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MOTHER WHO LOST FIVE CHILDREN IN ONE DAY TURNS TO SCRIPTURE
The unthinkable happened to Maria Tala. In one day everything she loved was taken from her. “My five children were poisoned by my sister-in-law and all died in a single day,” the native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shares. How do you recover from that tragedy? What can heal a heart that is utterly broken by pain…
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IN GHANA: “I FELT GOD WAS TALKING DIRECTLY TO ME”
Martha lived in a house built of mud bricks with no electricity in Ghana. Poverty forced her to drop out of school at an early age. “How I was going to face the future was a nightmare to me,” she says.But the worst thing Martha says she had to face was living without God’s Word in her own language.“I only…
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5,000 KAPSIKI SPEAKERS RISK THEIR LIVES TO WELCOME GOD’S WORD
In Cameroon’s far north region, large gatherings can be deadly. Terrorist groups use every occasion to strike a murderous blow to as many people as possible.But recently, an unprecedented crowd of 5,000 Kapsiki speakers braved danger to welcome the launch of the first Bible in their language. The crowd of joyful believers lined the streets in a town close to…
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Algeria’s Quiet Revival
When Idir surveys the rolling hills of Northern Algeria, he admires far more than the natural beauty of his homeland. He admires the bravery of his Christian brothers and sisters in Algeria.“In the early 2000s, Christians here used to meet in hiding—under the trees, in the mountains,” Idir says. “It was what the churches were like in those days! [That…
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Rwanda: God’s Word brings healing via the radio
The Bible Society of Rwanda recently launched an audio version of Bible-based trauma healing in Kinyarwanda, the country’s official language. Many Rwandans in need of spiritual healing live in areas where it’s almost impossible to attend an in-person trauma healing session. Now the trauma healing curriculum—which combines God’s Word with mental health best practices—can reach these hurting communities with the…
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Zambia: Record-breaking translations reach waiting language groups.
A mere three and half years after the translation projects started, the Nsenga and Ila New Testaments officially launched in Zambia in July 2016. Together these two translation projects made God’s Word available in the heart languages of approximately 1 million people.In the past decade, New Testament translation projects like these took an average of eight years to complete. But…
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