1. Spotlight on China
2. Reaching Bolivian Mennonites
3. Ama's Pain
4. Reaching the Indian Diaspora

China is not only the world's most populous nation, but also one of the most spiritually needy. Although the Chinese church is rapidly growing, only 5 percent of the country is Christian. Persecution places many believers at great risk, and without sound teaching and materials, incorrect principles infiltrate the house church movement. This often results in confusion and even cults among Chinese believers.

However, TWR is proclaiming a message of eternal value that's greater than gold to the Chinese people through programs like Seminary on the Air and its Radio Church Kit project. Learn more about the Nosu Yi people. Don't miss some cool facts and figures, and be sure to watch the Orality video. Also, see what Chinese listeners are saying about our programming.

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Did you know that there are 31,000 Low German-speaking Mennonites in Bolivia, and most of them are without television or Internet access? They are divided into about 40 colonies, or farming communities, that adhere to Old Colony customs and anti-modernity. Though they isolate themselves from the outside world, through radio, TWR is able to reach them with the gospel.

In May, Thru the Bible (TTB), broadcast via TWR partner ministry RTM-Bolivia, was fully translated into Low German. TTB is a radio program consisting of Bible teaching from Genesis through Revelation over the course of five years—a total of 1,299 programs. The programs will also be available on CD.

The listener response from Low German Mennonites has been overwhelming. "I wish you could see my children when the children hour is on," one listener said. "They all sit around the radio and have their mouths wide open, so excited about the stories and songs."

RTM-Bolivia also broadcasts original Low German worship songs by Dan Klaue, a recording engineer for Family Life Network, along with other Bible programs. Radio ministry in Bolivia has spawned many new churches in the country's indigenous listening area.

Beyond radio, on-the-ground missionaries in Bolivia recently completed Casa Mariposa, a women and children's shelter, and they have also been ministering among the Mennonite colonies.

Please pray for the Mennonite people in Bolivia, and for more workers who can follow up with them.

The following true story came from the first report out of Ethiopia from the new TWR Project Hannah ministry in the country. The names and some details in the story are altered to protect the real people portrayed.

Ama was scared, yet excited. The dance ceremony would be so much fun. Allo was so good looking, and dancing with him would make all the girls in her remote Ethopian village jealous. At 14 years of age, nearly all of her friends were already married. Now it was her turn to have some fun...

Four weeks later, Ama realized she had more than the flu. Food didn't smell good, and she couldn't keep her stomach from feeling like a rolling boat on a wave-tossed sea. She was pregnant. Now she could marry Allo, who was also 14, because everyone would know she was healthy and fertile, but a baby conceived from the dance ceremony is a curse and must be eliminated.

Soon after Ama and Allo married, Ama became pregnant again. Ama was very glad because she could keep this baby. When it was time to deliver, she waited at home for three days. The local midwife, a Christian lady, told her that the position of the baby was not right. The family discussed whether to take her to the hospital. It would take five hours to make the journey, carrying Ama, who was in a coma, on a makeshift bed.

At the hospital the baby was delivered, stillborn. Two days later, Ama awoke from the coma and suffered complications from a ruptured fistula. Her husband was asked to bring money to have her taken to another hospital for treatment to repair the fistula. He refused, which resulted in Ama's uncle having to pay for the treatment, which was successful. Ama's husband did not come back to her.

After suffering so much tragedy in her young life, today Ama is a Christian, married to a wonderful Christian husband and together they have a healthy baby boy.

Pray for the Aari people of Ethiopia, especially the young mothers, many of whom suffer great physical and emotional pain. Also pray for TWR's Project Hannah outreach in Ethiopia as the ministry partners with a Christian medical team to bring hope and healing to teenagers like Ama of childbearing age.

To learn more from TWR-Africa's website, click here.

Many Indian nationals live and work overseas. During the past few decades, international migration has taken new strides in India. Hundreds of thousands of Indians are migrating every year to developed countries in search of better quality of life and higher income. Many are quitting their regular jobs for greener pastures abroad.

In 2005 alone, about 5.7 million Indian nationals migrated to other countries (about 0.5 percent of the total population). Two distinct types of labor migration took place from India since its independence in 1947. Since the early 1950s, people with technical skills and professional expertise migrated to countries such as the USA, Canada, UK and Australia as permanent migrants, while unskilled and semi-skilled workers migrated to oil exporting countries of the Middle East on temporary contracts especially following the increase of oil prices in the 1970s3.

To reach this diaspora who are far away from family, friends and the familiar, TWR-India broadcasts its programs online in their heart language. While the programs are broadcast over-the-air in more than 60 languages, 25 of them are currently represented on the Internet. They have been well received, especially by those who are living overseas. Listeners have expressed their gratitude that they are able to listen to God's Word in their native tongue, and that they are encouraged and comforted in times of loneliness and sorrow.

To learn more from TWR-Asia's website, click here.

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