Stories of Transformation through Christ!
More than one million villages still have not heard the Gospel. You can help us reach as many as possible. People, just like these, are waiting to be transformed by Christ.
Every village that is reached results in amazing stories of transformation through the power of Jesus Christ. These are real stories of real people.
“… And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ” (Ephesians 3:17−18).
In the Spring 2026 edition of the Within Reach Praise Report, you will hear how rootedness in Christ changed the lives of Thida, Vasily and Zabel. Join us in praising God for their openness to the Gospel and their heart to live for Jesus. • Thida found a flicker of hope for her hopeless life the first time she heard about Jesus. • Vasily* vacated his spiritual and physical prisons when he...
“Can you come to our village and help a woman who is struggling?” The call came to Rytis, a ministry leader in Lithuania, on a spring day in 2025.
“Who is this woman, and what does she need?” Rytis asked.
“I am the woman who is struggling,” the woman answered. “My name is Lukné, and I need help.”
Rytis agreed to meet with Lukné. Within an hour, he arrived at her home.
More than expected
As Rytis began talking with Lukné, he learned that she had been searching online for answers to her struggles. That day, as they sat together in Lukné’s home, she began to share with Rytis more about her...
In 2000, Svetla (middle) of Bulgaria middle began hosting a Bible study group in her home. God was changing the lives of her and her family, and she became a faithful follower of Jesus. Radoslav (right), one ministry partner, recalls with great fondness those years of leading those Bible studies for her and her neighbors.
Five years later, Svetla and her family experienced a tragedy in their lives. Her son was in a serious accident, and his close friend died at the scene. “We were all deeply wounded by this loss,” she says. “My son fell into a long-term depression, and he still has not...
Bozhidar lives in Bulgaria with his wife, Yoana. She began studying the Bible, praying and worshipping God with some local Christ followers in their village. “My husband was against this,” she says. “At times, he was even rude to my new friends and spoke harshly to them. But I kept meeting with them.”
In 2024, while Bozhidar and Yoana were asleep, their house caught fire. “We escaped, but our house and all our belongings were lost,” he says. “We had nothing left, and we didn’t know what we were going to do.”
Bozhidar and Yoana needed help, and Yoana’s Christian friends did everything they...
