This just in...

Earlier this month, we left Passion 07 with a challenge to raise enough money to cover the translation of 100 verses of the New Testament into the language of the Dela people, a group of people on the island of Rote in Indonesia.

Our assignment was to raise $2000 to translate James 2:26 - 1 Peter 2:19, and at the time, we didn't know that the leadership of our church was planning to teach through the book of James this month. Yesterday, our Young Adult Minister taught in the book of James and presented to our church the opportunity to join in the work of translating these 100 verses for the Dela people. A special offering was received, and a total of

$3,750

was collected! That's almost enough to sponsor 200 verses!!

For some of you who went to Passion with us but have yet not had the chance to contribute to the translation, there is still time... maybe you can help us raise the remaining $250 so that we can double our initial commitment and fully support the translation of 200 verses. Brian and I will have the online account information later this week. If you are interested, e-mail me at myfrontporchblog@gmail.com, and I will send you the details.

To learn more about OneVerse and the Dela People, visit their website at http://www.oneverse.org/.