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Now let's begin today's episode. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. This is Ruff Beast, your host. I want you to welcome all of our listeners. that are all across the state of North Carolina.
They're in Ohio, they're in Dayton, they're in Toledo, they're in Salt Lake City, Utah, all across the state. They are in Lichburg, Virginia, and they might be listening on our app, on the Truth Network app. And so wherever you are, just know we would love to hear from you. If you have a question, a comment, you just want to pray for Annabelle, pray for her family that are in Venezuela. And so we're continuing our conversation.
Annabelle, share with us a little bit more, if you would, about Trans World Radio and the different continents that they're on and just the scope of what they're doing in light of the gospel and the Great Commission. Yeah, since uh nineteen fifty four we have been broadcasting in different languages. The first one was Spanish. Because Paul Freed, who was the founder, He wanted to reach the people in Spain.
So from that area in Monte Carlo, in We started the broadcast and now we are doing it in 200 languages, more than 200 languages in around 190. uh countries in the world.
So it is a a very big uh ministry that God has put on our Hands to reach people where whenever they are. And it's it's a privilege to do that. You know, i if somebody wanted to to make a contribution Is the uh website just TWR um they can they can Google that, Trans World Radio, but but is there a website where people can go? that you'd like to mention because there might be somebody listening out there that wants to see another transmitter maybe built or maybe there's a repair that needs to be made or something. How could people make a contribution to Trans World Radio?
Yes, we have our web page. It's easy to give.
So, we have a lot of different things. And then you go to give, and it's easy. It's in the left of your screen. Is there the option to give? We have partners in Europe, in the Middle East.
There are many needs in that area, in Asia. We have Uh in Africa, um uh one of our main main uh stations also is in South Africa. In Kenya, we have also an office And there are many needs in that area. Specifically, this week we were featuring Um Africa. And if you would like to give for Africa, we are welcome.
We welcome you to do it. Excellent. Excellent. So that number that you can call right now is 866-348-7884. That's 866-484-848-848-444.
348-7884. Uh If you'd like to call in, ask a question. Maybe you'd like to just pray with Annabelle. Give her some encouragement. Annabelle, you have family that are in Venezuela.
Could you share with us a little bit about maybe your thoughts on how Venezuela turned into you know, a place where there's there's been some chaos. There's been some disruption and some things that are that are sad, but we're seeing some some changes. Do you do you have any thoughts to add to that? Question as to what what's been happening there? You you haven't been there for some time, or when was the last time you were there in Venezuela?
I went a year ago. I was in Venezuela. I was with our partners there. We have an office in Venezuela. And they were uh celebrating their thirtieth anniversary.
So I went there with them and and it was a good time cheering with uh the people that that came to tell us their testimonies because they believed Because those broadcasts that we were doing from Bonair. Bonaire is a main is a key place that we have been preaching not just Venezuela, but Colombia. We have a really touching testimony from one man that he was He was creating cocaine in a lab in Colombia, and he had an accident, and he started to look for something to listen to at that moment, trying to forget what he was going through. And he turned the radio, and it was transworld radio. And since then, he believed, and he became a pastor, and the people that were with him working in that lab they left everything and they followed Jesus since then.
And I recently talked with him by phone because he is a very well known pastor in Colombia, and I go to Colombia frequently too.
So it's it's it's how that works in our lives and and the blessing that we can be for others. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. And just the fact that people right now listening, if they're being led by the Lord to do so, they can go to TWR.org and they can make a contribution. That is so wonderful, you know, that we have this opportunity to partner with such a wonderful ministry. And the Truth Network has done so for many, many years.
We've done various campaigns and we've sought to just continue the great responsibility and opportunity and privilege to continue this great commission. You know, 2,000 years that's been going on, right, Annabelle? And God has given us this technology. We're a part of something that's just so huge. It's worldwide.
It covers all these places where TWR has been ministering and missionaries have gone. And just to think that we have this miracle of radio waves. And that we have this right here in our country. There's so many radio stations. that are being uh being used across the the globe, you cross the the country, cross you know, and the cars and the and the trucks and the vans and in the hospitals and the prisons.
Um, it's everywhere. It's such a it's an amazing miracle. It's just as much as God has made the mountains and the oceans, He's made these these invisible airwaves and they travel hundreds of miles right into these little plastic metal boxes where people can listen. And so we just really are grateful for what you're doing. And so tell us a little bit about some of the just so we can gain a better perspective on Venezuela and the corruption and things that have happened.
What caused some of this, do you think? Just your own personal opinion? What are some of the things? Was it a slow turn of of kind of into the the problems that we we hear about in the news? Or did it happen uh just more more dramatically in in a in a quicker kind of a fashion?
