Bahrain has a population of 1.3 million people, 60 percent of whom are migrant workers. Most of these migrant workers come from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and surrounding South Asian nations. They enter Bahrain with hopes of a better future for their families. They plan to… Read More
We need your prayers—because over the course of the next two years, we’re asking God to move mightily in the lives of hurting women across the Philippines. According to the Philippine Commission on Women, the number of violent incidents occurring against Filipino women has been increasing each year… Read More
Why is American Bible Society sharing God’s Word with people of all ages in every corner of the world? To bring the love and healing available in Scripture to waiting hands and hearts — so many may soon read for themselves: “God keeps every promise he makes. He is… Read More
Physical abuse wears at more than just the body. Victims often begin to believe that they have done something to deserve the pain—that they aren’t worthy of a better, abuse-free life. This is the story of many women and children in Peru who are conditioned by society and their… Read More
“If my troubles and griefs were weighed on scales, they would weigh more than the sands of the sea.” Job 6:1-2 Bernadette Mukamana was silent for more than two years. When she lost her husband, she shut down. Overwhelmed with grief, she separated… Read More
Elizabeth’s hands are mangled and gnarled. Six of her fingers are gone. A deep scar cuts across the back of her head. Her body is riddled with reminders of the day she was nearly murdered—for showing love. Elizabeth suffered, just like Jesus. One day, while gathering vegetables from her… Read More
The joy of children is infectious. But many children are robbed of that joy when they endure the violence of war. More than 3.8 million Iraqi and Syrian children have been displaced by relentless killings and political unrest. Instead of going to school and inventing games on the… 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
Jack* sat in a group of men. He tried to draw a picture of the horrific things he’d seen and experienced—the things he’d done. The things that landed him in prison. He scratched at his paper with a pencil, leaving a crude sketch of the pain he held inside… Read More
When Dana Ergenbright, a training manager for American Bible Society’s Bible-based trauma healing ministry, walked the long corridor of the prison—her footsteps echoing off the hard surfaces—she was struck by its starkness. There was no warmth, no softness, and no signs of hope. Dana went to the prison at the… Read More
