by Chuck Ramsey
Short Wave Radio
Yes! They are listening
The air waves can be a powerful tool. Some have ventured to say that Short Wave, though, is a dying medium, that no one is listening anymore. You can’t say you’re broadcasting the Gospel if no one is listening. But what about those who live in areas where there is no radio reception, the unevangelized in the inaccessible areas of the world and in Bolivia?
I know that when Jean and I lived twenty-three years in the jungle, there was nothing we could hear but the Short Wave stations and it hasn’t changed. The thing is, you are not reaching the masses like in the crowded cities and commercially it’s expensive, but you are reaching out to those who cannot hear anything else. They also need to hear the Word of God in their own language.
Above: Chiquitano children gather
around to listen a solar-powered,
pre-tuned short wave receiver.
LATCOM has two Short Wave low power transmitters proclaiming the Good News of the Gospel from 6:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening. But is anyone listening? We praise God the answer is “Yes.”
In the Lomerio the Chiquitano people are listening. Pablo Chuve and the other believers are giving out the Short Wave, solar powered fixed frequency receivers in the different villages that we have received from GALCOM Ministries.
Our Short Wave signal is picked up in Paraguay as well as Bolivia where the Ayoré tribe can hear the Gospel in their own language. In our recent meeting with the tribal leaders in Monte Blanco, they took more of the receivers back to their villages.
A recent article in Global Outreach tells about New Tribes missionary Jack Russell and two Simba Guarani couples who are busy recording programs in the Simba Guarani language to reach people in their own language. We are sending the programs they record back to their people in their language through our LATCOM radio stations. God does speak Simba Guarani as well as Guarani, Quechua, Ayoré, Chiquitano, Spanish and yes, Low German for the large Mennonite colonies in eastern Bolivia.
Each evening from 6:00 to 7:00, Cornelius and Tina Neufeld have a one hour program in low German to these Mennonite colonies. They have returned to Canada for a short time, but in a recent letter they said:
“Thank you and God bless you so much. We often hear of powerful testimonies regarding the Low German Hour that is on every day at Radio Logos. We are sending $2,000 as seed money for the need of a more powerful transmitter for the work.”
Besides the minority language broadcasting, we also link via satellite to HCJB in Quito Ecuador, for Spanish broadcasting.
Pray for Obby, Samuel, Fernando, and Alicia as they operate the radio daily. Thank you for making this ministry a reality through your gifts and prayers.•.
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