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Summer 2021
Pentecost and Bible Translation
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through them with great power he Pentecost season is a and ignites in them a passion for great time to connect with spreading the gospel by making Lutheran Bible Translators of it available in more languages. Canada. That Word is proclaimed in Acts 2 describes the first those mother tongues in worship Christian Pentecost. These events services and Bible study groups beautifully describe the mission to strengthen and encourage and vision of Lutheran Bible the Christians in those language Translators of Canada. communities. 1. The Holy Spirit came and filled the That Word is shared through Bibles believers gathered in Jerusalem. published in those mother tongues (Acts 2:2-3) This is the “power and electronic devices embedded from on high” that Jesus told them with audio versions of those translated to wait for. (Luke 24:49) Scriptures. The printed and audio 2. The Holy Spirit came with His fire, versions are distributed throughout igniting a passion for spreading the those language communities so gospel to all nations. (Acts 2:3-4) that people can receive that life3. T h e Wo r d o f G o d w a s giving Word. The Holy Spirit translated into the mother ou ld ore p eop le w m at th Y A works through that translated tong u e l ang u age of e a ch R P s through His su Je in h it fa to Word and is bringing more and person who gathered where come d! proclaimed Wor more people to know Jesus as the disciples were. (Acts 2:6) published and their Saviour and Lord. 4. The Holy Spirit worked through LBTC missionaries and their partner organizations that translated Word creating develop Bible study groups, listening groups, and literacy faith in Jesus in 3,000 people that day. (Acts 2:37-41) classes among non-Christians in these communities so These same things are true for believers in Jesus today. that those who are being brought to faith in Jesus are And they are especially apparent in those serving with encouraged through the fellowship of other Christians. Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada. The Spirit works
Translation teams back in Cameroon
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oth LBTC missionary families, Kuhns and Webers, returned to Cameroon toward the end of 2020. They returned with many changes happening in their missionary callings. The Webers returned to wrap up their nearly forty years of LBTC service in Cameroon. They sorted through their many belongings, giving away many treasures to their friends and colleagues. They also sorted through forty years of papers, a treasury of Bible translation work, giving much ofTit to LBT US and LBTC missionaries and HE CANADIAN LUTHERAN July/August 2021 35 1
