Highly Favoured has been released in paperback and Kindle

Just released!

Stuart's book is available on Amazon here!

Born from translating the Bible into Lomwe, this book tells the story of God's promises to His people and stories of people we have known as we serve in Mozambique. All profits go to SIM, not us.

Pray for us in the next steps in the Study Bible in Lomwe and coaching Bible translators for languages still waiting for the Bible!

Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique
Gifts can be sent to SIM USA Box 7900, Charlotte, NC 28241 or here
Read more here

Fruit: Graduates Celebrating in Bible Schools in Mozambique

So exciting to share with you the pictures of a great celebration
with the PROFORTE-related Bible school in Nampula.

Stuart got to present diplomas to the new graduates and challenge them to continue to follow the Word of God in rich communion with the Lord.

Thank you for your prayers for this ministry!

Pray us on as we work towards a retreat for the Bible school teachers.

In Jesus,

Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique
stuart.foster@sim.org

Gifts can be sent here or by mail to SIM Box 7900 Charlotte NC 28241 for Account #070047

Celebrating the first five books of the Bible in Chuwabo

Celebrating in Chuwabo

Thank you for your prayers for this historic day for the Chuwabo people. They have finally gotten 5 books of the Bible -- and are waiting hopefully for the rest of God's Word in their heart language.

Keep praying for us and for gifts toward this Bible translation ministry.

In Jesus,

Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique
stuart.foster@sim.org

Gifts can be sent to SIM at: SIM Box 7900 Charlotte NC 28241
Account #070047  or sent online here

Cyclone hits central Mozambique

Flood relief in Mozambique

SIM Mozambique is organizing truckloads of food for central Mozambique, to the south of us,  which was pounded by Cyclone Idai on March 14th.

Pray for relief efforts to get through (the only road connecting the city of Beira to the rest of the country has just been patched) and for the flood water to go down.

Pray for access to clean water and that people would not get the diseases that breed in filthy water.

Ask for help in rebuilding their lives and for initial stages of a trauma healing ministry.

Read more here.

Grateful for your prayers,

Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique

Giving to our SIM account here

or give by mail: SIM Box 7900 Charlotte NC 28241 

to Account #070047 Sindia and Stuart Foster

Working to encourage Bible translation teams

Coming alongside Bible translation teams and considering how to improve the Bible translations each is working on produces a lot of puzzles.

For the Nyaneka people of Angola, there are many demons and many names for them.
In Greek, there is one word.

So what to do?

First up, ask questions and learn more:

It turns out there are generally two groups of spirits that people fear in their daily lives.

One is more likely to make people suffer illness (ondele)  and the other more likely to kill them (ocilulu).

But it seemed like, if one of those words was chosen (ondele=demon, for instance), then people might think Jesus had no authority over the other kinds.

So the suggestion was to vary the names of demons, as Jesus dealt with them, from one story to the next, to make clear that Jesus is Lord over all the evils we can fear.

Keep praying for knowing how to help Bible translators with the huge job of giving people God's Word in the heart language . It is a wonderful privilege and joy!

Thank you for your gifts and prayers backing us in this huge task!

Gifts can be sent to SIM USA by mail or online for our account (#070047):

Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique

SIM USA Box 7900 Charlotte NC 28241

Sharing skills in a Second Workshop: Praying for the Study Bible in Lomwe

Pray that schedules and funding will come together for the second workshop of the Study Bible in Lomwe. Most of our team is in the north of Mozambique in Lomwe-speaking areas, but two technical advisors are in the capital (in the south) and a Study Bible expert is in a neighboring country.

So we hope to gather early in 2019 to compare notes on how far we have come and take it to a new level in technical skills and using complex (and very helpful) software.

Thank you for your investment and encouragement, in gifts and in prayers.

We are grateful!

Stuart and Sindia Foster
stuart.foster@sim.org
Gifts can be given through SIM here and by mail: SIM Box 7900 Charlotte NC to account 070047 Stuart and Sindia Foster ministry.