Simba Broacasts in Bolivia

SIMBA BIBLE RECORDINGS READY FOR BROADCAST IN BOLIVIA

After six months of work, Bill Mann of New Tribes Mission turned over all the New Testament recordings of the Simba language to Horeb Bible Radio in Bolivia to air on the local Christian FM station.

The station began broadcasting the Old Testament lessons in January and was ready for the New Testament lessons to continue the “Creation to Christ” recorded Bible lessons.

“We praise the Lord for enabling us to get them finished in time, including a final check on all the Scriptures from Mark used in the recordings,” wrote Mann’s wife, Kathleen.

He also delivered some fixed-tuned, solar-powered radios that pick up only Horeb Bible Radio.

He gave one radio away to an older couple who is moving to a new Simba community and would like to continue hearing the teachings in their language. Many Simba believers have recently moved to this new community, leading the Manns to believe the radio will get a lot of use.

Julio, the Manns’ main translation co-worker, recently expressed a desire to be more involved in ministry to his people and is beginning to disciple other Simba people at the church where the Manns work.<

HCJB Global Voice has worked with local radio partners to plant local AM and FM stations in the Bolivian cities of Santa Cruz, Tarija and Tupiza. Four stations with eight transmitters in four cities (La Paz, Caranavi, Santa Cruz and Sucre) are also affiliated with the ALAS, the ministry’s Latin American satellite radio network that makes Spanish programs available to local stations 24 hours a day.