In early 2025, a team from Theovision International’s Kenya office set out on a mission to record the Heiban audio Bible in the remote Nuba Mountains of Sudan. What began as a hopeful journey to bring the Word of God to an unreached language group quickly turned into a life-threatening operation.

Just days after the recording began, full-scale conflict erupted between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The tranquil villages surrounding the recording site were thrown into chaos. Fear gripped the community. Rumors of imminent attacks spread rapidly. Schools and churches were shuttered. Families dug trenches to shelter from incoming gunfire or air raids.

With no guarantee of safe passage home and no stable power supply, the team debated abandoning the mission. But they pressed on, relying entirely on solar energy, recording God’s Word each day under the constant threat of war. For six tense weeks, they lived on high alert—sleeping light, watching the horizon, and praying for protection.

By God’s grace, the team completed the project and returned safely to Nairobi. The Heiban New Testament audio Bible is now in post-production and will soon be available to the 4,000+ speakers of this endangered language.

The Heiban people, like many in Sudan, have limited access to Scripture—especially in a form they can understand. Their language, known locally as Debang or Ebang, is one of Sudan’s many indigenous tongues on the verge of extinction. This audio Bible will not only preserve the language—it will speak life to hearts that have never heard Jesus speak in their mother tongue.

Please join us in praying for peace in Sudan—and for the transformative power of the gospel to take root in Heiban hearts.