Last spring, we were hoping that the gospel of Luke would have been fully checked, published and delivered to the Dadjo people. Unfortunately, due to the death of one of the translator’s father, the checking slowed down tremendously, and only half of the book of Luke was done. We are still waiting to have the rest of the book scheduled for checking. Because of the few consultants available in Chad compared to the number of translations being worked on, we will probably have to wait another year until Luke can be finalized.
At the same time, with the progress that we are making on the book of Acts, we are hoping that much of Acts can also be consultant checked at the same time as Luke. So far, we are on target for finishing the “testing” of all of Acts by next spring. When Luke and Acts have both been checked by a consultant, then the Dadjo people will not only have Genesis (telling creation and the fall of man), but they will also have the life of Jesus (the Savior of mankind) and how God’s message of salvation spread around the world.