Short Wave Radio
Radio Logos joined Radio Centenario this year to broadcast the Gospel in Short Wave to the rural and unreached portions of the country of Bolivia. Hidden in the many valleys of the country and along isolated rivers, there are many people who have no access to the Gospel except through Short Wave Christian radio.
Last year in April we received the permit to put Radio Logos on the air. We are not only broadcasting in Spanish, but also in some of the minority indigenous languages of the country such as Ayoré, Chiquitano, and Simba Guaraní. We will be adding other languages. With the two transmitters, we will be able to divide signals as well as combine the signals for special programming. At the request of missionaries to the Mennonites (see article below), we also have begun a one-hour daily program in low German for the large Mennonite settlements.
One family wrote from the area of Comarapa saying they had accepted Christ as a family while listening to the program, “Reflections for Today.”
Another family contacted us from the San Julian River area. They said, “We’re so happy to be able to hear a Christian radio since moving into this region. We were lonely and isolated, but the radio is making a difference. The program, ‘Strengthening Your Faith’ was great encouragement to us as we seek to witness for Christ.”
Above: Radio Logos will reach into isolated valleys and villages with the Gospel.
Peter Friesen, a missionary to the Mennonites, has told us what a help the fixed frequency, solar-powered Galcom radios are in this ministry to the colonies outside of Santa Cruz. Many listeners are becoming believers and depend daily on the radio for spiritual help.
Isolated villages of the Ayoré in Bolivia and Paraguay listen to the radio with their Galcom receivers. Listener reports are coming in from the mountainous areas of Bolivia and the lowland plains and jungles. Potosî, Sucre, San Borjas, Tarija, Trinidad, and the Bolivian border with Argentina are a few of the places where the people are listening. In many cities and towns of Bolivia, there are FM stations, but they do not reach those who are most isolated.
Pray for Radio Logos and Radio Centenario as they proclaim the Gospel daily to the lonely and unreached areas of Bolivia which still can only be reached by Short Wave.•
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