WAXHAW, N.C. – The Mega Voice Ambassador doesn't look like your typical bible.

But this modern device, made at the Waxhaw-based JAARS center, is helping millions of people in remote locations worldwide who don't have access to Christian scripture.

"We help with the process of translating of the Bible for people who don't have it in their language yet," Arthur Lightbody, of JAARS, said. "And that would be 200 million people around the world in many different languages."

Missionaries overseas translate the bible using the digital player. They then distribute them to individuals and villages.

"To me, it's very gratifying to be able to see a people group come to life, if you will, when their own language is finally written," Phil Baer, of the JAARS group Vernacular Media Services, said. "And when they have the Bible in their own language, that even gives them a stronger identity."

Visitors at JAARS Day Saturday had a chance to learn how these devices are made, and how they work.

Grace Closius knows firsthand the importance of these devices. She is serving as a missionary in Ghana in West Africa.

"There are 300,000 speakers of the language. The majority don't know how to read," Closius said. "And a big part of them, their religion prevents them from reading the bible, but they are able to listen to it in an oral fashion."

For those like Closius, spreading the message to just one person is reward itself.