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To give a few updates in the multi-language media ministry, the KING of GLORY picture book in Malayalam was sent to the printer in India. New KoG movie translations have started (like Romanian and Burmese). Also, Senegalese colleagues have launched a new Wolof website and added a telephone number to the 28-year-old Wolof WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS broadcasts to facilitate more interaction with listeners. In Indonesia, TWOR radio programs have been added to a 35th FM station. Pray for open minds and hearts during this month of Ramadan. The new book PROSPER: Enjoying Intimacy with God is strengthening believers and equipping leaders of families, youth groups and small group Bible studies.
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• Niger: Through your gifts, to better facilitate the many activities in the Youth Development Center under the blistering Sahel sun, the amphitheater roof was finished, complete with lights and fans. Also, LED lights have been added to the volleyball court/soccer space, allowing Bible students and others to play into the evenings. This provides a space for community growth between believers and neighbors, who meet at least three days a week to play volleyball. One of the YDC guards has also been teaching some of the youth volleyball. And, as a worker wrote, “We finished the baptismal on Friday, April 9, and it was used on Sunday to baptize three guys. Then we hosted a training for Fulani men from the bush – and two of them were baptized yesterday!”
• Senegal: With the basketball court on the village property completed (a venue for sports activities, building relationships and communicating God’s Word), construction of a multi-purpose building adjacent to the court is nearing its Phase 1 finish line. This first floor will be used to hold classes, run a small business, and more.
• Tanzania: Anticipating the day when the New Hope Secondary School for girls can open, construction of the government-required science labs continues. Pray for all that remains to be done and for wisdom in the hiring process of the future staff, including the selection of the headmistress – that she will be a woman of integrity, above reproach, gracious, and in love with the Lord and His Word. Thank you for your part in all these projects!