2003 APRIL— JUNE

Sun Yueh recorded amessage of hope

T he recent SARS outbreak in Asia has had a dramaticimpact on the lives of many people. In response,

ORTV and 100 local churches have cooperated to spreadthe Gospel to Taiwanese people fearing the virus. ORTVhas produced 30,000 mini CDs with three HeavenlyMelody songs and a short word from Doris Brougham.The CD also includes a message from Christian TV actorSun Yueh. Local churches are cooperating to distributethese along with a new tract about hope during the SARSoutbreak.

ORTV staff members recently took an afternoon to distribute these Gospel packets to people in the local community. Staff members first split up into smallgroups for a prayer walk around the Da Zhi neighbor-hood. Then they distributed the materials. Everyone feltthis was a great way to show God’s love to the local community.

All of ORTV’s staff membersparticipated in preparingand handing out Gospelpackets in Da Zhi

The Heavenly Melody 40th anniversary concert tour came to a successful conclu-

sion with two Taipei concerts on March 29th atthe Taipei World Trade Center. During thetour, Heavenly Melody performed 13 concertsin 11 cities around the island. Over 1,600 people accepted Jesus as their Savior andnearly 1,500 people requested follow-up information to learn more about Christianity.

The concerts included popular HeavenlyMelody classics, new songs, drama and danceperformances. In addition to celebrating 40years of the Heavenly Melody Singers, theanniversary tour promoted Heavenly Melody'slatest two albums, Hearing Jesus and WhenYou Are Willing.

This spring, Heavenly Melody touredAustralia and New Zealand for the first

time in over five years. Heavenly Melodyconcerts usually attract a mostly Christianaudience, but during the tour (April 25-May13) an average of 20 people per concertaccepted Christ as Savior.

The Chinese Christians in Australia and NewZealand were also very thankful for the min-istry and fresh Chinese Christian songsHeavenly Melody brought to them. "Peoplewere eager to hear the new songs and take them back to their churches," DorisBrougham reported.

Heavenly Melody also conducted a seminarin Westmead, Australia. The Singers sharedfrom their experiences about how to usemusic in the church and shared testimoniesof how God has used them to do so.

Heavenly Melody's most recent Taiwanese album,Loving Care, has been nominated for Best

Religious Album in the 2003 Golden Melody Awards(Taiwan's equivalent to the Grammies). This award isusually won by Buddhist recording artists. ORTV staffmember Linda Yeh has also been nominated as BestLyricist for her song "Perspective" on the Loving Carealbum.

Yeh says, "I think at this time, when people are soburdened by the world's problems, it's good that Godis using these songs to encourage people."

T h e a w a r d c e r e m o n y , originally scheduled to beheld May 3 in Taipei, hasbeen postponed indefinitelybecause of the recent SARSoutbreak.

Heavenly Melody Singers past and present jointheir voices in song under Doris’ direction

Heavenly Melody on tour inAustralia and New Zealand

ORTV's April Kids' Rally, titled "Spring to Life,"was held on Saturday, April 19th at Shih Lin

Bread of Life Church. Despite the heighteningconcern about SARS, over 400 children filled thefellowship hall to practice their English, singsongs and participate in fun activities.

At the end of each session, ORTV teachers LoriBeeman and Malia Chen gave a short testimonyabout how knowing Jesus gives us a new begin-ning in our lives. Nearly 350 children respondedthat they would like to know more about Jesus.ORTV has planned follow-up activities for familieswho want to know more about Christianity.

Pastor Andrew Kou preached inspiring mebased on the lives of Esther and Ruth

The kids receive personalized Englishinstruction from teachers in small groups

Dr. Kevin Mannoia shared life-changingtruths as Leah Chen translated

How can you make a difference in the world? That was thequestion posed to ORTV's Taiwan staff at our annual Spiritual

Emphasis Retreat in April. The staff had two days of fellowship,fun, renewal and challenging messages from Pastor Andrew Kouand Dr. Kevin Mannoia from Azusa Pacific University.

"It was wonderful to see how the Lord usedboth speakers to communicate the mes-sage of His heart," says Linda Yeh, memberof the retreat's planning committee. Ahighlight for many was the dedicationservice, at which several staff memberscame forward to express a renewed andtotal commitment to God's work.

"I came away from this retreat with thechallenge to be a more proactive servant ofGod!" says Melissa Tan, a staff memberfrom London.ssages

Everyone listened attentivelyas Dr. Kevin Mannoia said,“We are all servants of God.Nothing more, nothing less.”

F or the past 10 years, ORTV missionary-at-largePastor Dale Wine and his wife Esther have been

working closely with Mission Emanuel Church in Korce,Albania. Dale's role over the years has primarily beenpreaching in the region and raising support for thechurch's various ministries. He also serves as an advisorfor the church's new projects. One of those projects hasbeen the church's own Christian radio station.

