August | 2018 | Jorge and Donna

Just yesterday we received the news that the 300 audio Bibles we donated to Africa are finally ready to be picked up at the warehouse in Nairobi. There were more formalities and what used to take around 10 days took one month this time. Samuel is ready to pick them up on Monday and we are getting ready to send the second shipment of 300 units, most likely next week. The package of 50 audio Bibles that we sent to Portugal arrived without any problems and it was much easier than we thought to get them through customs, thanks to a Chinese freighting company that did everything for us. Cristiana was a blessing in picking them up and is now holding them – this week we are donating 25 of those to a ministry we know from Africa and that is also present in Portugal – the Word of Life ministry.
By the way, since we receive requests for a manual explaining how to use the SR600 audio Bible, we decided to make a quick video clip explaining the basics.

Meanwhile, Raj has been making progress with the recording of the Tamil audio. We have uploaded up to 2 Samuel (link). Some of the text had to be corrected therefore we are not only recording the audio but also correcting errors in the digital online version of the Tamil Bible to comply with the printed Bible book. On another development we were granted the use of 2 new audio narrations: Ukrainian and Turkmen – thanks to the dedication and hard work of IBT, the Institute for Bible Translation, a Russian based organization with offices in Moscow. Check here (link) a sample of those two central Asia languages now available in our site.

Ukrainian Audio Bible

We dedicated some time to upgrade our office and implemented a larger screen – bought in China for a very reasonable price – besides some furniture to increase our work space and the possibility of working while standing up – sitting so many hour in front of the computer is definitely not recommendable and our backs have been trying to convey that to us for awhile now.

WP office

Now, let us see what the people say: To make it easy to read, we just compiled all the comments we received in July in one string separated by a slash (/):

Excellent / What I was looking for! Thank you, God bless you / Very good app / Very very delighted to down load and see the HOLY BIBLE in the digital form. Thank you very much for giving this wonderful version. / Excellent App / Faith comes by hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17) Thank you for the audio bible / The Lord blesses you for what you have done for this application. / App is good, but which version? / Praise the Lord / Love it super bible app / I love this app as me and several other people have eye sight problems.This is the best app around.Thanks. / The voice is pleasant, with an expression that reads. I like listening. Pleases that offline. All works well / Great Blessing / Very good help / Excellent application. / Love it / Bible study / Tank’s / God bless you / May God bless you all at WordProject.”

And I separated just two emails from users of our website.

“Dear brothers in Christ I loved the the work you have done and effort you have put and the trouble you have faced but when we see the fruits of your efforts and the grace that God as been given. Ohhhh no words to elaborate I am from India and India needs your help we need audio device that you now discontinued we need and I have 2001 model of your device it helped lot of uneducated people but I have only one device I am ready to pay for it I searched in all Bible society of India I didn’t find one so please we need your help hope you reply soon waiting for your reply thanks for your continuous support to all.” U.

“Hi good day, I’m very impressed with your bible and audio bibles, i would however like to ask something, is it possible to download your audio bible onto a CD? What we want to do is give out audio bibles on CD for free to those who attend our gospel crusades, because we sometimes do not have enough bibles and the need is so big”. R.S.
It is good to know that others are using the Word and ready to multiply our efforts by starting their own ministries, adapting and localizing what we offer for free to bless their own communities. We are all blessed to be part of this effort.

by Donna

I am persuaded that every day should be a celebration of life! How incalculable is the value of a human life! In the book of Acts, Paul addressed the philosophers and thinkers of Athens, who had a nearby altar erected to the Unknown God. Paul proceeded to clarify and declare His identity. “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things” Acts 17: 24,35. He continues in verse 28 to state, “ For in him we live, and move, and have our being.” Paul emphasized the origin of life and affirmed that the true God “gives to all life, and breath, and all things” So, how can we ever calculate the value of a human life? Various government agencies put a numerical value on a human life. It is, indeed, a profoundly ethical issue, how to assess the value of a human life in financial terms based on benefits vs costs. Of course these values placed are considering only the definition of the physical aspect of human life. Human life is sacred, made in the very image of God. The great Creator God himself said “ Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…, So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”. Gen 1:26,27.

In the Old Testament, Job, in his quest to understand the ways of God asked, “In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?” Job 12:10. In the New Testament, Jesus tells us to “Love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Mt 22:37. It is clear that a human being , created in the image of God, is more than just a physical entity, but a living soul. This is a long and interesting discussion, and if we reflect upon the idea that God himself sent His only begotten Son to give His life a ransom for every single human creature of His creation, we must admit that God puts a great value on every human life! John 3:16!

Every day as I look into the face of my family members, skype with those who are far away, see the ultrasound of the beginning of a new life, I thank God for all the precious people that God has surrounded me with. I thank all of you who are supporting the Word Project ministry , those who, far and wide, are laying down their lives for the Gospel, and everyone in the family of God. May you continue to be blessed while blessing those around you. You are greatly loved and appreciated!