TOTONAC BIBLE CENTER BLOG

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!

  Escribe Felipe Fin del año 2022 Amigos y hermanos en Cristo. Es un gran placer para mi poder dirigirme a ustedes agradeciéndoles por sus muchas oraciones y apoyo para este proyecto de plantación de iglesias, programas de radio y la escuela bíblica en la región totonaca. Primeramente, gracias a Dios por permitirnos servirle un poco en su ministerio su obra es grande porque la sierra es grande donde viven la gente totonaca muchos lugares aun no llegan a escuchar la palabra de Dios y el problema grande es que muchos aun no entienden el español por eso hay que llevarles el mensaje en totonaco. Gracias a Dios nos dio la oportunidad de radiar programas en totonaco durante una hora y media cada ocho días, por eso ya mucha gente les está llegando la palabra. Poco a poco van aceptando a Cristo como su Salvador personal, esto sucede en las montañas donde difícil llegar personalmente, y con la tecnología nos ha favorecido en algunos lugares con celulares se comunican que   están ...

We were happy to celebrate the inauguration of the Herman Aschmann Memorial Training Center On July 16, 2022. We currently have 32 students training to be pastors and leaders. 11 come weekly to the training center. The others study at remote locations by zoom or phone depending on internet or cell phone availability. Teacher Miguel Garcia , of course, meets with his 11 students in his home church building in Calalco. Also, Felipe and Jaime Leal are working with Gorgonio Cabrera in Las Lomas, Veracruz to start another remote training center with a local group there. Gorgonio is seminary trained and has a desire to teach others about Christ. Thank God the Holy Spirit for moving on men and women to serve Him in in this region. The Las Lomas area is highly populated and the location of 5 or 6 developed congregations under the care of Silvestre Perez. Pastor Felipe Ramos Cuts the Ribbon TBC Board President Peter Petry also cuts the ribbon with the mariachi musicians in attendance. No Celebr...

Please leave your comments  and questions here re: our new website totonacbible.org. I will be periodically posting updates and news of the Christian work among the Totonac Indian tribe of central Mexico, and of the web-site for the ministry.