Pastor Dale first dreamed of Christian radio in Albania back in 1993. At thetime, such a venture seemed impossible. But he persisted in bringing the ideato various supporters. The donations began to roll in. In 1996, the radio station launched with a setup of basic broadcasting equipment.

In the years since, donations have helped the radio station expand itsministry. Three years ago, an ORTV donation of $6,000 helpedMission Emanuel's radio ministry build its first studio building.Additionally, ORTV recently pledged $300 dollars a month to supportsix university students who are working on the radio broadcasts.

Mission Emanuel Radio's programs include a variety of Gospel andeducational shows, including Albanian versions of ORTV's English-teaching programs. Having recently acquired another small station inthe southwestern city of Erseka, Mission Emanuel Radio now has thewattage to reach nearly the entire country of Albania. "God is moving," says Pastor Dale Wine. "And the Gospel is changing hearts."

Dale and Esther Wine,who for many years were

missionaries to Taiwan, fre-quently return to the islandfor short ministry trips. Theynow serve as ORTV's mis-sionaries-at-large.

Dale and Esther recently had the opportunity to lead a group of TaiwaneseChristians on a short trip tosouthern Taiwan. Here'swhat Dale had to say:

During our recent visit to Taiwan, it was a great joy to have a group fromthe Seattle Formosa Christian Church accompany us. They were DrRobert Chen and his wife Carol, Tom and Lydia Khu and Mark Lee andhis wife Sachi. Being retired, all of these friends have a desire to spendtheir time testifying of the goodness of the Lord in their own lives.

We spent eight wonderful days together accompanying Pastor Paul Chuand his wife Joanne, visiting various prisons, detention centers and drugrehabilitation centers in Tainan County, Southern Taiwan. Private nursinghome visits were also on our schedule. Dr. and Mrs. Hwang of Tainan,made our stay there mostcomfortable and conven-ient by accommodating allof us in their lovely home.

Seattle Formosa ChristianChurch mission team visitsORTV’s Media Center

$50 a month supports aradio broadcaster in Albania

ORTV and Nanjing Church have cooperated to produce a series

of seminars on how the Christian faith canchange lives. Entitled "My Life-ChangingFaith," the seminars feature testimonialsfrom local Christians about how Jesus haschanged their life for the better. Speakersfrom all walks of life have been sharing theirfaith, and the Nanjing Church reports anaverage attendance of about 100 people,although the SARS situation in Taiwan hasresulted in lower attendance at recent meetings.

The meetings, which started in Februaryand will last until June, are held every otherThursday at the Nanjing East Road Church.

In April, ORTV welcomed Bruce Liu into the ORTVfamily. Bruce, who is from Beijing, will be the new

manager of ORTV's Beijing branch office. Bruce hasspent several years studying in the United States,earning his MA from San Jose State University andhis PhD from New York State University. Brucerecently visited Taipei for planning meetings and toattend ORTV's Spiritual Emphasis Retreat. Bruce isa talented, enthusiastic worker who is excited abouthelping extend ORTV into Mainland China.

ORTV's Simon Hung, who serves asthe director of the Taiwan office,

will be awarded an honorary doctoratefrom Azusa Pacific University. Thedegree honors ORTV's work in spread-ing the Gospel throughout Asia. OnJune 6, Simon will visit Azusa Pacificto receive the honorary degree.

Malawian Embassy official,Hillary Namainja, shares histestimony as Thomas Young,ORTV teacher, translates

O RTV teacher Marijane Elliotand her Chinese co-host pro-

vide a daily radio program, “EnglishEvening,” for listeners in mainlandChina.

O RTV staff member Lori Beeman has been givingsome of her time reading stories to Taipei children

at the new "Small World" reading center in the TaipeiCity Library. The new foreign language children's librarygives Taipei-area students an excellent resource forEnglish reading materials. The center offers a wide variety of children's books, from award-winning classicsto today's best sellers. Lori says the activity has beengoing quite well. "I think the parents enjoy the storiesjust as much as the kids," she said.

O RTV staff members Debra Thoreson and Steve Marth have beenspending their Monday afternoons teaching Travel English to a group

of students studying at the Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary'sMissionary Training Center. "It's a lot of fun," Debra says. "The students aregreat and they really appreciate the English lessons."

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ORTV’s teacher training seminars in mainland China continue to be a success.During the recent seminars in the Xinjiang region, ORTV teachers were able to

become good friends with many of the people who attended the seminars. Plans forfuture seminars have been uncertain recently, due to the SARS situation in the mainland, but ORTV hopes to return to China later this summer.

When I heard from you, I told everyone who teachesEnglish in my school. They all had the same feeling:Happy and excited.

After finishing the teaching skills lessons, we all cameback to school. We use the new teaching skills in ourclassrooms. Some skills are very useful, such as how tomake a lesson objective and how to teach a long text.Sometimes we get together to talk about our teachingplans. We all thank you for teaching us so well!

Thank you for caring for the people of Xingjiang.

Here is part of a letter from an English teacher who attended the seminars in Xinjiang: