Archive for April 2019
CanIL Ride to Aid Students
This summer, Team CanIL will once again be part of the Valley GranFondo cycling event, to be held July 20 in B.C.’s lower mainland. Each participant is asked to raise at least $1,000 to help provide scholarships, bursaries and awards for students at the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL). Participants can choose between three rides: PrestoFondo…
Read MoreGenesis Verse Impacts New Believer
“How will going through the book of Genesis help to disciple this man? Usually you start [discipling new believers] in John’s Gospel or something like that.”
Read MoreFrom Atheism to Bible Translation
When Farrokh* was growing up, his country was part of the Soviet Union. He was taught in the education system that there was no God.
Read MoreEaster Message Comes Alive
Leonard Bolioki understands just how powerful translated Scripture is. During a Good Friday service at his church in Cameroon, he began to read the story of Jesus’ crucifixion. In previous years, the congregation had heard the story in French. But this year was the first time it was being read in Leonard’s own language, Yambetta.…
Read MoreAn Opened Door Opens Hearts
God works in many ways to reveal His love for people: through acts of kindness, a word timely spoken, and truth from the Bible. One Christian Uzbek woman could never have imagined what an unexpected visit from a neighbour in need would lead to. She’s given permission to share the following story, which happened in…
Read MoreOpening Up a Road
Pastor José Alberto was dismissed as the pastor of his small church in Guatemala—for preaching the truth.
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