Jacqueline Zoutene's father was a pastor, so she grew up with God's Word in Central Africa. Now, as she sees her region being terrorized by the Muslim sect Boko Haram, she fears for her loved ones but continues to draw her strength from the Bible. In fact, she turned her commitment to God into a job working for the United Bible Societies since 2006.
 
"From a very early age, I had a deep love for Bible stories, and I knew them by heart," relays Zoutene.
 
"I was especially moved by the way God worked through the men and women in these stories. Through these [Bible] stories, I discovered a way of living, faith in God in both joy and suffering and the deep relationship that you can have with God if you place all your trust in Him."

Zoutenne grew up in northern Cameroon, where Christians, Muslims and Animists live side-by-side.
 
As a child, she said she found it hard to see Muslims in important positions, and to watch churches being ransacked and Christians persecuted.
 
"I am very saddened to see my region now being terrorized by the Muslim sect Boko Haram. I am living far from my loved ones, and sometimes I fear the worst for them. In times of despair and doubt, the words of the Lord in John 14:1 are a great comfort: "Don't be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in Me," said Zoutenne.
 
She said she feels Christians should testify to Christ through their lives, by living a genuine faith, in integrity and honor and in accordance with the Word.
Zoutenne is especially touched by the United Bible Societies' Esther project, through which girls...
 
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