Category: Behind the scenes and extras/Atrás dos bastidores e extras

With our upcoming trip to Angola, Isac and I have been busy preparing additional programs to cover the time that we will be away. I have prepared several messages and was able to record two last week. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been recording programs for almost three years now. What started out as a daunting and intimidating task,… Read more →

When I was first invited to start producing the Yeva Ondaka programs, Helena and I were a young newlywed couple going to seminary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The studio I had to use was in São Paulo; so I would go there once a month, stay for a week and record about nine programs. In order to maximize my… Read more →

For the past two weeks I’ve been extremely busy preparing and recording messages to send to Angola and Brazil. In addition to a message for Easter, I recorded a series of messages entitled “The role of a Woman in society: as citizen, mother, wife, political and religious leader”. While listening to the finished product, I got emotional and realized just… Read more →

Today, I want to share the testimony of how God provided the studio that we have in our home.   Isac When Helena and I moved to the United States six years ago, my desire was to continue recording the programs I produced in Swaziland. So shortly after our arrival, I visited several recording studios looking for a place to record… Read more →

As 2015 comes to a close, we were asked to reflect and answer some questions about the ministry this year. We would like to share our answers with you. What have been the highlights of ministry for you this year? Helena: Meeting the women that listen to my programs and being able to talk them; hear their struggles and issues… Read more →

We thought it might be interesting to show on a map the different stations that air our programs, and include their air times. Hopefully this will give a better visual understanding of where our programs are aired./ Pensamos que seria interessante mostrar no mapa as estações que irradiam os nossos programas e incluir os horários que vão ao ar. Esperamos… Read more →

Below is a continuation of the interview.   Isac 1. What has been the most challenging aspect of this ministry? The physical distance that separates me from my listeners. The messages are produced and recorded from Atlanta-USA, and  aired in Africa and Brazil. As the messenger, I am away from the culture and the daily realities of my listeners. I know that the Word of… Read more →

I was recently asked some questions about my experience as a producer. The questions were thought provoking and I thought it would be interesting to share them and my answers with you.    Isac 1. Did you always have a desire to produce radio programs or did this ministry come as a surprise to you?   Yes, it was a surprise. I… Read more →

Today I, Helena, would like to share with you a little bit about my work of producing the messages for Angola. Since my return from Brazil, I have written eight messages and now have a total of twelve messages written and recorded. So far this has been a gratifying experience for me, although the work is extremely demanding. I spend about… Read more →