NM group sends audio Bibles to Haiti

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A religious ministry group based in Albuquerque is hoping to provide comfort in Haiti by sending hundreds of electronic audio Bibles to earthquake survivors.

The group, Faith Comes by Hearing , plans to ship 600 Bibles this week.

"The people are thirsty for words of comfort, and they're asking us for the Bibles," said spokesperson Jon Wilke.

The Bibles contain word-for-word translations of the New Testament in Haitian Creole.

And they're powered by the sun.

"It has solar power if there's no electricity, and it has a hand crank if there is no sunshine," Wilke said.

Shortly after the 7.1 earthquake struck Haiti, group members rushed to figure out how they could get the Bibles to the disaster zone, Wilke said. They have since partnered with another ministry called Convoy of Hope, which is already there.

The audio Bibles are especially useful in Haiti, where half the population can't read, Wilke said.

"Think about the power of God's word in those situations to really make a difference," Wilke said.

Faith Comes by Hearing works in about 150 countries throughout the world.