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India needs our prayers
“Today our whole nation is in deep mourn because a 23 years old medical student raped 13 days ago and today she passed away,” Satish typed in a skype chat conversation he and I were having this morning. Satish lives in northwest India. He is one of the language managers helping oversee audio recordings in several languages. Gaddi is his … Continue reading
How beautiful the feet…
How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the messenger bringing good news,
Breaking the news that all’s well,
proclaiming good times, announcing salvation,
telling Zion, “Your God reigns!” Continue reading
On the right path?
Traveling recently to visit a village in eastern Bihar state, India, our hosts had to make a decision. Try to push through this mud spot on the road in the mission’s 4-wheel-drive vehicle? Or have us walk to the village about 2 km away using the narrow dry path that the local people use? As good guests we waited for … Continue reading
Lessons in prayer
On a recent visit to a village in Bihar state, India, I was in a crowded room of women praying passionately. I don’t speak their language so I really wasn’t sure what they were saying, but from the testimonies I had heard I know: They were grateful and praising the one God of the universe and His son Jesus … Continue reading
When worldview doesn’t change
An example of what happens when a culture’s worldview doesn’t value men and women the same way God values us — female genocide. Continue reading
Church Planting in Bihar, India
Our partner in Bihar is New India Evangelistic Association – NIEA. Dr. Alex Philip is the leader of that ministry and has become a good friend over the past few years. This past week, he sent a report for our review that detailed some of the outcomes of our joint work with them in the six primary languages of the … Continue reading
Reports from Bihar
“The Audio Bible was distributed and Angika speaking people listened to the songs, drama and God’s word and were very happy to receive the information regarding God and his Word. Through the Audio Bible, 5 families have accepted the Lord and they are attending the church too.” Continue reading
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Blowing kisses…touching Heaven
Every Child we encounter could be a divine appointment and we should never underestimate the power of that moment. I would soon find this out last week when I walked into the restaurant that we had grown to frequent on our trips to India. I had no sooner sat down than a young Indian father approached me with his 4-year-old … Continue reading
Happiness is hearing
I can’t speak for everyone but my experience is that hearing someone speak my language when I’m surrounded by folks speaking other languages quickly grabs my attention. So I can understand the broad smiles that come when folks hear recordings of Scripture stories for the first time in their own language. Especially when their language is a minority language not … Continue reading
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Technology changing things
Technology is changing how people around the world hear, read and consider the Good News! For more than 4 Billion people in the world who are oral learners, the Bible is being recorded in many languages and distributed using various technologies to play the recordings. Oral learners are people who haven’t learned to read AND people who have learned to … Continue reading