A Powerful testimony!

Hi all,

I wanted to share with you a powerful testimony that we heard in the last week or so. Carlos Pinto is a missionary with HCJB Global and a Peruvian national. He was recently in Lima, Peru attending a leadership meeting for COMIBAM. While there, the ALAS satellite network team asked him to participate in their live program called "Hola Familia" (Hello Family). This program is targeted toward the family and the issues facing the family in Latin America. Experts on family issues are often consulted during the program.

Pastor Antenor Rojas welcomed Carlos to radio station "Armonia" and indicated that HCJB Global was responsible for helping the station get on the air some 10 years ago. Carlos also discovered that this local pastor had received much of his spiritual training through our Academia Cristiana del Aire (Christian Academy of the Air) discipleship training program. The material was originally written by Glen Turner's father who was a missionary from Church of the Open Door and served with HCJB Global many years ago.

Once on the air, Carlos and Pastor Rojas were able to participate in the program along with our producers who were in our studios back in Quito. This was a special treat for Pastor Rojas as he indicated that the program was very popular in his area. Carlos was able to verify this claim very shortly after the program ended when various people began calling the station to thank Radio Armonia and radio HCJB for presenting such important themes about the family.

Later, a young lady arrived. Carlos writes, "... the pastor told me that she had heard the radio and wanted to ask a question. Her name was Roxana and she told me, 'I have problems in my marriage but the truth is that I am so excited to speak with someone from HCJB that the only thing that I want to say is that it was through listening to radio HCJB that I came to know the Lord and since then all of my problems seem small in comparison to the greatness of knowing God'. Seeing her face express a mixture of tears and smiles was the best payment God could have given those of us who labored at the radio station. Seeing transformed lives, and thankfulness to God and the radio, are unequaled experiences."

Later, the Pastor invited Carlos out for lunch at a typical Peruvian food restaurante. At the end of the meal, Carlos intended to pay for his portion, however the Pastor said, "No... various christians who heard the program today called me and told me that they had wanted to meet the person who had come from HCJB but because of their work they could not. These brothers are the ones who will pay the bill. I am paying now, but they they have asked that I take you to lunch and they will give an offering to cover the cost of the meal."

HCJB Global has a long history of telling others about the eternal life we can have in Jesus Christ. These believers originally heard the gospel message through our short wave transmissions. Today they are hearing it through technologies like satellite. Tomorrow we hope to be sending the message through technologies like the internet. And we will keep changing to new and effective technologies until Jesus himself comes to back to take us home.

Doug