UBS World Report
October 2002, Number 371

Photo: People in remote rural areas, like this boy, await deliveries of Bibles from the Bible Society. Delivery will be easier with the Bible Society`s four-wheel-drive vehicles, purchased with the aid of Opportunity 21 funds. Malawi. Photo: UBS/Haldor Noss (MAI01C-6/15)

Hard travelling:
adventures in a two-wheel drive in rural Malawi
[More...]

How Esperanza López overcame disaster to help street children in Bogotá [More...]

Taking Scriptures to Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula [More...]

plus: a World Report readers’ questionnaire [More...]

 


Pictured left: People in remote rural areas, like this boy, await deliveries of Bibles from the Bible Society. Delivery will be easier with the Bible Society`s four-wheel-drive vehicles, purchased with the aid of Opportunity 21 funds. Malawi. Photo: UBS/Haldor Noss (MAI01C-6/15)

Contents

Africa

Focus on Malawi
  Christian students busy for God on the campus
  ‘Even Paul had to struggle... but it makes sense now’
  Hard travelling: adventures in a two-wheel drive
  Distributing Bibles since 1924 – and still going strong! è
  Faith Comes By Hearing flourishing on radio and cassette

Baca people shown the superior power of Jesus (Cameroon)
Bishop translator welcomes new Bulu Bible (Cameroon)
Special Portion attracts attention of Lesotho’s politicians
Civil war leaves terrible legacy in Angola
Bible Society of Zambia seeks ways to provide free Bibles
Bible Society of Zimbabwe sees potential for ‘making connection
  between material and spiritual needs’

Americas

Colombia Focus è
  How the Bible Society is rising to the challenges
  A land of diversity
  Women’s group pioneers hospital work
  Hospital chaplains learning as they teach
  ‘Special’ chaplain for armed services
  A bed, bread and mother: how Esperanza López
    overcame disaster to help street children

  How abused children are becoming ‘triumfadores en Cristo’ è

Superman with the temperament of the Hulk: it’s the graphic Samson! (United States)
American Bible Society marks anniversary of terrorist attacks
  (United States)
Martinique marks centenary of volcanic eruption

Europe-Middle East

Bringing God’s Word to schools:
  Swedish Bible Society launches new project for teachers

Taking Scriptures all the way to Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula è
Mark’s Gospel returns to the stage: an interview with actor Kari Hakala (Finland)
Society helps produce resource pack for puppet-video (Finland)
Scottish Bible Society show a hit at the Festival Fringe
General Secretary forced out of flat by Prague floods (Czech Republic)
Azeri Old Testament makes good progress (Azerbaijan)

Asia-Pacific

Kachin ladies witness through community work (Myanmar) è
Laos church leaders encouraged by positive response to   Scriptures

Bible People in the News
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