From the Vision 2025 website:
Kaka died at the age of 77 in his mountain village in South Asia. He leaves a wife and five sons. One other son, Sukha, preceded him to glory in November 1998 when he became the first Christian martyr in his language group. [...]
By the time of the launch of the New Testament in his language, Kaka had worked on it for 16 years. For two and a half of those years he was locked away in prison and for four of them he was leading the believers through much persecution. During the many stages of drafting, checking and reviewing he walked 6,000 miles in and out of the mountains. For a book of 1,000 pages, that’s six miles per page! For every three pages he spent one night out in the open, miles from anywhere. And for each page the people of his village spent six and a half days in prison, 18 man-years in all.
Because of Kaka’s courage and tenacity there are hundreds of believers today.
Read more of this incredible story of a life of self-sacrifice, bravery and total dedication to seeing God’s kingdom grow in South Asia.
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