Ex 36:6 tells us that “the people were restrained from bringing more, because they now had more than enough to do the work”. During the last week of August, we launched the “Sinai for Sena” project and an appeal was made to help TWFTW provide 10,000 Bibles for the Sena people of Malawi. Many people have responded to the call and have been very generous in the process. On the 1 Dec 2025 we closed the GoFundMe page and were able to say, with thankfulness, “we’ve now got more than enough to do the work”!! 

Scenic Sinai Photo Gallery - plus a video taken on the summit.

The latest innovation sweeping the planet is of course AI (artificial intelligence) – but is that something Bible translators should be using? Afterall, we’ve all heard of the potential risks that the AI monster brings to the table! Job displacement, bias, data breaches, manipulation, misinformation, lack of transparency and accountability; the list goes on! Maybe we should leave it to one side…… or should we?

Nearly everyone on the planet has heard about the influence of people like Mother Teresa and Billy Graham – but let me tell you about one of the most influential British Bible translators in church history, who has gone almost unnoticed. Outside of the Bible translation world, few people will have heard of her, but within, she was considered to be a legend!……………………………..

The Turning Tide! At the recent leadership conference in South Africa one of the speakers told us that, due to our continued growth, we should get prepared for a tsunami of Bible dedications and launches! In the June edition of this newsletter I reported on the Lambya full Bible launch in northern Malawi, and for this edition I’m focussing on the launch of three New Testaments in SE Asia. Next month, three more NT’s are being dedicated in Tanzania; Uganda have recently completed the drafting of 10 NT’s, and the three Roma NT's in Serbia/Croatia are also nearly there!………………………..

M&M’s - not the sweets! Last month I travelled to Hermanus in South Africa for five days of Management Meetings. Travel plans and connections all went very smoothly; no delays or setbacks, so to those who prayed for this trip, thank you. Many of the sessions included personnel from one of our funding partners, the Seed Company, who are now in their fourth year of partnering with us…………………..

Article written for TWFTW event April 2025 - produced here with permission

It was my privilege, back in mid-April, to attend the launch of the Lambyan full Bible in the far north of Malawi – and what an event it was! Despite the fact that the trip meant four days of road travel (much of it bumpy!), and the best part of two flying days covering 13,000 miles, it was well worth the effort!

As we look around our troubled world today, I am reminded of a song we often sing in church: “Great is the darkness that covers the earth, oppression, injustice and pain. Nations are slipping in hopeless despair….watching while sanity dies, touched by the madness and lies”.

I recently received an email from a team leader in a country which we’ll call MM, where TWFTW is heading up 8 translation projects.