In her small town, nothing interesting ever seems to happen. Until now. Twelve year-old Asia watches as her world crumbles around her. Everyone seems to be sick or hurt. But she can feel the tides turning as things are changing. Convinced that something is wrong with this world, she sets out to figure out why, suddenly, so many things start going right.

A story of pain, suffering, and God's hope in the midst of it all. Ana's fed up with the world. Why is there so much pain, so much sadness? How can this exist if God is supposed to be a God of love? Running away from home, she takes up residence in an abandoned church building in an old and crippled neighbourhood. She decides it's time to put God on trial. Will God answer? If He does, how will it sound? What will it look like? But more importantly, is she ready for the answer? Are we?

It's not a new translation, it's a new format. Strip away the chapter numbers, verse numbers, story headings. Add in margins, novel-like format and paper, and a comfortable size font and you end up with the River Gospel. From Matthew to Acts, this newly-formatted Bible is comfortable to read, flows along, and pulls you into the story of Jesus and the early church. This Bible uses the World English Bible translation, a public domain translation with no copyright.

Can I do this? I asked myself. I'd been repeating the same question for the last 24 hours. People seem to say, "It's Arvid-of course he can do it." If they knew how many times I struggled with self-doubt, with the question of whether I should bike another kilometre, they would never feel so confident. This was one of those times. Giving up now was, for me, symbolic of giving up on the kids at MCF. Many of them had been abandoned by parents, relatives and society, left to fend for themselves. God had never given up on them, and I was not going to quit a silly bike ride. I made up my mind: I...