Sololá stations welcome audio Scriptures

SOLOLÁ, Guatemala — Two more local radio stations will soon be playing the audio New Testament in the Kaqchikel, Mayan language.

Chepe, a Viña Studios Kaqchikel co-worker, joined me yesterday and today, visiting two Sololá radio stations and offering the audio New Testament. The woman at the station, the owner's niece, quickly invited us on the air to announce the program. That was a thrill for Chepe, who had never spoken on the radio before.

At the station we visited today, they don't have the equipment to play MP3 CDs. The DJ seemed very interested in the Scriptures. He said he has some sermons in Spanish, but people are tired of hearing them. Back at Viña's offices, however, I learned we've still got three or four copies of the New Testament on cassette tape.

Please pray for God's blessing on the reading, helping Mayans grow in the knowledge and grace of God.

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P.S. — We received a call today (Monday Oct. 6) from Olga, the radio station operator, who informed us the MP3 discs wouldn't play on their computer. That was nice of her to call and let us know. Isidro and I went down this afternoon and after quite a bit of fiddling, Isidro got everything working! She will speak to the owner about playing the Scriptures at a regular time.