TOTONAC BIBLE CENTER BLOG

  Brothers and Sisters from Las Lomas, Veracruz, MX work on translating the 23rd Psalm into their native Totonac language. A total of 3 Totonac dialects were represented in the second Taste of Translation workshop sponsored by UNTI (Unidos Nacional Traductores Indigenas) on July 5-6, 2024. Successfully, each of the three groups translated their version of the Highland Totonac scripture and produced an audio recording for later transmission on the radio programs. In September, 2024,  Felipe Ramos transmitted the recordings on his weekly radio program and requested feedback from listeners. The response was very positive. The listeners clearly understood the Psalm and were glad to learn that the Lord is their She pherd, they shall not want.  Hopefully, these members of our most advanced congregations will take UNTI up on their offer to help translate other portions of the Old Testament into their highland dialect. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

                                                                  My beloved friends and brothers in Christ, I am pleased to greet you all through this medium. I want to share with you the great work that God has done in our Totonac area. First of all, the radio programs that are broadcast on Saturday and Sunday continue to be a great blessing. As I have told you before, the Bread of Life program is  exclusively for those who already know the Lord. In this program we guide all those who serve in the churches, encouraging them to take seriously and with great devotion the service they perform and to do so in an orderly manner, thinking that it is for an Almighty God. They are also helped to develop the gifts that God has given them. This program has awakened pastors and others who serve in their churches. They have ask...

Thirty men and women from 3 different Totonac regions gather in Nanacatlan in January, 2024 for a “Taste of Translation” workshop. UNTI (Wycliffe Bible Translators affiliate organization) sponsored the 2 day training. The purpose of the meetings was to study the likelihood of success of translating the Old Testament into Totonac and to teach translation skills to those assembled. 2 members of team Nanacatlan display their village map that identifies where Totonac or the Spanish language is spoken. This exercise helps the Christian workers visualize how best to spread the Gospel in their village. Brothers from Nanacatlan learning new skills by translating Psalm 23 into their Highland Totonac language in a 2 day “Taste of Translation” seminar.   Josefa, wife of Pastor Jose Gorgonio Cabrera of Las Lomas, Veracruz stands to read Psalms 23 translated into her Coyutla Totonac dialect. The challenge is to combine all 3 dialects into a single completed copy that is understood b...

  December 5, 2023 Dear Friends of the Totonacs,   MERRY CHRISTMAS 2023 !   Manuel Arenas' dream was to have a school to provide training for pastors and leaders of the Totonac tribe in their mother tongue. Now Manuel’s dream continues through the Herman Aschmann Memorial Training Center in Felipe’s Ramos’s village of Nanacatlan. Adding fuel to the fire of evangelism are 2 weekly radio programs broadcast in the native Totonac language.     That which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses   entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.                                                               ...

  Reporte de Ministerio Año 2023 Nanacatlán, Zapotitlán de Méndez, Puebla   Los segundos, minutos y las horas que dejamos para expresar a Dios las necesidades de su pueblo nunca ha sido un tiempo en vano. El siempre nos ha respondido salvando a la gente de la perdición y trayéndolos a los pies de Cristo para aceptarlo como su Salvador (Sal.37:4,5).   Mis amados hermanos, les agradezco mucho sus oraciones por mi familia y el trabajo entre la gente totonaca, me complace compartir con ustedes lo que Dios ha hecho en las diferentes áreas de trabajo.   Gracias a Dios por los programas de radio que cada sábado y domingo se transmiten en Poza Rica Veracruz.   Somos testigos de cómo estos mensajes han alcanzado a personas que nunca antes habían escuchado el mensaje de salvación. Igualmente, la ayuda que es para los obreros que ya están trabajando en diferentes comunidades. Dentro del programa de radio hemos estado animando a los obreros a seguir preparándose par...

The Hermann Aschmann Bible Training Center officially opened its doors on July 16, 2022, but the training began 10 years prior when the vision for the Center was conceived. Dr. Dale Kietzman's training center concept is published on the Totonac Bible Center website. I am sure Dr. Dale is looking down from heaven and smiling at this vision for a Totonac Bible training center being realized. 10 of our 20 graduates trained at the Center located in Nanacatlan, Puebla, MX. The others studied in Calalco, Veracruz, MX under Pastor Miguel Garcia. Maestros Sadrac Luna (left) and Jaime Leal with their first graduates of the Herman Aschmann BIble Training Center in Nanacatlan.. Maestra Maria Del Rocio Petry with graduating students. Maestro Miguel Garcia of Calalco, Veracruz, MX presents a certificate to bible student.  Jaime Leal presents a certificate to a bible student from Nanacatlan. Felipe Ramos and bible student from Calalco, Veracruz And we are just getting started!