Forever Changed by the Book
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
A flipchart book that tells about missionaries; also available in CD-ROM.
Description
Forever Changed by the Book is a missionary story about Jo Shetler. She was a Bible translator in the Philippines. She worked with the Balangao people in the northern part of the country.
The story begins with Jo's childhood. As a young girl Jo learned that God loved her. She learned that God sent His Son, Jesus to show his love. She decided to follow Jesus.
The pictures in first part show an American family lifestyle. After Jo's arrival in the Philippines the pictures show some of the challenges of living in the mountains of that country.
After the Balango people hear about the ancestors of Bible peoples many decide to become followers of Jesus. Their faith grew but prayer was not yet a part of the lives of these believers. Then a plane crash almost killed Jo. Praying for her recovery taught many Balango believers that God answers prayer.
The faith and prayer of Balango believers continued to change their lives. They realized that they needed to listen to Jesus' command to share the ‘Good News' with others. They began to send out Balango missionaries to other people groups. Today Balango missionaries work in other parts of the Philippines and in other parts of world.
Considerations
- Each chapter has five large pictures and notes for the teacher.
- The large pictures help tell the story and can be seen by a group.
- Review questions and answers are given for each chapter.
- Helps are given for couseling students to know Christ as Saviour.
- Other material is included:
- John Wycliffe: “Morning Star of the Reformation.”
- William Cameron townsend: Founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
- The need for more Bible translation teams continues.
- Other helps for teachers are included:
- Games
- How to arrange key points in a story.
- Balangao language learning material
- Why be a missionary?
- Dealing with the Spirit World.(For use with older children.)
- (Other activities may not be useful in some languages.)
- This book is available on CD. It can be projected using a multimedia projector. It contains everything that is in the book plus:
- A two-chapter edition of the story with matching illustrations.
- The children's handout and coloring pages can be printed and taken home.
- The Balangao Today newsletter
System requirements for this CD-ROM Book:
- Minimum Microsoft Windows 98 SE or more recent edition.
- 400 MHz processor
- 64MB or Ram (128 preferred)
- 18 MB of hard drive space
- screen resolution 800×600 dpi
Limitations
- Some pictures show parts of people. This will need to be explained to children who are not visually literate.
- The early pictures show life on an American farm. Some of these pictures will be meaningless without an explanation.
Guidelines for Use
Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Cost
Flipchart story: $14.95 (US) CD ROM story: $19.95 (US)
Producer/Owners
Author/Artist/Producer
Current copyright owner
Bible Visuals International PO Box 153, Akron, PA 17501-0153 Phone:717-859-1131 Website: www.biblevisuals.org Bible Visuals International, INC works with over 70 mission agencies helping missionaries and national believers share the message of Christ with people around the world in their own language. Many BVI stories and visualized Bible stories have been translated into over 80 languages. Translations are ongoing in additional languages. The goal of BVI is to provide true to the Word publications understandable in any culture.
- Contact Bible Visuals International
- Provide the required information.
- Translated tests may be accepted on computer disk or via e-mail. Contact BVI for instructions.
- Sign our Doctrinal Statement (See FAQ website page) if you are translating the Visualized Bible Series.
Also see if you can enter into a Creative Commons License agreement with BVI.
