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Cameron Townsend: Good News in Every Language (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

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The man responsible for bringing God's word tp the World's diverse languages was a missionary to Mexico. This true story of Cameron Townsend is well-writen by Janet and Geoff Benge. Cameron goes through to tough times but with God's help he gets through them. In one incident he is giving out Bible tracks. A Cakchiquel man became indignant when Cameron offered him a track in Spanish. "Do you have any in Cakchiquel?" he asked.
"There are none, I'm sorry," replied Cameron.
"Well," retorted the man, "if your God is so great, why can't he speak my language?"
So in that one moment, Cameron Towmnsend understood that God called him to translate the Bible into the language into the language of his Guatemalan friends. Does He get caught for translating the Bible? Read it and find out!

I read this one to my kids. It was informative for me but clear enough for my young children to appreciate the hard and amazing work of this key producer for Christ. Townsend's impact on Christian missions and even on language translations generally cannot be appreciated without reading more about; try this title.

Like another reviewer, I read this to my kids. I thought I'd mention this is one of several missionary stories by these authors that I have read to my kids, and I would recommend almost anything they wrote. I knew pretty much nothing about Cameron Townsend when we began, but I was familiar with Wycliffe Bible Translators. It was an exciting book for my kids, while I learned a lot, too. I was impressed by what a visionary and ahead-of-his-time man Cameron Townsend was. Many of his ideas have been adopted by a number of other mission organizations. It was an inspiring read.

As I said, I would not only recommend this book, but I'd be more likely to choose any book written by the Benges. They make long dead people into real, inspirational people.