The Bible Society in South Sudan has celebrated the translation of the Bible into the Mabaan language for the first time. Despite dangerous conditions and a devastating civil war, the Bible Society staff stayed in the country to continue God’s work. An estimated 88 thousand people speak Mabaan as their… Read More
By the time Gracinda was 21, she was already living apart from her husband in Mozambique. Things were not working out as she had planned. Part of the problem was that her husband was a Christ follower, and she was not. Gracinda didn’t attend church, so she didn’t… Read More
Mercy kicks up dust on the Kenyan roads. After a three-hour bus ride, hopping onto a motorcycle taxi, and wandering through narrow streets of tiny villages, she is finally close to her destination. Some teens her age would have given up long ago—complained about the weather making their hair… Read More
More than 4,700 Nigerians are now hearing God’s Word read over audio Scripture listening devices called Proclaimers. Many of them met Jesus through the JESUS film, a movie that recounts Jesus’s life in epic form. In 2018, Bible Society of Nigeria attracted 34 new partners that showed the JESUS film… Read More
Every year on June 24, Margaret Ninsiima celebrates her son’s birthday. She also celebrates what she calls her thanks-giving day. “Every year, I commit myself to always have a thanks-giving day to express my gratitude to God,” she says. Margaret, a project assistant for a youth with disabilities organization in… Read More
Augusta and Julia work in a small village in Angola, growing corn, beans, sugarcane, and pumpkins. Like more than 40 percent of the Angola population, these women live in poverty, working long, hard days to make ends meet for their families. Augusta has three young children, while Julia has seven… Read More
Grace and her family grew up in a mountainous area of Uganda. The family of 10 lived in a small home with no electricity or running water, and Grace often had to travel far away to fetch water. When she was in sixth grade, Grace nearly drowned. She remembers waking… Read More
People in Central Africa long to hear about God’s love for them and his plan for their lives. Lanna*, who lives in Cameroon, is one of those people. Her husband was transferred to a job out of town and had to spend many nights away from home. Around the same… Read More
You’re on a thin mat on the red dirt of an open room. The air is stagnant and reminds you of your unmoving life here. Men lie to the right and left of you. You haven’t had space to yourself for years. Everyone here is always angry or sad,… Read More
Heather Evans lives in two places at once. Most of the time, Heather serves as a social worker in Pennsylvania’s beautiful Lehigh Valley. She cares for broken families, traumatized teenagers, and sex trafficking survivors in her community. But her heart has also made a home in Africa. Read More
