Gaith, a Bible Society team member in Aleppo, reported in January that closed streets are opening up and some of those who fled Aleppo are beginning to return.
Gaith* said: ‘We have had very peaceful weeks in Aleppo, where suddenly all the barriers and walls separating us from one another were dismantled. We could suddenly walk through areas – near our Bible House – which had been cut off from us for years! Tears were streaming down our cheeks!’
Bibles have been distributed in the area. One girl was asked what she would do with the Bible when she got home. She said: ‘I’ll tell you. These books are holy and they are for ‘the inside’, so that God will live in you. Yes, that’s what he wants. I’ll read them and read them until I know that he’s really inside me.’
Some who had fled are returning to Aleppo, and many found their way to the Bible Society HQ, Bible House, from where Gaith runs the Christian bookshop. Throughout the conflict, Bible House became a place of stability and comfort for many as they tried to make sense of the situation.
