Sleeping Coconuts

Sleeping Coconuts: Official Book Trailer from Wycliffe USA on Vimeo.

Watch the official trailer for Sleeping Coconuts, a book about Wycliffe translators John and Bonnie Nystrom, and the remarkable story of how God used a tsunami to impact Bible translation in Papua New Guinea.

http://sleepingcoconuts.com/

Translation for Understanding

Translating for Understanding from Wycliffe USA on Vimeo.

Fictional characters Christy and Kaiya work through a difficult Bible translation challenge. When cultural perspective changes the meaning of Scripture, the translation team has to work harder to make sure the translation communicates the true message of spiritual freedom God intended.

Learn more about the translation process at http://www.wycliffe.org/transformation/

Scriptures for Them

Imagine facing each day without knowing God. Or, imagine not having a Bible to read in your language.

Every day hundreds of millions of people speaking more than 2,000 unique languages face life without the comfort of God’s Word — not even ONE verse of Scripture — in their language.

Source: The Seed Company, The Seed Company was launched by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1993 with a mandate to accelerate Bible translation. Read more about The Seed Company here.

Those Who Needs Bible Translation

The worldwide status of Bible translation (2011):

6,800+

…the number of languages spoken in the world today

2,000+

…the number of languages without any of the Bible, but with a possible need of a Bible translation to begin

about 350 million

…the number of people who speak the 2,000+ languages where translation projects have not yet begun

nearly 1,500

…the number of translation programs where Wycliffe is currently at work

1,223

…the number of language groups that have access to the New Testament in their heart language

471

…the number of language groups that have access to the entire Bible in the language they understand best

about 7 billion

…the population of the world

Although Bible translation is progressing at a more rapid rate today than ever before, an overwhelming amount of work has yet to be done.

How can you get involved with the “not yet done works”?  You can visit:

We are now in the process of getting ready to go and serve the LORD in Indonesia with one of Wycliffe partnership organization. This is a big leap of our faith and we cannot do it alone. We need a team to work together and to bring the Gospel in the language that they understand best in their heart and mind, to provide what they need in spiritual, education and language development. You can visit Partnership.TheGulletts.info to know more how you can be part of our partnership to serve the Lord in Indonesia. Thank you for considering to partnership with us! God bless you!

How can you be part of bringing the Good News to the people who are waiting in the language that they can understand best in their heart?

Prayer For Salvation During Month of Ramadan

Ramadan is the month when all the Muslim will fast – from dawn until sunset – from eating & drinking, sexual relations, forged speed and evil actions, increased recitation of the Quran. Their hope to receive spiritual reward from Allah and be multiplied. During the month of Ramadan, the Muslims fast for the sake of demonstrating submission to God and to offer more prayer than usual (from Wikipedia). More about Ramadan you also can find at 30-Days Prayer Network.

This year, the month of Ramadan starts on July 20th through August 18th, it is the Month of Ramadan for the Muslim people in the world. We, as believers, also can get involved during this month by praying for the Muslims in the world, praying for their salvation, praying that they will see the True God, praying that they will be received the revelation of God about Isa-Almasih, the Son of God.

The 30-days Prayer Network encourages and provides the guide how to pray for the Muslim countries during this month of Ramadan. You can join their Facebook Page and Twitter to get updates during the 30-days prayer. At their website, they provide lots of reading materials related to Muslims and how to minister to them. It is also available for Kids and Family, in PDF format or booklet.

Another website where you can learn more about Muslims and how to minister to them is Isa and Islam.  This Website is in English and Indonesian, their desire is:

….. to help other people of faith discover and understand Isa Al-Masih (Jesus the Messiah) from the perspective of both the Quran and the Bible.

Furthermore, we are members of the community of the faithful ones who diligently study the Bible and Islamic writings. For many years we have had meaningful dialogues with Muslims and Christians. We are grateful and humbled by the wisdom that God has given us to understand and speak about these two great world religions.

Indonesia is a country with

  • about 80% of over 230 million people are Muslims, the most Muslim population in the world (from Operation World)
  • 784 people groups (from Joshua Projects).
  • about 722 language groups (from Ethnologue).

Those are some facts about the country where I was born and raised. God has put Indonesia in my heart and show me how much He loves the people of Indonesia since 2004. Since that day, I cry and pray to God for all He will send more and more His workers for the harvest is ready there.

Would you pray with me for the Muslims in the World and Indonesia? Would you pray and ask God what He wants you to do to reach out these people?