Modern technology helps reach Landumas

Currently the Landumas are listening to evangelistic Bible lessons on cassette tapes, but missionaries are looking to have new technology in place soon.

Missionary Kirk Rogers researched several possibilities but found most of the MP3 players to be too expensive, too difficult for non-English speakers to operate and without built in speakers.

The team of missionaries can only teach in a few of the more than 300 Landuma villages. They believe MP3 players will be more effective to spread the Gospel to those Landumas living in far-away villages.

Usman, Kirk’s former culture and language helper, moved away to a village too distant for him to attend the regular teaching. But he listened to the audio evangelistic Bible lessons and trusted Christ.

The missionaries have wanted to use better technology for the lessons. The MegaVoice Company has worked ten years to develop a computer memory chip-based player that would be rugged enough and user friendly enough for non-literate people groups around the world.

This technology is now available at an affordable price. The unit has a built-in speaker, is easy to operate and holds up to 80 hours of audio messages. The Ambassador as it is called fits every specification the missionaries have.

The missionary team would like to put several evangelistic lessons as well as Scripture readings on each player and loan them to the Landumas. They would like to purchase 100 players and ship them to Guinea by January 2007. This would enable several distant villages to hear God’s Word.

Pray that the missionaries will be able to purchase these practical audio players so that more Landumas can hear God’s Word.