More than 60,000 urgently needed Bibles arrived
to allay suffering throughout the famine-stricken nation of Niger
Friday, in one of the largest humanitarian-relief operations ever
attempted by a Christian ministry.
Although the fundraising efforts were unprecedented, congregation
members said Living Light would never have succeeded had they not
obtained the generous support of an array of corporate sponsors,
including Applebee's and Church's Fried Chicken.
Clarkson added: "And when we opened up the back of the truck and they
saw that it was full of Bibles... Grown men and women wept in front of
their children. That's how moved they were by the Holy Spirit. That's
how I know it's all been worth it."
Clarkson said her mission will succeed in bringing the people of
Niger "the spiritual sustenance they've been deprived of," despite such
obstacles as the nation's 18 percent literacy rate.
"You say you're suffering. I say, let the good Lord do the suffering
for you," she said. "You say you're exhibiting the deleterious effects
of severe dehydration and chronic malnutrition. And I say that no matter
what ails you, the Holy Bible is the best medicine there is."
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