Special Reports

Update on My Best Friend, Jesus tract
29 March 2006

In an update to the report posted in March 2004, translation is underway in several languages of the "My Best Friend, Jesus" children's discipleship booklet. (Go to New Children's tract for the original report.)

The Asia-Pacific eWaveLink Newsletter recently reported the following: "Children in Thailand and Papua New Guinea are learning about Jesus through a beautiful colored booklet "My Best Friend, Jesus". It contains colorful pictures taken from the Story of JESUS for Children. Nazarene translators in Bangkok and Northern Thailand translated the little booklet into the Thai and Lahu languages. In Papua New Guinea it was translated into Tok pisin. Children in USA and Canada gave generously to provide the funds in order to publish the booklets."

A list recently provided by the World Mission Literature office reports that the booklet is currently in the translation process for the following list of languages:

Africa
English
Portuguese
French
Swahili
Chichewa
Bemba
Shona
Ndebele
Malagasy
Kinyarwanda
Amharic
Sotho
Siswati

Asia-Pacific
Tok Pisin
Lisu
Lahu
Fijian
Bahasa Indonesian

Eurasia
Hungarian
Russian
Polish
Ukrainian
Romanian
Kosavar
Bulgarian
Uzbek
Macedonian

Mexico-Central & South America
Spanish