Hosanna’s Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) program is now making available 242 audio Scripture recordings in 203 languages spoken in nearly 90 countries. In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, people’s lives continue to be changed by hearing God’s Words in their own language, as the following testimonies from a recent FCBH newsletter reveal.

Audio New Testament gives abused woman freedom from pain

PERU — 27-year-old Huberlinda, a pastor’s daughter, lives in Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco. After her mother died, her father remarried. When she was 15, one of her stepmother’s cousins abused her. Even though her father alerted the authorities, Huberlinda’s emotional damage could not be repaired. She grew up feeling empty, without hope, and rejected by the community. Moreover, she believed that no young man would want her for a wife.

Although Huberlinda has never gone to school, she does go to the church where her father is pastor. But even this did not offer her any hope or happiness. Then one day the Quechua Huamalíes audio New Testament arrived at the church and she began attending the listening sessions. While listening to the Beatitudes, she felt Jesus speaking to her about loving and forgiving our enemies instead of seeking revenge. Sadly, she remembered all that had happened to her, but Jesus helped her get through it.

That night she became a brand new woman by forgiving the one who damaged her; she was liberated of the burden she had carried for so many years. When Pastor Wilmer came to follow up on the FCBH program, Huberlinda ran to his arms and thanked him for the tapes that had brought her so much peace and joy.

For previous stories about the impact of the FCBH program in Peru, see World Report 355/17, 355/18 and 355/19. (WR 402/12 - 06.06)