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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.
The year 2016 is soon to be history. Let me take this opportunity to share with you what the Lord is doing through the MegaVoice audio Bibles.
We are in contact with more and more missionaries reaching out to the lost. Our audio library has grown significantly and the search facility on the web has been improved. In this year we have added the Envoy E series of players to our product range. You can read more about it below.
I want to thank you for praying for us and for the lost. In Matt 9:38 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said: “therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” (ESV) We cannot all go to the ends of the world, but we can support those that do go. In our day to day lives we all meet people that have not yet met the Saviour. We can share the Good News with them!
May you have a blessed 2017 and may you and your family continue in a closer walk with our Lord and Saviour.
Johan and Linda Grobler
Testimonies
Sometimes other’s zeal reminds us how much the Bible means to them when we realize that they went to great lengths and it took much dedication to obtain a Bible. Early on 14 October I received 4 missed calls on my mobile phone in a short time span. I was exhibiting at a synod meeting and could not immediately attend to the call. On calling back I learned that it was Bongani, a blind man who wanted to buy an audio Bible. He asked his sister Tembile to visit the MegaVoice office in Pretoria to buy one. I called Tembile and gave her some directions, thinking that she would drive by car. After some hours I received a call from her asking for more directions. I then realised that she was heavily visually impaired and cannot read street names! She came by taxi and the taxi dropped her off at the wrong location about 1 km from MegaVoice. After searching in the area I found her and we went to the office. She bought an IsiZulu Bible for her brother. Her joy overflowed when we gave her a complimentary Bible! She hugged Linda in joy praising the Lord. I took her to a nearby taxi rank where she took a taxi to her brother in Burgersfort, 312km from Pretoria. (The total journey to get the Bible was about 750km!) It was good to see her praying while waiting for the taxi. I realise she spent a full day travelling and being exposed to dangers like exploitation to obtain the Bible for her brother.
Reaching the rest of the world
From the South African office we have now distributed audio Bibles in 25 countries! In the last 12 months we were in Botswana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia. We now have partners assisting in distributing audio Bibles in the Western Cape, Uganda and Zambia. There are still millions that have not yet heard the Gospel. There are many that need audio Bibles but cannot afford to buy their own.
Some Prayer Pointers:
Pray for Diana, Linda and Johan who are working the Pretoria office. Gerald in Uganda, Herman and Helga in the Western Cape and James in Zambia.
Thank the Lord that we now have more than 35 MegaVoice Media Centers worldwide!
Pray for access to existing audio recordings of Bible scriptures. Pray that the relevant Bible Societies and organizations will agree on reasonable royalties.
MegaVoice is in the process of developing new products.
Pray that these projects will run smoothly and within budget.
Pray for missions organizations to have a vision to distribute the players.
The Envoy E Series
Technological advances make it possible to continually improve our Bible players. The new Envoy E Series have features like an improved memory capacity (up to 1600 hours of audio!), FM radio, Audio recorder, variable Playback speed, micro SD card that play any mp3 audio, secure content on the internal memory, flash light and more.
All our players allow you to easily navigate the Bible and set a bookmark. The bookmark allows you to continue listening where you switched the player off. when you later switch the player on.
The existing Envoy S and Envoy S Dual will still remain our main focus as they are ideal for the unreached in rural areas.
Testimony from a Refugee in Europe
One of the highlights in 2016 was to hear about a recent convert and believer in Christ in Europe who came from a Middle Eastern country. He was trained in IT in the UK and after returning to his country he started a training centre. A militant group warned them to stop training women, but they continued. Some of his family members were murdered when they continued to educate and train girls and women. He fled to Europe where a MegaVoice Bible was given to him by someone on a short term missions trip. He can now listen to the Word of God even while mingling among his fellow countrymen who still believe in a false religion. His joy in the Lord is clearly visible and his face shines in spite of adversity. Unfortunately for his own safety as well as the safety of his family who are still in the Middle East we cannot show his photo. There are many who are in similar situations to Jeremy, who long to access the Word of God but cannot.
Christmas and 2017
With the festive season around the corner you may want to give a Bible or Bible Stories as a gift to family or friends. Many grandparents are buying a Wildlife StoryTeller for their grandchildren. You may also have some people in your employment that cannot read!
MegaVoice Website and Audio Cloud
The MegaVoice website has been upgraded and the vastly improved Audio Cloud is a searchable database of thousands of Scripture audio files for use on MegaVoice solar powered audio players https://audio-cloud.megavoice.com/search-audio-bible-content/ There is content in 4600 languages and about 13000 titles!
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
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.
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. 
Testimonies
Technological advances make it possible to continually improve our Bible players. The new Envoy E Series have features like an improved memory capacity (up to 1600 hours of audio!), FM radio, Audio recorder, variable Playback speed, micro SD card that play any mp3 audio, secure content on the internal memory, flash light and more.
Christmas and 2017
