Kannada New Testament Proofreading Stage 1

On the 15th of July 2024, the first stage of the Kannada New Testament Proofreading began. A few days before this date, a few of us serving ones arrived at the venue in Begaluru for the preparatory work. Prior to all these, I had been praying daily in my personal prayer life. I did not know how things would go by. I had no idea how we were going to make it through. Therefore, the best I could do was, pray, and pray and pray.

When we had the preparatory fellowship, new things that needed to be done were done immediately. Many unforeseen things cropped up. But in no time, they were all resolved one by one. The venue management cooperated in all that we requested for. Thank the Lord for this coordination! As we were about to begin, a prayer request was sent to the churches.

Prayer Burdens: Kannada New Testament Recovery Version Proofreading Project
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And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands upon us; Indeed the work of our hands, establish it. (Psalms 90:17, RecVer)
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Date: 15 July to 20th Aug 2024
Venue: Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Pray for the Lord to preserve the tripartite being of all the serving ones throughout the entire project. 

Pray for the Lord to bless the proofreading so that anything that needs to be corrected be corrected.

Pray for the Lord to cover and head up all the practical matters; health, travels, food, lodging, venue facilities, weather, and our coordination.

Pray that the Kannada New Testament Recovery Version be printed and distributed on time among all Kannada-speaking Christians and seeking ones and fill this land (Karnataka) with the knowledge of Jehovah.
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To manage the schedule of all the volunteers, we created a WhatsApp group and communicated all information through this medium. The initial and final announcements at the beginning and end of the stage were noteworthy.

Announcement

Date: 15 July Monday

Please be at the dinning hall by 8 AM for breakfast.

Breakfast Time: 8:00-9:00 AM
Proofreading
Time: 9:00 AM

Please be at the Sushil Kumar Rudra Seminar Hall at the basement, entrance is opposite to the reception counter.

Please be on time.

Or service, let us be faithful in that service; (Romans 12:7a, RecVer)

Much grace

Since I needed to take care of many practical matters, I fully and simply trusted the Lord and fellowshipped with my fellow brothers and sisters. As the saints arrived one by one, the Lord enabled us to manage everything without any complication. Though some saints fell sick during the first few days, it was my responsibility to give them timely medical care. A sister fell sick and we took her to a nearby clinic where she was given a two-hour drip. Some other sick saints were given timely medicines. In discharging my responsibilities, the Lord gave me timely help in finding the right clinic and pharmacy to meet all the medical needs on time. Though we had a little rough start, things went on and the project was not disturbed at all.

Since we were short of manpower, we decided to work overtime by extending a session after dinner. Therefore, we worked from morning 9:00 AM till 9:30 PM with tea and lunch breaks in between. The first stage of two weeks went well with this schedule.

Finally, at the end of the first two weeks, the assigned tasks were all completed and the first stage was completed successfully!

Important Announcements

Saints, whoever is leaving tomorrow Saturday, please inform whether you will leave after breakfast or lunch.

For coming Lord’s Day, we may all go to attend the church in Bengaluru meetings, therfore, no lunch will be served in the venue.

If anyone is leaving on Lord’s Day, you may check out after breakfast itself.

Please make sure to check out with date and time from the reception when you check out.

Please get your travel reimbursement from Sis -----, if not yet.

Plead also text your postal address with pin code and phone number for us to send your Kannada New Testament Recovery Version when it is printed.

Thank you, saints, for your coordination and labor!

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Dear Saints,

Praise the Lord! We have come to an end of the first stage of the proofreading. 

Therefore, we will not come together after breakfast as usual tomorrow morning. To those who are leaving, please make sure to fellowship with one another before you leave and remember to pray for those who are continuing for the second week of proofreading. 

Thank you again for all your coordination and labor!
Much grace to us all.

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Thank the Lord, the two weeks of the first stage of the Kannada New Testament Recovery Version were completely on time.