New vehicles take Bibles into
all parts
of Malawi
BLANTYRE,
Malawi —
In the December Newsletter of the UBS Southern African Regional Service
Center, the Bible Society of Malawi reported
that its distribution of Bibles had improved tremendously since the
purchase of three vehicles provided under the terms of Opportunity
21.
The vehicles, a Nissan and two Isuzus,
were purchased with funds provided in the latter part of 2000 by the
Scottish Bible Society which had come from
a legacy from a supporter in the west of Scotland (see Special
Report 29/15).
The first vehicle was in use by early
2001 (see World Report 371/3)
and the others were added later that year. “They carry out all
planned distribution programs without leaving out any place due to poor
road infrastructure,” said the report. “They can reach all
places in the country with God’s precious Word.”
Subsequently the Scottish Bible Society
challenged its supporters to fund more Scriptures for the vehicles to
carry. The response, according to its Annual Review for 2001, amounted
to more than £76,000 (approximately US$120,000) which supplied some
20,000 Bibles, 6,000 New Testaments and 4,500 Scripture cassettes in local
languages. (WR 375/31 - 3.03)
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