I teach a workshop about the digital use of Scripture resources in native languages of Mexico and recently I had an interesting “divine appointment” to be able to practice what I preach. I was at the local post office where I live in northwestern Mexico shipping off a package of CDs, DVDs and microSD cards in the main … Read more
Doesn’t it just drive you crazy when someone else’s phone is ringing in a public place? More than once I’ve been in the “quiet carriage” on the train and been so relieved that it wasn’t my phone which was arousing all of those disgruntled glares from fellow passengers, so why ever would I want … Read more
Three years ago I met Pastor Naina, a Bhutanese Nepali Pastor who was a refugee relocated to Charlotte NC. He’s from the mountains of Bhutan and Nepal where many tribes and languages are intermixed. Naina speaks 9 languages. The day I met him, I showed him the Jesus Film mobile app and helped him install it on … Read more
SETTING North India (2015) One Christian worker sat with a church planting national partner in 2015. They went over the partner’s church planting and leadership maps. His network of believers have been using MicroSD memory cards in their outreach for approximately one year. [MicroSD cards were introduced by the Christian workers and are loaded with … Read more
Brother Tamdaji received microSD cards loaded with the French JESUS Film and began training people who would help spread the media. First, he trained 14 people at the local cell phone company how to put the media on other people’s phones! Next, Brother Tamadji gave Jerry a crash course on how to spread Gospel media … Read more
Nathan is in a particularly hazardous line of work—he distributes Bibles in a restricted access nation. One day, after distributing Bibles, one of his indigenous friends was caught with a Bible and martyred. The murders continued. About one pastor a month for the next six months was killed for carrying a Bible. Heartbroken, he prayed … Read more
YWAM Kona outreach leader Bri brings a story of God’s love breaking out among some of the most remote peoples on earth.
Like most in India who are from low-income families, Amira, a Muslim, had a basic mobile phone but was saving for a nicer one. Poor, widowed, and caring for her two sons, saving wasn’t easy, but she was finally able to get a mobile with a larger, brighter color screen and good speaker. She immediately … Read more
The intense competition among cell phone companies in Mexico is leading to some great bargains these days. And I suspect that this will increase even more the viability of “Scriptures in use” strategies involving smartphones among the speakers of the native languages of Mexico where coverage is available. For example, for just 50 pesos (less … Read more
Check out these audio stories told by Darcie Drymon. Asia: Audio Story Cambodians love karaoke, so incorporating Bible stories, biblical themes, general stories, etc. onto the screens that are related to the songs that can be sung could be very helpful and would be received well. Central Asia: Audio Story Moscow, Russia’s main group of … Read more