LIBTRALO Computers Liberia Translation and Literacy Organization (LIBTRALO), our partner organization in Liberia, is in need of new computers. They are working on creating Mother Tongue teaching materials for 16 different languages, and computers are essential to that...
In Liberia, many children are left behind in the educational process. Beginning in Kindergarten, children are taught in English only, which is the official language of the country. Unfortunately, most of the children speak one of Liberia’s indigenous languages and are...
“What do you need to teach people before they can learn to read or write?” An LBT missionary asked that question years ago while meeting with several language teams in Liberia. Someone answered, “The alphabet.” The missionary wrote alphabet at the bottom of the...
I was going to write about Ascension Day this week. Then it occurred to me that I really don’t know much about the Ascension, aside from the obvious. To learn more, I went online and found a whole plethora of information. When Scripture has been available in your...
Financials, Prayers, Birthdays, & Member Information Winter 2021 Pray for: Botswana > Pray for the Khwedam Bible translation team completing necessary revisions and preparing the manuscript for publication. > Pray for the Shekgalagari translation team in...
Financials, Prayers, Birthdays, & Member Information Christmas 2020Pray for: Botswana> Pray for Carl and Kelsey Grulke as they make plans to return to Botswana.> Pray that the new Bible Society office in Maun, Botswana will be a great resource to local...
Southwest Ethiopia Bible Translation Coordination Office The Liberia Translation and Literacy Organization (LIBTRALO) was established to support Bible translation, literacy, Scripture use, and multilingual education programs for language communities in Liberia. The...
We’ve asked prayer and financial partners of Lutheran Bible Translators why they invest some of their mission giving with LBT. They say it’s because we have a clear and simple vision: “Translate the Bible and put it in the hands of people.” That’s what we’ve done,...
In 2005, a Dan speaker in Liberia began praying for the resumption of the Dan translation project. It was interrupted by the civil wars that had devastated the country for almost 14 years. The New Testament translation that had been completed in 1981 was out of print....
Pray for CMI session leaders as they make their final preparations for the upcoming conference being held in Concordia, MO. Pray for the African Lutheran Mission Conference July 2-5 in Abuja, Nigeria. Pray for good turn outs, funding, and good discussions. Pray for...