Source: Mission Network News, February 14, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a bustling Afghanistan market, a rug vendor was approached by men whose journey to him had been two years in the making. They spoke with the man, whose hands had woven intricate carpets but whose heart carried deep sorrow. Their mission was to offer him a simple device: an MP3 player loaded with devotional materials and Scripture in his language. As they explained the gift and shared the gospel, tears began streaming down the vendor\u2019s cheeks. He had seen unimaginable pain, including the slaughtering of friends and family who had dared to question Islamic teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For missionaries, handing off the preloaded MP3 players to Afghans marks the completion of the distribution effort. For recipients, it marks the beginning of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After conversing at length with Nehemiah\u2019s partners, the rug vendor, who was also a tribal chief, requested a devotional unit for each family member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat began as simple conversation in the marketplace had now become an open door to an entire tribe,\u201d Nehemiah says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> and a previous story about creating the recordings: Voice Acting Opportunities Lead Children to Christ in the Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, February 14, 2025 In a bustling Afghanistan market, a rug vendor was approached by men whose journey to him had been two years in the making. They spoke with the man, whose hands had woven intricate carpets but whose heart carried deep sorrow. Their mission was to offer him a simple … Continue reading Afghanistan: Digital Scriptures Reach the Marketplace and Beyond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13631,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630\/revisions\/13631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}