These four language groups live in an area where the dominant religion is not Christian. Over time, the number of believers has grown steadily. One of the languages already had some Scripture, but in 2017 they requested more Old Testament Oral Scriptures. This request was further reinforced after a devastating natural disaster in 2019 that destroyed several villages.

When relief aid was being brought to the people, mission organisations reported a huge interest in audio Scripture. Availability of translated Scriptures into these four languages will help to make the God of the Bible known in an environment where it is very challenging and dangerous to preach the Gospel. 

In the last few years, the region from which the language communities involved in this project come has been affected by armed conflict, making it unsafe to share many details about this project.

At one translation workshop, the team decided to include morning devotions in the programme. After three days, two translators gave their lives to Christ. One of the men had served as a volunteer for five years at a local Christian radio broadcaster. We were told he had not shown this kind of interest before. The other man is from a remote rural area where Christian outreach has been limited. These two brothers are the only believers in their extended families. One of them said:

"My life is better than before, so I am not turning back to my previous belief and lifestyle, no matter the cost".

We were also told that,

“The consistent requests from engaged communities (after listening to translated scriptures) has been for the translation team to leave them the devices so they can listen more by themselves. Praise God for the hunger to hear more of His Word!”