Only the four gospel accounts from the New Testament have been translated into the Majangir language and then recorded for the Talking Bible, but just hearing that scripture potion has greatly changed Abera Kergekan.
Coming from rural village of Dunchei in highlands of southwestern Ethiopia, Abera, like the vast majority of people from his rejoin has never learned to read. Illiteracy has not stopped him from hearing the gospels on his Talking Bible and has given the 30-year-old farmer, and father of four, a deep knowledge of God and His love. Holding his Talking Bible Abera explained how he usually rises with the sun to begin his day in the field. Before leaving to work he sits with his wife and children to listen to the Word of God and pray. He said, “I know there is more revelation from God, but I only have this part and it has set me free. I know His love and want others to know it as well.”
Because they need to hear,
Harvey Hoekstra - harvey@talkingbibles.org
www.talkingbibles.org
Goal: A TALKING BIBLE SUNDAY IN THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES IN 2012
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About Me
- IN EVERY LANGUAGE
- My family and I lived for nearly thirty years in Africa. We lived in the South Sudan and in SW Ethiopia. We were among people of an oral culture. While in the Sudan, with African informants, I reduced a spoken language to writing and translated a New Testament in that language. In Ethiopia we made extensive use of cassettes with oral, tract-like messages in the Majang language. Oral communication is extremely effective among oral culture peopole.
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