Many of you have heard about our “Buy a story, help tell a story” fund-raiser that we’ve been working on this fall. We’re selling donated books and using the proceeds to tell stories from around the world that are being written, but have yet to be heard. With the holiday season approaching, we wanted you to see some of the titles that are available at our Amazon storefront because books make pretty great gifts! Here are some books you might want to check out:

St. Augustine Confessions: This classic book written by the 4th century philosopher and theologian St. Augustine covers his life and conversion to Christianity. You can buy our copy here.

Maybe you’ve seen the movies, but have you read the books? J.R.R. Tolkien’s second novel in his Lord of the Rings triology is worth the read. Our copy was actually purchased in New Zealand where the breathtakingly beautiful movies were filmed! Purchase The Two Towers by clicking here.

Their Eyes were Watching God is a novel about Janie Crawford, a black woman who lives in Florida during the 1930s. This novel follows her on a journey that brings her through three marriages, one murder trial, and several moves as she experiences life’s sorrows and joys. You can buy this book by clicking here.

You can browse through more of our books at our Amazon storefront. Thanks to everyone who has donated or purchased one of our books!

It’s nice to know you’re not alone.

As I was tossing around ideas for this story of the week, Jessi and Stephen mentioned Watermelon Ministries, an organization that has a similar vision and heartbeat as Bedouins International.

Based in Tennessee, Watermelon Ministries began in 2004 when Joshua MacLeod decided to leave his high-paying job as a manager of a courtroom presentation company to start a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to telling stories and planting seeds that would hopefully grow into a vine of connections. Thus, the name Watermelon Ministries.

Like Bedouins, Watermelon Ministries produces media such as photography, videos, websites, and print design for ministries for free. They also use their website to connect people with different outreach venues. One of their ministries pairs photographs (all taken by Joshua during his travels) with Bible verses to create Scripture prints to give away to nursing home residents. Another organization that Watermelon Ministries helped start is Garments of Praise which donates instruments to orphanages that couldn’t otherwise afford them.

In his blog, Joshua says that Watermelon Ministries has taken him to India, Chile, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Sudan, and Ethiopia. They have helped 35 other ministries with an aim of “equipping thousands to reach millions.” In one of his posts he asks,“What would happen if rather than watch TV for a week, we went to go find someone to needs served, and served them?”

Watermelon Ministries is doing just that. Visit their website or Facebook page to find out more.

Each week Bedouins International posts a story. Maybe it’s one we’ve helped to tell, or a story we hope to tell, or it maybe it’s just a story we think deserves to be told. In any case, we hope you find them inspiring and motivating. Read more stories here.

This week’s story is about an organization founded by musician and worship leader Daniel Bashta. So what kind of a ministry does a musician start? If you’re Daniel Bashta, and your passion is music, media, and missions; then you’d start GoMotion [Worldwide].

So what is GoMotion? It is a ministry passionately on a mission to see a new generation of people worshipping in the Kingdom of God. To reach this generation the group uses the power of music and new media to reach across cultural divides to communicate the love of Christ and stir hearts to worship Him.

To find out the rest of the story, or join in visit their website. Also checkout the GoMotion blog or connect with them on Facebook or Vimeo.

Each week Bedouins International posts a story. Maybe it’s one we’ve helped to tell, or a story we hope to tell, or it maybe it’s just a story we think deserves to be told. In any case, we hope you find them inspiring and motivating. Read more stories here.

Excited to post the new “Media Is…” video.

Join us in August, to take part in the discussion. Visit bedouinsinternational.org/banquala for more information.

Media is Universal from Bedouins International on Vimeo.

Join us on August 1st to be a part of the discussion on the power of media.

Media is Powerful

Stay tuned…