2002 OCTOBER–DECEMBER

In "A Story of Love," the central character, Maliamick, could not deliver herself from the black spots that stuck to her. We,

likewise, cannot become righteous by our own efforts. This is awork that can be done only by our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, whois the Lamb of God.

The ancient Chinese seemed to understand this concept. Fromtheir earliest writings the character for "righteousness" ( ) pictures the "lamb" ( ) placed over "me" ( ). So, in a pictorialsense, "the lamb over me" means "righteousness" to the Chinese.

February 2003 begins the Chinese New Year, the Year of theSHEEP. We hope that many in Asia will come to know that theytoo can become righteous by accepting the LAMB of God whotakes away the sin of the world.

During this year's Christmas season, ORTVsent a group of its teachers and singers into

seven cities around the island with an uplifting program entitled "A Story of Love,"–an adaptationof Max Lucado's popular book, You Are Special.Included in the program were songs as well asskits, games and English activities. "A Story ofLove" reminded the students that their true valuecomes from their Maker.

These Christmas rallies conducted by ORTVstaff each year often prompt up to 10,000requests for follow-up information on becoming aChristian or knowing more about God.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

T he WORD is spreading! Have you heard? Every week we sharethe Word of God with 450-500 students! That's right, every

week! We have begun another Bible study, working with the Breadof Life Church in Shih-Lin, a suburb of Taipei. Bread of Life is passionate about evangelizing, so it is the fastest-growingchurch in Taiwan. We are thrilled to cooperate with them inreaching souls. We also continue to work together with Home ofChrist, another thriving church in Taipei. Each week students gatherto sing, learn English, make friends, and most importantly, to studyGod's Word. Pray with us that these students may come to knowChrist and that the Word will powerfully transform their lives.

HTC, the world's largest original designmanu fa c t u r e r o f Po cke t PC and

Smartphone products, is based in northernTaiwan, just one hour's drive from ORTV'sheadquarters in Taipei. This company supplies48% of the world's Pocket PC using WinCE.When the owner, a Christian, decided to offertop-level managers an opportunity to improvetheir English skills, they called ORTV, andguess what book they have chosen to study inorder to improve their English? Yes, the Bible!

After prayerful consideration, Doris appointedTroy Peterson to lead a three-person team,including Leah Chen and Jason Roloff, inteaching the book of Proverbs.

The response? After the first session, Jasonreported that the managers were surprised tosee how the biblical proverbs, in many cases,were similar to Chinese proverbs. By begin-ning with Proverbs, the wisdom book of theBible, these managers see how relevant theBible's message is to life–even in the 21st

century. Pray for these Bible study sessions on the 1st

and 3rd Saturday afternoons of each month.

Thank you, thank you, thank you,. . . a million thanks," teacher

Charles Lee taught the kids. We are thankful that the Lord has given ORTV the opportunity to continue our monthly Kids' Ralliesat Shih-Lin Bread of Life Churchafter a seven-month break. For theThanksgiving season, we chose thetheme of "A Million Thanks" toteach the kids to give thanks alwaysand to be content with what Godhas given us. Through engaging

teaching, songs, a puppet show, aninteractive group activity and thestory of the first Thanksgiving, over400 kids, ages 5-12, had a fun-filledmorning with Studio Classroomand Shih-Lin Bread of Life Churchteachers. The December Kids' Rallyfocused on the story of Christ'sbirth, complete with a nativity skit.Upcoming rallies in 2003 will bebased on the "Fruits of the Spirit."

Songs, stories andfun at ORTV’s TaipeiKids’ Rally

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Rick and Lori Beemanhelp in their first rally

Interactive activity withAngela Peterson’s group

Some of the ORTV teachers and helpers at November’s rally

ORTV's Let's Talk in English teaching program hasjoined forces with the Tainan City Government to

improve students' English in the city. The new relationship officially kickedoff on December 21st with the Tainan City English Language Fair. Morethan 13,000 students joined the two-day English learning event. WilliamHong, the Chief Secretary of Tainan City Government, called the event "a Let's Talk in English environment for Tainan City." The slogan for theevent was "Creativity, Vitality and Globalization–To the Challenge of 2008"(year of the Olympic Games in China).Students who attended the EnglishFair were given conversational Englishlessons and participated in drama,speech and singing contests. "Thesefun activities helped the students tonot be so afraid to speak English,"William Hong said.

Six ORTV teachers recently gave presentations at the 2002 EnglishTeacher's Association conference in Taipei. The annual event attracted

English teachers from over 15 countries for a three-day conference to helpimprove English teaching worldwide. ORTV staff members presenting atthe conference included Dr. Doris Brougham, Ruth Devlin, Dr. Charles Lee,Amy Klein, Angela Peterson and Hazel Johansen. More than 800 teachersattended the ORTV presentations, and nearly 3,000 teachers attended theconference.

