It’s been awhile since our last blog post. How is the unrest in Chad? Well, news from Aug 29th is that Chad executed 10 Boko Haram members who were found guilty of terror crimes. On the other hand, there has been another recent attack from Boko Haram near Lake Chad (just North of the capital) on October 6th. 11 soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded. 17 Boko Haram fighters were also killed. Lake Chad has been in a state of emergency for awhile as Boko Haram has used this lake which borders both Chad and Nigeria as an easy step-over to attack on Chadian soil. The country’s military continues to search out the area to be on their guard against the terrorist group.

On another note, translation is continuing as always. Galatians has proved to be quite challenging with the deep theological terminology. So even with only 6 chapters in Galatians, compared to the 24 from Luke, the small epistle is turning out to be a bigger job than it first appears.

Also, the translation team will be traveling from Mongo to N’Djamena soon to restart the consultant checking on the rest of the book of Luke. The first half of the book was finished last year, but with only 2 weeks scheduled for checking this November, it will be quite a feat to be able to finish the second half with the time allotted. Also, the back-translator who has been so good at the work in the past, has again been unable to help this time around. Izo did find another man who he thinks will be a good replacement, so we pray that all works out well and in good time.