Translator Finds Strength in Face of Death

In the spring of 2010, François wasn’t sure he could go on translating Scripture to prepare the “JESUS” film for the 50,000 Nzakara people who spoke his language in the Central African Republic. His wife had died suddenly, leaving him with four young daughters to raise.

“We’d been married 17 years,” he said. “She was everything to me.”

François’ wife had developed a serious sinus infection, and without medical help, she died. François was told at her burial that a sorceress had placed a curse on her.

“I thought I wouldn’t be able to stay in the village and continue the translation work,” he said.

“But then God’s Spirit spoke to me and told me she had died according to God’s sovereign will. I heard Him asking me, ‘Will you accept My will?’ And so I told Him, ‘As long as You give me strength, and the privilege of doing this work, I’ll see it through to the end.’”

François and his colleagues have now finished the Gospel of Luke and the “JESUS” film for all of the languages in the Central African Republic cluster, including Nzakara. Find out how you can pray for François at Nzakara.