2003 JANUARY–MARCH

2003 marks the 40th anniversary ofORTV's Heavenly Melody gospel choir.

Over the past 40 years, the HeavenlyMelody singers have touched hearts allover the world with their inspirationalblend of contemporary and traditionalgospel music.

In 1963, the Heavenly Melody was introduced on ORTV's first televisionshow, T h e H e a v e n l y M e l o d y Singers.The telecast reached into homes, templesand public places such as train stationsand night markets for the next 15 years.

2003 will be another busy year forthe Heavenly Melody. The choir

plans to focus on evangelism and outreachevents with Chinese churches. HeavenlyMelody will also return to television with a specialnew series. This year's new 13-episode series willfeature music videos from Heavenly Melody's current concert songs. Additionally, HeavenlyMelody will release their 16th and 17th originalChinese gospel albums, Hearing Jesus and WhenYou Are Willing.

As we celebrate 40 years of HeavenlyMelody’s ministry, please keep the choirin your prayers. We look forward to theministries that God has for them in thefuture.

The March 29, 2003 anniversaryshow wil l be broadcast on theHeavenly Melody Web site and canbe seen worldwide

www.heavenlymelody.com.tw

Donna Yang, a native ofHualien, helped Christian

radio and television become areality in Taiwan. She and her sis-ters, Carol and Eileen, were someof the first people to help producelocal radio broadcasts and to singin our first gospel choir. Donnajoined me on several evangelistictours around Taiwan in the early1950's. An accomplished pianistand teacher, Donna was full ofcreativity. Best of all, her life wascompletely dedicated to servingJesus Christ.

In 1953, Donna went to SeattlePacific University to further hermusical studies. Upon return toTaiwan she helped establish thevery first Heavenly Melody choir.Her husband Charles, an engineerwith Taiwan Power Company,fully supported her ministry inevery way possible. Their threesons–Tommy, Bob andPeter–were often seen on theHeavenly Melody TV program orat a Saturday Night Youth Rally,

playing violin orpiano. On the firstHeavenly MelodyU.S. tour, f ive-year-old Tommywas a great hit. Heplayed the violin

accompanying the choir. Moreimpressively, he played the pipeorgan, even though his feet couldn't reach the pedals!

The Yang family later moved toChicago where Tommy now hashis own symphony orchestra.Donna continued to have a bigpart in Christian ministry in thatarea, as well as teach piano tocountless numbers of students.She passed away peacefully in hersleep on January 4, 2003.

-Doris Brougham

The Charles and Donna Yang family,with sons–Tommy, Bob and Peter–andtheir families

Hundreds of kids respond to theGospel at the Christmas Kids’ Rally

The Christmas rally adaptationof Max Lucado's You Are

Special made a l i fe-changingimpact on young people and adultsalike. Many were touched, manywere inspired, and many began tounderstand that the Creator Godhas a special purpose for them. Inevery city, there were more peopleattending than had been expected.At five of the seven performances,a closed-circuit TV room was setup for people who couldn't get intothe main halls.

Attendance totaled approximately16,000 people, with more than1,600 responding to the Gospelmessage during the rallies. Evennow, we continue to receiveresponse sheets in the mail. Weare so grateful for God's true lovethat we can share with peoplewherever we go!

O RTV's annual Christmas Kids'Rally was held on Saturday,

December 21, 2002, at the Bread ofLife Church in the Shihlin district ofTaipei City. The rally included games,drama and songs for more than 1,000Taipei-area children. The theme,"Giving Your Best," taught the childrenabout God's best Christmas gift–Jesus, and how they can followGod's example by giving their best inall that they do. Response to the pro-gram was very positive, with over 500children wanting to learn more aboutGod. This prompted our teachers tohold a special follow-up session inJanuary for over 30 families who wereinterested in learning more aboutChristianity.

According to statistics from ChildEvangelism, about 98% of the childrenof Taiwan still have not heard theGospel message. Please continue topray that God’s holy truth will touch thehearts of Taiwanese children throughthe monthly Kids’ Rallies.

ORTV's Studio ClassroomEnglish teaching materials con-

tinue to be an effective way to buildbridges into the lives of Chinesepeople wherever they may live.ORTV is currently preparing to takeour English-teaching materials toKorea with a Korean version of theLet's Talk in English magazine. ForBrazilians wanting to learn English,they may–in the near future–be ableto use Studio Classroom. Watch fordetails about this development.

