"There are so many things that we take for granted here in America, that are luxuries in Africa. We have learned what a blessing it is to have smooth roads to drive on, electricity, running water, grocery stores, and many other things. But the greatest blessing, is to have Bibles available to everyone. We have learned that truly the Word of God is a treasure to be studied day after day."
"Viewing the cross of Calvary, looking upon the world's Redeemer, who for our sake became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich, we shall feel that we are not to lay up for ourselves treasures on the earth, but to lay up treasures in the bank of heaven, which will never suspend payment nor fail. The Lord has given Jesus to our world, and the question is, What can we give back to God in gifts and offerings to show our appreciation of His love? "Freely ye have received, freely give." {CS 287.1}
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Bill & Becky with a booth about Africa at a convention.
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" Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake." Psalms 115:1
Holding a baby in Kenya
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" I feel intensely over the needs of foreign countries, as they have been presented before me. In all parts of the world angels of God are opening doors that a little while ago were closed to the message of truth. From India, from Africa, from China, and from many other places is heard the cry, "Come over and help us." {GW 465.3} This is the way that we feel, and however small a part we can have in people learning of God, we must do that part.
What a blessing it is, to see people's lives changed by studying the Bible. This is part of an e-mail from Nigeria, "you may not know the joy you have put into people's mind and how many souls you have converted to Christ through your free gift of Bibles and other Christian books."
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