Written by Paul J Bucknell on May, 01, 2026
Prayer Letter #417

Spread Widely, Reach Deeply

Dear Prayer Partners,         May 2, 2026

Over the last 25 years, God has given BFF a wonderful foundation, a great collection of Biblical resources. We are still expanding them, but our main focus is: ‘Spread Widely, Reach Deeply.’ We want to take what God has given and share it widely, hoping that God will work more powerfully than before. This past month has opened another door. 

Paul started podcasts about 15 years ago, but since then, he hasn’t maintained or updated them. However, in April, with AI’s help, he created three new podcasts. Instead of repairing the Old Testament one, he started a new one. Thank you for your prayers over the past year. They finally came together, and it’s just the beginning.

Old Testament Podcast  | Genesis Podcast | Church Unity Podcast

This widening work reflects my interest in future translation projects, reaching places where I couldn't reach before, such as Indonesia, Japan, and Russia. We will see how it goes. First, I need to keep updating the audio and video files. At the same time, I added Genesis to our BFF website course listing. I hope to do much more to spread the message widely and reach more deeply into people's hearts! We are here to reach this generation!

Praise

• Praise Him for the grace to form three new audio podcasts!
• Thank the Lord.  The 19 Genesis classes have been edited and reprocessed, and this is now a video course on BFF.
• Our month of hospitality has passed, but we still invite people over, family and others.
• Our first bunch of snow peas has been collected and eaten!
• I’m halfway through recording the teaching videos for the Relational Discipleship - Cross Training series.

Pray

•  May 17th, Paul will speak again in Chinese (on 1 Peter 1:1-9).
• Refreshing times in our daily devotional times.
• For the Holy Spirit’s deeper work in people’s lives as they read and use the BFF resources (reaching deeper).
• Paul needs sharp focus on many projects: writing, editing code, and managing many aspects of the BFF ministry.