Navajos Take to the Airwaves
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yle Boyd senses that God has given him a special opportunity to reach out to his fellow Navajo tribal members, whose territory straddles three states: Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. “Our people are desperately searching for hope,” he said. Recently he was able to realize his dream of sharing God’s message in a very special way.
ABOVE: Twelve people attended the production workshop at Holbrook Indian School in Arizona on the weekend of July 18. RIGHT: Sam Hubbard of Holbrook Indian School records radio speaker Bud Joe Haycock at the workshop.
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About a year ago, Boyd heard from members at his home church that there was an idea to establish a radio station to reach the Navajo Nation with God’s last-day message. He immediately volunteered. He discovered that many years ago the Voice of Prophecy had produced some programs in Navajo; updated scripts from that source of long ago form the basis of his ministry. On August 2, his voice was heard for the first time around the huge reservation— the largest in North America—and the ministry was launched. The original dream of Navajo church members was, and still is, to acquire their own radio station. However, a plan to participate in a radio license
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