In Paraguay, Guarani radio is broadcasting the Gospel into homes where there are no Bibles. And follow-up radio ministries are taking the messages from the studios to the schools.

Hearing God's Word on the Radio

Dan and Christie Reich, SIM church planters, tell of a kids club in a tiny two-room school in Yuty. "We sang a Guaraní version of 'read your Bible, pray every day and you'll grow, grow, grow,' and then I asked them how many of them have a Bible in their house. Two of the 50 kids raised their hands.

"Then I asked how many of them have a radio. Just about every hand was raised. I told them that the way that they could read their Bible to 'grow, grow, grow' was to listen to God's Word on the radio."

From the Studio to the Schools

This amazing tool is even more powerful when radio programs are coupled with action on the ground. A program run by the Christian radio station in Asuncion is reaching youth all over the country as volunteers are following the radio programs with with presentations in the schools. These programs have provided a way for the church to talk about moral issues in the Paraguay schools.

The topics include:

• sex, lies and the truth
• goals
• self-esteem
• addictions
• suicide
• teamwork

Christian volunteers come to the schools and present talks on various topics. They also offer training to equip Christian leaders to do the talks in their regions. The speakers are in high demand. Bringing in two speakers for three days—each doing as many as five talks a day—only begins to meet the need.

Pray

Please pray that God will bring change in the youth of Paraguay and draw many people to Himself through this radio ministry.