| It surprises many people to learn that there is a | | | | escape was to drink, and his family suffered terribly. |
| shortage of Bibles in Latin America. You might think | | | | But Gods spirit was at work, preparing both Hermison |
| that with such a long, strong religious tradition, Latin | | | | and a Bible Network trained believer for a Bible study. |
| America would be blanketed with the Word. But this | | | | Hermison says, From that very first study I knew that |
| just has not happened. | | | | Jesus was the bridge we needed to know God. |
| So many people live in poverty, that Bibles are quite | | | | Because of what I heard I actually learned to read and |
| simply out of the reach of the majority of people. Also, | | | | write. I wanted more. Now, the Word of God is my |
| their religious tradition is often a veneer for a very | | | | food for every day. My life changed so much, I have |
| shallow faith. | | | | been able to keep a job, and my entire family is part |
| People who say that they believe in God do so | | | | of Gods family. Thank you for giving me Treasure |
| without really knowing His Son. There is no teaching or | | | | From Heaven. |
| encouragement to meet Him in the Scriptures, and the | | | | Church leaders from Peru have been crossing the |
| result is that the following can be seen. | | | | border into Ecuador for some time now. They have |
| There are 95 million people in Mexico without a | | | | heard how Bible Network Scriptures and training has |
| relationship with Christ. | | | | fueled the fire of church growth there, and they are |
| There are 40 million people in Colombia without a | | | | praying to spark a renewal among their people. They |
| relationship with Christ. | | | | need Gods Word, and they want the training our |
| There are 24 million people in Venezuela without a | | | | national leaders can offer. |
| relationship with Christ. | | | | Imagine the joy of a spiritual wanderer as he or she |
| Nine out of ten believers in Haiti await their own Bible. | | | | reads the Bible for the first time, and imagine the |
| Hurricanes, a government overthrow, and severe | | | | immense joy as that person comes to know Jesus |
| poverty should have shut down the Bible Network | | | | through the Scriptures. You can help launch a great |
| ministry there over the past few years, but on the | | | | chain reaction, extending from your heart, through the |
| contrary we cannot keep up with the need for Bibles. | | | | provision of Gods Word, into the heart of another. |
| Hermison Patino, the man in Colombia who now holds | | | | I invite you to pray, and then to find out more about |
| his own Bible for the first time, suffered through | | | | how you can help. |
| depression, joblessness, and witchcraft. His only | | | | |