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I am heading the MegaVoice Media Center for Southern Africa.

Hazel’s Testimony

Testimony Hazel recorded her story how she came from the “gutters” of drugs and prostitution to faith in Jesus. Her little house is a simple neat shack. She lives in a squatter camp on the slopes of Signal Hill (Cape Town) with about 50 other families. There is no electricity at all. So the solar power function of the audio Bible is a blessing. She is grateful and now serving others. Listen to her audio testimony

Listen here

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Charles explaining to Hazel how to use the audio Bible for group Bible studies
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Smiling Hazel is happy with her audio Bible

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Missions evening – The Evangelical Church in Uganda

Invitation

You are invited to attend a meeting arranged by MegaVoice Southern Africa:

The current state of the Evangelical Church in Uganda

Pastor dr Dennis Kilama will address the meeting on the current state of the Evangelical Church in Uganda with reference to how the church is involved in missions and church planting.  He will also bring a message to the Southern African Church and how she is to be involved in Africa.  The message will be 30 minutes with 15min for Q & A

Venue:  Constantia Park Baptist Church, 645 Rudolf street, Constantia Park, Pretoria

Date:  Monday 10 June at 19h00 to 20h00

Light refreshments will be served after the meeting

Come and enjoy fellowship with believers.

All are invited but please RSVP for catering purposes to events@megavoice.co.za or call 012 993 0614

For more information speak to Johan Grobler on 082 653 4783

About Dennis Kilama

Dr Dennis Kilama is the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Africa Renewal University in Uganda, an evangelical University equipping leader to transform society. He is also the Senior Pastor of Lugogo Baptist Church in Kampala. Dennis has written and researched on cross cultural missions and contextualization. He also serves on several boards engaged in missions mobilization and training in Uganda. Dennis is married to Yvonne and God has blessed them with two sons.

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Urgent Help needed by Mozambicans affected by Cyclone IDAI



Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi are severely affected by Cyclone Iday. It is not possible to describe the situation in words of images. Many people need your urgent help – food, medical, humanitarian needs, orphans, bereaved parents etc. There are many ways to help. You can buy an audio Bible and we will deliver it with other essential supplies like food to those in need. Do not postpone and take action now.

To place an order follow the link

To place an order follow the link

To place an order follow the link

To place an order follow the link

To place an order follow the link

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11   Don’t fail to rescue those
    who are doomed to die.
12     Don’t say, “I didn’t know it!”
    God can read your mind.
He watches each of us
    and knows our thoughts.
    And God will pay us back
   for what we do.
Proverbs 24:11-12 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

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Kingfisher FM Radio Interview – InTouch messengers

News Flash – On 31 January 2019,  between 16h00 and 17h00 (central African time) KingfisherFM aired a live interview with Johan Grobler. A number of callers called and received a free Intouch Messenger 6 in Afrikaans and English. A few received the MegaVoice Envoy S with the Xhosa Bible.

To listen follow the link https://onlineradiobox.com/za/kingfisherfm/ 

Kingfisher FM


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Ethan Black interviewed Johan Grobler

Testimony – See how God’s Word brought healing to this veteran. – Audio Bible on YouVersion

A Glimmer of Light…

“My mind was completely broken. And, in those dark days I couldn’t see a way out. Hearing the Word of God was growing my faith, and it was amazing. Through that, I found healing. When I had nowhere else to go, He showed up in a real way.”

The Bible offers hope and wisdom for every challenge we face, no matter how big it seems (or how small). And, when we listen to God’s Word every day, He can completely transform our lives.

In the video above, see how this simple practice led to spiritual, physical, and emotional healing for one veteran and his family, as he journeyed through Post-Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Click Here to view the testimony

Some of the responses:

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Carol Blackley – I have ms (Multiple Sclerosis) and at times it’s difficult for my brain to remember what I’ve read. Thank you for reminding me that I can listen when I can’t read. God bless you 🙏🏻
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Pip1 – This testimony really spoke to me… I was diagnosed with PTSD and have been experiencing the exact same symptom/ challenge. I didn’t know it was related. I love the Lord but reading the bible, same… “I’d read the same sentence, 4,5,6 times… “. I always thought I had to ‘read’ it and was never sure if listening would be acceptable to God as I wasn’t blind. This troubled me more than you know. Sounds dumb maybe but it’s amazing what you can believe if you hear it long enough. The devil kept telling me God wouldn’t accept this the same way. I felt embarrassed to tell anyone so instead I remained silent in shame and condemnation. The lie continued, never being brought into the light of God to be refuted or rejected, _until now_. …
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MegaVoice Africa News – WhatsApp Group

You are welcome to join our news group.  We share testimonies and as well as announcements of new Bibles, languages, and players.


