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Missionaries at Bibles International continue the work of getting Scriptures into the mother tongue of those who still wait to have that privilege. Following are excerpts from reports on two of BI’s projects. The Warao Bible  The Warao Indians use their New Testament as they witness.
“Oh, no! Something was wrong! After a trip to the computer repair shop, things still didn’t work right. And I was on the way to being distraught!! But then I was reminded that God already knew this was going to happen and that He was capable of providing a solution. Sure enough, He did—a “new” used hard drive (new hard drives for laptops just aren’t easily obtainable here) as well as an opportunity to invite the hard drive seller and family to church! Then with the Lord giving me the necessary strength to spend some late nights entering corrections, I was ready to print a copy. Oh, no!
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The Zarma Bible was printed and dedicated for use among people in West Africa in 1990. Zarma speakers are found predominately in Niger, where it is estimated that more than two million of them live. But the Zarma people spill over into the neighboring countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria as well.
Missionaries with Evangelical Baptist Mission (EBM) worked with national speakers to arrive at a translation that is both accurate and natural. Early work was begun by missionary Joe McCaba resulting in the first publication of the Zarma New Testament in 1955. In 1988 missionary Heath Bobbett contacted Bibles International, asking for help from BI’s consultants so that the Bible might be translated as accurately as possible. Dr. Henry Osborn and Dr. Bernard Northrup met with EBM missionaries, helping them as they worked through the process of translating accurately, while staying true to the original manuscripts.
 Gordon Katsion helped in reformatting the Zarma
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