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Tzoltzil-speaking Children Receive Gospel Portions
Children in Mexico receive Gospel Portions. Photo by Greg Nemer. A new translation of the Books of Luke and Mark have been distributed in the Tzoltzil-speaking communities of South West Mexico. The Bible Society of Mexico worked with Missionary Greg Nemer since January to introduce the Portions, the first of which was the bi-lingual Tzotzil Chamula and Spanish Portion. The…
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God's Word for At-Risk Nicaraguan Children
12-year-old member of the Iglesia Alégrate en Dios church, Leyla Esperanza Sosa Bustamante was one of the children who benefitted from the Bible studies.Unemployment and poverty have kept Nicaraguan children out of school. In a project of the Bible Society of Nicaragua, more than 19,000 at-risk children or child laborers participated in Bible studies. The children received Bibles and were…
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Counting It All Joy
Marie Rojas. Photo by David SingerEach month, a determined 88-year-old takes the bus to a nearby shopping mall, praying that the Lord will direct her to a Spanish speaker.Sometimes, the fluent Spanish that pours out of the mouth of this radiant gringo puzzles those she greets. For 53 years, Marie Rojas and her late husband, the Rev. Andrew, ministered in…
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Where He Leads
Elizabeth and William Sedat with their four children. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Sedat”...and him who cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6.37b (KJV) Elizabeth Sedat grew up in a godly home in California, around stories of the missionary life. Her mother had been a short-term missionary in Japan. Other missionaries were always visiting. And at…
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