Potential Translators in Kurdistan
Trip to Beirut, Lebanon and Kurdistan, Iraq Jan. 14, 2010
Dear Prayer Partners,
At present I am sitting in my hotel room in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq reflecting on the the activities of this trip. There is a pastor from Bagdad, a Christian Radio Station missionary, a Middle East Church planter, a Director of a Mission Board and myself all working together trying to make an impact in this area. The doors of opportunity are before us, but the question is do we possess the will and courage to exercise the faith needed to accomplish the task?
We spent many hours interviewing the prospective translators. Hearing their stories of suffering, imprisonment and burden of why they must have a translation of the Bible in the Sorani Kurdish language compels us to press forward. When the main translator Abdullah (name meaning servant of God) told us that his wife reads no Arabic or English and has no Bible to read, my heart was so sadden. How many more like this that does not have the message from God.
Erbil is a city of over one million and because of this reasonably peaceful area the city is growing. The population that speaks this language here in Iraq is somewhere between four to five millions with over forty five million Kurdish people around the world. They are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East that does not have a home land, and may I add to that statement that do not have a Bible.
This is the area where life for mankind started and yet without the Word of God they will never know the meaning of life. What can and will set these people free, we know the answer, it is the TRUTH, the Word of God. It can and will change their lives for eternity.
Tonight we fly back to Beirut, Lebanon, which is another story and I will write about that later. Please pray for the work here in Kurdistan that Churches will be grounded and established and that more Christian Radio Stations will open and for the college that will start soon and for the translation of His Holy Word.
God bless you and thank you for standing with us.
Until All May Hear,
Dr. Stephen R. Zeinner
stevezeinner@me.com
Bearing Precious Seed Global
