One afternoon recently... I (Allison) picked Sarah up from school and stood by the playground for a bit while Sarah played. I started talking to the mom of a student from Sarah's class who was originally from Tanzania. We talked some about our time in Tanzania and Eric's work on software development. Then, an idea struck me. We had talked some in the national language, Swahili, but I had never asked her what tribe she was from. "Bena," she replied.

"Just a second," I said, pulling out my phone. I did a quick search in my Android app store. "Did you know there's a Bible app in Bena?" I asked. I downloaded it on my phone to show her. "As more books are translated in languages in Tanzania, they're automatically added to the app for that language. Also, it looks like some of the books have an audio recording you can listen to as you read along."

She was thrilled. "This is so easy to read!" she said. She had never seen anything written in her language before. She was even more excited to hear the audio, which is great for oral cultures. "I'm forgetting my language," she said. "When I call my mom to talk on the phone, she gives me a hard time because I can't think of the words. Now I can practice so I don't forget my language." I hope that she will also tell her family in Tanzania how to find the app to access God's Word in their language!