1987年全家移民阿根廷，但由於語言與生活上的不適應，加上阿國經濟極端衰退，根本無法在那裏發展事業，逐於1989年1月，將家庭留在阿國，隻身暗然回台工作，於1990年7月31日，余四九歲生日，一人獨自在空曠無一人的辦公室沉思，深感信主已三十餘年，受洗十餘載，總是體貼肉體，讀經無恆，禱告亦無力，作工無奈，從未想到為主作過甚麼，每想到自已年紀已快半百，在世之時日，都是主的恩典，如此空手見主，實有愧主恩。遂許願為主作此『聖經彙編系統整合工具程式』，準備先將聖經經文全部輸入電腦，然後再作一程式查尋，一面讀經，一面自娛，不也樂哉！ 遂大發熱心作此聖工，其中的困難是難以述說的，實在有作不下去的感覺，也曾聽到有聲音說：『這個工程太大了，你太不自量力了，你沒專業的素養，要作也應由別人來完成。況且現在信主的人已經很少了，肯付代價每天靈修的人更少，會用工具書來查攷聖經的更是少之又少，縱使完成了，又有多少人會使用﹖我看還是算了吧！』 在我感到心恢意冷，想放棄時，但又不甘心，我向主禱告說：『主阿！我知道有很多受重用的僕人，我也願能成為的一個小僕人，雖然我只有芝麻大小一點的能力；但我仍求主能使用我，在我身上能成就美好的旨意，主阿，求給我智慧、耐力和能力，能完成你的工作。我在這裏，求差遣我。一個小小的心安草的禱告。阿們！』感謝　神，祂用曾經對以利亞說過的話，再次對我說：『有七千人是未曾向巴力屈膝的。』(王上19：18)靠主所賜下的，和水使我走過了這段艱難的過程，由於　神賜的智慧和忍耐，在十二年間完成這套聖經彙編系統整合工具程式，這不是我能做甚麼，而是　神在祂的器皿上成就了祂的工作。我是瓦器，主才是寶貝。因此這個作品是屬主的，願榮耀歸給　神，成果獻給未向巴力屈膝的七千人分享。本程式願免費贈送，與不向巴力屈膝的弟兄姊妹分享。 自1990年7月31日，迄今我無一日間斷，我願在　神的話語上竭盡已力，直到見主面為止。

Jesus told us that since we've been blessed we should bless others. For years I have been on the receiving end of His glorious riches, and I am happy to provide this blessing to others in the form of free Bible study software!

As a Bible student and teacher I have experienced the necessary work involved in searching the Scriptures for the competent preparation of a Bible study, Sunday school lesson, or a sermon. There are volumes of books available as study tools (and the Christian community is indebted to the various authors' perseverance and scholarship), but there is not enough time, money, or shelf space to properly take advantage of these resources. Computer software has changed the way we can study the Word of GOD. With a simple search or click of the mouse button, we now have access to these same volumes of scholarship within seconds!

e-Sword is a fast and effective way to study the Bible. e-Sword is feature rich and user friendly with more capabilities than you would expect in a free software package. The fact that e-Sword is free is just one of the blessings and does not speak of the quality of the software. I make my living writing software and I believe I have put forth my best effort in this endeavor. The real work, however, was put in by the godly men and women who devoted countless years creating the texts that have been made available for our benefit.

In His service,

Rick Meyers