In his 28 years of military service, Joe Miller* spent a lot of time far from his family. The retired lieutenant colonel remembers combat tours and special assignments in volatile regions like Ethiopia, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Despite the distance from home, Joe says comfort was within arm’s reach. “I… Read More

At first glance, there’s nothing special about Rugero Gaudance’s house in Rwanda’s Southern Province. Perched on a mountainside, the blind widow’s one-room home is comprised of four walls caked with mud and small, reddish stones. The roof is a sheet of metal slung across wooden beams. But as Rugero hobbles… Read More

A new Bible translation for the Xirhonga people, primarily located in Mozambique, is set to launch in 2017, bringing God’s Word to people who have waited more than 40 years for an understandable Scripture translation. Xirhonga speakers do not understand their original Bible translation due to changes in their language… Read More

Suffering communities in Central African Republic found strength through God’s Word, thanks to a series of Bible-based trauma healing workshops coordinated by American Bible Society and its partners in the fall of 2016. “People shared things they had been holding on to for a long time, unable to forgive, and… Read More

Every year, children in Egypt engage with the Bible for the first time at Christian festivals. Many of them have their first encounter with Bible stories because of a likeable lion named Kingo who shares stories and lessons from Scripture. “Kingo! Kingo!” All of the children excitedly chant the… Read More

The unthinkable happened to Maria Tala. In one day everything she loved was taken from her. “My five children were poisoned by my sister-in-law and all died in a single day,” the native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shares. How do you recover from that tragedy?… Read More

Martha lived in a house built of mud bricks with no electricity in Ghana. Poverty forced her to drop out of school at an early age. “How I was going to face the future was a nightmare to me,” she says. But the worst thing Martha says she had to… Read More

In Cameroon’s far north region, large gatherings can be deadly. Terrorist groups use every occasion to strike a murderous blow to as many people as possible. But recently, an unprecedented crowd of 5,000 Kapsiki speakers braved danger to welcome the launch of the first Bible in their language. The crowd… Read More

When Idir surveys the rolling hills of Northern Algeria, he admires far more than the natural beauty of his homeland. He admires the bravery of his Christian brothers and sisters in Algeria. “In the early 2000s, Christians here used to meet in hiding—under the trees, in the mountains,” Idir says. Read More

The Bible Society of Rwanda recently launched an audio version of Bible-based trauma healing in Kinyarwanda, the country’s official language. Many Rwandans in need of spiritual healing live in areas where it’s almost impossible to attend an in-person trauma healing session. Now the trauma healing curriculum—which combines God’s Word with… Read More