our monthly goals."
