Studying by the Radio - A Listener Story

TWR Country Focus: Cuba

In one of the best-loved verses of the Bible, Proverbs places a solemn responsibility on the shoulders of parents: to train up children in the way they should go so they won’t depart from that path in later years. It’s one of the main reasons we at TWR are thrilled to hear of families who listen to gospel programmes together, like this one in Las Tunas, Cuba.

I want to thank you for being on my radio every night – even though now I'm in college and I have no radio here and the Internet is quite limited.

Meeting God Despite Family's denial - A Listener Story

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TWR Country Focus: Turkey

“I’m so glad that I found you on radio,” a 23-year-old woman in Turkey wrote to TWR, echoing a common observation included in letters to the ministry. Many listeners say that they discovered TWR programs when they stumbled over them while scanning the radio dial and that they kept tuning in to hear what these speakers of their native languages were talking about.

When she was younger, the woman in Turkey said, she knew nothing about Christianity and her family wouldn’t allow her to research the unfamiliar faith.

Church Isn’t Just for Funerals - A Listener Story

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TWR Country Focus: Mozambique

A listener in Mozambique wrote TWR’s Project Hannah women’s ministry and global prayer movement to tell her poignant life story. In addition to producing the ministry’s flagship radio programme, Women of Hope, Project Hannah facilitates the meeting of groups in which participants support one another while learning and praying about issues facing women around the world.

"I came to the Project Hannah with the worry of having been abandoned by my husband. I was not aware that this was a concern for other sisters who were part of the group.

Family Listens Together, Worships Together - A Listener Story

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TWR Country Focus: Eritrea

The beginning of the story is all-too-familiar: Mom holds the family together, keeps the household afloat and points the children to God’s Word. Dad has different priorities.

The 17-year-old daughter of this family, Ayana,* got in touch with TWR in Africa to tell about her family and its connection to TWR radio programming.

Mom looked after the children and the house, and Dad worked to earn a living.

Train Up Children in the Way They Should Go - A Listener Story

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TWR Country Focus: Venezuela

A Venezuelan woman named Maria sent email to tell how she became a second-generation rider on the Bible bus – the plot device J. Vernon McGee used in presenting his Thru the Bible series. Her story brings to mind the oft-quoted verse Proverbs 22:6.

"I wanted to tell you that your programme is a great spiritual help to me. My mom always turned on the radio to hear your programme many years ago and made her decision to commit her life to Jesus and follow him.