Everyone, Would you pray: – that everyone would get over whatever is giving the kids fevers – Benjamin will be able to manage all his hats, he has picked up several projects recently … and it feels a little overwhelming right now. Thank you for praying for our shipment. It arrived the next day, and… Continue reading Wrights’ prayers for 02/07/2023

Everyone, Would you pray: – Benjamin will be able to manage all his hats, he has picked up several projects recently – our shipment of what we had stored in North Carolina would arrive safely. It was supposed to arrive before the Texas ice storm but was delayed and we don’t know when it’ll arrive.… Continue reading Wrights’ prayers for 02/02/2023

Everyone, Would you pray: – Meetings this week in Orlando with unfoldingWord will be profitable for Benjamin and the rest of the team. – Things would go well at home for Shanna and the kids. This short prayer list is a separate list from the one with our longer updates. Let us know what you… Continue reading Wrights’ prayers for 01/24/2023

Of the Increase of His Government in Nigeria In the last newsletter I mentioned on-going tensions in Nigeria with the Fulani people group as an item of prayer. The Fulani herdsmen regularly break into people’s fields to graze their animals and if they are confronted or reported will attack and even kill the owners in retribution.… Continue reading Prince of Peace

A one-hour zoom celebration<!– For the last couple of years, a significant part of Benjamin’s Wycliffe assignment has been working in partnership with another organization called unfoldingWord. You’ve all read various mentions of the work with them in various newsletters (like I wrote translation notes for Exodus for them). Tomorrow (Nov 29), that organization turns… Continue reading Hear About unfoldingWord Tomorrow (Nov 29)

An update on the Nigeria checking session<!– Translation in Nigeria In Genesis 1 and 6-9 there’s a category of animals, variously translated into English as “creeping things,” “crawling things,” “creatures that move along the ground,” “small animals that scurry along the ground,” and etc. As we discussed how to translate this term we came across… Continue reading What is a creeping thing?

Everyone, Would you pray: That we’d make our connections. We’re about an hour late out of Nigeria, should have plenty of time but still. Mostly, PRAISE: – the read through, recording, app building, and installing went well. The translators were extremely happy to take home the scriptures they’d been working on and we heard Pancin… Continue reading Wrights’ prayers for 10/31/2022