The MegaVoice Africa WhatsApp group is a broadcast group to share news related to Audio Bibles.  We share one to two messages per week.   You can leave the group at any time if you do not find value in being  part of the group or if you are simply too busy to attend to the messages.

Members cannot send messages. Only administrators can share messages.  You can leave the group at any time.   Please join by following the link on your mobile or scan the code:

Click Here to join the MegaVoice Africa WhatsApp Group
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Subscribe to the MegaVoice Africa News Letter and Prayer Letter

You are most welcome to subscribe to our quarterly newsletter.   We endeavour to give feedback and testimonies from the field with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. We include product announcements but keep it to a minimum.  We also share prayer items.

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MegaVoice Breakfast in Windhoek

Johan shared about MegaVoice at a breakfast in Windhoek on 25 Mei 2018.

Almal welkom
All welcome

Ons nooi jou uit om te kom vir ‘n gratis ontbyt!  
Join us for a free breakfast!

To attend this breakfast please RSVP WhatsApp Johan on +27 82 653 4784.   We will confirm your attendance on Thursday by 5pm.  Watch Anna’s Testimony prior to sending your WhatsApp.

Anna’s testimony is also in Instagram at Click Here

Space is limited. Please RSVP as soon as possible.

Looking forward to see you there.

Venue:  Vintage Coffee Shop and Restaurant.
Locatio:  Corner of Robert Mugabe and Luther Street
Windhoek, Namibia
    @VintageCoffeeShopWindhoek
 Call 061 259 295

 

Remember to RSVP by WhatsApp before 2pm on Thursday 24 May 2018

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MEGAVOICE SOUTHERN AFRICA NEWSLETTER – January 2018

Southern Africa Newsletter January 2018

MEGAVOICE Southern Africa Newsletter
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Dear Friend,

The year 2018 is ahead and it fills us with expectation of what God will do.  There are many unknowns as well as many knowns, but we know that He is in control.   During a recent visit to MegaVoice in Tiberias we calculated that one person in Africa dies every 4 seconds.  It is not easy to grasp and understand it.  Not many of those dying have heard about Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.  It is our mission to make the Word of God available to those that cannot read.  We partner with many organisations and missionaries in the field. We always need to have an urgency to spread the Gospel.  Jesus reminded us that no one knows the day or hour in Mark 13:32-37 (ESV)
32 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake.
We are in contact with more and more missionaries reaching out to the lost.  Our audio library has again grown significantly and the search facility on the web has been improved.  In 2017 we have added the Envoy ST to replace the StoryTeller.  You can read more about it below.
I want to thank all that have prayed, supported and told others about MegaVoice.  We cannot all go to the ends of the world, but we can support and equip those that do go.  In our day to day lives we all cross paths with people that have not yet met the Saviour. We can share the Good News with them!

Johan and Linda Grobler

Testimonies
Emma in Nkhoma, Malawi, testifies how an audio Bible was instrumental in changing her and her family. She used to be dishonest and took things that do not belong to her. She was even involved in witchcraft.  When listening to the audio Bible our Lord touched her life.  Her husband was also saved and they are now serving the Lord together.  She is now the Bible study leader in the village!
MegaVoice is 30 years old!

On 11 January 1988 Tom Treseder drew the first concept drawings of an audio Bible player!  Today we rejoice that the Lord has sustained MegaVoice and for the more than 1,700,000 units that have been distributed.  These are a blessing to those that cannot read. Read more on our blog at www.megavoice.co.za

