These men are enjoying the first look at a New Testament in their own language after the NT dedication that day. This picture was taken in 1989 in Chad, Africa. Both men had wondered if they would ever get an opportunity in their lifetime to read God’s Word in their own language. The names of the two men in our trademark picture: Jude Mulgulabaye and Jeremie Tompte (lighter skinned man on the right, a pastor for many years). Mulgulabaye (the one on the left with very dark skin) stood firm for the Lord through all the persecution in Chad in the 1970s. He went to jail with a group of pastors, but was released from jail one day. The next day the other pastors were killed. He felt such remorse because he did not die with them. He turned himself back in to the authorities who told him to “go home old man.” This photo records a special moment with the two old men and their first reading of the Sara Kaba Naa New Testament. (Worked on by translation consultant Ada Temple.)
