Struggle4Bibles Event

What is STRUGGLE4BIBLES?
This year Bible League is launching a new and exciting initiative called Struggle4Bibles. Have you ever imagined what it would be like to walk in the shoes of a Church Planter carrying a backpack loaded with Bibles along rough walking paths through remote and rugged terrain just to provide the Word of God to those who desperately need it? Now you can experience what it would be like through Struggle4Bibles!

Just as these amazing men and women of God carry on their backs the Word of God into remote parts of Africa, so you will carry a weighted pack as part of the Struggle4Bibles challenge. As they overcome difficult terrain to provide these Bibles, so you too will provide a Bible to a needy African Christian, for every $5 you raise in sponsorship as you overcome obstacles on the 5km, 7km, 10km, 12km or 14Km course.

 WHEN: 9am, Saturday 18th May

WHERE: Wedderburn Christian Campsite

Free BBQ lunch from 11:30am, drinks provided

Camp activities available from 2:30pm until 4:30pm

Struggle4Bibles will be a great experience, but it is more than just a physical challenge. You will also be helping to break the Bible Famine across Africa.

Why AFRICA?

• Population of 1.5 Billion people by 2030
• Many nominal believers
• Great need for Bibles in heart language of the people
• Just $5 will provide a Bible and Scripture resources
   

With a Bible lives are transformed
Bible League International serves the local church and other partners around the world by providing Bibles and Scripture materials for them to use in their ministry of helping people meet Jesus Christ.

Read more about our work on our website www.bl.org.au

I Choose Jesus

Aidara was quietly seeking God. But the Muslim influence in her village was so strong she stood on the threshold of becoming one of the mysterious, darkly veiled women of Senegal. A Christian friend, a church planter supplied with Scriptures by Bible League International, sought out Aidara to share the Gospel.

The courageous church planter boldly read the Scriptures to Aidara and then gave her a very special gift - her very own Bible. Aidara was thrilled!

However Aidara’s meetings with her Christian friend did not go unnoticed. Many of the villagers were enraged. When Aidara’s parents discovered she had been studying the Bible, her father threatened to kill her with a machete. So angry was her Muslim family, they went to the nearby witch doctor to enlist his help in ending her life.

Terrified and confused, Aidara reluctantly continued on her path of Islam. But the Lord intervened. The day before Aidara was to meet with the Imam to make a commitment to becoming veiled, God sent her a vision so spectacular that she never went to her ceremony at the mosque. Instead, Aidara went straight to her friend, the church planter.

Aidara dreamed that she was in the mosque and the Imam was handing out verses from the Koran to those who were present. When it was her turn, the Imam moved away from her without giving her a verse. He said she was no longer a part of their community.

Aidara did not understand the vision. “I explained to her that the Lord Jesus was in this vision, and

she needed Him, not Allah,” recalls the church planter. That very morning, Aidara shed her Muslim past and asked Jesus to become her Lord and Saviour.

Today, Aidara publicly states that the truth lies in the Bible and that Jesus alone saves. “She will not give up her faith in Jesus Christ,” says her friend.

As you provide God’s Word through Bible League International, people like Aidara through the power of the Holy Spirit are breaking free from the Muslim faith and are coming to Jesus.

Read more about our work on our website www.bl.org.au

Zambia Students Blessed With God's Word

On the 5^th of March I, Amanda, a team member of Bible League International Australia, along with 25 others, left for three weeks on a mission trip to Zambia, Africa. This three week adventure was planned a year ago through my church, Minchinbury Anglican, with the purpose of bringing the good news of Jesus to the students at a small school in the ‘Ngombe Compound’ in Lusaka.

After a year of preparation we arrived at the school, unsure what to expect but we were greeted so warmly by 700 students singing songs of thanks.

On the 1st of September 2003 the school was opened with only 2 children, by December this number had grown to 40. It went on to be registered in 2004. It has continued to grow at a great rate and today the school has just over 700 children, 33% being orphans.

The two week program that our team had prepared consisted of Bible talks, memory verses, games, craft, Bible studies and songs of praise to our great God. At the end of the time with the students, with the help of Bible League International, each student was presented with a brand new New Testament and the teachers received a full Bible. 

During our stay we had many of the teachers and students tell us how much they appreciated these Bibles. One of the primary school teachers told us that she was not able to afford a Bible and was so excited to now have one to keep. 

Teaching these students the good news of Jesus Christ was fantastic. The tears they shed when saying goodbye was a sign that our visit was not a waste of time. 

But seeing the look on their faces at the end of the week when we reached into our box and pulled out a Bible for each of them is something that I will never forget. Even though our stay with these beautiful students was a short one, we have left them something that is eternal and that is the message of Christ Jesus. I praise God for this opportunity and praise God for Bible League International!

Bible League International operates through partnerships within Zambia.

Read more about our work on our website www.bl.org.au