North America

Awaaz is the Hindi word for "voice".

It is the name adopted for a project at Northwestern College, in Orange City, Iowa. Two representatives from the college met with JP Sundararajan, ASM India-Asia Director, while they were on a visit to India. Upon returning to the U.S., they encouraged the college to partner with ASM in the area of missions. In JP's words...

"a group of students was given the task to come up with creative ways to challenge the student body on campus. I sent them a list of languages that awaited recording of audio Scriptures. From that list, the team selected the Vasavi language, largely due to it's number of speakers, and the low literacy rate in the region and language.

You may have been able to pick out three main areas of focus for Audio Scripture Ministries. Examples of all three come to us regularly.

The three areas are:
• Missionaries on the field, engaged in ministry and needing audio Scripture help.
• Mission organizations wanting to assist those they train with media help.

The 40th Anniversary celebration of God’s Faithfulness was a great evening. We looked back as Dr. Ron Beery narrated a video of the beginnings and growth of the ministry. Our present ministry report and future focus brought us to India. We heard about God’s great work in this country, and why the Ministry center is so important at this time. The India Ministry Center fund received $ 23,000 from gifts that evening.