The work
involved in operating and maintaining the station here on Bonaire is never
ending. For a glimpse into why we
persevere, check out the following paragraphs from a report we received this
summer from Alberto Gonzales, our TWR partner in Cuba.
"I went to
preach at an event for Christian disabled workers in the city of C******. There were pastors, missionaries or home
church leaders, some of them blind and with other physical problems, but anyway
serving the Lord with joy. When I was presented to the people, quickly many
identified themselves as listeners of TWR.
There was Luis R., a blind man with his wife. (pictured left and center, with
Alberto-right) I hugged this blind brother and his wife who
was crying besides him. It was a very touching moment and all the people were
excited and clapping. He knew complete
passages of my books that his wife had read to him and the topics of the
programs of TWR.
But the biggest surprise was still ahead… I****, a Roman Catholic catechist, whom I had
seen the previous day imparting a biblical study in another room of the
building, got up and said: "Pastor, when I saw you yesterday night
while you passed by and I was teaching, I hadn’t any idea who you were. If so, I would have invited you to enter to
my class because yesterday I was teaching to my Bible Study group your book
"Living the Gospel". Since we
have been studying your book we have become your listeners and TWR programs
every night..! Our knowledge of the
Christian faith has improved and changed completely from then on. Can you send
us more material to use in our class?"
I was not prepared to hear something like that..! The impact
of TWR in Cuba is a lot more than we imagine.
So, I gave to the group the audio CDs of the four books of the serial
"Living..." and a DVD with more than 600 programs of “Messages of
Faith and Hope.” Without a doubt, the Holy Spirit is moving in
a very special way in Cuba and He is using TWR Bonaire to reach all the corners
of the Island, winning people for Christ and encouraging the believers to a
better knowledge of the Word of God. In
our office, we continue receiving an average of 200 letters each month from
listeners and people requesting biblical materials. Many of them are new believers.”
It is great to hear from our
listening audience. People usually
correspond with our regional offices, rather than directly to us on Bonaire. But I’ll take second-hand reports, like the
one above, any day! And now you are hearing
it third hand. J I hope
you are encouraged by what the Lord is doing through the broadcasts as well.
This first shot is a wide angle view. Saturn and Venus are pretty easy to spot. Especially since I've labeled them, ha ha. If you look at the full size version, you can also see Mercury if you know exactly where to look. To help you know where to look, I've included a second cropped photo which zooms in on Spica and Mercury. Once you figure out exactly where they are, then maybe you can go back to the first shot and find Mercury, and maybe Spica.
Here is the zoomed in crop of the above picture. Spica and Mercury are to the left of the palm tree, about half way up from the bottom of the frame. Mercury is brighter than Spica. I actually enhanced Spica a little to make it easier to spot. It was dimmer than this actually.