It has been, I would say, slow. Since Hugo Chavez came to power, many things have changed in Venezuela, including the constitution and how the government manages its affairs. After President Chavez died, Nicolas Maduro was elected and he served terms and was his third term as President after the twenty twenty four elections, which were questioned by international bodies and opposition parties in Venezuela, who claimed that the winner of those elections was the opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez. And since then, everything had been kind of more like going down in the political spectrum, I would say, in the political arena. And more than eight million Venezuelans have left the country searching for liv uh better living conditions.
And and if you think about Mm-hmm. You you mentioned that that Venezuela is a rich country, has different Uh make the people rich. But it have been in bad use by the people that ha have been in charge. And you can see it is not something that I'm just creating. If you think about that Venezuelan, the minimum wage, for a Venezuelan is three less than three dollars per month.
Really they can they can get basic needs, uh things for s their needs.
Well, listen, we're going to continue this. If you can stay with us, Annabelle, stay with us. The music's playing.
So we have to take a break, but we'll be right back. This is Missions Monday on Truth Talk Live, and I'm your host, Russ East. We're excited to be talking about this great privilege called the Great Commission that we're a part of as Believers in Christ.
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In Acts 26, 18, Jesus said Paul's purpose was to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light. and from the power of Satan unto God. That they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. We hope you'll join us for today's testimony of lives changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Now let's begin today's episode. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. This is Ruff East, your host. We're going to continue talking about the Great Commission talking about Missions Monday. That's what today is.
It's Monday, but it's Missions Monday. Let's not ever forget that.
So when you tune in on Truth Talk to Truth Talk Live here on the Truth Network, At this time Four o'clock Eastern. two o'clock in Utah. we're going to be talking about the Great Commission. And what better passage to talk about the Great Commission than that in Cha uh Acts chapter 9. Acts chapter 9 verse 15 it says, But the LORD said unto him, Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel, for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
So Annabelle, let me ask you, have you come across people In the scope of TWR or maybe believers in countries as you've gotten reports and things. Is suffering a part of of the Christian life. in other places around the world. that that you have seen TWR have an impact on? Yes, I I had the opportunity to go last year to Haiti.
I went to the north part of the island and people live there in poverty, it's extreme poverty. And and it was hard to see how they live and and how the the the believers have to walk miles to get to church. to to go to any place around. to find food. to have a life is really, really hard.
And also in Africa, we see that too. And in some countries, it's not just the poverty, like talking about the economy, but Uh spiritually. Like if you think about in Asia, There is a Some countries that have many opportunities, but they don't see Christ as an option in their lives.
So it's when we need to to go to those places and and and help. Because there are Christians, like in Japan. There are many Christians there. but they need help to to reach their own people.
So we can be part of what they are doing. In There are many places. How about in Africa? Would you wanted to share just briefly about Africa? What parts of Africa Does TWR have a presence?
We basically we are in the whole Africa countries. But our main emphasis is in the West Africa. where we have a big population of Muslims And and how maybe you know that they are right now a hard time in in that part of the Africa. where the churches in Christiana have been persecuted. And and we need to pray for them.
How about in countries like Ghana, Africa? Do you have any... stations that come to your mind that might be in Ghana, Africa. I don't have a station specifically, but I know we have programs for them. We have been broadcasting from some of our stations for them.
Wonderful, wonderful. Our ministry, Utah Partnerships for Christ to reach the Mormons for Christ, we were able to send a couple Men there and to do some workshops, and I would just love to see the possibility of. uh of uh maybe Truth Network and TWR just try to like work together to see some more Christian radio in a country like Ghana where the the Mormons are strong and we need to share the gospel with them and share how much Christ loves them and and how that how that you know their sins can be forgiven if they put their faith and and trust in what Christ did on the cross for us so so that would be exciting maybe this is the beginnings of that possibility who knows But let me read another verse out of the book of Acts, Acts chapter 18. And let me just also say before I read this, if you'd like to call in and just say a prayer, maybe we've got some prayer warriors listening today, and you'd like to have. Just a time to encourage not only Annabelle but others listening.
You can just pray right now. You can give us a call at 866-348-7884. Our call screener will take your call and just put you on hold for a moment, and then you can say, Hey, I'd like to just pray for Annabelle. I want to pray for TWR. I'm just compelled.
I want to just bring this to the Lord publicly on the airwaves today.
So that would be exciting to hear from you. If you'd like to do that, just call us at 866-348-848. 348. 7884.
So Annabelle, here's the verse. In Acts chapter 18, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. We talked about people that are being persecuted, but then there's also seasons where there's not going to be the persecution, because we read here, it says in verse 9, then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, be not afraid. But speak and hold not thy peace. For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, for I have mu many people in this city.
