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Report From the Kissi Literacy Development Association by Rev. John Bundor

BUSH FIRE SPARK BEGINS AT LANGUAGE WORKSHOP This workshop was conducted at the right time.  It is like the blacksmith who sharpened a blunt cutlass to brush a thick bush.  This workshop has sparked a fire in the life of the literacy teachers in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is a virgin ...

Friday Field Notes

Tim and Lisa Beckendorf, Ken and Carol Bunge, and Jim and Susan Kaiser updated their prayer letters on the LBT web site this weekend.  Enjoy ... PS -- Happy Mother's Day from the missionaries and staff of LBT!  

The Word was So Clear to Me by Portia Tema

Thanks to Kalanga Translator Portia Tema (Botswana) for submitting this quotation and the pictures related to the Kalanga New Testament and Psalms: "As the main walker during the Tsamaya village fund raising campaign I was given a gift.  When I opened it was Ndebo Mbuya ne Njimbo (NT & Psalms in ...

Back to Liberia by Ed Stelling

Thirty-three years ago, in 1979,  our family left Liberia after completing our missionary assignment with Lutheran Bible Translators, working among the Kuwaa people on a Bible translation project with Rev. Richard Thompson.  He had analyzed and developed the orthography (written format) of the language prior to our arrival in Liberia. ...

Friday Field Notes

John and Maila Davies, Kory and Cara Fay, and Peg Seitz all have updated newsletters on the LBT web site.  Happy reading!

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