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Not long ago, I was being interviewed about Bible translations on a Christian men\u2019s podcast called Guy <\/em>Schtuff<\/em>. I ended the interview by reading the Lord\u2019s prayer from the Hawaiian Pidgin version of the Bible called \u201cDa Jesus Book.\u201d While it may seem like a joke to the untrained ear, it is an actual translation of the Word of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About ten minutes after the interview, I dropped off the Bible in my car and walked over to the coffee shop two doors down from our church. As usual, I struck up a conversation with the employees. One lady who was working there always has questions about my job as a pastor, and she happened to be the barista working that day. She is a sweet person and always has a smile, but she very clearly does not share our faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the course of our conversation, she casually mentioned that her mother is from Hawaii. I told her the amazing \u201ccoincidence\u201d that I had just read the Lord\u2019s prayer from a Hawaiian Bible. (I love how God works!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Without a second thought, I retrieved the Hawaiian Bible from my car for her to look through. As she thumbed through it, I could see excitement welling up in her eyes, and she said, \u201cI can actually hear<\/em> my grandmother saying these words to me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n A still, small voice told me what to do next. I tried to fight it, but I finally gave in and told the woman that she could keep the Bible. Her next words made it all worth it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am going to read every word from this!\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The following week it was wonderful to see her light up every time I walked in, but within a short time I was informed that she had quit her job at the shop to pursue a new career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I may never see her again, but I pray that this Bible brings her joy and the relationship with our God that so many are looking for. I will pray Romans 10:13 over her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuz da Bible say, \u201cEverybody dat aks da Boss fo help um, he goin take um outa da bad kine stuff dey doing\u201d<\/em> [For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved<\/em> (Romans 10:13, NLT).] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bill Francavilla is the lead pastor at Living Hope, an Open Bible church in Williamsburg, Virginia. Having lived in Virginia nearly his entire life, he attended Lynchburg College, where he studied history and theater. In 2017 Bill received his master\u2019s degree in theological studies from Liberty University. He has been active in missions to Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba. He and his wife, Jessica, have four children: Alex, Liam, Rita Grace, and Gino.<\/em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Bill Francavilla I firmly believe the Church would be much stronger if everyone took ten minutes out of their day and read a few chapters of the Bible. Over the past several years my love of the Word not only turned into daily reading, it also spawned my Bible collection. It started when I wanted to compare translations during my Bible study, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":17104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[167,274],"class_list":["post-14990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight","tag-mar21","tag-testimony"],"yoast_head":"\n
(Fo Da Rome Peopo 10:13, Hawai\u2019i Pidgin). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAbout the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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