Before church started today. Rich & I walked behind the church to see who had gathered. There we found 3 members (two Mmas and a Rra). We went to them and greeted. The Rra then explained to the ladies who we were, were we were from and what we were doing here in Kang. Then the first statement came from the ladies "that is quite an undertaking". Then the first Q. "Can you write down our language?" A. Yes. There is already some things written in your language. Rich then walked over to his office a very short distance away and retrieved a book of hymns and a small dictionary (shakgalagari - setswana - english). Apon arriving back to us he asked the ladies (in setswana) if they could read setswana. One of the ladies indicated that she could. Rich said to her " then you can read this. This is writen in Shakgalagari." She took the Hymnbook and began to read it out loud in a soft voice. Her smile was amazing. It brought tears to my eyes. This was the first time she had ever read anything in her language. What a blessing. You see...for so long the people out here have heard that their language could not be written down or understood by others. Now that lie is being transformed and the light that this language can be written down, read and understood by others. Wow. These moments are just a taste of what is to come through the process of translating the Bible.  Thanks for your prayers and support,

Maya (for Rich and the kiddos)