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Church Leaders Cry Out for Healing
Marie Laure* is a church leader in Uganda. She spends her days helping some of the country’s 1.2 million refugees adjust to their new lives. Many are scarred by the violence that forced them to flee their homes. Marie does her best to help them acclimate, but it’s never enough. Her help is like a single drop of rain in…
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Conquering Illiteracy with God’s Word
Like many people in Togo, Gbati can’t read the language he speaks at home. Schools teach just two of the 40 languages spoken in his country. His mother tongue, N’tcham, isn’t one of them.This leaves Gbati and 190,000 other N’tcham speakers illiterate in their preferred language. Gbati can tell his wife he loves her, but if he wants to write…
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Spreading the Hope of God’s Word in Togo
Komi lives in Warrangni, a rural farming community in Togo, a small country in West Africa. It is one of the world’s poorest countries, with four out of five people struggling to survive on less than $2 a day.Many people in Togo, like Komi, are desperate for the hope that can only be found in God’s Word. Yet growing up,…
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Fon Bible Translation Illuminates Hearts in Benin
Like many in her nation, Gloria*, who lives in a small mud hut, knew poverty all too well. At the age of 35, she also knew heartache. All three of her children died. She says, “My life was miserable indeed! We were living under the domination of Satan.”Gratefully, a neighbor talked to Gloria about Jesus and she began attending a…
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New Testament Completed for Ethiopia’s Arisi Speakers
Praise God that the Arisi speakers in Ethiopia now have a New Testament in their own language! They belong to the Oromo ethnic group, but the existing Oromo Bible is in a different dialect than the one they speak and understand best. This new translation will provide strength for Christian Arisi people, who are a minority in Ethiopia. “The Word…
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New Bible Translation for the Pere People of Cameroon
It was a day of jubilation for Pere speakers in Cameroon, Africa! The Pere people, who love singing and dancing, recently celebrated receiving a new edition of the Scriptures in their language.“This means everything to the churches in this area,” said Bakari Etienne, a retired Lutheran pastor in the Adamaoua Region where most of the 50,000 Pere people live. “Now…
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