Anderson Times
Missionary Newsletter of Dan and Barbara Anderson
serving with HCJB World Radio
November 2007
New Transmitter Doubles Potential Audience
Radio CCM, a Christian Polish radio network founded by a former
underground ministry during the Cold War, has added a new, more
powerful transmitter from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart,
Indiana, more than doubling the coverage area of its Chorzów
outlet.
More than 4 million people in the area now have access to local
Christian broadcasts, and the six-station network can potentially reach
the entire Silesia region of southern Poland.
"This is huge," said Mike Dworak, sub-regional director for Central
Europe. "It takes a lot of work, a lot of people and a lot of prayer to
accomplish something of this magnitude." It is estimated that less than
2 percent of the population in Poland are believers.
Thousands of listeners have responded to the programming since the
network began with a single transmitter in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in
1998. "Your evening programs are deeply moving," wrote one listener
recently. "The testimonies of changed lives remind me that God is in
control. May Radio CCM lead many more people to an encounter with
Jesus!"
When asked about specific needs for the ministry, Dworak replied,
"Please pray for the continued health of the Radio CCM staff as they
strive to help the network become self-supporting and for the ability
to better publicize the stations and spread God's Word."
Radio Station Starts Pygmy Programming
In August, the ICDI (Integrated Community Development International)
radio station that Dan helped install during February in the Central
African Republic, began Pygmy language programming. Already broadcasts
were being done in French, Sango and Fulfulde. Thanks to Paul Ohlin,
former missionary to Congo (Brazzaville), currently working with the
Grace Brethren Mission, the station had programming for one month
already in hand to put on the radio!
You can read more about ICDI at: http://www.icdinternational.org
Micropower Water Project
Getting electrical power to operate a radio station in remote areas
can be a challenge. The HCJB Global Technology Center has teamed up
with LeTourneau University (Dan's alma mater) to develop a water wheel
that can be anchored in a river or large stream to generate a few
hundred watts of power. Our goal is to develop a wheel that can be
positioned in a flowing stream, eliminating the need for constructing a
dam.
This past summer, one of our Elkhart engineers worked with an intern
from LeTourneau to construct a model, pictured above. More students are
getting involved during this school year, and it is our desire that
some of them use their talents for the Lord's work when they
graduate.
30 Years with HCJB
On September 12, 2007, at the HCJB Global Annual
Members Meeting, Dan was recognized for 30 years of service with the
mission. The following photos are reminders of some of the milestones
of ministry since 1977.
During his first term of service, Dan lived in Quito, Ecuador, and
helped design and build the first computer-controlled automation
system for HCJB. He and other engineers built their own computers
which directed up to six different radio programs to ten shortwave
radio transmitters. This system helped insure that the right language
was sent to the right destination at the right time, so that people
could hear the message.
The highlight of Dan's second term in Ecuador was his engagement and
marriage to Barbara Gordon, a teacher at the Alliance Academy
missionary school in Quito. She complements Dan's ministry and has been
a great encouragement through the years. One year later, their first
child, Jenny, was born in Ecuador before they returned to the U.S. in
the fall of 1984.
In November of 1986 after serving for a time at HCJB Global
headquarters in Miami, Florida, Dan and Barb moved to Elkhart, Indiana,
to help design and build high-power shortwave radio transmitters for
Christian broadcasting.
The summer of 1993, Dan took the family to Ecuador where he helped
outfit HCJB's super-power 500,000-watt radio transmitter with a
computer control system. What a privilege it was to involve the whole
family in an overseas mission experience.
Dan's trip to the Central African Republic this past February was
the most recent highlight of the past 30 years. He was able to use his
expertise in radio, computer networking, and satellite technology to
help establish a new Christian radio station that reaches an entire
country. What a privilege!
Thank you, Partners
We want to thank and praise God for everyone who has partnered with
us to bring the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ to others.
When you pray and give to the ministry of HCJB Global, we are able to
assist other believers, who then are enabled to better reach their
nations and communities. None of us is more important than the other;
everyone has a part including the senders (our supporters), the
equippers (HCJB Global), and partner ministries. Without each of us,
the ministry would be diminished.
As the Apostle Paul wrote, "I thank my God every time I remember
you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until
now..." Philippians 1:3-5 (NIV)
