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"More than Anything Else"
2012-01-10, Curt Gustafsson gustafsson@ibtnet.org
	Boris Ruskamalov, a Khanti evangelist attended a Finno-Ugric conference in Stockholm in the middle of November, 2011. He says: "When I first saw the Gospel of Mark in the Khanti language, I experienced great joy in my heart. I finally understood that God speaks Khanti, and that I may converse with Him in my own mother tongue." Many Khantis believe that Jesus is a Russian God who must be worshipped and prayed to strictly in the Russian language. Like so many other Khantis, Boris' father died as a result of alcoholism. This is a scourge that plagues large numbers of people in Russia, resulting in a barely 40-year life expectancy for Khanti men. Boris grew up in an orphanage. Following his military service he became a fisherman -- just like his parents before him. But, he experienced life as meaningless, and began drinking. Soon he too was destined for an early death. Read More: http://www.ibtpartners.org/ta_ext/ta_ext_6.php

Institute for Bible Translation is a non-profit organization founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973. Under its international "umbrella" (IBT-I),
the autonomous IBT national organizations in Finland, Sweden, Canada, and the United States cooperate in the translation and publishing of
Scriptures primarily in the languages spoken in the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union).
One of IBT's operational centers is located in Helsinki, Finland.
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