So when I when I read those words, what comes to your mind when you think about that? Maybe there's a time of kind of some more flourishing, things that are that are expanding and we're seeing the Lord just allow and and and g and give that kind of um Uh I've I've movement across the land. What comes to your mind when I read those those verses there? Yeah, that's Acts is one of my favorite books of the Bible because it shows how the the first believers, they have so much passion to reach everybody around them. And it's encouraging when you read the word of God in that specific book.
in how the believers they even share their their belongings. and money and food and everything and And when you go to some of those countries, like in Africa, and you see how they worship God with all their heart and the music and they have feeling they are all together, sometimes this. We are in some churches in some part of the world where you are seated there, very comfortable, but there isn't that joy that those people over there have.
So we should just try to think about what it says in that book and specifically in that chapter and try to. to think In the in those words and and be uh encourage what what those first believers did. And we imitate them. That's the goal. Yes, yeah, that that first part of that verse, be not afraid.
We hear that a lot from the angels. And so that's so important because when we're fearful over certain things, It can really stop us. And sometimes fear is good. You know, when you're gonna go across the street, you wanna be afraid not to get hit. But when it comes to speaking, Oh, wow, you know, we can't hold our peace.
I mean, and that's why this verse right here, this is Jesus. The Lord spoke to Paul in the night. And sometimes you might be maybe at night and you feel kind of down and out and you feel like you don't see the purpose God has for you. But then you can flip on your radio on the Truth Network and you can hear God's word being spoken. You know, and there's been people like our engineering staff, people that work so hard all the time to make sure that the radio waves are going out.
You know, I think of Randy Finch, our engineer here, who's always working tirelessly and Mandel Owens. And these guys are behind the scenes and we don't hear much about them. But they're out in the cold and the heat, you know, around high voltage. They can lose their life if they touch the wrong thing. I'm not kidding you, you know.
And we've seen snakes being just fried, you know, because they got to the wrong places and things. But, you know, boy, you know. You you look at this verse here, it says, For I am with thee. Yeah, okay, so so isn't that isn't that a comfort, Annabelle, that that the Lord says that he was with Paul? And um, you know, he s he ended up spending a a year and a half in Corinth.
And um and and that's a place that You know, you could say it's kind of like Las Vegas, maybe, you know, like the real seedy parts maybe of Las Vegas and some of the debauchery and things that we think about and associated with that. And it probably it probably in many ways wasn't really super, super friendly to Christianity, but there were believers there. It says, and so, you know, you're right next door to Athens and then up the highway, the road there. You get up there to Thessalonica and around the corner to Philippi. And so Paul was ministering.
And so the Lord really encouraged him. And in fact, We're doing a trip, a Footsteps of Paul trip to Greece in September. It's with our ministry, Utah Partnerships for Christ. Who knows? Maybe TWR and Truth could do a trip to Greece, or maybe we could go and do a tour of some places where there are radio transmitters and just see for ourselves all that's going on.
We could encourage the Christians that are there. And so that would be exciting. This idea here in verse 10, For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, for I have many people in this city.
So when we think about the cities, what's another city that comes to your mind, Annabelle, that TWR is reaching? Maybe like in Europe. Would you want to share a city or two in Europe that comes to your mind?
Okay. Um TWR has a a partner in in in Germany and there you They are trying to reach the European people in that area. And they have a r a small radio station there, but that radio stations, they take like you say, they are not afraid to share the gospel. They are not afraid to tell the truth. They are not afraid to share with the people that Jesus Christ died for them.
And and he just not just died, he he gave the his life, but he be he raised again and he's alive. And not too many people in Europe can hear that. or are you willing to? But they they are not afraid to share every single day the good news of Christ in in that area. Is in in In uh The city, um, the name is, um I don't remember right now the the it's just Betsyar.
In in one of the it's a little town there in Germany. And what they do also, they share what you are doing right now with me, sharing what we are doing in different countries, and they raise support for some projects in different parts of the world. For us in Latin America, they do some programs, special programs every year to help us to have programs for kids and for women and for men in Latin America. And if this is a tiny station, in that town, Betzler.
So it's it's incredible when when we believe those words. We are not afraid. And it's the same thing. Probably there is somebody listening to us in this moment and they are have been thinking on, oh, I can go to a mission trip But I don't know, it's so dangerous. No, no, don't be afraid.
God is with you. Don't be afraid. And we'll be right back with our last segment here on Truth Talk Live with Annabelle from Trans World Radio. We're going to look at Acts chapter 26. We're going to see some other great, great nuggets from God's Word.
Stay with us. We'll be right back. Before we sign off for today, please know that all of us here at Utah Partnerships for Christ appreciate your prayers and support. We are also available to do Zoom call workshops or personal coaching on reaching Mormons for Christ. Contact us today at upfc.org.
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