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Manna News for August 2007
We now have a valuable web link Manna.generosity.alive.org, thanks to
the work of Ruth Friesen, Saskatoon, Sask. Canada.
FRENCH EDITIONS for Congo - David Page wrote, "I Have received confirmation that the Manna contact in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, would like to print French books NOW rather than wait until the February conference in Brazzaville. He is very excited. The books will be used at the new Bible School which opened last year, as well as by the churches in the area. I get the distinct impression that this offer of printing commentaries is entirely new in the Republic of Congo. I think this may be so for many French-speaking countries. Fred Morris' vision to provide commentaries in easy French is a real God-send to them. Please help your supporters to understand the importance of this. We in the West have some many Bible helps but Fred's books will meet a need that others have not met."
GHANA - Enoch Mani, Manna Distributor in Ghana, printed and successfully delivered 500 each of four books - two titles in French and two in Housa. The books were printed in Ghana to avoid high costs of printing in these adjacent countries. Enoch accompanied the shrink-wrapped boxes to Burkina Faso and Niger, saw them through customs and hand delivered them over to our Distributors in those countries. He was able to spend time with them and get to know some of their problems and opportunities as Manna Distributors.
READ-and-COLOR BOOKS for CHILDREN - We have launched into a series of small Read-and-Color books for children. The books are designed to teach literacy-reading/hand skills/Bible all at the same time. We already have several languages translated and some books ready for printing. We are looking for churches that will send teams overseas to sponsor printing and carry crayons to the orphanages or schools that wish to field test the books. In foreign countries crayons are expensive and sometimes not available.
Jim Norman in UK is doing a great job setting the type for these books and making up samples and Susan Lawrence, a retired Reading Specialist who lives in Harrisonburg, has agreed to help with the project. Lorna is anxious to produce some Bible stories in this format, but needs artists who can draw simple line drawings that children can color, so please let her know if you or anyone else you know might be
interested.
These little books will provide something for children who have no books. And they will help to introduce Manna Bible study commentaries in places where we are not known.
MANNA (USA) - George Wynn wants to contact churches which have a missionary outreach to introduce Manna Publications. If your church or Missions' Committee is open to hearing more of what Manna is doing, please let him know.
ETHIOPIA - We have a new contact in Ethiopia.
MALI - Mali is a large country of 14 million people, lying to the west of Niger and Burkina Faso, Our new Distributor in Mali has just printed his first book - GENESIS 1 in French. This is what he says, "We have a sample of the Genesis 1-11 Bible commentary with us. It's good. The cover is in green. We will be able to take delivery of the 1000 copies before the end of the week. There are many opportunities: Youth Camps, Conferences and Congress, and many events at which to promote the Bible Commentary." (Tiowa)
ZAMBI A - Leonard Chibende writes, "We have continued to experience so much, the favor of the Lord upon this Ministry. We have continued to receive books orders and inquiries from different towns, asking and ordering books from us each week. We are looking to the Lord to lead us continuously for greater things. The sales of books continues to be good. Jim Norman has finished working on this wonderful book for the children, THE POWERFUL LANTERN.
I continue to shed tears of joy and carry a burden for Manna Literature in Zambia. Now we can see the reality of the words of Jesus, "let the little children come to me,." We can see Manna Zambia reaching out to many Orphans and children through this work. One customer said, 'Because of you and the Manna books that you have printed, I have fallen in love with the Lord Jesus all over again and with the word of God'."
Thank you again for your prayers and material support. You can now send checks payable to
"Manna Publications (USA) Inc."
13692 Winding Lane,
Broadway, VA 22815.
You will receive a tax-deductible receipt for your contribution.
Every $ invested moves a Manna Representative closer to being a self-supporting publisher!
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