Today the climbers do a 5-6 hour acclimatisation walk to a higher elevation than yesterday, and then return to the campsite. Pray for deepening relationships with their fellow climbers, and for them to become excited about God’s Word in every language. Pray that they will stay healthy and acclimatise well before going up higher tomorrow. Please pray for spiritual alertness and for God’s peace and joy to shine out of them. It’s the Himba of Namibia and Angola that we are praying for today. The Himba are very traditional people who have resisted conformity to westernisation. They live mostly in north-western Namibia, and the Kunene province of Angola. An extensive survey was recently done to determine the need for Bible translation. This confirmed the need for Oral scriptures. About The translation project An Oral Bible translation project has begun in cooperation with the Namibia Bible society. The first workshop was a great opportunity to challenge four pastors with their serious concern to reach out to the Himba people and expose them to what oral Scripture engagement really is. Durk, the Oral communication consultant, writes: “It was wonderful to be able to serve in Kaokoland, Namibia, where the Himba live.The second Himba workshop for them to experience learning stories from the Bible was out in the desert at their own request. They were so enthusiastic, it was amazing to see some of them learn four Bible stories accurately and tell them back clearly through a translator in just four days.They engaged fully as I adjusted my schedule to meet their needs.Noah suggested that we offer early morning sessions and evening sessions since during the day people may be gone with their herds to fetch water and let them graze away from the cattle post, as well as avoid the heat of the day when the people get very sleepy and try to find some shade. We met in the evening around the fire, as well as before dawn, also around the fire. No electricity, no water (except for containers that had been carried in from wells far away), no phone, just tents living among the Himba at a cattle station in the middle of a dry desert.But people with a hunger for God’s Word and desiring to become like Daniel, the Good Samaritan, and the father of the prodigal son.” Story Prayer Himba men are not only great mechanics, who know how to fix car brakes without any repair manuals or drive on tracks through desert mountains that would cost most people several tires or get stuck in deep sand, but they are also men who are hungry to share the love of Jesus and live out who he really is.Please pray for them... Noah and Varandu
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:23:47 +0000