ORTV has finished translatingVolume 5 of the highly-

acclaimed video series, That theWorld May Know. Produced by Dr.Ray Vander Laan's That the WorldMay Know Ministries, this videoseries takes its audiences on a virtual tour of the Holy Land with Dr.Vander Laan. By integrating history,architecture and ancient culture withthe timeless stories of the Bible, thevideo series illustrates where God'speople have been and howChristians can have a lasting impacton today's culture. The newChinese-subtit led version wil l allow Chinese Christians to accessthese wonderfull e s s o n s i nChristian history.

Original songs were composed andsung by the Heavenly Melody singers

O R T V ' s B e i j i n g teacher,Marijane Elliot, has begun to

co-host a popular bilingual Englishprogram in China. The programhas been airing on People's Radio(CPR) since November, 2002. The daily one-hour talk showincludes discussionabout current eventsa n d o u r S t u d i oClassroom program.The show also includesspecial features such assongs, humor piecesand responses to student e-mails.

Studio Classroom’s training program has established

a solid r e p u t a t i o n i n t h emainland's educational circles. Inearly February, right after ChineseNew Year, four teachers fromORTV accompanied by twoteachers from Taipei-area's ChristCollege traveled to the Xinjiangregion of western China to trainabout 300 local English teachers.The seminars were offered toX in j iang Eng l i sh teachers incooperation with the local educa-tional b u r e a u . C C T V , anation-wide television station,covered the workshops for a segment in the i r Deve lop ingWestern China series.

ORTV has finished pro-duction on its first TV

series made in cooperationwith a production company inthe mainland. Having a totalof 31 episodes, the dramaseries' English name isAutumn Tide. The show tellsthe story of Kai-Ping, a youngman de te rm ined t o ge trevenge against the man whohad hurt his mother beforeshe died. After numerousattempts to hunt the mandown, Kai-Ping realizes thatlove, not revenge, is the onlyway to ease the pain. Thedrama series will air in themainland this year and possi-bly come to Taiwan next year.

Beijing

Shanghai

Tibet

Xinjiang

Kazakhstan

Korla

Hazel Johansen Steve Marth Debra ThoresonMary Ma Marijane Elliot

TV crew filming Autumn Tide in China

Vicki (Wu) and David Wu weremarried on January 4, 2003.

Gareth and Vivian (Yang) Morganwere married January 5, 2003.

Irene Liu gave birth to a baby girl,Cathrine Wang, at the end ofNovember.

Tina Hsiao gave birth to a baby boy,Brandon Siang Chen, on January 5.

Michael and Angela (Huang) Willswere married on December 27, 2002.

Government reports show that at the end of2002, there were nearly 24 million cell phoneuser accounts in Taiwan. This amounts toapproximately 106 cell phone accounts per100 persons.

According to the Information IndustryInstitute, nearly 40% of all Taiwanese fami-lies will own a DVD player by the end of2003.

The Ministry of the Interior recently reportedthat the divorce rate in Taiwan had risen to25%. This is one of the highest rates amongAsian countries.

Mark and Vivian Quinlan welcomedtheir new son, Gabriel Noel Quinlan,on Christmas Day, 2002!

The most recent poll by the ChineseChristian Evangelistic Association indicatesthat the population of Evangelical Christiansin Taiwan is a mere 2.74% of the population.

The Ministry of Education recentlyannounced that Taiwan will invest close toUS$40 mil l ion to recruit teachers fromEnglish-speaking countries to help teachEnglish at public elementary and juniorschools throughout Taiwan. The new law willallow 1,000 foreign English teachers to teachin the local primary schools.

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Heavenly Melody singers will have an evangelistic tour in Taiwan, March 15-29.

ORTV will have its annual Spiritual EmphasisWeek for Taiwan staff, April 7-11. Dr. KevinMannoia, academic dean at Haggard Schoolof Theology, Azusa Pacific University, will bethe featured overseas speaker. Pastor AndrewKao will be the local speaker. The theme thisyear is "Making a Difference."

From April 21 through May 15, the HeavenlyMelody singers will have an overseas evangel-istic tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Taiwan's National Prayer Breakfast event willbe held June 13 and 14.

TAIWAN BRANCH OFFICES

ORTV's recording studiosand offices destroyed by theflooding of Typhoon Nari(Sept. 17, 2001) are still inthe process of being rebuilt. Ifyou would like to help us bymaking a donation for rebuild-ing, you can send donationsto the ORTV branch office inArcadia. The address is listedbelow.

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