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The BIMI PNG BIBLE PROJECT has really
touched the lives of the Morata Baptist Church
congregation and has changed my focus and
attention on my country. Seeing another
generation receive Bibles—over one million
copies—is a milestone that has never happened
in Papua New Guinea. Thank God for the
opportunity that happened in my lifetime. I have
seen the excitement, tears, smiles, etc., that were
shown when children received their Bibles. The
inspiration of this project was when children and
adults got to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and
personal Saviour. Words and ink cannot recap
all those special moments as the Bibleman (Alan
Brooks) entertains and drives the message of
why the Bible is precious to his audience. One
can see the countless countenances of people
reacting with applause and appreciation. This
project was what PNG as a country needed to
build and change our children. Thank you to
all who traveled from USA, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and Japan, to help with the
distribution. And here locally, Thank You to all
our missionaries, pastors, preachers, Christians,
churches and fellow Papua New Guineans for
standing and helping with us. Finally, but not the
least, Thank You BIMI and the team. Glory to
God for a mission well done!
Pastor Holmes Tako
Morata Baptist Church
Port Moresby, National Capital District
Holmes Tako
18 Alan Brooks
Matt Allen
Words fail when I think of how to express
gratitude for the way you have invested in the
future of our nation of Papua New Guinea
through providing Bibles for our young
people. On multiple occasions, I have had the
opportunity to speak to over 2,000 high school
students at once, pointing these young people to
the cross while giving them a Bible and a place
to attend church. These opportunities are rare—
but you helped make it possible. Thank you.

We have many young people in our church now
growing up in the Word; and I count it a joy
to look back at a moment when they received
a Bible because of your gracious giving. I
regularly meet young people in the course of
my week, and they tell me, “You gave me a
Bible when I was in 7 th , 8 th , 9 th , etc., grade.” Of
course, I don’t remember their faces, but they
remember the gift. And they are putting these
Bibles to use! I have seen so many well-worn
Bibles with the shiny Bird of Paradise worn
completely off the front from use.

Thank you for being a part of this work and
many other works across the nation through
your participation in the BIMI Bible Project.

Sincerely, Matt Allen
Missionary Pastor
Capital City Baptist Church
Port Moresby, National Capital District



With great joy, I watched the last two containers of 100,000 Bibles being delivered into the country of
Papua New Guinea. As every box was transferred into safe storage by national volunteers to prepare
them for distribution, my heart thanked God for every donor who has sacrificially given to supply
this precious gift. We have received 20 containers making a total of 1,100,000 Bibles. Thank you for
helping this vision become a reality.

We still have 140,000 Bibles that are yet to be distributed. We have completed all of the larger cities.

Most of the future distribution will be in very remote areas. We covet your prayers as there will be
travel by trucks over nearly impassable roads, boat rides on the open ocean with monstrous waves,
plane rides across mountainous terrain, and hiking across rickety bridges over rivers and swamps to
personally hand a Bible to a young person. This is the Lord’s doing; It is marvellous in our eyes (Psalm
118:23). I thank God for each one who has been involved in every aspect of this project. I have asked
some of the national pastors and missionaries to share their hearts as to what this project has meant
to them and their churches.

Alan Brooks — BIMI PNG Bible Project Coordinator
Greetings in Christ our Rock and Blessed Redeemer. As a missionary and pastor, I am
so blessed to have Brother Alan Brooks and BIMI team come to Papua New Guinea
as “Ambassadors of the Gospel” through Bible Distribution Project. He has become a
good friend of ours and we call him the “Bible Man.”
I am ministering at a place in PNG that is spread across 100s of islands and the
Baptist churches and Gospel-preaching churches are just a handful. Lost souls are
dying here and need the Word and preachers to come over and help us. I am one of
the missionary pastors who has been tremendously privileged with Bibles to give to
1000s of children and preach salvation messages to them. Many of them are from all
over this province and from all corners of the scattered islands. As a result, we had
so many open doors and opportunities alone along the East Cape highway of Milne
Bay with children waving at the church truck and stopping and receiving tracts gladly.

We had several professions of faith made during the distribution. One time we were
distributing Bibles in a school and via the sound system a neighbor lady who had read
John chapter 3 that morning and had asked the Lord to help her understand what
born again meant heard me preach. She climbed over the fence and sneaked in the
school assembly and received the Gospel. In tears she shook my hands that now she
knew what Jesus meant and that she also accepted Christ at the invitation.

Through the Bible distribution, I had a head teacher get saved and she started coming
to church with us. She also invited me to visit her family and more than once the Lord
opened doors to share the Gospel and lead her children to Christ.

I have used BIMI Bibles so many times over to lead sinners to Christ. There are so
many stories, so many lives
touched of which only
heaven will truly reveal at
the Judgment Seat of Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58
Humbly yours,
Pastor Nilesh Prasad
Bemari Baptist Church
Milne Bay Province W
Students gathered to receive Bibles