After two whole years of writing Bible-reading curriculum for young people and families, my vision came to completion last week when I uploaded the Christmas booklets for Challenge 2014.
The vision for Challenge 2013 was birthed way back in 2012, when I discovered that little or no Bible reading helps were available for Spanish teenagers and pre-teens. For twelve months I produced a Spanish booklet and an English booklet every month - challenging young people to read their Bibles 13 times a month and to read from at least 20 books in the Bible. Around 300 young people in several different countries participated during 2013.
For 2014, I was asked if I could spread the challenge to the French speaking world, including West Africa. Challenge Twenty Fourteen invited young people and families to read their Bible at least 14 times a month, and my personal prayer goal was to challenge at least 2014 young people to read their Bible regularly this year. Every month, I've produced and uploaded the simple little booklets in three languages: French, Spanish and English.
Amazingly, my two year curriculum writing challenge has come to an end, and the December booklets are being downloaded all over the world this week. Young people who've been following all year will have read their Bibles at least 168 times during 2014 and will actually have read in at least 25 books of the Bible. If you would like to download and use the Christmas booklet to read your Bible over the next few weeks, you can get it in English by clicking right here. The Spanish and French versions are available from the Bible Challenge 2014 blog page.
I won't be writing any new booklets for 2015, but will be updating this year's books and making them available in an undated format, according to different themes. The French, Spanish and English versions will be available at the webpages listed below. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it and read it more easily.) Translations into Ukrainian, Russian, Malagasy and perhaps German are also underway, and will be available from the new KKI international website in due course.
Many blessings to you and your family this Christmas. Why not begin to prepare your hearts by reading some of the accounts of the very first Christmas?
