Steve Prowse listens to the Bible on his MegaVoice player
‘Even though my flesh is crumbling / my spirit is singing because I know He is near’
– two lines from the poem Steve Prowse wrote shortly
before his death in June this year, aged 48.
Steve became a Christian about 10 years ago, during
a serious illness. Within a couple of weeks he was
completely well and returned to work – convinced that
God was working in his life. He began attending Riverside
Church in Exeter and became a Street Pastor, patrolling
the streets at night to help the vulnerable.
Steve’s sight and mobility seriously deteriorated following
a diagnosis of aggressive multiple sclerosis. Becoming
unable to read the Bible was a huge loss to him – but he
loved the MegaVoice audio Bible supplied by Torch. ‘The
Bible comes alive when I listen to it,’ he said. ‘When you read the Bible you are concentrating on reading, but listening to it, you are taking it all in. It’s brilliant!’
Steve’s faith and positive attitude towards the end of his life
was a blessing to many. Steve was married to Joan from 1999.
She says that while he always prayed for healing they both
knew there were different kinds of healing – and in the end
there was the complete and final healing of going to heaven.
Gerald:
Today I am confronted with the situation of Evangelist and Missionary Gerald Tumusiime from Uganda. He is a willing and able worker in the Kingdom of God.
Lets turn to Scripture (ESV)
Luke 10:2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Matthew 9:37-3837 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Usually we find it difficult to find people to send to the field. In Gerald’s case the hurdle is support. The Church in Uganda is not missions minded and it is very hard for a missionary to find support.
This is an appeal to you to prayerfully consider supporting Gerald. He needs to visit South Africa for training. He already has a visa which expire in January 2018. Without adequate support even the investment in a visa will be lost.
I am Gerald A. Tumusiime, A Missionary/Evangelist. I am a Megavoice agent, megavoice ministry reaches out into communities around the world with the message of hope. Two years ago Megavoice Media center was officially opened in Uganda. For the past two years we have seen a great impact sharing words of encouragement to our communities in Uganda and in our nearby country friends; Kenya and Rwanda. Earlier this year in April Our missions team was in Kenya, Luanda for an outreach, with I carried some audio bibles it was amazing how Kenyans loved this audio bible.
Around September I was in Kigali, Rwanda for a meeting and I saw a great need for audio bibles there due to the war genocide many people could not to school and even after the war many could not afford school but some families settled to teach their children their local language. I am preparing to travel back to Kigali Monday 20th this November for a conference, hope to talk more with the locals and get to make more connections and understand this area well.
What is our plan as MegaVoice in Uganda.
– Make Outreaches to deep communities in Uganda and East Africa at large with Megavoice solar powered audio bibles.
– To reach out in the blind communities.
– Reach-out to Christian leaders, its true that pastors, bishops, reverends among others are busy people, busy on travels etc…busy to a level that they can’t study the word of God but we sure that Megavoice bible with help pastors and leaders study the word anytime, everywhere
In January 2018, I need to be in South Africa at Megavoice Africa head offices with Johan Grobler (MD) for a planning meeting and field Training – I am here fundraising $2000 for this solar Bible outreach project. All donations will go toward payment of;
1- Flight ticket to SA
2- New laptop
3- Internet and mobile Airtime
4- meals, transport costs
5- work space
No matter how small or big you can contribute do it to help to reach the deeper ends of EA. Extra donation will purchase an audio bible at $35 for the old peoples and blinds who can’t read in Mbale in Eastern Uganda.
An Audio Bible is a creative Father’s Day gift! MegaVoice Bibles are available in many languages and are ideal for the blind, frail, illiterate and those travelling. No need for batteries! All are solar powered and rugged. Prices range from R360 -00 for a New Testament to R410-00 for a full Bible. Courier to destinations in South Africa is R100-00. For more information visit www.megavoice.co.za and www.megavoice.com
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.
Ehtan Black at Kingfisher FM interviewed Johan on the afternoon of Thursday 1 December 2016. Johan gave a brief history of MegaVoice and explained how the solar powered audio Bibles are enabling thousands to listen to the Word of God in their own language! Johan also told the story of Bongani and his sister Tembile who went to great lengths to obtain an audio Bible. Read more about Bongani and Tembile in our November Newsletter (Click to download pdf version).
