In remote desert regions of the Middle East, Telgu men like Krish* and Arjun* labor in the fields 12 hours a day, 365 days a year. They work far from their families in India so they can earn enough money to send home. Krish describes the joy he experienced when… Read More
In the rural region of Zimbabwe where Malaika* lives, extreme poverty is common. When her husband passed away, Malaika was left with nothing, forcing her to find employment to keep her children fed, clothed, and enrolled in school. Malaika began selling some of her garden vegetables at the local street… Read More
Throughout the Amazon River region, dozens of smaller rivers and streams can be found supporting tens of thousands of remote communities. Many of these people live in deep poverty. They are isolated from the outside world and from other tribes. As you can imagine, the arrival of a Bible Society… Read More
Lihua* grew up extremely poor in her family’s small ancestral home, where she helps farm the rocky, mountainous terrain. As an adult, she was often plagued by anxiety and even consulted fortune tellers in search of relief, but she found none. Eventually, Lihua became ensnared in one of the many… Read More
THE DIGITAL BIBLE LIBRARY REACHES EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE — The Digital Bible Library® (https://library.bible/ ) is a centralized Bible archive and distribution platform, offering thousands of Bibles in a multitude of languages. This year, 350 new texts were added, surpassing the milestone of 3,500 texts in… Read More
Laurena* was raised in a Christian home in Central Africa. However, like others in her region who do not have access to Bibles, her family often mixed elements of Christianity with local cultural beliefs. Laurena had frequent nightmares as a child and explains, “We used to consult witch doctors because… Read More
With a bright smile and her new Bible in hand, Samara* announced, “I decided to follow Jesus!” At 16 years old, Samara had never owned a Bible before. Thanks to partners like you, that changed the day she attended an evangelistic outreach near her town in Central Africa. She… Read More
Gwyn’s* husband passed away after just one year of marriage. Becoming a widow at such a young age was agonizing. “There were no words that could describe my pain at that time,” she recalls. But Gwyn’s husband planted the seed of God’s Word in her heart, even though she… Read More
In Tumbalá, a small mountain village in the southern tip of Mexico, people from the community gathered recently to watch the JESUS Film. As the story of Jesus’s life flickered through the darkness in his native Chol language, Emilio’s* heart was changed. Afterward, thanks to friends like you, Emilio… Read More
If you’ve been following the news about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, you might be feeling as troubled as I am. My emotions are in turmoil. Anger rises at yet another act of violence. Grief settles in as I ponder the gap between our current reality and… Read More
