Your Story Hour– From Radio Advent Papua

Our Story Producer – Pastor Steven Rumbiak

“Mom!  Dad!   Gather around its time for Your Story Hour.”    Perhaps, like me, you grew up hearing those words on cassette or radio and still enjoy those stories today.  Uncle Dan and Aunt Sue and latter Uncle Larry and Aunt Carol made a huge impact on me.

In Papua the people enjoy stories a lot but until now no stories have been created for Radio or MP3 players.   Last year my former employer, Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, donated a nice size financial gift that has allowed us to pay a script writer and get some nice recording equipment.   We finally have much of the old Testament written in story form for actors to begin practicing.   We have a few volunteers helping with recording and editing.

This past Tuesday the actors came. . . and we went through a couple of rehearsals for the first story (Adam and Eve and Creation).   The Actors laughed and cried as they realized that this was the way to make the Bible come to life for thousands of Papuans.   We’re still in Post Editing on the first stories but they will be back each Tuesday afternoon for more recording.

The eventual goal is to sell CD’s, hand crank MP3 players and put on radio stations Your Story Hour type Bible Stories.   Pray that as we produce these stories that God’s Spirit will speak through us with His incredible life changing power.  Pray that we will be able to distribute them widely and that children will grow up knowing God’s word as a result.  Pray that they and their parents will find a Saving relationship with Jesus Christ through this and many other Radio Advent Papua ministries.

Me demonstrating how to use the portable digital recorder on a monopod so we can go mobile to sites around Papua to produce stories and radio programs all over Papua in many of the 245 languages spoken here.

Listening to the recorded but un-edited version of the first story (The Creation Story).