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I was hungry and you fed me
Posted on
November 3, 2021
in Kenya
You can help Joshua Ogaro bring hope to the helpless. My name is Joshua Ogaro. I am from Sengera in Kisii county, Kenya. When I was five years old, my father got tuberculosis and my mother suffered from malaria. After my parents passed away, I met...
Read MoreYou can’t please everyone
Posted on
October 28, 2021
in Turkey
A new believer encourages magazine publisher Gökhan Talas to keep going. Sezai contacted us online in 2019. He subscribed to Miras magazine and requested a copy of our book Voice of the Martyrs. He was unsure and afraid. Sezai is from Artvin, a city on the Black...
Read MoreAgents of change
Posted on
October 26, 2021
in Argentina
You can help Daniela Ortiz take the gospel to every profession in Argentina. My name is Daniela Ortiz. I am 43 years old and I live in the city of Buenos Aires. I discovered my passion for communicating the lordship of Jesus Christ through books while...
Read MoreYoung church leaders are counting on us
Posted on
April 16, 2021
in China
Sheung Un recounts the difficulties of delivering theological books to Chinese seminary graduates in 2020. On Friday afternoon in June 2020, a seminary vice-principal rang to tell me that a graduation ceremony planned for August had to take place within two days or not at all. To...
Read MoreOnly grace can transform lives
Posted on
April 16, 2021
in Tanzania
You can help Imani Charles Orondi make God’s gospel of grace clear to Swahili readers. My name is Imani. I am from a family of eight children. I was born and raised in Nangara village, Babati district, in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. I’m so grateful that...
Read MoreGod is preparing me
Posted on
April 16, 2021
You can help supply theological textbooks to students like Iman Jaya Zandroto as they prepare to serve growing churches. I was born and raised in a Christian family. I was not a devout Christian but, like everyone else in our church, as I neared the end...
Read MoreI didn’t want to study the Bible
Posted on
April 16, 2021
in Myanmar, Philippines
Esther was reluctant to recognise her gifts and calling to ministry in the church. My name is Esther. I am from Kachin State, Myanmar. I have a brother and four sisters. My grandfather was an Anglican priest. He was a good and faithful leader of the church...
Read MoreMore than I bargained for
Posted on
January 26, 2021
in Cambodia
You can help Kim Bunthan bring God’s word to the Kavet ethnic minority. My name is Kim Bunthan. I’m from a Kavet village in northeast Cambodia. As a boy I longed to be able to read and write but there were no schools or opportunities for...
Read MoreLen Woodley retires from the SparkLit Council
Posted on
December 15, 2020
This year Len Woodley concludes 28 years with SparkLit. Twelve years on the Council followed 16 as General Secretary. He reminisces with Council member Elspeth Kernebone. In 1992, Len’s wife Lesley noticed that the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Australia (SparkLit) was advertising for a General...
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