LAST LESSONS #162 — ROSEMARY JENSEN BIBLE FOUNDATION

“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” Ezra 7:10

I’m interrupting the stories I have been posting in order to catch you up on where we are in sending out Bible commentaries to Africa. (18 so far) We are doing this through the ROSEMARY JENSEN BIBLE FOUNDATION (RJBF).

Let me give you a quick history of this endeavor:

In 2017 God used a few of my family members and friends to start a non-profit, 501(c)3, organization that gives Bibles to African children, teachers, and pastors. We wanted to do this because these Africans simply did not have Bibles. They could not afford to buy them. I was able to purchase Bibles from Ligonier Ministries and Crossway Publishers at a good discount and we sent them out in the containers that Rafiki regularly sends. With the generosity of friends and family, we were able to freely give 40,000 Bibles to Africans. Ligonier Ministries caught on and agreed to raise the funds to purchase 60,000 more to make it 100,000! In the meantime, Crossway (that publishes the ESV) decided to send one million Bibles to third world countries. How exciting is that!

So since the need for Bibles in Africa was taken care of, the RJBF sensed the need for Bible commentaries to be given to those countries asking Rafiki for Sunday school lessons. I do not know of one single Sunday school teacher in Africa who had a Bible commentary for the book of the Bible they were teaching! That was a need that RJBF could fill.

So we began to fill it. We now have commentaries on 18 books of the Bible ready to go. I am so grateful to those of you who have contributed to this endeavor. We would like to have more commentaries available—especiallly all the New Testament.

I do not ask for funds for the RJBF, but if you want to be a part of what we are doing to help others study the Word of God, be my guest! The address for RJBF is PO Box 488, Eustis, FL 32727. Or you can write me direct to get more information. My email is RMJ@rafikifoundation.org.

P.S. from Rosemary: PRAY FOR ISRAEL The Bible tells us to. Psalm 122:6. Actually all of Psalm 122.