Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Laos, Russia, Unreached People Groups on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Karachai People
The Karachai (Karachay) people are a testament to mankind’s will to survive. Their history includes being driven into the Caucasus Mountains by invading Mongols, being converted to Islam by the Kabard people, engaging in bloody revolts against Russia, fleeing the repression of the Russian army, having their homeland occupied by Germany, and being deported [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dagestan, India, Unreached People Groups on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Khvarshin People
Not only are the Khvarshin (aka, Khwarshi) people unfamiliar to most Westerners, their homeland of Dagestan is a mystery as well. This tiny ethnic group of 3000 people lives in the nondescript Dagestan region of southwestern Russia, near the former Soviet state of Georgia. They are farmers, ranchers, and craftsmen who reside in small [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dagestan, Eritrea, Unreached People Groups on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Qwannab Andi People
These people live in tightly packed villages high on mountain ridges in western Dagestan, a region of southwestern Russia, bordering Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. The Qwannab Andi people number about 10,000. The boundaries around their villages are clearly marked and respected. Each village is divided into quarters, with a central square and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Azerbaijan, Dagestan, India, Unreached People Groups on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lezgin People
Do you know your alphabet? If you ask an elderly Lezgin woman, she might ask you, “Which one?” Originally Lezghi was written in an Arabic script. Under communism, a Latin script was introduced, later to be replaced by a Russian Cyrillic script in an effort to Russify the people.
Traditionally they are an agrarian and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dagestan, Jews, Unreached People Groups, Yemen on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dargin People
Juri joined his father, Sergei, on his annual pilgrimage to the tomb of a Muslim saint. They live in a village high in the North Caucasus Mountains in the republic of Dagestan, Russia. The two cross many streams and rivers as they descend from 3000 meters to the Caspian Sea. Like his neighbors, Sergei [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dagestan, India, Unreached People Groups on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Botlikh People
“Might makes right” is the lesson the Botlikh people of southern Russia learned in 1999. Their mountainous homeland was chosen by the Russian Defense Ministry for a military base to repel terrorist attacks from the neighboring Chechnya region. Although war was unwillingly thrust upon them, 2,500 Botlikh people fought alongside Russia’s regular army forces [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dagestan, India, Unreached People Groups on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bagulal People
The Bagulal people are isolated, and nearly extinct, with no written language. They call themselves “Bogatyri” meaning “heroes.” These Sunni Muslims need a true hero! The Bagulals are nearly cut off from the rest of the world by the high mountains of Dagestan. As of 1926, there were only about 3,000 Bagulals in existence. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia (Nation), Senegal, Unreached People Groups on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nino’s Story III
Though impressed by his wife’s healing, Georgian King Mirian III was soon distracted by his duties and hobbies. Then one day while hunting in the woods, it became so foggy that he found himself lost. In desperation, he called out to the Savior, who is in the business of finding the lost. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Africa, Georgia (Nation), Unreached People Groups on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nino’s Story (cont.)
To help her witness to the Georgians, Nino made a cross out of vines, and used her own hair to tie the two pieces of the cross together. She used this as a visual aid to tell them about the Lord’s crucifixion that made a way for all peoples to be saved from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia (Nation), Senegal, Unreached People Groups on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jews in Georgia
The Roman Empire made a drastic spiritual change in the A.D. 330s. The Roman emperor, Diocletian, had previously made an all-out attempt to destroy the emerging Church. Believers in Christ were martyred as fast as the emperor’s troops could find them. But for every one killed, dozens of others secretly worshiped the Risen [...]
