“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; 
even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.”

— Psalm 65:11 NLT

ROCK Resources & ROCKids

As we look back over 2025, this verse reminds us that in our broken world, no matter how complex the problem, God delights to bring His bountiful blessings out of and into hard places. A few recent examples:

Africa & Asia: By your prayers and gifts, this month 16,000 KING of GLORY books [Swahili, Marathi, English] and What If Jesus Meant What He Said? [Hindi]) are being printed in three nations where persecution is intense. In September, ROCK Resources lacked funds to print these gospel and discipleship books; but God has since provided. Pray for widespread impact and lasting fruit among both the saved and the lost (including the persecutors themselves).

Bougainville (Papua New Guinea, Oceania): As told in ROCK’s August Update, God is doing a new thing on this autonomous island. A ministry partner (wife of MAF director-pilot in PNG) told of her first visit to Bougainville’s main hospital: “...patients waiting for hours in the heat, broken equipment, wards without privacy, and a public bathroom so foul (with shattered toilets, overflowing sewers, filth, and maggots) that it felt evil. Yet after meeting with hospital leadership and lead nurses, God opened doors!” With prayer, cleaning supplies, and unexpected helpers, she and staff went to work scrubbing and repairing — with God stirring hearts to transform the hospital inside and out (See thumbnail).

One bright weekly event is the showing of the Tok Pisin KING bilong GLORI movie. Each Saturday, a ward fills with smiles and attentiveness as patients, families, nurses, and others gather to be captivated by the Story and Message of Redemption — from Genesis to Revelation. A pastor and his wife lead the showings, volunteers serve a meal during intermission, and at the end, KING bilong GLORI picture books and Bibles are eagerly received, with many understanding and responding to the Gospel.

Niger (West Africa): A ROCK-connected German surgeon and his wife, who holistically serve hurting people in Jesus’ name at a 75-year-old mission hospital (short video) in the Niger desert, wrote: “This country and region need much prayer, as darkness seems to be growing — but we know the LORD reigns. Please pray for the Nigerien church to be strengthened, to deepen dependence on Him, to stand firm, and for many to find Jesus as Savior. The WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS is used in Hausa, and the hospital evangelist asks for prayer that the KING of GLORY movie might also be produced in Hausa for use in the hospital.”

We thank God for you and your part in all He is doing through the channels of ROCK Resources (which, as of May 2025, now includes an ASL movie for reaching the largely unreached Deaf in North America) and ROCKids' initiatives (such as last month's featured New Hope Girls’ Secondary School in Tanzania). And in 2026, we anticipate introducing you to a pre-K-to-12 grade school in South Asia where God has opened a wide and wonderful door for His servants to make long-term investments in more students — for time and eternity.

Immanuel!