Activation International is blessed with wonderful partners
in ministry, such as World Mission (based in Grandville, Michigan).
This dynamic
organization produces solar-powered audio Bibles in a multitude of languages.
On this trip we were privileged to distribute a number of these units among
church leaders in western Nepal.
Western and Far-Western Nepal are rather remote and
undeveloped. In fact, we learned that in order for some of these pastors to return
to their homes at the end of our training, they must first ride by bus for many hours;
then begin the treacherous 2-3 day walk up into the mountains.
Now, because
these leaders will return home with an audio-Bible in the Nepali language, many
remote villagers who are illiterate and uneducated will hear the Word of God in
their own language for the first time!
The pastors were indeed thrilled to receive these great new
tools for evangelism and discipling. Each agreed to gather people together for
listening groups. It was a solemn, almost reverent moment as one-by-one they
received their audio Bible. Bob gave a short tutorial on how to use the
technology, and around the room we heard the units turn on. Their eyes shone as
the sound reached their ears...in their national language!
Thank you to World Mission. You are a great partner in
sending the Word to the World! (www.worldmission.cc)
