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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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URGENT: Eagle TV Mongolia needs a heart transplant!
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Please try to be with us tonight for a few minutes so I can get your input. If you can't be with us please respond to this email.
Two years ago you gave $100,000.00 to Foursquare Missions Press to help them purchase the new press they so desperately needed. Your giving allowed them to purchase it and it is busy printing and sending Gospel literature to over 110 countries in 52 different languages. Thank you!
Now we have another opportunity to touch the entire nation of Mongolia, and parts of others nations as well. This is urgent!
 Tom Terry, President of Eagle TV, has a huge problem. Tom and I are good friends and he talked to me over four years ago about the immediate needs for the station, one of which was their fifteen year old Master Switcher (that's about 2000 years in TV time). The Master Switcher is the literal heart of the station. If it goes out, the station is off the air.
 A few days ago the Master Switcher finally went out. They are keeping the station "alive" using a remote switcher, a small device designed for two hours use per day, not the seventeen hours per day, everyday, that the Master Switcher is designed for. This is critical!
Eagle TV is a powerful tool in the hands of God. I could write a small book about all they do to spread the Gospel, bring local, national and international news to the Mongolian people, to go into the countryside with the Jesus Film, to bring reliable health related programming, and on and on. Tom and Eagle TV were instrumental in filming our women's conference, editing it and broadcasting it to their entire audience!
We can help them. We have funds from a property sale that is "locked up" but I have obtained the permissions of our District Supervisor and the CEO, Secretary-Treasurer of Foursquare International to release $20,000.00 to pay for the Master Switcher and other related equipment to do a "heart transplant" at Eagle TV. We can get them back on the air.
I spoke with Tom and he told me very honestly that they don't have any donors on the horizon that can help them. I also spoke to Steve Posey, Executive Director of AMONG Foundation, the parent over Eagle TV, and he confirmed this as well. For every hour they are off the air they lose crucial advertising dollars that keep them on the air. They needed this switcher four years ago and the time is now.
I've done the legwork to make certain we could offer the money and now it's up to you to decide if this is a proper use of the funds (to spread the Gospel) and this is a responsible place to "invest" it for extending the Kingdom of God.
Eagle TV is the only terrestial Christian television station in all of Asia! It is a vital tool in the hands of God to broadcast the Gospel via cable and satellite to not only Mongolia, but parts of other nations as well. The need is urgent but we'll take the time needed to make a good decision.
I'd love for you to be with us tonight for about a half-hour to get your input. If you can't make it, please reply to this email with your questions, comments, and even your decision if you've made it. I will present them all anonymously to the group.
Look forward to seeing you!
Love,
Pastor Chris and Sandy
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