The Furr people are an ethnic group from western Sudan, 99% of the population is Muslim, and Christianity is not only unfamiliar, it is often unwelcome. Over the years, many Fur-speaking Christians were forced to flee Sudan due to the growing hostility under Islamic rule, where freedom to express and live out Christian faith remains heavily restricted.
Yet, God made a way.
Isa arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with two fellow colleagues from Sudan, their mission was clear: to help record the Bible in Fur, their native language. The three spent a whole month together with Theovision International Kenya team, recording all 27 books of the New Testament in their native language. By the final week of June, the project was complete capturing not just words, but hope, dignity, and identity for the Fur community.
“Every time I heard my voice playing back, I felt a smoothness in my heart,” he said, reflecting on the days spent inside Theovision International Kenya’s recording studio.
Printed Bibles are viewed with suspicion, and owning one can put a person in real danger. In such a context, Audio Bibles offer a discreet and powerful way to encounter the message of Christ.
“If you give someone a printed Bible, they might be afraid to accept it,” Isa explains. “But audio is safer. Someone can listen in private on their phone or a Proclaimer device and hear the message without fear.”
Raised in a devout Muslim family, Isa was on the path to becoming an Imam (A person who leads prayers and offers religious counsel in a Mosque). He studied and taught the Quran and was deeply embedded in religious life. But his path shifted.
“I began reading the Bible secretly comparing it with the Quran. I realized the Bible completed many of the stories I already knew. I cried out to God: ‘These are two ways which one is yours?’ And He showed me.”
Despite facing beatings and rejection from family and community, Isa held firm in his new faith.
“Reading the Bible in my own language brings it alive. God speaks powerfully through that,” he said. “Before, I had to read in Arabic or English. Now, this recording brings the Word straight into the hearts of my people.”