by Josh Wagner | Nov 14, 2014 | Ebola Stories, Official Blog, Partner Stories
Mr. Kamara is an enthusiastic member of the translation team – one of three translators. We pray that a quick recovery will strengthen the ongoing Old Testament translation work of the Bible Society of Sierra Leone. We’re doing a series of posts that...
by Emily Wilson | Sep 22, 2014 | Ebola Stories, Official Blog, Partner Stories
Jim Laesch, Associate Director of Program Ministries and former missionary to Liberia, has been carefully following the news about the Ebola crisis and its effect on the people of West Africa and LBT’s coworkers. He recently submitted the following. I...
by Emily Wilson | Aug 14, 2014 | Ebola Stories, Official Blog, Uncategorized
Imagine for a moment. Your daughter comes home from school running a fever. She lays on the couch and rests for a few days. When she’s sick to her stomach and doesn’t make it to the bathroom in time, you clean up after her. A lady in your neighborhood isn’t feeling...
by Emily Wilson | Jul 30, 2014 | Ebola Stories, press release
LBT is enacting a precautionary evacuation of our missionary families from Sierra Leone. LBT is saddened by the growing threat of Ebola in West Africa. It is impacting the lives of countless people, including our friends, partners and even our own missionaries and...
by Emily Wilson | Jul 24, 2014 | Ebola Stories, Missionary Stories, News, Official Blog
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him… The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (from Psalm 34) The Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea’s remote southeast in February continues...
by Cara Fay | Jun 19, 2014 | Ebola Stories, News, Official Blog
The Ebola virus has struck the Kailahun District of Sierra Leone—specifically Buedu, Kissi Tongi chiefdom—and church leaders and Bible translation partners are asking for our prayers. As of last Friday (June 13), 16 in this small community had died—three were literacy...