Huaylas Video on Audio Cassette

From SPARK

Brief Summary

Audio cassettes of the video sound track reinforce the message.

How could the video team in Peru assist the Quechua new believers to grow when the team could only visit them every few months? The team discovered a way to help make the video sound track available while they were gone.

Introduction

Quechua Scripture promoters had been concerned about showing the Luke video in communities where there is no follow-up, pastor, church or someone who could at least read the Scriptures publicly. Showing the video is a good start and people make commitments to Christ, but how can they grow in faith without hearing the word daily? With so many villages to visit it would be months before the video team could come back again. Quechua is an oral society where 95% may not read, but most have some sort of radio-cassette player. I have even seen people record the sound during the video showing in order to listen to it again at home.

What was done

We felt that it was urgent to have audio cassettes to sell after the video showings so the people could take them home and play them, thus reinforcing what they had just seen and heard.

Time was short and rather than re-record the gospel of Luke, we decided to use the sound track from the video, editing out the long silent spaces between verses. It was then reviewed by the Huaylas translators. They had never listened to the audio without the video before and were impressed with the possibilities. Also, with digital audio editing, it was easy for them to make any necessary changes to the audio.

Someone has said, “The highest point of motivation where people will want to hear more of the gospel message is right after they see the video for the first time. It's at that point that we want to provide them with the recorded and printed word of God.”

Now they have audio cassettes of the video portions they show to sell after the meetings. By using the recording from the video, the people also heard the same voices as in the video.

Results

Over the years, many audio cassettes have been made in the different Quechua dialects from the Luke video. People would take them home, gather all their family and friends around and play the cassette. With everyone listening, the one who saw the video, would elaborate the details of what was shown in the video. All of this reinforced what had been seen and heard. This took place over and over again until the Word of God had been firmly planted in the hearts of the Quechua speaking people of Peru.