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Letter from Tongaren Ecclesia | Kenya
| Bro Isaac Kapa (Tongaren, Kenya)
M
any thanks for the parcel of books you
sent to me. The books are supplied to
Ecclesial local Elders; this will build up the
faith of our Brothers and Sisters in the
Ecclesia’s area boundary.
We always pray God to give you the ability to
complete translating a full Bible in Swahili. In
Kenya there are many translators of Swahili
Bibles that have many definitions.These trans-
lators are confusing Bible readers, for example
they have defined in a certain translation that
there is life somewhere after the death of a
person, and they quote the following verses:
Psalm 6:6, 115:17; Isaiah 38:18; Ezekiel 32:17-
32. Such translation may confuse readers,
especially C.B.M. members. We pray that God
may open doors of our C.B.M. team to trans-
late a full Bible in Swahili so that the transla-
tion may be supplied to every member of
C.B.M. in the Swahili world, or else we shall
be confused.
I have been on a three-week refresher course
of maintenance and repairs of sewing
machines, which was sponsored by the
Catholics from Holland, for I am their
instructor in garment construction in their
sponsored vocational training centre.
I have requested the C.B.M. UK to sponsor a
tailoring school which would be operated in
the Ecclesia, so that I may withdraw from the
Catholics’premises. I want this tailoring school
to become an ecclesial investment project so
that it may benefit the Ecclesia’s members in
the area and the surrounding community. This
is the only way that can avoid me from
working with the Catholics.
The Agape students from Tongaren are doing
their exams of form four this year, and as soon
as they return home the ecclesia will be busy
for youth projects, such as Bible Studies and
Bible Schools: some are baptised and some are
studying. Will you please send us the booklets
for Bible revision. Also they need their own
Bibles. Their names are as follows: Herbert
Wanyama, Stellar Barosa, Nicholus Simiyu,
Dora Nana, Nelson Wandela, Faith Kisaka,
Silvia Kadrieray, Shilar Mwanisa, Esther
Kunusia and Esther Kadenge. We shall be
grateful if you will send English Bibles to these
candidates.