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200 years

This week has been an incredible week. The Faroese people are wonderful. I made many trips to Alaska and this week reminds me of those visits. Part of the reason may be due to the weather but more so very real sense of commitment, community and loyalty. The Faroe Islands are located in the North Atlantic and even though the map makes is seem like they would suffer from the cold - it never snows here. There are 50,000 who live here and their first language is the Faroe language. They start to learn Danish in elementary school and most learn English as well. One of the translators I am working with this week said that he can speak about seven languages.

An incredible reality is that church here has been involved in Bible translation for 200 years. The Gospel of Matthew was published in 1823 and other translation work followed. The Bible project they are now working on they hope will be finished by 2023, in time to dedicate and launch during their 200th anniversary celebration. They are planning ahead. 

The views here are fantastic. Each day we worked in different places and so I enjoyed different view of the mountains and ocean each day. I wish I could better share the beauty (of both land and people) but here are a few pictures. Thank you for your prayers for me, for the Faroese and for churches hungering for God's Word.

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