Almost 70% of the Loron New Testament complete

October 30, 2016

Over the past three weeks 3 Loron men and a Bible translation consultant have worked on a thorough verse-by-verse check of the gospel of Matthew which has been translated into the Loron language. They have now completed the check and have returned to their families in northern Ivory Coast. Once the final corrections and adjustments […]

Patrick

October 28, 2016

When we were in Senegal a couple of months ago we met a young African man called Patrick. He was from Liberia and could speak English. When he told us his name, I said: ‘Patrick is a great name, in fact, it’s the name of the man who brought the gospel to Ireland.’ He asked […]

Stranger at the door

September 24, 2016

By midday, the stifling humidity inside the tiny African mud hut was becoming unbearable. Beads of perspiration gathered on my forehead, and my clothes were sticking to my body. It was difficult getting used to living without electricity and fans! It was October 1987, but despite the prickly heat, these were exciting days. Marina and […]

September Update

September 23, 2016

Goree (former slave island), Senegal Thank you for your prayers over the past few weeks. It’s been a rather hectic time with, on the one hand, some very exciting things happening, and on the other hand, some sad things. We spent the most of August in Senegal working on a new literacy course for the […]

Sacrifice?

August 14, 2016

What’s the backbone of a maturing church?

August 7, 2016

Marina and I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers and notes over these past days. We’re still coming to terms with the death of our Loron friend, Hovare, but the Lord has been comforting our hearts and reminding us of the many ways that He had used Hovare as an encouragement and […]

Launch of New Literacy Course in Mozambique

April 13, 2016

Marina has just returned to Ivory Coast from Mozambique. She went there for a couple of weeks to help the missionaries working among the Yao people launch their new literacy course. From all accounts, it went very well. There is a lot of interest among the Yao in learning how to read and write their […]

God’s Patient Grace

April 4, 2016

Presenting the gospel in a clear and understandable way is only the beginning of the fulfillment of the Great Commission. The Lord Jesus, in Matthew 28, told His disciples to go, teach all nations, and baptize… ‘teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.’ In the book of Ephesians, Paul talks about […]

First Days in Ivory Coast

January 23, 2016

On 28 January 1986, just off the east coast of Florida, the space shuttle, Challenger, disintegrated seventy three seconds after take-off, resulting in the deaths of the seven crew-members. At that moment, we were on an Egypt Air Boeing 737 somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea on our way, for the first time, to Ivory Coast, […]

Loron Translation Project

January 6, 2016

The Loron believers in Ivory Coast are so eager to have the whole Bible translated into their own language that they have committed themselves to raising at least $1,000/£650 a year to help pay some of the wages of those whom God has raised up from among them to become involved in the translation project. […]