Healed by Grace

TWR Country Focus: India

I come from a village that is part of a tribal community. The majority of the people in our community are addicted to alcohol, and it is very difficult for me, being a single mother (my husband died when my children were very young) with a very low income.

I come from a non-Christian background, and every two months, my late husband and I would sacrifice burnt offerings to the various gods we worshipped. I stopped this practice when he passed away. A few years later, I fell extremely ill and was bedridden.

Listener Encourages the Broadcasters

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TWR Country Focus: South Africa

As you may have noticed in your own experience, letters that are short and sweet often communicate the most.

That’s the case with this simple but moving message from a listener in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal, which has a population of 11 million and is the home province of President Jacob Zuma. You can imagine how encouraged the programme producers and the rest of the broadcast staff felt when they read the writer’s thoughtful words.

Early Listening Plants Lasting Seeds

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TWR Country Focus: Columbia

Lessons learned young often have the longest-lasting impact.

That was the case with Juliana (not her real name) in Colombia, who sent a letter to TWR to tell about her lifelong connection with the radio ministry.

“I want to thank you for all of your interesting studies,” her message began.

Coming to Grips With an Alcohol Problem

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TWR Country Focus: Côte d’Ivoire

All TWR programs are Bible-based and spiritually focused, but some broadcasts also address social and physical concerns such as addiction, AIDS and the Ebola virus, and human trafficking.

A member of the Baoule tribe wrote to TWR’s response team to tell how his exposure to one of these programs pointed him to true answer to his drinking problem.

Needing Employment, Needing Hope - A Listener Story

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TWR Country Focus: Kenya

When a 27-year-old dispatcher in Nairobi, Kenya, was jobless and feeling worthless, the Word of God and his friends over the radio helped him keep going.

The young man wrote TWR’s response team a touching message of gratitude.