Kingfisher FM is a local community radio station in Port Elizabeth
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Bybel is ons padkaart na die Ewigheid. Ps 119:9 moedig die jongeling aan om sy pad suiwer te hou deur die Word van God. Soos ‘n GPS ons help om by ‘n bestemming te kom so help die Word van God ons.
Die weeklikse radio program “Goeie Nuus ” op Tygerberg FM gee terugvoer en inligting rondom sending en evangelisasie. Die Here Jesus het vir sy dissipels die opdrag gegee om te gaan en dissipels te maak. Matt 28:19 – 20
19 Gaan dan na al die nasies toe en maak die mense my dissipels: doop hulle in die Naam van die Vader en die Seun en die Heilige Gees, en 20 leer hulle om alles te onderhou wat Ek julle beveel het. En onthou: Ek is by julle al die dae tot die voleinding van die wêreld.”
Ester Kruger aanbieder van die program Goeie Nuus op Tygerberg 104FM
Ester Kruger inspireer en lig die luisteraars weekliks in oor die uitbreiding van die Koningkryk wereldwyd. Sy voer gereeld kort onderhoude met sendelinge.
Dit was my voorreg om onlangs meer oor MegaVoice te vertel. Hier is ‘n kort uittreksel van die program met ‘n getuienis van ‘n man wat tot bekeering gekom het en as leek begin het om te evangeliseer. ‘n MegaVoice Bybel het hom gehelp om dit op ‘n meer Bybelse manier te kan doen.
Om na die boodskap te luister klik hier of klik regs en stoor om later te luister (3.8MB en ongeveer16 minute)
Luister na die onderhoud (2016-11-13 en herhaal op 2016-12-11)
klik en Luister na die onderhoud
Die program skedule is tans (13 November 2016) Sondag 12h00. Luister op die Internet of FM 104 MHZ in die Wes-Kaap.
Die program “Die Bybel vir Vandag” is deel van die wêreldwye bediening van Thru the Bible. Die studiereeks is oorspronklik deur Dr J. Vernon McGee ontwerp en is al in meer as 100 tale en dialekte vertaal en aangepas (14 tale op die MegaVoice spelers beskikbaar). Dit is ’n daaglikse radioprogram van 30 minute wat die luisteraar sistematies deur die hele Bybel neem. U kan meer van God se Woord leer deur na hierdie programme te luister. Ons beveel aan dat u ten minste na een program per dag luister, Maandae tot Vrydae. Indien u daarmee volhou sal u die hele Bybel in die vyf jaar bestudeer.
Meer detail oor die program:
Reference # B3576 Language (Eth code) Thru The Bible
Afrikaans (afr)
Discipleship course from Dr Vernon McGee. A teaching from every book of the English King James Version of the Bible. This audio is available in 14 languages. The presentation is a long running study which can provide a detailed study of God’s Word for years to come. Die Afrikaanse weergawe word is deur Dr Johan van Schalkwyk van die NG Kerk.
NOTA: Die audio is beskikbaar om op die MegaVoice spelers gelaai te word. Vir meer inligiting kontak ons en noem die verwysing # B3576 in u epos.
Bybel is ons padkaart na die Ewigheid. Ps 119:9 moedig die jongeling aan om sy pad suiwer te hou deur die Word van God. Soos ‘n GPS ons help om by ‘n bestemming te kom so help die Word van God ons.
Die weeklikse radio program “So Stuur Ek Julle” op Radiokansel gee terugvoer en inligting rondom sending en evangelisasie. Die Here Jesus het vir sy dissipels die opdrag gegee om te gaan en dissipels te maak. Matt 28:19 – 20
19 Gaan dan na al die nasies toe en maak die mense my dissipels: doop hulle in die Naam van die Vader en die Seun en die Heilige Gees, en 20 leer hulle om alles te onderhou wat Ek julle beveel het. En onthou: Ek is by julle al die dae tot die voleinding van die wêreld.”
Murray Louw aanbieder van “So Stuur Ek Julle”
Murray Louw inspireer en lig die luisteraars weekliks in oor die uitbreiding van die Koningkryk wereldwyd. Hy voer gereeld kort onderhoude met sendelinge.
