I have received an e-mail and took the liberty to print it out for those who have the resources to provide Holy Bible in Nigeria. Please do read their e-mail below hoping that you will be touched how some people regardless of their situation sought ways to be able to read the love letters of God.
Dear Friend in Christ,
Greetings in Jesus Lovely name. I pray that this letter meet you doing well in Christ. Please do not be upset that I m writing you. I felt I needed to ask for help from other brethren in Christ when in need. I wrote before but did not hear from you.
My name is G_____ N__ E____. I am a 62 years old Brother married with wife and three grand children. Our only son D___ died in a motor accident 4 years ago and we now have to take care of two of the children when their mother remarried. I was a clerk for many years before I loosed my job.
Now I have no job and about to take to farming. I gave my life to Christ in 1990. I visited an office in Aba town in 1989. In that office there was this nice looking book it was a New Testament bible left on one of the tables. I took the bible without the consent of the owner I stole it. When I gave my life to Christ He forgive me of all sins including stealing this little bible. The miracle was that I kept it for some time and latter started reading it just as
reading a novel. But after some time the Lord arrested my heart through that little book and I gave my life to Him. All the while God has given me the grace to serve Him without going back. Me and my wife E___ are members of a small growing church with about 15 family shepherds by a young devoted man of God. The name of our church is ________________________________.I am writing this letter because we have a need. We need your help for six bibles. The ones we had before are New Testament bibles now turn and we are unable to read them due to reading difficulty having to read small letters. It is my request and appeal that you help me and my wife for two Bibles king James or new international versions. We need giant Print types due to reading difficulty. Also please send two giant print bibles for Sisters A___ and K_____ who are aged widows in our church but do not have bibles. Also I am
requesting two giant print bibles for a husband and wife. They are our new converts; they are very old and are now very committed to Christ. They are very poor.May God bless you as you help us. Also pray about me and my wife that God would show you how deep we need the bibles. I have not met you face to face but I know that God have allowed me to know you through this means and we need no other help but bibles. In all I ask for six giant print bibles. The prayer of every one who receives these bibles from you will greatly bless. I urge you to please send the bibles in airmail insured postage in order that they reach us safely. Insured airmail I was told is the safest means to receive things in our post office. Our residential address which is also my postal address is G__ E___ Nigeria. Please note that we need only English bibles. King James Version is the type we use mostly in our church during fellowship but we are not deprived
from other versions like New International Version and Living Bible.When you write and I do not reply it is because I do not check my email often. But when you send the bibles I will by God's grace receive them.
For I know the thought that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts ofpeace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11. May the Lord give you peace and grace to follow him till the end.
I shall be very grateful if this request in granted.
I edited some information in the above e-mail for some considerations. But allow yourselves to first check if it is legal to send Holy Bible to people in Nigeria and if there are no scams for that matter. Try to google the Internet for information.
I sent him a reply to visit the link below to be able to further his knowledge about the Holy Bible instead.
I have read an article on the web about Nigerian Bible Scam.
Nigerian Bible Scam
by Barbara Brabec
Your church may be a target for scammers who want Bibles they can sell in Nigeria on the black market. A reader reports on a scam perpetrated on her church.
http://www.knightforchrist.com/Articles-B/nigerian-bible-scam.htm
Comment by elmantheman — March 23, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
i desire to know god more and wish to have some free bible and for other people i will preach to .
Comment by victor — February 3, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
I received the following email today,,..similar but different from yours. To send bibles to Nigeria you can support the American Bible Society they provide bibles all over the world. If you have contact with a true missionary working in one of these areas, that would be another option, or a mission through your church.
here’s the copy.
“Dear friend in Christ,
I bring you greetings in Jesus blessed name. Please read my mail and let God speak to you about us. I am a Brother also in the body of Christ though we do not belong to the same local church. I am a Brother by God’s grace a believers of Christ who is married with six grown up children. We are members of a small local church called Christian Faith Church and I serve as the assistant pastor not of my power but of He who wants me to serve. Our church is a non denominational church of about 40 members in the outskirt of the town. Our pastor is a youth God loving son of God.
I am a teacher sacked last year who now works for a local store. My country is a poor country with much suffering but we who are bought and saved by His blood refuse that the situation in our country controls our emotions and way of thinking. Our live is transformed by the renewing of our minds and that is what give us victory and keeps us going. My present job is very small but I thank God for it. Some times God want us to appreciate our small position before He will take us to bigger ones. I gave my life to Christ, washed by His blood about 14 years ago after been and idol worshipper which is my family religion from youth. I got baptized five months thereafter. I have remain in the faith going unto perfect because I’m not perfect.
I am writing believing that you could help us for some bibles. Me and my wife needs two giant print bibles king James versions. The ones we use now are small prints which have turn. We have difficulty with reading the small character letters please help us. Bibles cost a lot here even those of the black market with fake prints. My father and mother in-laws are aged and they are now Christians. They can read also and we need your help for two super giant print bibles for them. A couple Mr. and Mrs. Aden Iro also need bibles. They are old and devoted to Christ. In all I ask for your help for six bibles giant characters. I know that this would cost you some money to fulfill and I have prayed and will continue to pray that our heavenly Father make the provision for you to help us and as you sow this seed he will bless you. Please send the bibles to us by GPO 3023, Benin, 30001, Edo State, Nigeria, West Africa, in EMS post office mail as they said this is safer.
I pray that God will bless you and make you be like a very fruitful tree in time of need so that many can eat and take shade from it. “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” II Corinthians 9:8.
In Christian love,
Bello Esohe
“You don’t know what true living is until you have Jesus Christ, and know the purpose He has for you in life. Only then you can truly live.”
So, I’ll give the way I suggested above and avoid people I don’t know or can’t validate. It’s good though that there’s a demand for large print bibles, even if someone is taking an opportunity to make money from them. I’ll let God deal with the money changers, be a good steward, and give in a more reliable manner.
Mitzi
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