by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 22, 2021 | Articles, Stories
By age two, Lorena was blind from a congenital illness, the central fact in her childhood in Costa Rica, also marked by extreme poverty, hunger and sexual abuse. At the tender age of 14, Lorena became pregnant and gave birth to Tania. Tragically, Tania inherited the...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
Andrea Chávez, 16, is serving a sentence of nine years and ten months in a Detention Centre for Minors in Guatemala. Andrea was eight when her mother died and the family disintegrated. At 11 she was sexually abused, began using drugs and joined a criminal gang. A time...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
In Kalbale, Uganda, Phiona grew up blind, ridiculed by other children, and burdened with the knowledge that her father had discarded her in a pit just days after her birth. A Braille Bible provided by donors through the Bible Society of Uganda launched her on a path...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
On the other side of the world, in Myanmar, translator Rev. Thang Ngai Om wept as he held the first Bible in his language – Cho Chin. Years of travelling long distances between his home and the translation office and taking great risks in crossing flooded rivers in...
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