Chapter 17
Breaking The Spear - The Tifal New Testament
is Finished!!!
In 1998, after 25 years of work by the Boushes, the translation of the New Testament was finished!
This
realized the desires of Walt and Vonnie 41 years earlier to give to a tribal group the Word of God! It took
many people along the way to make this event happen.
The cover reads in English, “God His New Talk” with the cross breaking the spear. (Photo Courtesy of Charles Micheals)
It was the Steinkrauses who first went, but they were sent by churches along with the encouragement of
family and friends who prayed for them and financially supported them. They were joined by the
support people of Wycliffe in the United States and in Papua New Guinea at Ukarumpa and those at
Wycliffe regional centers who provided administrative help, teachers for their children, pilots and
aircraft maintenance men to provide transportation in and out of their village. The Boushes picked up
the work and were supported by these same support services and their supporting churches, friends and
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