November 2006
— Number 406

Contents

Africa

Bible work amid practical challenges in Liberia
Translators sustained through challenge to complete God’s work (Liberia)
Devoted workers for the Bible cause in Liberia
FCBH in Togo’s prisons: a seed, a tree and many fruits
Opening the Scriptures for blind people in Togo
Singing and dancing pave the way for Scripture listening (Togo)
Audio Scriptures speak to bereaved children (Kenya)
Different people, different needs: the continuing challenges of Bible work in Ghana

Americas

A place called ‘home’ (USA)
Majority of teenagers say Bible influences their behaviour (USA)
Children in the Oasis of Hope (Nicaragua)
Return to Ayacucho: Bill Mitchell remembers an earlier time (Peru)
From biblical coins to digital Bibles (Peru)
Peace through God’s Word in Brazil’s troubled prisons
A travelling salesman for Jesus (Chile)

Asia-Pacific

‘I had the opportunity to read the Bible and that changed everything’ (Cambodia)
Literacy still tops the agenda in Cambodia
Translation thrives amid challenge in Papua New Guinea
Prison ministry touches lives in New Zealand
Understandable Scriptures for children of the South Pacific
Translation for all in the South Pacific
Rebel tamed to bring love to others (South Pacific)
Artist finds strength in God’s Word (China)

Europe-Middle East

True Light for Moldova’s visually impaired
God’s Word for people in despair in Moldova
Finding Jesus by the lakeside (Macedonia)
Society ministers to refugees – and to the men who guard them (Austria)
Theos ‘think tank’ aims to change the thinking that shapes society (England and Wales)

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