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In Memory of William Casivant
| Bro Marcus Heaster
B
rother William Casivant has recently
fallen asleep in Christ. Ten years ago,
whilst in a Tennessee prison he found Bible
Basics which totally changed his life. Before
that he became associated with the Sunni
Muslims, studied the Quran and became
an Imam, an
Islamic leader. He
became uneasy
about Jesus and
read Bible Basics
which convinced
him of the Truth
and he quit being
an Imam. Sister
Marilyn Seagoe
became his tutor
and after much
study he was
baptised By Bro Wes Booker. He was released
from prison in 2006 with the serious rare
bullous lung disease. He loved talking about
God and has now fallen asleep in Christ now
awaiting Jesus return.
Brother William is one of several that have
found Bible Basics whilst in prison which
convinced them of the Truth and led to their
baptism - and changed to a Godly life.
Placing Bible Basics in prisons has been a
small effort, but baptisms have taken place
in America, Britain, Japan, Malawi, Nigeria,
and Russia and if you would like to help by
sending Bible Basics to prisons we would be
happy to let you have copies to do so.
However, we have the feeling that our new
NEV Bibles may be more appropriate as most
prisons have a library for their inmates and
the NEV?s mini commentary together with a
mini Bible Basics, nicely bound together in
one volume could be more appropriate. So
far these Bibles have only been sent to all
prisons in Australia and New Zealand; at
present the French edition is being sent to
prisons in France. Volunteers or sponsors are
needed to extend this work throughout the
world. (The cost of the Bibles and postage
works out at ?8-?10 each, depending on the
country).
The following are a few extracts from letters
from the prison authorities who have
accepted the Bibles.
Australia ?One of my prisoners is a
Chistadelphian ... There are occasions when
prisoners engage in systematic Bible study,
who would value a Bible such as this which
includes a simple commentary. Would it be
possible to send me a further five NEV Bibles
that could be given to prisoners to assist
them in their biblical study. I hope that this
will be possible?.
Another letter ?Thank you for the gift of the
NEV Bible. It has been placed in our chapel
for inmates to access?.
New Zealand ?I was pleased to receive a copy
of the NEV for the prison library. I would
value a copy for myself as well as several
copies for the prison?.
So, do Jesus? words, ?I was in prison, and ye
came unto me? give an incentive to help in
this project.
We Are What We Eat
| Bro Moses Komanya (Kidatu, Tanzania)
T
here are many interesting sayings about
eating habits, but I have chosen two of
them, ?We are what we eat?. Another is, ?We
dig our graves with our teeth? . No doubt
there is much truth in both of these sayings
and it is unfortunate that while living in a
land of plenty, we eat so poorly. When we say
?poorly?, we do not mean inexpensively
because everyone who buys food knows that
it is anything but cheap. It seems that much
of its food value is lost by the time the food
gets to us. One doctor recently told us that
there is as much food value in the cardboard
box in which some of our breakfast cereals
come as in the cereal itself. This is an
example of good money being spent on poor
nutrition.