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Bibles and Vanilla Crème
Today I visited Mrs. Selam. She and her husband own a coffee shop. They are really nice and my dad likes to go there for espresso and I always get vanilla crème. They have a lot of books there and people come and drink coffee or work or they just sit and talk together. It’s
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The Bible Says: “Do Not Be Afraid”
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 Josefina is a single mom from Tanzania. Even though she is from Tanzania, she is Congolese because she had to move to Tanzania
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The Special Prize
Kuendelea is from Congo but she was living in Tanzania for a long time before she moved to America as a refugee. She wanted to live in Clarkston but she had to live in Jonesboro because it’s close to the airport. The people who resettled her family got her a job at the airport and
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An Old Friend Gets a New Bible
Some of you might know that I broke my leg playing basketball. I had to wear a walking boot for four weeks so I wasn’t able to deliver any Bibles this month. But my brother volunteered to deliver a bible for me, so this is going to be a blog from my brother Orion: When
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No Place is Too Far for a Bible
Today I visited a family in Jonesboro which is about one hour from Clarkston because of all the traffic. Now a lot of refugee families are getting resettled to Jonesboro because Clarkston is filling up fast. Jonesboro has cheap apartments and there are jobs at the airport which is right nearby. So now a lot
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Bibles Make People Smile
There is one family that we have known for a long time. Juma is the mom and she started coming to the Swahili church a while ago. She got baptized there. She has a lot of kids – 9 of them in all. The oldest would be a senior in high school but she has
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A Big Family Gets a Bible!
There are so many families in Clarkston that don’t have a Bible! Desiree and Echa have nine children and their family is one that didn’t have a Bible until I brought them one last week. The family is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and they moved to Clarkston three months ago. In their apartment
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Unexpected Blessings
Today I visited the family of Abedi. She is Congolese but she spent most of her life in the refugee camp in Tanzania. She is the first wife of a man who has three wives. The second wife lives with her kids on the other side of Clarkston and the third wife lives with her
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Well Done!
I delivered another Bible this month to someone whose name means “Well Done” in French. Well Done and his parents live in an apartment in Clarkston and they needed a Swahili or French Bible in their home. Well Done is Congolese and works at the post office near the airport and he can speak English.
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The Co-wife’s Bible
Today we visited Binti and I gave her a Swahili Bible. Last year she visited my dad’s church and she heard an announcement about Bibles for any family that doesn’t have one. She signed up for a Bible that day and has wanted one for a long time. Binti is a co-wife. That means she
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