Manie and Lettie v.d.Heever with their children.

Over the past 10 months Manie v.d.Heever has checked the outstanding books of the New Testament, viz. Hebrews, Revelation, James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, and 1, 2 and 3 John, with six translation teams (Zigua, Kwere, Ndamba, Pogoro, Nguu, and Lughuru). It is wonderful to know that these six language groups will soon be able to read the New Testament in their heart language!

In addition, he checked the Gospel of Luke with another five teams (Yao, Mwera, Zaramo, Ma- konde, and Nguu) and conducted four workshops for exegetes and translators. He will also be teaching at the annual training event for Bible translators in September.

The Word for the World and Pioneer Bible Translators are partnering in Bible translation projects in Tanzania. During November, Dr Barry Funnell, a consultant of The Word for the World, checked the translation of 1 and 2 Corinthians in eight languages in Morogoro, Tanzania. The languages were: Lughuru, Kwere, Kutu, Vidunda, Nguu, Zigua, Pogolo and Ndamba, all from East Africa. Group consultation is an innovative approach to consultation that saves money and time, because one consultant’s services benefit more than one translation team simultaneously.

This video explains how such a group consultation works.



Funding for the projects comes from The Seed Company, as well as a foundation in the United States and private donors. Prayer support is through intercessor networks. TWFTW thanks God for all who contributed in so many different ways to make this possible.