Some Prayer Pointers:
  • Thank the Lord for the growth in available Bibles in audio.
  • Pray for access to existing audio recordings of Bible scriptures. Pray that the relevant Bible Societies and organizations will agree on reasonable royalties.
  • Thank the Lord for the growth in numbers of Bible players distributed in 2017!  We are encouraged by many testimonies received.
  • Pray for Diana, Linda and Johan who are working in the Pretoria office.  Gerald in Uganda and Herman and Helga in the Western Cape.
  • Pray for somebody to assist our team in marketing the MegaVoice Bibles.
  • MegaVoice is in the process of developing new products. Pray that these projects will run smoothly and within budget.
  • Thank the Lord for supporters and the office space graciously made available to us by the Constantia Park Baptist church.
  • Pray for churches and missions organizations to have a vision to distribute the players.
Bible Players
The new Envoy ST replaced the StoryTeller.  It is basically an Envoy S with less memory and no division / section buttons.  The programming and audio preparation is the same, which make it even easier to load and prepare audio for the MegaVoice players.
All our players allow for easy navigation of the Bible and setting of a bookmark. The bookmark allows the user to continue listening where the player was swithced off.
We also make tools available free of charge to assist missionaries to load their own content on the players. In this year we have launched CyberCopy in cooperation with our partner GRN to load audio content.
The existing Envoy S and Envoy S Dual will still remain our main focus as they are ideal for the unreached in rural areas.

Visits in 2017
We were able to visit missionaries and attend conferences in several of our neighbouring countries.  The list includes Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland, Kenya, Uganda and recently also to Malawi.   The Lord provided and blessed each trip where we met more people and could be of encouragement to them.
Lackford Getala in Malawi is leading the children’s club in a small village and he also had been reached earlier by an audio Bible. The Children are getting a solid and sound Biblical teaching.  The Good News and Look Listen and Live from Global Recordings are being used. www.globalrecordings.net
Some suggestions on how you can help us at MegaVoice
  • There are a range of areas where you can be involved.  You may want to give a Bible or Bible Stories as a gift to a family member, friend, worker or colleague.  These will spread the Good News of Jesus Christ who came to the World for sinners.  Many grandparents are buying a Wildlife StoryTeller with Bible stories for their grandchildren.
  • You may want to share some of the videos with testimonies and product information on social media to your network of acquaintances. Please visit www.megavoice.com/media/videos/
  • You can tell others about MegaVoice and most of all,  you can pray for us—refer to the prayer items on the previous page.
Audio Bible Content

Our audio department, lead by Ed Zagofsky in Tiberias, is continuously working with Bible Societies and other content owners to obtain rights to make Bibles and discipleship material available on the MegaVoice players.  In 2017 we added among others the following full Bibles to the list: Kikuyu, Swahili NIV, ChiBema, ChiYao, ChiChewa, Somali, German and Modern Hebrew.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 40:8

              
 

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Gerald’s first flight in an aeroplane

Evangelist Gerald is on the way to visit MegaVoice!

He writes:

My first flight! in Life-So exciting.
4 January 2018

I have never seen my family so excited in the past years till yesterday when I visited my mother in Entebbe to say good bye before my flight to SA.  At the moment I am at Kigali international airport where I await for my final destination flight (time 22h20).  Early this morning after I arrived in Kigali before writing this message to you Johan.  I had a Conversation on what’s up with my little sisters back in Uganda. Among the many words they said first were “big Amens, one said, I tap into the flight anointing, another Go brother, Go Man of God.  They were not sure if I am seriously traveling to abroad till I left at 4am with an air taxi and shortly posted on our family page photos in an aircraft. My mother actually said during the night that in the whole clan from my father’s side I am the first person to board an aircraft! WHATT??? It true.
They asked, so brother how does it feel to be on a flight? I said, it’s real nice. when setting off-you see houses below you and very small and later you see clouds below you! thou at some points you feel as if you are passing through humps and potholes. For sure, I was amazed that among safety instructions they gave were instructions in case you are drowning in the lake or sea! Then I said to myself, we are in air how comes we should except drowning in water…that I had to rest my peace not to bother my mind but to wait and see when I will need floaters. Otherwise it was as I used to watch it in movies and TV when I was young. 1. Orientation, 2. air hosts passing through with drinks and snacks etc I can’t wait to reach SA 5th-2am tomorrow. Perhaps my experience this time will be different from the morning experience. Keep me in prayers I am so excited. God bless.

Gerald A TUMUSIIME:

My first in life
It’s all because of serving Jesus.
For sure it’s been along await Dream seeing it come to pass.

Ready to depart……

In the air!

The wing and engine

Beautiful clouds and the engine

Safe on the ground in Kigali, awaiting the connection to Johannesburg – OR Tambo International Airport

Prayer Items:

  • Thank the Lord for supporters that made the trip possible
  • Pray for the meetings and training in South Africa
  • Pray for opportunities to meet new people and share the Gospel.
  • Gerald’s laptop  recently failed beyond repair.

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE BY PARTNERING WITH GERALD!!!!

Thank you

Johan Grobler

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