As we continue to operate and make improvements to this ministry, we had an amazing experience I must briefly share of how the Lord's timing and ways are best. Many years ago I would have simply called this a matter of chance circumstance or good luck. But I now know that this was not luck at all, but rather evidence of a loving God.

The plan was for Leland, a GNTV volunteer, and I to travel together to 3 different locations one day early this last Fall, to install some new video equipment, ending with our final drive up the 9 mile steep switchback road to our broadcast tower at the top of South Mountain. Once there, we would complete the installation and introduce an improved video image to the Phoenix community.

We started the day, as always, with a word of prayer, for God's protection and His wisdom to complete this project in a timely and successful manner. We got everything installed at the first location no problem, and then headed to the intermediate downtown Phoenix location to install at the second of 3 locations. But, we just could not get the equipment to show a video image at this intermediate site. Since we could not get a video image, we knew our trip up the mountain to the third and final site would have been pointless. After trying for hours in frustration to solve the problem, we reluctantly stopped working on the project after midnight, and decided to go home and regroup to finish up the next day.

The very next morning, while simply backing the same truck we had been driving the day before into a parking spot, the steering wheel broke loose in Leland's hands, leaving him with absolutely no steering capability in an instant! Upon inspection of the truck at a mechanic's shop, they found 2 of the 3 bolts that are supposed to secure the steering box missing from the vehicle all together. The third bolt (pictured) had simply snapped off, rendering the vehicle impossible to steer. 

As we retraced our steps from the day before, considering the treacherous steep grade, hair-pin turns, and guard rails along the embankments of the road to the top of the mountain, the hair raised on our arms as we recognized the certainty of having avoided a major catastrophe. If we had gotten the video image at the intermediate location, even at a very late hour, we would have been heading up this road to install at the mountain top that night.

If we had lost the steering along this road instead of losing it in the parking lot the very next morning, then you can imagine what could have happened. There is a gate at the base of South Mountain, which is locked by the Rangers at 10:00pm, and the only people with access to this road late at night are those on rare occasions that are on their way to the peak to service a TV station. There would have been nobody on the road all night, our families knew we would be home late so they would not have missed us, and we could not have called for help since there is no cell phone reception.

In hind sight, among various other miracles, it is as if one of God's angels held onto that last steering bolt, to keep it from breaking until there was no danger. Likewise, it was as if the Lord had blinded our eyes to the reality that our video problem, which had held us back from driving up the mountain late that night, was actually very easy to solve. By simply plugging our video signal into a second piece of equipment that we had already installed the night before, our video signal immediately came to life.

Our lives were spared. What a series of miracles, and how humbling it is to sense God's direct protection of us in such a powerful way!

As we work aggressively toward expanding the GNTV English and Spanish ministry into several new communities of Arizona and beyond, the Lord is doing amazing things on this front as well. PHASE I of our expansion will include a new station in Yuma, Prescott and Flagstaff. Here is a brief update on the latest miracles in progress with them.

YUMA: We had been working toward a deal to be able to broadcast 1 of our 2 channels (English only) in the Yuma community. Before that was all worked out though, we got an email out-of-the-blue from a bilingual Pentecostal Christian man, Jose, asking us to help him build a new TV station in Yuma. Jose, just like us, wants to broadcast the Gospel throughout Yuma to reach both English and Spanish viewers, and he needs our help. We then asked Jose if he would be willing to sell his

Overlooking Yuma, Arizona from the tower site.

construction permit, assuring him that if we obtained it we will broadcast the Gospel on the station 24 hours a day. He initially asked for $150,000, which we simply could not afford. But, after some negotiation, we finally agreed on $10,000, which Jose later told us was like giving it away as a gift to us since he had paid about that much to get the permit himself.

Praise the Lord that the deal has now closed! Thanks to Jose's willingness to sell to us for an affordable price, and thanks to one of the Yuma churches for helping us with the significant startup costs, we are now preparing to build this TV station to proclaim the truths of God's word and His message of salvation to viewers throughout Yuma. On top of that, this station will reach beyond the borders into Mexico.

Yuma is the third largest community in Arizona, and since it borders Mexico and has a very large population of Spanish-speaking, we are very excited to be able to broadcast both our English and Spanish channels and invite viewers to the churches there.

PRESCOTT: Things have really seemed to be dragging along with us getting the station on the air in Prescott, and the monthly operating expenses were looking like they would be very costly. But, during these delays, we were able to investigate another site where other broadcasters are airing their stations from. Through this investigation, we have decided we want to move the permit, and have already applied for this move with the FCC! This move will result in saving us a large majority of the monthly operating expenses we would have to otherwise pay at the original site, and the new site will actually result in more viewers. Another amazing win-win scenario!

Please pray that the Lord will help our application to proceed through the process in a timely manner so we can purchase equipment and start building in Prescott in early 2014.

PHASE II EXPANSION: Thanks to your prayers and financial support, we have now raised enough funds to complete PHASE I of our expansion project, which, as mentioned, will include building 3 new stations in Arizona, including Yuma, Prescott and Flagstaff. We will continue working aggressively over the next 6-9 months to build these first 3 new stations and start reaching people in these communities of Arizona with Good News TV.

As you can see from our fundraising thermometer to the left, the funds we have raised to reach the 3 new communities in Arizona so far is amazing progress but not the end. We praise the Lord for your sacrificial contributions to help so far. In PHASE II of our expansion project, we want to continue filling this thermometer to reach as many as 4 more communities, including Payson, Lake Havasu, Verde Valley, and Tucson. In order to accomplish this and make this second phase a reality like the first, we will continue to need the Lord's guidance, as well as your ongoing prayers and your financial support.

We only have about 5 months to build the first of these 4 additional locations, while the other 3 have more than a year.

If you would like to help us reach one of these PHASE II communities, we urge you to consider a special donation NOW. Whether $10 or $10,000, the Lord will bless and multiply your gift, combining together with other donations to help us reach one of these new Arizona communities at a time.

In addition to an outright gift, if you would like to pledge a matching gift to help encourage others to donate, then please contact us directly to discuss this. Over the last year, we received 5 matching gifts that totaled over $36,000, which were in turn matched by other donors and ultimately helped us reach our Phase I goal to fund the first 3 sites.