Photo by Andrew Hood Riding through the rural countryside of Burundi, you cannot help but be impressed by the vastness of the African landscape. One easily could get lost traveling the cratered roads that twist along the lakes, mountains and forests. Despite the fact that Burundi is one of… Read More

A small boy reading from a Bible Comic supplied by the Bible Society of Sudan. Photo by United Bible Societies. At last I know how to read and write my name…exclaims a delighted Kuku Kanyar. Kuku Kanyar, 65, is a Nuba Moro man who for the past three… Read More

A church planter from End to End, left, follows up with a young man in Nigeria. Photo by Pascal Folly. In Tonti, Nigeria, a man is so moved by watching The JESUS Film that he expresses his faith in Christ. The moment is life-changing. “He used to talk… Read More

BURUNDI Pray for the literacy program conducted through the local Bible Society in Burundi. Sixty-five percent of the nation is illiterate: School dropout rates are high as a result of civil war and poverty. Pray for those who accept the Bible as reading and literacy learning material. IRAQ Praise God… Read More

Photo by Andrew Hood When my husband and I recently traveled to Rwanda and Burundi, we were prepared to enter a war-torn place where people were still recovering from the effects of violence and poverty. Instead, we found lush green fields, breathtaking Lake Tanganyika and, most of all,… Read More

Fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced more than a million people from their homes. It is also preventing the Bible Society from carrying out its ministry among the refugees. Since our prayer request was sent out to… Read More

Kimani Maruge, who appears in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest primary school student in the world, reads from the new interconfessional Gikuyu Bible, launched on July 12, 2008. Nyeri, Kenya. KENYA — Kimani Maruge is not sure exactly how old he is, but he… Read More

All kinds of vehicles rushed toward the remote village of Zamana for the March 7 meeting. Some were cars but most were carts pulled by donkeys, bicycles and mopeds. And many of the 300 delegates had simply walked to get to this rural area. Photograph by Joaquim Dassonville. “Late… Read More

Marsabit, an arid district of Kenya, is home to 90,000 Borana, an ethnic and linguistic minority. Nomadic and facing a lack of services and a harsh climate, the Borana face chronic food shortages and live below the poverty line. Although the Bible was translated into the Borana language in 1995,… Read More