{"id":2508,"date":"2015-12-03T21:05:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2015-12-03T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T22:05:45","slug":"audio-bibles-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"Audio Bibles to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past 4 years we have been in Africa, recording narrations of the Bible and also distributing free audio Bibles to those who need them. We have distributed several models, which we import from China, but the favorite has been the S100 (see picture). This is a model that was brought to us by Timothy Tan, a developer from Singapore, who, around 2007, came to Zhuhai in China, where we lived at the time, and brought to us the first prototype, which was still being designed. The chip was conceived by Steven Patrick, a scientist from South Africa. This chip included innovative technology that allowed the device to play for an extended number of hours, actually over 200 hours, with the same set of AA batteries. We were excited from the very beginning and we used this device extensively in our own home and ministry in China before we brought it to Africa. We just found out that this model is officially out of production and will be replaced by a new model, which we have not tested but hope to do so as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Audio Bibles to Africa – the S100<\/p><\/div>\n

Audio Bibles are very useful in Africa, and probably more so than in other parts of the world. Illiteracy is very high and eyesight problems are very common where eyeglasses are not only expensive but in many situations, not available. \u00a0A new impetus is necessary to produce a model that is cheap enough to produce and given away to the needy field of Africa. We request your prayers for this new model being produced by Timothy and also for your financial support upcoming orders.<\/p>\n

Recently we received the following input from a pastor in the North of Mozambique, to whom we have donated a considerable amount of audio Bibles in Swahili and Portuguese:<\/p>\n

Audio Bibles for Mozambique<\/p>\n

by P. Nabwera<\/p>\n

We have been giving out audio Bibles to those in need. It has not been a careless dishing out but on the basis of interest in listening to God\u2019s word through the audio Bibles. So far several of them have been given out. However, some of the people come back to us saying that they get spoiled after some time. Before giving out, we always tell them; \u201cwe do not want you to keep it just in your house. Please bring it back if you stop using it\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the persons we gave to is the wife to one of the pastors here in our time. She is involved in ministry in the local church though she does not know how to read and write. Because of this, the audio Bible was very handy for her.<\/p>\n

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Mama Tere listening to audio Bible at her house<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the other persons is a mother (Mama Tere) from the Pentecostal church in Mocimboa da Praia who is very involved in ministry in this church. She has had problems with her eyes though she knows how to read and write. She cannot read for long before eyes starts to pain her. It is because of this that she benefits from listening to the audio Bible. She told me recently that she keeps it so well hiding it from the kids. She is now using the second one after the first one got spoiled. This has been a blessing not only to her but also to those she teaches in church. I have been in church while is teaching.<\/p>\n

SAQUARTE is an immigration officer in Mocimboa da Praia. He has been a nominal Christian who is interested in God\u2019s word. He took one of the Bibles. He went with it to where his family stays in the provincial headquarters called Pemba in the province of Cabo Delgado. One blind old man, doing ministry in the prisons heard this thing talking. He liked it so much that pleaded with Saquarte to give him. He was so happy to have it and this improved his prison ministry. He listens to it and then goes to tell the prisoners.<\/p>\n

Saquarte took another audio Bible after losing this to the blind preacher. He again lost this but this time to his own family. One of his sons who is studying in another town took it and has been using it a lot. Saquarte says; \u201cthe audio Bible has helped me a lot, it is so good that even my family wants the Bibles. Now I do not have one as my son in Nacala took the last one I had\u201d.<\/p>\n

We have also used the audio Bibles for our school of missions. We gave out to the last two classes for the students to develop the discipline of hearing God\u2019s word. And this has been a good tool to help in the entry of the word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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