Tanzania Here We Come!!!
Victoria Falls 2013 Lynne and I have been working on plans to work with Wycliffe Bible Translator missionaries Josh and Susan Chance in Dodoma, Tanzania, since last summer. As of this writing, we have confirmed tickets leaving on June 26th and returning July 27th. Details? Josh and Susan came to one of our mission conferences a few years ago. Josh and Lynne grew up together in Auburn. We were able to have dinner with them last year when they were home on furlough, and I was captivated by the work they are doing to develop a written language and translate the Bible for the people of Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, there are a total of 126 languages spoken in Tanzania. Two are institutional, 18 are developing, 58 are vigorous, 40 are endangered, and 8 are dying. There are also three languages that recently became extinct. Wycliffe and SIL International just recently published the books of Ruth and Mark in the Burunge language. Keep in mind that the translators