A small team of our facilitators has been busy this month creating and revising scripts for putting the healing and reconciliation teachings into radio programs. We have met for hours at a time in the shade of a tree at the SSPEC church offices, discussing how to communicate these important teachings in a way that will be attractive and understandable to listeners through the radio. We are trying to use some of the dramas from our workshops and adapt them for radio, along with the teachings and some testimonies. We have revised and reviewed our scripts repeatedly in both English and Arabic. Last week our first program aired live on the government radio station in Juba. We are grateful for a good start to this new initative!
When Michael, one person on our team, met with the radio station manager to present our idea for the program, the manager said, "this is exactly what our people need. If the government wanted to do what would really contribute to peace, this is the kind of thing that should be done." Another staff person at the radio is also an SSPEC church member, and he invited our team to use his program hour and to also have some time for people to call in live with questions. On this first program, they were surprised at the large number of callers at the end of the program and lamented that we only had a short time for questions.
Creating and airing radio programs for a weekly program is a big undertaking, so please pray that God continues to guide and enable the process. We are hoping for a diverse team each week with the right skills ton communicate the message. We are also grateful for God's provision of some funding to get this started, and are trusting that God will continue to provide for the next 20 weeks or so of this series.
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