Li Layun’s life may be very different from yours. She lives in very poor conditions in rural China as a farm worker. As a widow, she faced heartbreak when her husband died and she was responsible for raising her children. Later, one of Li’s sons died. She experienced severe… Read More
Can you imagine the horrors of losing everything you own? Fleeing from your home? Wondering each day if it will be your last? Can you imagine losing friends and family and holding onto the smallest shred of hope that there will be an end to this suffering? A… Read More
Kayigire grew up in an area of Rwanda plagued with violence and poverty. The 15-year-old was born years after the genocide that killed up to 20 percent of her country’s population, but events were so traumatic that the scars were passed down to her generation, too. The emotional aftermath of… Read More
“I lost everything during the war, but once again God is restoring me and my family. Once again, I now have a Bible that I treasure,” said Martina, a believer struggling to rebuild her life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So many of those living in the Democratic Republic… Read More
To celebrate International Translation Day (September 30, 2017), please join us in praying for God’s Word to be translated in each person’s native language by 2026. People around the world are longing to hear the good news of the Bible. But many are still waiting for God’s… Read More
This Saturday, September 30, is International Translation Day. And there’s a great deal to celebrate on this day. Thanks to centuries of translation work, God’s Word is now in 3,000 languages, reaching 6 billion people. For centuries, translators have endured difficult living conditions and impossible work environments… Read More
When Angel first visited the club, she could often be found crying and hiding her face. You see, this teenage girl didn’t just carry the trauma of violence in her heart. She wore it across her cheek. When Angel’s parents and siblings were attacked and killed, Angel survived, but she… Read More
Children are war’s greatest victims, and nowhere is that more evident than in Syria. The plight of children in this war-torn region has reached crisis levels. Currently, there are about 7.5 million Syrian children who are refugees in need of humanitarian assistance. Children are suffering from violence, poverty, abandonment, displacement,… Read More
When Joyce Zaninka arrived at Uganda’s Nakivale refugee camp, she kept her eyes fixed on the dusty orange ground. She did not greet anyone. She did not ask how the other refugees were feeling or why they had fled to Uganda for safety. She had already experienced enough sorrow… Read More
Bible Societies around the world are sharing God’s message of hope and love with those who need it most. Here are prayer requests from a select group of these Bible Societies. 1. Guatemala Please pray for Bible Society of Guatemala as it updates the Bible for the… Read More
