Kannada New Testament Proofreading Stage 3

On the 12th of August 2024, the third and final stage of the Kannada New Testament Proofreading began. Four weeks before, the first and second stages started and were completed on time. As my experience was for the first two stages, my experience of the Lord was the same in the final stage too. I had been praying daily in my personal prayer life for this particular task at hand. I did not know how things would go by. I had no idea how we were going to make it through again, not basing my confidence on what was accomplished in the previous stages. Therefore, the best I could do was, pray, pray and pray.

In the final stage, the task was completed within two days. So, we even released the volunteers earlier than expected. But my task became the busiest of all. I had to settle all the invoices for food and lodging with the venue management, clear off the copiers and stationery items, discard all the printed papers, and complete every pending work before we could wind up the proofreading project. The Lord graced me to experience him much, especially in all the human dealing involving money and manpower handling. Day by day, the Lord graced me to carry out all my responsibilities. It was a wonderful experience of Christ in his humanity and also the wonderful Spirit of reality who taught me and led me step by step. In fact, at the end of the project, I was so worn out physically that my body suffered a little bit and I felt sick for one whole night. But a rest the following day recovered back my body to normality. The words of Hudson Taylor confirmed my experience: There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. 

Finally, the Kannada proofreading of the New Testament came to completion! Halleluiah! Praise the Lord! May the Lord bless the printing and distribution of this Kannada New Testament and recover many of His children for the testimony of Jesus all over Karnataka!