Living Waters Christian Fellowship - Lake Nacimiento - California

__The Jarawara are among the little known indigenous peoples of the region of the Juruá and Purus rivers. They speak a language of the Arawá family and inhabit only one indigenous reserve.

Alan and Lucilia began the Jarawara translation project in Brazil in 1987. At that time no Jarawaras knew how to read or write, either in their own language or Portuguese, the national language. There were also no Christian believers. Early on the Vogels devised an alphabet for the language, and in cooperation with JOCUM (Youth With A Mission in Brazil) they established a successful literacy program. Today, almost all Jarawaras can read and write in their own language, and most are Christians.

Since 2007, Alan and Lucilia have been based out of the U.S. Alan goes to Brazil twice a year, spending a month there each time, most of it in the Jarawara village. When in the U.S. he does work related to the Jarawara program. He is also the linguistics coordinator for all 20 or so language projects that Wycliffe members are involved in in Brazil. The Jarawara New Testament is tentatively scheduled to be published in 2013.

11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
 
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
 
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
 
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
 
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
 
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
 
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
 
18 “Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”