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A Child's Faith
Photo by David SingerThe party for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is coming to a close in the Nasugbu municipality of the Philippines. The brightly colored packages from America have been distributed and gleefully opened. Joy lights up each young face. And each pair of little hands now holds a new and precious possession: a Bible to own and cherish from…
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Brazil's New Day
The Bible Society is active in Brazil, with an efficient printing factory in São Paulo. Photo from Throwinglight.comThe Bible Society of Brazil (BSB) is bringing the transforming light of God to the world. Each year, more than 9 million Bibles are printed in São Paulo and sent out to more than 100 countries. The heart of their story is not…
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Hearing is Believing
All kinds of vehicles rushed toward the remote village of Zamana for the March 7 meeting. Some were cars but most were carts pulled by donkeys, bicycles and mopeds. And many of the 300 delegates had simply walked to get to this rural area. Photograph by Joaquim Dassonville.“Late into the night local ministers continued to come and register for the…
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Over the Hills
A brave team from the Bible Society of Tajikistan took Bibles all over the remote north of the country— including over two of the highest mountain passes. The trek, which spanned more than 600 miles, brought the travelers in contact with speakers of Tajik, Uzbek and Russian and allowed them to distribute Scriptures in those languages.Although the central Asian country…
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Fun with the Bible
Young Egyptian Christians are the minority in their classrooms. Photo by Francine Lange This fall, a lively new attraction comes to the Heliopolis suburb of Cairo. Bible World is an interactive exhibition that promises to deliver fun and history to the 500,000 Christian children in the Greater Cairo area.Sprawling over seven rooms on the ground floor of the Bible Society…
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Tell Every Nation
Sri Lanka. Photo by Rune HansenA small group of Bible translators gathers in a remote stone farmhouse, in the deep snow of an Ontario winter. They come from many Native American tribes; some from as far away as the chilly north slopes of Alaska, others from the plains of Mississippi. Bundled against the cold, they pray and continue a journey…
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