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Manna News for October 2007
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS - This month a letter of invitation to join the Manna Publications Board of Directors will go out to prospects. We have prayed much about this and ask you to pray with us.
NIGERIA - Rev. Timothy Osinlu, Manna Representative in southern Nigeria hand delivered 500 copies of the Read-and-Color book THE POWERFUL LANTERN in Igala language to an orphanage four hours from his place. Print cost
was underwritten by friends in NC and a daughter took crayons.
READ-AND-COLOR book for Christmas. A lady of 80 years, in the town of Bridgewater (a few miles south of Harrisonburg) and a talented young graphic artist have together produced our Christmas story, WISE MEN SEEK JESUS. The English edition only is available as a pdf file suitable for printing. (Please use our contact page to send a message we can forward to Matt). We hope to have hard copies available later.
UGANDA - We met Pastor Sam Eibu when he was studying in Harrisonburg at the Eastern Mennonite University this past summer. We were able to send him home with THE POWERFUL LANTEN which he promised to translate, and $100 (which came in a letter from Singapore) to help him with print costs. He took 20 packets of crayons donated by a lady in our Sunday School class.
Pastor Sam reports that the children loved the books and that he will translate other Manna books into Kuman, a language spoken in the north of Uganda. Severe flooding in Uganda has caused great devastation and suffering.
SUDAN - The need in Sudan is overwhelming. Pray for Jan King (UK) who has just returned to teach in southern Sudan. She took Manna Read-and-Color books to give to the wives of her students!
REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Manna Bible study commentaries in French are at the printers. Pray for Jean Ngblat as he begins the work of Manna Representative in that large country (northern section).
MALAWI - In Kettering (UK) David Page's church supports the work of Torch House Trust for the Blind. The church has agreed to underwrite the cost of publishing the Manna commentary on MARK in Giant Print and in Braille for Malawi, East Africa. Many people in Malawi suffer from River Blindness caused by a parasite in the water.
WEST BENGAL - "We have adopted the early Church pattern in our ministry. In every locality of east India five to six families come on the first day week in one of the homes to break bread and worship. We have 17 houses churches in W. Bengal. Last month 300 people accepted Jesus by our Radio Program and out of them 56 were baptized. We have started our Bible School with 8 active students. There is a huge need for vernacular literature. We are praying and working to print more literature in Bengali language." Pastor Emmanuel Singh.
MANIPUR (India) - We had the great pleasure of meeting in person with Rev. Stephen C. from Churachandpur, Manipur, India with his wife and baby son. He visited us with his US host. The Rev. Stephen spoke at the New Wilmington Missions Conference, where neighbors met him and offered him accommodation if he was to visit us. He lives on the Manipur-Burma border and ministers to people on both sides. The Lord has given us a burden for these remote parts of the world where very little Christian literature is available. We sent Rev. Stephen home with books to be translated and some seed money to pay translators. Thank you for your part in this.
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!
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