David & Donna Edens

Serving in Niger, Africa

David and Donna have been missionaries with BIMI since 1971, living in the town of Agadez since 1974. David has translated the New Testament into the Tamajaq language of the Tuareg people of northern and central Niger, which is just being published this year, 2004. Preliminary translations have also been made of Genesis, Exodus, Jona, Ruth, and passages from twenty-five other Old Testament books. David and national Christians produce a weekly radio broadcast in the Tamajaq language and hold weekly services. more..

Jim Civale

Hanging up from a rushed, long-distance phone call from my brother in New Jersey, I stared at the fax machine, waiting and wondering. What was this big decision he had made “that would be best communicated in writing?”

Finally my fax machine cranked and sputtered as three pages inched their way across continent and ocean. While the letter was still attached, I raced to read. I was stunned. Vince had left the Catholic Church.

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