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MANNA NEWS (USA) February-March 2008
Fred & Lorna Morris, 1130 Highlands Place, Apt 205, Harrisonburg, VA
22801 (540-568-8629)
Thank you for your prayers and support. To receive a tax receipt please make ALL checks payable to Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church, marked for Manna Publications and send to
Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church
Box 277,
North Myrtle Beach SC 29597
Every $ invested moves a Manna Representative closer to being a self-supporting publisher!
BOARD of DIRECTORS - Nine Manna supporters responded to our letter of invitation to form a Board. They will have their first meeting here at Sunnyside April 8, 2008. We are praying that the IRS will soon respond to our application for 501 (C) (3) tax-exempt status.
WISE MEN SEEK JESUS a Christmas Read-and-Color book went to about 30 countries in November. Peter Skinner (Manna UK) took a translation of it to Ethiopia and they loved it. He made many new contacts there and we trust at least one will become a Manna Distributor. Some pictures of children coloring their books came back to us. Charia, a programmer at TWR radio in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, printed 1300 copies. She used the opportunity to share food and books with 450 children and adults on the city dump. Pictures she sent back told the story better than any words can tell it.
THE CHILAKA BROTHERS IN SOUTH INDIA - Six brothers, all pastor-evangelists in Andhra Pradesh State, are enthusiastic about Manna Bible commentaries. Years ago Rev Chanti Raju translated several Manna books into the Telugu language. I was able to send them copies o f these and they had the books reprinted from the Telugu copy. They want to translate and print ALL the New Testament commentaries.
They also translated WISE MEN SEEK JESUS and sent us beautiful pictures of children coloring the books - in churches, in schools, with street children, etc. Solomon and Isaac Chilaka have taken charge. When their father died March 4, 2007 he told them, "Preach the gospel and don’t stop helping the poor and the orphans."
All the brothers have shared in selling Manna books. Near the end of January 2008 they collected 6,000 books from their printer and, with the month of February, sold all but 100, collecting all the money that was owed to them. They have ordered 2,000 each of two more titles and paid down the first 50% from the funds they had in hand.
NEPAL - After receiving a stent and lying on his back for a month by the doctor's order, Loknath saw the first printing of THE BOOK OF THE PROPHETS which he completed proof reading while he was here last January-March. He is working at getting the books distributed to Nepalese congregations scattered in many parts of the world.
MANNA FOR CHILDREN - The Lord brought us an artist who has drawn pictures for THE STORY OF JESUS. People are waiting for more Read-and-Color books. They will translate them and share them with children in orphanages, hospitals and refugee camps. This book will be useful year round.
KENYA - Not long ago we heard of the Camp Dadaab in NE Kenya where 170,000 Somali refugees live under the protection of CARE. We figure that some 100,000 of these dear souls must be children and we long to get the coloring books to them. The Lord has directed us to a group of Christian Somalis in Nairobi. They will translate the books for us. But we need permission to circulate them in the Camp which is Moslem. Please pray!
THE NENETS are reindeer herders who live above the arctic circle. We have missionary contacts there and our church, First Presbyterian, Harrisonburg, hope to send a team out to minister to the Nenets this summer. We are trying to get a Read-and-Color book translated into the Nenets' language for the team to take with them. They would have to take crayons, too!
REPUBLIC of CONGO - David Page (Manna UK) was invited to speak at a Conference for French-speaking Pastors in North Africa. The Conference was held at Brazzaville, Republic of Congo February 18 - 25. This gave us a wonderful opportunity to tell about Manna books and show copies of the commentaries already translated into French.
3.2.2008
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