In 2016, through the refugee crisis in Europe, the Lord accelerated the need for ministry publications in Arabic and Farsi as hundreds of thousands fled from the Middle East to Europe. Many of us in the Lord’s recovery rose up to pray, to give, and to go, in order to meet this need. Living Stream Ministry helped by providing new publications in Arabic and Farsi for the new believers in Europe. Around the same time the Lord raised up new seekers for His recovery through the distribution efforts of Rhema in Egypt. These young seekers eventually benefited from the full-time trainings in India, London, and South Africa, and were fully captured by the vision of the Lord’s up-to-date recovery. Then, in 2018 Living Stream Ministry picked up the burden to participate in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) for the first time. Serving ones from LSM went to Egypt for this event and also fellowshipped with these young serving ones to see if there was a way for the Lord to have additional Arabic publication work in Egypt. Through much fellowship and prayer with the responsible ones in the work and the local serving ones in Cairo, the Lord opened a definite door for the Arabic publication work in Egypt in 2018. A clear vision was imparted into these local serving ones for the Arabic publication work. Some of them felt burdened by the Lord to give themselves for this purpose in addition to their church life in Cairo, and those who did not feel to serve directly in translation picked up the burden to support this work with their prayers and practical help as needed. “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor. 5:15).

In August 2020, through much prayer and support from the Body, the Lord accomplished the goal of preparing translators for the Recovery Version in Arabic, and this crucial work of translating the New Testament was begun. Four of those serving in the Arabic literature work have consecrated their next five years for this project and are now working steadily on it. At the time of this writing, the first three Gospels, with outlines and footnotes, are almost completed. May the Lord keep the consecration of these serving ones fresh, and may His grace bear them on to the final publication of the New Testament Recovery Version in Arabic in early 2025, as planned.

While the priority of the publication work is the Arabic New Testament Recovery Version project, we can testify that the Lord is gracing the Arabic translation team to continue producing new titles in Arabic on the side. Through the fellowship there is an ongoing translation work of some of the titles related to the vital groups for the churches to be brought fully into the God-ordained way. And the Lord is adding new translators who are working on ministry materials that will benefit all the Lord’s seekers and lovers who read Arabic. The publication work in Cairo also takes care of both the oral and the written translation needed for the two LSM semiannual trainings, so that the saints can get trained and constituted with the present ministry. AJAH also translates the materials for the yearly Cairo International Conference, usually held every January.