‘Reading the Bible in my native language changed everything for me!’

By Karen Roach2024-04-16T08:00:00

Having studied the Bible in English all her life, Jamaican born Karen Roach was amazed to find the New Testament translated in her native Creole.

I was born in Kingston, Jamaica on the 1st April 1967. English is the official language of Jamaica, but I grew up speaking Jamaican Creole at home - an English-based Patois with West African, Taíno, Irish, Spanish, Hindustani, Portuguese, Chinese, and German influences.

I learned English when I went to school and I came to the UK in September 1987 to join my husband.

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