Christians in remote parts of northern Kenya cannot easily access or afford Bibles that are often available for purchase only in far-away cities like Nairobi. Some churches in this part of Kenya have only one Bible to share among their congregations. A local pastor said that one young man refused to do his schoolwork so he could focus on studying the Bible when it was his family’s turn with their church’s Bible. Without knowledge of God’s Word, many Christians in that region have been vulnerable to the influence of Islam. VOM worked with a local group of pastors and lay ministers to distribute more than 14 000 Bibles, including illustrated and audio Bibles, in this remote region of Kenya. “We thank God for today because we have Bibles. It is the food of our life. The same way that our body cannot live without food, we cannot live without the scriptures,” said one Bible recipient.
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