Vozandes Media is the new name of the HCJB Global Voice German
Language Service (GLS).  It still
broadcasts from Ecuador, but now it works under HCJB Global's World Office in
Germany rather than under its Latin America region. 

In addition, Ecuador legally recognized Vozandes Media's
status as a non-governmental organization at the beginning of June. The ministry is also enjoying new office
space.

"I believe that the GLS is one of the few departments which
used the same office space for 43 years," said Horst Rosiak, who heads Vozandes
Media.

Due to the opening of an international airport near HCJB's
antennas, German and Low-German shortwave broadcasts to the Americas are scheduled
to end in 2010. Digital shortwave
broadcasts reach Europe and the Americas. 

Vozandes Media also reaches Europe through satellite and
through a service called Phonecaster. Europeans can dial a certain telephone number and choose from a variety of German-language
programs.  The most popular program is in
Low German. 

Listeners may also download podcasts over the internet. HCJB Global receives responses to its German-language
programs from 60 different countries. 

The programs began in 1953 when Mennonite Brethren
Missions/Services established the German Service, constructing the department's
offices at the station 13 years later in 1966.

Today, it broadcasts 14 hours of programming to Europe, South America,
and the South Pacific every week under the name Die Stimme der Anden (Voice of
the Andes).

Salma was one such immigrant. She anticipated the reunion with her family
in Germany and freedom for her and her son. Stepping off the train was the beginning of the transition– made more difficult by her Turkish last name. 

One Greater Europe Mission missionary, who will be called "Beth," is helping Turkish immigrants like Salma. The German government requires that immigrants take 600 hours of German language classes to encourage integration. It can be easy for Turkish immigrants to be isolated from and rarely interact with Germans since Turkish communities are so abundant. 

Beth, who was taking classes at a community center, helps immigrants learn German. In return, her Turkish language skills improve, and she is able to share the Bible with the students. Her goals are to build relationships with the immigrants and to increase interaction between Germans and Turkish immigrants. 

Beth was able to share the Bible with a new immigrant friend this past Christmas. The woman asked Beth if she could borrow the Bible after she read a passage about Christ's
birth. 

Almost four percent of the German population is Muslim, and most of that is accounted for in Turkish immigrants. There are opportunities to be the hands and feet of Christ to these people even if you can't move to Europe. GEM asks that you pray.