July 2015 - Galcom USA

In Belize, Galcom celebrates a number of key radio
ministry partnerships to reach the people for Christ
My Refuge Christian Radio 93.7 FM in Belmopan
is operated by founders Richard and Rosa Smith
Isaac Dueck (R) & his team head up Horizon Radio
97.3 FM in the Mennonite area of Spanish Lookout
Clive Welsh (R) leads Lighthouse Christian Radio
Ministry’s 101.3 FM on the island of San Pedro
Jim Duncan (with storm-damaged tower) & his wife
Jenny lead Destiny Radio 105.1 FM in Belize City
God is using 11,500+ Galcom solar radios to help
our partners to change lives for Christ in Belize
Galcom International, USA, Inc.
PO Box 270956, Tampa, FL 33688-0956 Ph. #813-933-8111
Email: Galcomusa@galcom.org Web Site -www.galcomusa.com
Dear Friends of Galcom:
July 2015
Belize Part II
“The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the
one who wins souls is wise” (Proverbs 11:30 NET)
Last month we featured Galcom’s productive radio partnership to reach Mayans
with The Message 105.3 FM in Santa Cruz, Belize.* Where Belize is concerned,
however, this partnership is just the tip of the iceberg. Possibly due to the great
freedom Christian ministries enjoy in Belize, we have developed a number of
fruitful, mutually satisfying radio ministry partnerships there over the years.
Beginning in 1997, Galcom began supplying solar-powered radio receivers fixtuned to 93.7 FM for Richard and Rosa Smith of My Refuge Christian Radio in
the captial city of Belmopan. Soon, a cascade of other evangelical radio ministry
partners began to line up for their own shipments of durable 15+ year lifespan
Galcom radios in order to share them with spiritually hungry Belizeans in their
respective listening areas.
Among the first was Toledo Christian Radio 99.9 FM in San Ignacio (now headed
by Rudy Tzib). Clive Welsh’s Lighthouse Christian Radio 101.3 FM on the island
of San Pedro followed suit soon thereafter. Next, Isaac Dueck’s Horizon Radio
97.3 FM near Spanish Lookout got into the act as did Jim and Jenny Duncan’s
Destiny Radio 105.1 FM in coastal Belize City.
All tolled, more than 11,500 life-transforming solar-powered fix-tuned Galcom
radio handset receivers have been sent to Belize in support of the Christian radio
evangelisitic efforts there! Several of our key partners in Belize recently sent us
reports and expressions of thanks like these:
- I have received numerous phone calls that shared how much the station means
to them and they are flocking to get a Galcom radio to listen in. I would like to
say if it was not for Galcom who has helped so much in various ways like the
transmitter and the Galcom radios we would not have gotten so far and we are
looking forward to working hand in hand to further the Gospel with the much
anticipated help that might come through you guys in the future. - Issac Dueck,
Horizon Radio
- I received a call from a young lady asking for one of our Galcom solar powered
radios. She told us that her father has been listening to it for some time now and
as a result has stopped drinking and cannot put down his radio. ’Whatever you
guys are doing, please keeping doing it’ she said! - Clive Welsh, Lighthouse
Christian Radio Ministry
- Let me try to explain our feelings about Galcom's partnership with us by sharing
a testimony. I had been in the States for a visit when I received an urgent
message that we were temporarily off the air. I cut my trip short and flew back to
Belize. On my way home I stopped to pick up a few groceries. As I approached
the counter I heard a voice behind me say,” What happened to Destiny?” I turned
to see a young Garifuna woman who I had never met before. I explained that we
were having transmitter problems. She made the following statement, “Don't
you know – that's what keeps us alive?!”
That’s also the best way that I can explain our feelings about Galcom. “Don't
you know – that is what has kept us alive?!!” And that partnership continues
to maintain life – and bring new life throughout central Belize. Our listeners are
Mayan, Kriol, Garifuna, and Hispanic – plus Old Colony Mennonites whose first
language is Plattdeutsch (Low German).
Thank you Galcom for helping us bring “new life.” “Don't you know – that's
what keeps us alive!.”
Pastor Jim and Jenny Duncan and our Destiny Radio Family
Thank you, Galcom partners, for your faithful prayers and gifts that
make Galcom’s manifold radio outreach in Belize possible. Clive Welsh
indicated that he would like new Galcom ImpaX units tuned to 101.3 FM.
Your continued partnership with us is appreciated. Donations may be
made by check to Galcom and sent to the above address, or visit
www.galcomusa.com/Donatenow.htm and follow the prompts to make a
donation online. If you would consider going on a future Galcom
missions trip to Belize or another location, please contact the office.
For the unreached,
Tom Blackstone
Exec. Director
*See http://www.galcomusa.com/pdf/June2015Eltr.pdf
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