I n mid-September, theH e a v e n l y M e l o d y

Singers f inished their evangelistic overseas tourin North America. Lookingback over the summer’sm i n i s t r y, t h ey w e reamazed to realize that theLord had given them 38concert opportunitieswith more than 33,000people attending!

Tainan’s Mayor Shu presents Doris Brougham andStudio Classroom with a special award

ORTV's Let's Talk in English televi-sion show, produced in cooperationwith Taiwan's Public TelevisionStation, recently celebrated therecording of its 1,000th episode.

ORTV's Studio Classroom magazinewas recently ranked on the best-sellinglist at two major bookstores in Beijingand Shanghai.

In October, Hazel Johansen joined ourBeijing teachers, Marijane Elliott and Mary Ma, in an outreach tomainland China's English teachers.Together, they did two-day trainingprograms in Zhenzhou and Nanjing,encouraging, inspiring and instructingmiddle school English teachers.Some teachers traveled 2-3 days to attendthe training sessions.

It's a boy! Heavenly Melody's MeiWang gave birth to a baby boy thispast November. The proud father isSteven Pan, an ORTV sound engineer.Though a little small at first, Mei andSteven's second son has grown into ahealthy baby boy.

Proud parents, Mei and Steven,

with baby and big brother

China Training Team

1,000th Let’s Talk in English program on PTS

Studio Classroom, a best-selling magazinein China

I n a l ively, animated ando f t en humorous wedd ing

ceremony, ORTV teachers Anna(Sandberg) and Kerby Court weremarried on Saturday, November4, at New Life Church in Taipei.Wi t h o v e r 3 0 0 p e o p l e i nattendance–including family,friends, students and co-work-ers–the happy couple pledged tohonor each other and serve theLord in their marriage.

Anna has worked at ORTV for the past six years. KerbyCourt arrived at ORTV this pastApril. The two had maintained a long-distance relationship over the past year. Both con-tribute significantly to God's work through ORTV, and the couple plan to stay in Taiwanindefinitely.

Immediate Prayer Concernsfor ORTV's Ministries

Please pray for these upcoming events and new projects:

* Heavenly Melody Singers will be back on TV! They will begin recording a new TV series in early 2003.

* Studio Classroom has been invited to serve mainland China'sMinistry of Education as official trainers for the national Englishteachers in China. In February, a team of Studio Classroom teachertrainers will go to Xinjiang province to conduct training.

* Studio Classroom will participate in the annual Taipei InternationalBook Exhibition downtown at the World Trade Center, February 11–16.

* The Heavenly Melody Singers will mark their 40th anniversarywith concerts down-island, March 15–30. Later in the year, they willhave evangelistic tours to Malaysia and Australia.

* Kids' Rallies, school rallies and Bible studies are held regularly forlocal evangelistic outreach in Taiwan.

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Having arrived at ORTV inNovember, Jason and MichelleRoloff are the newest additions to our staff. Jason worked in thetechnology industry in the LosAngeles area and will assist ORTV primarily in business, Web strategy and radio teaching.Michelle is a nurse by trainingand the daughter of former missionaries to Taiwan. Sheworks part-time, allowing timefor the care of their three youngsons–Jacob, 4, Grant,2, and Gabriel, 1.

Nancy Bessonis from the LosAngeles area andcame to ORTV inAugust. She hastaught ESL for15 years. Thispast school yearshe taught English at a privatehigh school in Taichung,Taiwan–on assignment fromAzusa Pacific University. Nancywill contribute to ORTV'sEducational Resources team, giving seminars to teachersaround the island.

DebraThoresongrew up inIowa andMinnesota.She tookChinese lessons in college andrecently moved to Taiwan toimprove her Chinese. Debra isprimarily writing for StudioClassroom magazine, answeringstudents' e-mails and teaching.She began working with ORTVin September.

Connecticut native Steve Marthjoined ORTV in September. He spent his last five years inmainland China teaching English, studying Chinese andworking in video production with a non-profit group. Upon

hearing about anopportunity towork with ORTV,

Steve responded.He works withradio and television production.

Angela Peterson joins her husband, Troy, on staff at ORTV.She filled various temporary jobswithin ORTV over the past twoyears but joined the EnglishPublications team full-timebeginning in August. She worksprimarily with Advancedmagazine and radio. Angelaand Troy's daughters, Kristine,13, and Lindsey, 7, enjoy living

in Taipei.The familyhas lived in Taiwansince 1991.

Rick and Lori Beeman joinedthe ORTV family in October.Rick has written and directedtelevision shows in Los Angelesfor 10 years. Lori is a school-teacher. They will continue intelevision work and teachingthrough ORTV. Their children,Lindsey, 8, Max, 7, and Spencer,4, are adjusting well to life inTaipei.

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