Romans 10:14-15 (NIV)  Now, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

Imagine - you don't know how  to read.  Why should you? Your language is oral, not written.  There is no alphabet.  There is no concept of writing anything down.  I would be in big trouble because I could never write down my to do lists from my wife.  Of course, there would be no bible.  No way to read God's Word.  No way to meditate on God's Word.  I'm reminded of Romans 10, as Paul quotes from Isaiah - "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"  Coming out of the Grace Church Global Impact Conference, I'm reminded of the many different ways people bring good news to every corner of the globe.  I'm especially captivated by those who devote years in deciphering a language, creating an alphabet, teaching literacy - and for the first time every, watching an oral society morph into a literate society.  Then - the task of translating God's Word into this new language.  Once a people get God's Word in their "heart language" and they learn to read it - their lives are never the same.