Second Radio Anniversary

Each year in December we celebrate the radio ministry's anniversary with a special event we call a "Marathon". We broadcast live for two days from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.(hince the name "Marathon"). We encourage our listeners to consider supporting the radio ministry through a number of ways: offerings, faith promise, prayer, donations of items that can be sold to other listeners, and giving out fliers to invite others to listen. Our listeners are our best advertising because they share our purpose to learn the Word of God and to reach the lost with the gospel.

We set up a temporary makeshift "studio" at a church that loaned us their building for the event and broadcast right from the very room where all our listens enter.

It was very "live". We have spontaneous interviews with some of our listens.

With tears streaming down their cheeks, many of our listens share how the Word of God is such a blessing to them through the radio ministry.

We do not know the exact number of visitors, but our best guess would be around 300 over the course of the two days.

All day long people kept coming for both days.

Many radio listeners gave donations to sell at the marathon.

These items were sold and the money was given to the radio ministry.

We received a lot of generous donations in clothes, shoes, kitchen and office items, decorations, one laptop, furniture and much more.

We had about 30 volunteers to help us. They helped in transportation, registering visitors, selling donated items, giving away calendars and keepsakes, packing, and many other tasks. Without our volunteer help, we would not be able to wait on the public who come.

Here they are folding radio brochures.

Some volunteers brought breakfast, lunch, and refreshments for our volunteers.

Here three of our volunteers took a break to get a bite to eat. One lady brought a pot of soup to offer to those who came.

Edward is my assistant and he does a marvelous job with the radio ministry.

Three pastors helped with the live broadcasting. It is exhausting work and the men did great.

Pastor Latimer Rengifo (left) and Pastor Edward (right) were two of the men.

Pastor Javier Huamán also helped. He is one of my former students from Seminary days in Trujillo.

Amazingly, we had a deaf person come to visit us. Her family listens to the Word of God and then shares with her what they learn! She wanted to come and meet us.

Here in this picture a lady signs to a deaf family member telling her what we are saying on the broadcast.

The lady on the left was our primary photographer of the event. She is also my Sweetheart and wonderful wife.

Maybe this little guy will be our future preacher of the gospel over the radio airwaves. We are thankful for all God is doing through this ministry.