Jeff Adams

No, that is not a misspelling. Direcciones is the Spanish translation of Directions, the discipleship tool I wrote a couple of years ago. I am writing these words from a resort hotel about 30 minutes outside of Lima, Peru. Marco and I are here to videotape training to accompany Direcciones in the Spanish-speaking world.

Seeing how God is using this tool has been very encouraging and gratifying. If you are part of KCBT you are already familiar with Directions. Last year the book was released in its Spanish version and the results in both English and Spanish have been beyond what I could have imagined.

One of the difficulties in the Spanish-speaking world is supplying the books. To print them in the United Sates and ship them to other countries puts the price point beyond what most people could afford. So, we have had to adopt another strategy. Last month Direcciones rolled off the press in Argentina thanks to a partnership with our friends at CEC. Again, the partnership with CEC is about to bear fruit. Within the next couple of weeks Direcciones will be printed in Peru. Response from pastors and leaders wanting this tool has proved very exciting. More than just a book, Direcciones is a tool that is meant to accompany a life style of making disciples of Jesus Christ. That’s why we think it is very important to have a training tool to accompany the use of the book, and that is why we find ourselves here this week in Lima. If you would like to see my promo for Direcciones that I made for CEC, click here.

Things are happening on other fronts, too. A couple of ladies in our church are busy translating Directions into Mandarin Chinese. We are making contact to have Directions translated into Portuguese very soon. Portions of Directions are being translated by missionaries in Thailand for use with IDPs (Internally Displaced People) in several places in Southeast Asia. Directions is being translated in Bengali and a few others languages. I just learned this past Sunday that a radio program covering North Africa and the Middle East has been using Directions as a guide for their programs this past year and that the Arabic version should be ready to be posted on their website in the not too distant future. Pretty cool, huh?

If you have a chance, pray for me tomorrow, Wednesday, as I do this training in Spanish. I have been fighting allergies, a sore throat and a pink eye this week and don’t feel quite up to par. I really don’t have time to be sick. This is the first leg of five countries on four continents in the next four weeks and I would really like to be in good health. Thank you!