For Nurlan*, trouble started the day he was born. Abandoned at the maternity hospital in Kazakhstan, he remained in foster care for two years until he was adopted. Sadly, the people who adopted him did so only to receive benefits. “They were constantly yelling and beating me,” Nurlan remembers. One… Read More

When Hoang* and his wife decided to have their second child together, his mother-in-law sent a letter urging them to reconsider. A spiritualist told her that having this child would lead to grave misfortune. Like many in their community in Vietnam, she used spiritualists and fortune tellers to guide her… Read More

Master Sergeant Scott Griffith* has bravely served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 19 years. As he prepared for his very first deployment, the base Chaplain offered him a small, camouflage-covered Bible. Scott took the Bible, thinking, “I need to be reading the Word and trying to build… Read More

Parisa* was born into a devout Muslim family in Iran. As a young teenager, she was forced to marry a much older man who severely and regularly abused her. She eventually managed to escape to another town, but she was taken in by a man who forced her into prostitution. Read More

Chi Zhou* and his wife Peng* have lived in a small, rural village in southern China their entire lives. For many years, the couple made their home in a mountain cave near the village. In early 2000, Peng’s health began declining rapidly. She was told she would not live,… Read More

Cheng* is just like so many fathers who love their children. But when his children left home, he knew they were unlikely to return to live in their village again. He sunk into a severe depression, and he was unable to work to help support himself and his wife, Huang*. Read More

“I come from a strict religious family.” Those words formed the background for everything 77-year-old Omar* was about to share. As he calmly took a sip of his tea, he continued, “You won’t believe all the religious books about the afterlife I read, all the questions I discussed with… Read More

When governments all over the world forced churches to close their doors during the worst of the pandemic, the audio Bibles our faithful partners provided became invaluable tools for building faith and reaching the lost. In Togo, 16-year-old Hadiza* heard the Word of God for the first time,… Read More

Life turned sour for Abel* when his wife gave herself to witchcraft and left him alone to raise their five children by himself. Without his spouse, Abel felt emotionally and spiritually abandoned. He struggled, not knowing who or what to turn to. These feelings of deep despair are… Read More

“I reluctantly followed my children to the program,” Vivian* says as she reflects on a very special November evening. She is a widow and mother to eight beautiful children. They live in Abaranje in Lagos, Nigeria, where poverty is rampant. When the children heard about a film being shown… Read More