Glory to God

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Part of the language evaluation is a walk through the village. This gives the consultants a live, interactive conversation between Stephen and the Agutaynens. This helps the consultants to see Stephen's language ability and his relationships with the Agutaynens.
Part of the language evaluation is a walk through the village. This gives the consultants a live, interactive conversation between Stephen and the Agutaynens. This helps the consultants to see Stephen's language ability and his relationships with the Agutaynens.
These two Agutaynens endured 6 hours during the evaluation. They would listen to a story from Stephen and then they needed to translate the story back to the consultants in the national language, Tagalog. By doing this, the consultants would know if Stephen was making errors or not.
These two Agutaynens endured 6 hours during the evaluation. They would listen to a story from Stephen and then they needed to translate the story back to the consultants in the national language, Tagalog. By doing this, the consultants would know if Stephen was making errors or not. This was done over and over again.

For many of us, certain days hold special meanings.  For example, the day our children are born.  Or the day we were married.  Well there is another day to add to that list: March 6, 2012.  This day will go down in history as one of the greatest days in our lives.  After thousands of hours of language study, and after countless prayers (by you and by us), God has brought Stephen to the point of being able to teach the Agutaynens His wonderful message in their own language.  This last week, two language consultants came to give Stephen a language evaluation and to see how they could encourage him in his continued language study in months to come.  However, the consultant’s final report states that Stephen is “ready to begin teaching”!  Those last few words are still hard for us to comprehend.  At this moment, we rejoice in God and ask you to praise Him, too.  As this update is being typed, Stephen is already preparing his first message in the Agutaynen language.  We hope that this news brings joy to your hearts, and renews your desire to be in prayer for our family, our team, and for the Agutaynens.  One of the consultants warned us that Satan is going to test us and our family in ways we have never experienced before.  Even though this will happen, we know that we are on the winning side, and we have already seen God part the waters of the Red Sea for us.