The Bean Family
Mark & Patti October 2022 Prayer Requests
Praise: In September Mark completed the consultant check of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1, 2 & 3 John, and Jude for the Sihuas Quechua team. He also checked Hosea, Micah and Joel for the Panao Quechua team. Then, via the internet he "sat in with" the Panao team for 7 days while they read those books with people who weren't involved in the translation, in order to see how well they understood them. That gave rise to more observations and improvements to the translation. Additionally, he's been tweaking computer programs to automate preparing an easy-to-follow report of spelling mistakes that he can present to the translation teams.
Pray: There's a lot of back and forth that goes on between a team and the consultant. Mark, as consultant, makes observations and suggestions. The team looks at each one and responds. Mark checks their response. Sometimes he can just say, "Great!" and move on to the next note. Other times, he needs to clarify the issue or make another suggestion. Pray for attention to detail and clarity.
Praise that not only did I (Patti) have seats going to Germany and back in August but they were in first class, no less! Unfortunately, our son Ernie’s hernia surgery has been postponed twice at the military hospital. (One of those times was just hours before surgery when I was already there to help.) The surgery date was moved to September 19th. By the time you read this, hopefully everything has been taken care of. We thank God in advance for good medical care, logistics for all the comings and goings and special times with our grandchildren Ender, Remy and Lucy, as well as with Ernie and Sarah.