MurrayLouw – SAAWE – Radiokansel
Murray Louw aanbieder van “So Stuur Ek Julle”
Dit was my voorreg om onlangs meer oor MegaVoice te vertel. Hier is ‘n kort uittreksel van die program met ‘n getuienis van ‘n man wat tot bekeering gekom het en as leek begin het om te evangeliseer. ‘n MegaVoice Bybel het hom gehelp om dit op ‘n meer Bybelse manier te kan doen.
Om na die boodskap te luister klik hier of klik regs en stoor om later te luister (3.8MB en ongeveer16 minute)
Deel een van die onderhoud (2016-10-02)
Deel twee van die onderhoud (2016-10-09)
Die program skedule is tans (2 Oktober 2016) Sondag 12h30 en herhalings op Dinsdae om 01h30 en Saterdae 16h00. Die program duur ongeveer 30 minute. Luister op die Internet of MW 657kHz.
In support of Missionaries all over Africa. Helping God’s servants doing God’s work.
Annual outreach to Ngamiland, Botswana.
Many have not yet heard the Good News of Jesus – “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11 ESV). This December Outreach2Africa and MegaVoice will join in providing printed and solar audio Bibles for the project in Botswana.
Old people are often neglected and deserted!
In Ngamiland there are many people, and even whole families and cattle posts, without a single Bible or even a Bible book. Most cannot read but can listen to the Bible! The people are HUNGRY for the Word, as written in Amos 8:11. Please pray to the Lord about your participation in this project. If possible, also ask your friends to join in. Every single Bible will make a huge difference in the life of the one who receives it. Even if there was a shop full of Bibles in each of the villages, the people would still not have had a Bible … it’s simply too expensive and few can afford a Bible.
Many children without basics
This year (2015) the annual Bibles for Christmas Outreach is scheduled from 11 to 23 December.
Outreach2Africa’s mission is precisely to go where others cannot or will not go. Our dream is to collect funds for a 1,000 [one thousand] Bibles-for-Christmas to distribute to the Missionaries in Ngamiland. The Missionaries can then present a Bible as a Christmas gift to involved parishioners who do not own a Bible.
It is not only a desert but also a spiritual desert without the Bible!
A 1,000 Bibles in an area where more than 50,000 people live, is not a lot – but it will make a huge difference to them. Just think, a Bible in an area where there are thousands of households where there is not even ONE Bible.
The Bible in your heart language speaks to you!
We also promised to show the Jesus-film in Bushman language [! Xun-g] to the community at Tshodilo Hills. Our plan is to visit other cattle posts and show the Jesus-film and “Walking with Jesus” to the people and to share the Gospel with them.
Inadequate housing!
Your participation in this project will have eternal value for many in Botswana! A Bible sponsored by you could be used by the Lord to change many lives.
Worship without the Bible?
For every R350 donated we will be able to give a household of 6 to 15 people a rugged solar powered Envoy with the full Bible. For R230 we can supply a New Testament, Story of Jesus or Look Listen and Live. This will change lives forever.
Thank you for prayerfully considering to help.
The table below give four options to be involved. PayFast will require you to register, but it is a simple secure process! Before transacting first activate your PayFast account by clicking on the shortcut link that will be sent to your email. If you have used PayFast in the past you do not need to re-register! Various safe and secure online payment options like EFT, Credit Card, Debit Cards, Bitcoin etc are supported!
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To buy one New Testament – R230
(US$16.73)
2
To buy one Bible – R350
(US$25.45)
3
To buy two Bibles – R700
(US$50.91)
4
To buy Five Bibles – R1750
(US$127.27)
5
To contribute R100 for logistics (travel cost) (US$7.27)
For more information and to be updated on this project, please visit and like our Facebook page. You can also follow us on Twitter to see some of the wonderful testimonies we receive.
You may also want to support the team who has to drive to reach the people of Botswana. It’s a long road, about 4,000 km, the days are warm, around 40 degrees and its Malaria area. The duration of the trip will be 11 days. The budget for the logistics is R9600.
Woman listens to the Bible in her heart language!
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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
