Bibles For The World joins with millions to mourn the passing of Rev. Billy Graham. BFTW founder Dr. Rochunga Pudaite met Rev. Graham in Glasgow in 1955 where the evangelist was preparing to hold crusades. “Ro” was a young student at the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow and had volunteered to help promote the […]
We need your help! For many years we had children from our schools in India visit the U.S. They would tour the country and share the stories about how child sponsorship through Bibles For The World was changing lives. It’s been years since we’ve been able to host a group of children from India. So […]
Great news — Each of the children in the Sponsorship Program have received their Christmas Gift! Below is a brief message from the Vice President of Partnership Mission Schools, Rhonny Pakhuongte:
Sponsors often receive letters from their sponsored students with descriptions of what they want to do when they grow up. Below is a beautiful excerpt from a letter one of our sponsors recently received: “I am a poor girl from a small village…in an isolated place like this, there is no proper hospital. I see […]
You Can Help Provide the Gift of LIGHT to Dispel the Darkness in India! Help “turn on the light” for sponsored children and their families in India who can’t afford even one electric light that would make life (and study) so much easier. In remote villages there is no electricity — so nights are […]
Here are a few answers to the most frequently asked questions about school for kids in India: Q: How is the Indian school system different than the U.S.? A: Children in India can start school as early as age three. They continue through elementary and junior high (or middle school) in much the same way our children […]
What is life is like for a sponsored child in India? Listen to Isak describe his village in a letter he wrote to his sponsor: “School is a little bit far from my house — and I take five minutes to reach it by foot. Our school is on a hill and the surrounding land […]
Lawmsangzuali was given a special gift from God, a beautiful voice! She loves to sing praises to God and one day hopes to have a musical instrument to accompany her voice. Listen as Lawmsangzuali sings praises to God in her native language (below is a translation of the chorus) Do not be disheartened, do not […]
In our child sponsorship program we measure a lot of things to evaluate how lives are being changed. We measure the effectiveness of our educational programs with tests and examinations. We measure the health of our children through various checkups and evaluations. But one of the most significant outcomes of our program is tough to […]
James, a sponsored child in NE India, comes from a remote hilltop village. He is the second oldest of 7 siblings. When James was thirteen years old, his mother became ill with malaria. With no money, and no proper medical care available in the village, James remembers taking care of his mother for two weeks. […]
