This particular blog reminds us of the reason why we went to live in Africa for all of our working life. We went there in obedience to the Lord's command, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." (Matthew 28:19,20)
South Africa is a land of many languages, though those in the picture are mostly English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu or Tswana speaking in their own homes though some of them can converse in several of those major languages. Our daughter, Ruth, in the foreground of the picture, married a South African gentleman. Now, many years later, is in America to assist her daughter at the time when Nickie's first son is to be born. Nickie married an American. Our eldest daughter, Kathryn, a nurse, lived in South Africa where she managed a home for abandoned and aids children, has returned to America to be near three of her children. The two young boys in this picture are Larry and Duane Stanley.
We began by publishing Bible tracts and booklets in the five basic languages used in the mission's members but, gradually added more as translators came available. By the time of our retirement, we had 33 languages represented in our web site, but since our retirement from Africa, this number has continued to grow until there are nearly fifty languages at the present time. All thanks and praise to our Lord Jesus.
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