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Last month was typical. Just scrolled through 600+ emails answered in ROCK’s home office in April and made a list of 40 ROCK-project-related stories that could be shared, but space only allows us to mention 3. Thank you for your prayers and part in what we are privileged to hear of God doing around the globe.
March-April was a time of breakthroughs in Papua New Guinea for the Tok Pisin KING of GLORY translation. After recording the audio script for the movie in March and having 9000+ copies of KING belong GLORI picture books arrive, in April each of these books have been strategically allocated to distribution points around the country. The request for 10,000 more books has increased to 30,000. We hope to release the Tok Pisin movie in June. Six individuals or teams have been equipped with solar-powered video projector units to show the film in jungle villages. Cell phones will also be used to share it. Many mission workers plan to use the KoG picture book and movie in villages to reinforce the creation-to-Christ teaching already given. Thank you for praying.
In another jungle setting, on the opposite side of the globe, Michael (with whom we did the spiritual warfare interview www.rockintl.org/spiritual-warfare-in-the-amazon-jungle) and his wife have just returned to the Amazon jungle in Venezuela, armed with solar flashlight audio players and 200 copies of the KING of GLORY books in Yanomamö, with the hope to soon have another 5000 books printed and shipped. They also plan to record the movie script soon. While the KoG movie is usually produced before the book, in the jungle, where tech options are minimal, the KoG picture book is the most useful tool to equip believers to share the gospel.
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On the island on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, the Tumaini Jipya (New Hope) Secondary Boarding School for Girls reports: As you know, the school opened with the first class of students in January. However, we wanted to have a special celebration to pray for and dedicate the school, which took place on April 14th. We had a wonderful time reflecting on and celebrating all that God has done over the past several years. Speeches were made, choir performances (the students sang, as did a choir from a local church), and the girls did some “academic” presentations (science experiments, as well as explanations in both English and Kiswahili of other things they have been learning). As one of the teachers told the girls: “Here at this school, we believe that you are made in the image of God and that is what gives you value. If anyone tells you that you don’t have worth, don’t believe them. Remember that you are valuable because God says so.” Hearing these kinds of things taught with such passion and conviction is a HUGE blessing. Girls are so often not valued in Tanzania, which is why there is such a need for this school, where girls are safe, valued, and won’t be exploited.”