Alemu, Tamene and Tessema, sitting near Barry in the above photo, are being trained to become consultants for our 23 current projects in Ethiopia.

Barry spent 2 weeks together with them in March checking the Gospel of Luke in two languages,the  Gayil and Bayso. Barry has been mentoring them previously as well and this time he spent the first few days in charge of the checking and then the next several days observing and assisting them in honing their own checking skills. Soon all three will be working independently as qualified local consultants.

This will speed up the work as Barry needs an English back-translation in order to check the translations, and also needs his comments translated into Ahmaric as the translators are not proficient in English. These national consultants, however, can work directly with the teams in Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia.

Enjoying a well-earned tea break with Kolo (roasted Barley)