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Team grows Christian ministry with a new studio in Peru

Getting tribal language Scriptures into the hands of the speakers is always a challenge, requiring ministries to take a creative approach, reports MNN.

Audio Scripture Ministries is joining a national partner in Peru for the development of a strategically placed ministry center in the jungles of central Peru.

ASM's Tom Dudenhofer says, "We are in the process of helping a new studio get started in Pucalpa. The object of the project is to provide a recording studio so that the people in the area can have God's Word recorded in their heart languages."

Many remote jungle tribes have high illiteracy rates and need the Scriptures in audio form. The first of these recordings, in the language of the Ticuna people, should be completed later this fall.

Once in place, two Peruvian men named Mardin and Manuel, both of whom are from Pucalpa, will run the studio. Both have careers involving audio recording and radio production experience and are looking forward to putting that experience to use recording Scriptures for their own people.

Dudenhofer says that's what makes this project exciting. "I think this project is unique because these are Peruvian believers. They have a heart for God; they have a heart to reach their people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There are actually 11 languages that are targeted for recording through this studio."

Many of the language areas identified as needing Scripture recordings are quite isolated and only accessible by boat. Mardin and Manuel have asked for your prayers as they travel to these areas to identify needs and locate readers for the recordings.

Partnerships like these allow ASM to multiply their efforts and make the most efficient use of their funding. Because they can work together, they can take God's Word in audio to places it has never been before.

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[09/28/2008]

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