Read how MegaVoice players, featured in Gifts 2 and 13, provided translated Scripture in a format that touched the hearts of a people group in Papua New Guinea.
Revival Among the Pinai-Hagahai
Luke 15 tells us that God delights in going after the one lost sheep. In many respects the Pinai-Hagahai of Papua New Guinea are like the one lost sheep. They are a small, very isolated people group of only 1,000; and although they border two of the largest groups in Papua New Guinea, they remained undiscovered by the outside world until the 1950’s.
But God was seeking them all along. Years before the Bible translation team arrived in the language area, He sent evangelists from a neighboring group who started small churches in various villages. Over time some of the people became Christians.
In May 2008, those Pinai-Hagahai believers received four Gospels and the book of Acts, printed in their own language. Because of the high illiteracy rate among the people, the translation team also made use of a new technology that had just become known in Papua New Guinea: a small, portable, solar-powered player called ‘MegaVoice’ used for audio recordings.
Within two years 300 players had been distributed in local villages. The testimonies of the people continue to show God at work—a revival among the Pinai-Hagahai.
An older man, named Kandama, said, “I used it often…When the pastors speak in Tok Pisin or Enga, I did not believe. Now I’ve heard it in my own language and I believed.”
A young married man, named Kodap, said, “I didn’t go to church. I never had a MegaVoice player. I listened to one of others. I listened to it, and last month, I got converted… I remember that Jesus is the Word of God.”
A young mother, named Sagalia, said, “I heard Matthew 7:7 about asking and receiving, seeking and finding. My faith went to this verse. It’s my memory verse. Now when I have a problem, I pray.”