What does a Bible look like in an primary oral society? We often think of the Word of God as a book yet, "The word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it" (Deut 30:14). A missionary's job is to get the Word of God from the Book to the hearts of men. In this photo we see the power of audio as David, one of the students, listens to Revelation 5.
In the past year, we have been working on translating and recording a number of Bible stories into the Lusoga language. The stories we have been working on correspond with the Ambassador Institute curriculum that we have been teaching in two villages. We are now ready to give each of the students a solar-powered audio player with 32 of the stories recorded on them (over 3.5 hours of audio). Here is how it works...
I edit and organize my audio files on the computer to get them into the format that is required by the software. After the audio files are ready, they can be transferred to the Scribe (larger gray/black unit in my left hand). The Scribe is then able to program each of the individual players. The beauty of the system is that any time I want to add more stories to the players, I can program the Scribe at home and then bring it to the village locations and program the players there. It is battery-powered and easily transported. The plan is to be continuing to add new stories as we complete translation and recording.
As I write this now, we have 25 players programmed and ready to be distributed to the students this weekend! I am very excited to see the impact as people hear the Word of God in their heart language. Pray with us that the Word of God would go forth with power and that lives would be changed.
For the Kingdom of God in Uganda,
Nate Jore
