So many people are hungry for the truth about God in the Bible. But what if they don’t read their own language? How can they learn and meditate on God’s Word? “We’re bringing you the best gift: we have God’s Word in your language,” a woman (pictured, left) from a...
God’s Word produces a great harvest when it’s shared! This year, your prayer and financial support resulted in more people being equipped to share the Bible in AUDIO with others throughout their daily lives. For Ema (pictured, below), and her family along the coast of southern Mexico, listening to God’s...
“The first time you see a person’s face light up when they hear the Scriptures in their own language, THAT’S why we keep going back to Oaxaca,” said Ed (pictured, far left) recently. Ed, age 74, has been on six short-term mission trips to Mexico hosted by Jim and Jamie...
A 20-year-old studio mic, an antique Herman Miller chair, and a bookshelf were just three of the hundreds of items sold last week at ASM’s Warehouse Moving Sale. Thank you to everyone attending or volunteering who helped us raise almost $5,000 of the $15,000 needed to record the Old Testament...
At age 15, Edi Martinez began working with Jim and Jamie Loker in Mexico. Born and raised in Mitla, Oaxaca, Edi has a passion for bringing God’s Word to the many people groups of Mexico, in their own heart language. After joining the ASM Mexico team, Edi quickly learned recording...
Praise God for how your investment in Bible recording is expanding the spread of the Gospel—now through Bible videos dubbed in many indigenous languages of Mexico! Jim and Jamie Loker, ASM Latin America Directors, described how excited people were to freely receive these Bible videos by direct download to their...
The beginning of 2022 has been one of celebration for ASM’s Team in Mexico. Thanks to your prayers and support, several Bible recordings were completed including the dramatized New Testaments in Nuyoo and Ayautla, a Luke Video, Jesus Film, and Deditos films, as well as a few single (Bible) book...
In many Oaxacan villages in Mexico, the TV and entertainment are not in the local language. So, an audio Bible in the village’s language opens incredible doors for evangelism and discipleship, as people listen to the Good News in the words their heart can best understand. Imagine: a knock on...
ASM Latin America Directors Jim and Jamie Loker have been serving Jesus as “partners in reaching the unreached” and under-reached since 1986. Their residence has shifted from Guatemala to Oaxaca (Mexico), and now to Holland (Michigan). In 2020, God creatively intersected the three. During the travel restrictions, Jim and Jamie...
Your gifts are helping provide audio Bibles for young Christian believers who are being persecuted for their faith in one village of Oaxaca, Mexico! Before the global health pandemic, people in the Zapotec village of Santa Cruz were jailed as a way to discourage them from attending church services in...
UGANDA: Joseph, from Uganda, says his spiritual life has been transformed as he has listened to an audio Bible. Joseph says the audio Bible, placed by ministry partner Tom McElfresh, also helps his efforts to share Jesus Christ with others.
MEXICO: This coffee-harvester in Mexico enjoyed listening to her audio Bible every day until she decided her son needed it more than she did. After giving it away, she told us, “Every time I would reach to turn it on (and not find it there), it was a reminder to...
Last year, a Nahuatl-speaker named Isabel (not pictured) received an audio Bible with great joy from the ASM Mexico team. She, in turn, began to think of ways she could share God’s Word with those around her who also spoke Nahuatl. In addition to the usual roosters crowing and early...
José (called “Lupe”) and Jemima Gonzales are two key ASM team members in Mexico. Their kind and patient attitude is a testimony to everyone. Lupe and Jemima are truly a blessing! Together they are involved in almost every ministry aspect. They help identify languages that need the Bible recorded, meet...
“iUna más!” became the battle cry as Jim and Jamie Loker, ASM Latin America Directors, traveled with short-term ministry teams to nine separate villages in Oaxaca, Mexico. The goal was to place 400 audio Bibles in the hands of designated families speaking several different minority languages. One daily challenge was...
Diego’s Testimony My name is Diego Gutiérrez, happily married to Luz Elena for the past nine years. We are parents to three children. I am originally from Mexico City, where I grew up and where I first heard about God when I was twelve years old. Sadly the church where...
Written by Jamie Loker, ASM Latin America Director How can you pray for Scripture distribution trips? Here are some ideas! The following 20 ways to pray for team trips are gathered from years of organizing trips and serving Jesus in a cross-cultural setting, copied from my own prayer journal. I...
(Interview with Joshua Harrison begins at 2:45) Article by Lindsay Koh at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) — When an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico in 2017, it killed over 60 people and devastated several communities. The quake went on record as the strongest earthquake the...
More than 25% of the people in Mexico live in rural areas, often isolated by rugged geography, difficult roads, poverty, and indigenous language barriers. Christian leaders in rural Mexico have found a way to serve and reach these isolated populations by using low-wattage radio stations. Committed pastors with a laptop,...
Everywhere I go, I carry a flashlight. It goes with me to church, to get groceries, to work, and to other countries. It’s nothing flashy (no pun intended), just a little blue flashlight from the local discount store. I started carrying a flashlight more than a decade ago. Yes, I...
(Interview with Joshua Harrison begins at 1:41) Article by Beth Stolicker at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) – Audio Scripture Ministries shares God’s Word through audio Bibles. These audio Bibles are vital in areas where a print Bible is inaccessible, or perhaps the literacy rate is low or the people...
Tranquilino is a man of faith who was imprisoned ten separate times for preaching the truth of God’s Word. This happened when the Gospel first took hold, when religious freedoms were less protected in the region of Oaxaca, Mexico where he lives. Tranquilino is a pastor today, and a key...
(Interview with Joshua Harrison begins at 2:13) Article by Lyndsey Koh at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) — Imagine your job looks like this: You travel for weeks in a crowded, hot bus through precarious mountain roads and rugged terrain. You have to live for months at a time in...
Article by Alex Anhalt at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) — Alcoholism, family struggles, and a stale understanding of the Bible were all rampant in the mountains near Oaxaca, Mexico just a few weeks ago. And that’s exactly where Jim Loker and his team went. “We were in an area where...
In 2001, Ellie and Lila Quezada set out on a one-year sabbatical to help Jim and Jamie Loker, ASM Latin America Directors, in southern Mexico. Seventeen years later, Ellie and Lila are still partnering with ASM in Mitla, serving as field coordinators for Missionary Ventures. We celebrate Ellie’s years of...
Zuri is a young Zapotec-speaker. She grew up as a pastor’s daughter and has a passion for sharing the Word of God. Every weekend she meets with other young people to discuss and answer questions about passages they have individually listened to during the week. With Zuri’s help, audio Bibles...
Article by Lyndsey Koh at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) — Southern Mexico can’t seem to catch a break. On Monday [19 February], a 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico and quake sirens sent people scrambling into the open streets at 12:57 am CST. It was the five-month anniversary of the September 19...
Article by Lyndsey Koh at Mission Network News Mexico (MNN) — It’s been almost exactly three months since an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City and killed nearly 300 people. It was Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century. Since then, around 9,000 aftershocks have been recorded in Oaxaca state. Some...
(Jim’s interview audio starts at 03:01) Article by Lyndsey Koh at Mission Network News Southern Mexico (MNN) — First experiences are often exciting to have, and sometimes even more exciting to watch. Think of when you saw a baby take their first steps, or a child perform in their first...
(Jim’s interview audio starts at 02:53) Article by Lyndsey Koh at Mission Network News Audio Scripture Ministries is tackling an ambitious Great Commission goal. In southern Mexico alone, there are 120 spoken languages, and with the help of Wycliffe Bible Translators, ASM wants to get Scripture in all those languages translated...