"I would like to share my true story with you...I was so excited that I could pass on something so wonderful ...the ministry that you have is so valuable. It has helped someone like me to share the gospel with others. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU."

Lily had attended a conference a few years ago. There she signed up for an audio Bible for her 12-year old son who is mentally and physically handicapped. She had been working to help him learn to read but wanted him to enjoy the Scriptures. He did, and so did his sister; they even played the tapes in their travels and the entire family was blessed by them.

About six months later, Lily helped an elderly woman in her church to clean her porch after Hurricane Frances. A man who lived across the street came over and began talking. He is hard of hearing and cannot read well. As a matter of fact, his family is illiterate. He does not attend church but knows the Lord.

Lily asked him several questions and knew just what he needed. She returned to give him several tapes that he could use as long as he wished, but she did ask that the tapes not just sit around. Pass them on. The man, Wayne, said that he and his daughter would be happy to listen to them.

”May God bless you and yours as you do His Will and continue to share Jesus with others who are not able to use their eyes and see His Love Letters for themselves.”

As we all know, the world of technology changes every day. The days of 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, and record players have come to an end. Some experts predict the end of audio cassette tape is near, while others claim it ended many years ago. Either way, the cost of producing audio cassette tape is increasing. It comes down to the basic rules of supply and demand. Fewer people use cassettes, therefore fewer cassettes are being made.

When learning about the availability of free Audio Bibles for her visually impaired patients, a diabetes educator said, “This is wonderful! I had a patient just last week who was asking me if I knew where she could get an Audio Bible. She had lost her sight and she said the one thing she missed the most was being able to read her Bible. Can you please send me an Audio Bible to give to her? You don’t know what this will mean to her.”

It was a wonderful opportunity to be an exhibitor at the American Association of Diabetes Educators meeting in San Antonio, Texas with thousands of diabetes educators in attendance. Diabetes is the number one cause of new blindness in adults. More than 21 million people in the United States have diabetes. People with diabetes are 40 percent more likely to develop glaucoma and 60 percent more likely to develop cataracts. Medical experts say that the number of eye disease is expected to soar due to the diabetes epidemic. We continually receive requests for Audio Bibles from people who have lost their vision due to diabetes. When I got back to the office Monday and reviewed the many orders received at the conference, and saw the stack of additional orders that came in the morning mail, I wondered how we are going to be able to meet the ever growing demand. Without the help of our ministry partners, there is no way we can. We are deeply grateful in these difficult financial times for all those who are compassionately giving to help us put an Audio Bible into the hands and the Word of God into the hearts of those who can no longer see to read.

(AER) Association for Education and Rehabilitation
of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Little Rock, AR by Jim Pike

At 7:00 A.M. people started filing into the exhibit hall on their way to the breakfast food located in the back of the hall. The Aurora Ministries booth was centrally located so that I was able to talk with many of the people and fill their request for Audio Bibles. Several attendees were blind, and there were many professional people who worked with the blind. Some professional providers commented, “We know all about you. We have been sending you orders for Bibles for our clients for years. Thank you for what you do, and keep up the good work. You can’t imagine what a blessing this service is for our clients.” During the three days of the conference, I was able to met and talk with blind people, educators and rehabilitation professionals from across America and from various other countries. The educators and rehabilitation professionals were happy to know that we can send free Audio Bibles to their blind clients. This is only possible because of the wonderful help from our ministry partners who generously give to provide free Audio Bibles.

American Council For The Blind- Phoenix, AZ by Ben Nowakowski

“Thank you so much for sending me the Audio Bible. You don’t know how much it means to me.” This was a frequently heard comment from blind attendees who stopped by our booth at the American Council For The Blind Convention in Phoenix. Some told us how they had received one of our Audio Bibles in years past and continue to find enjoyment and comfort from its continual use. There were many other blind individuals who came by our booth and learned for the first time about the availability of our free Audio Bibles, and were delighted to know they could receive their very own Audio Bible A health care professional from Israel said our Hebrew Bible that we have been able to provide to some of her clients was one of the best she had heard. Our MP3 CD Rom Bible was very popular with the blind people who were there.

Putting the finishing touches on our Summer Newsletter. If you'd like a copy contact me at adecker@auroraministries.org (US only)

New 2GB USB drives arrived this week for use with the NLS Digital Talking-book Players.
http://www.loc.gov/nls/businessplan/playerdescription.html

We share our messages on all our social network pages, but here is a list of all...
http://twitter.com/AB4TB
http://facebook.com/AB4TB
http://myspace.com/audiobiblesfortheblind
http://audiobiblesfortheblind.blogspot.com
--And you'll find our YouTube profile at http://youtube.com/auroraministries

Adding two MP3 Audio Bibles to the Download site today ... Arabic NT & Czech NT.

Our goal is to (eventually) take all the materials we send freely to blind & print handicapped all over the globe and make them available on our download site. http://download.AudioBiblesForTheBlind.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15dhiDZzmBU

While at NFB 2010 in Dallas, we got to do something we've wanted to do for a very long time. We got to meet with Mike Calvo, founder and CEO of Serotek Corp. The part that makes it even better? We recorded it just for you!

Some of you may recall a story we did about Mike back in July of 2009. Just in-case you missed it, here it is: http://audiobiblestories.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-2009-mike.html


We hope you enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dAkRGcC71I

“Oh Really? You mean it’s free? This is wonderful!” was a common response of blind people at our booth at the National Federation for the Blind conference in Dallas after hearing we were offering them a free Audio Bible. As her hands moved back and forth across the table touching each item to “see” what was there, a young blind lady asked, “Is this the booth that has the Audio Bibles?” When we said it was, she literally jumped up and down with excitement. We often heard from the elderly attendees, “This is wonderful, because I can no longer read my Bible.” When most think of blind people, they usually think of the elderly. While it is true with the increasing cases of macular degeneration and diabetes among the elderly, many do lose their sight, but blindness is no respecter of age. My heart was touched as I observed many mothers and fathers with their blind children. I was delighted that we were there to offer them the Children’s Bible, which we recorded in our own studios. We also had the opportunity to talk with many blind professionals who partner with us in referring clients for the Audio Bible.

It was definitely a different experience as a sighted person being in the minority among thousands of blind people who, with their white canes and guide dogs, navigated freely throughout the hotel and convention center. It was a gratifying experience to be able to offer the them free Audio Bibles.

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