Sunday, August 28, 2005

Podcasting...let's give it a try huh?

Podcasting, the newest "big" thing in media communication. Basically one way to describe it is Tivo for Radio. What I am attempting to do is create media content that you would be able to subscribe to ( with a little work of course ) so that any time we post new updates from our travels they would be updated to keep you current. Hey it sounds really great. Wouldn't it be amazing if I could actually figure the whole process out? Let's try it and see what happens...

Listen to Eric's Story by clicking here. The audio file is a 9 minute audio portion of a testimony video Jen and i just finished completing about a young man named Eric Navales. He is from the island of Mindanao, Philippines. He is just such a great story of how youth around the world are reached through the Book of Hope. You will mainly hear the voice of Eric himself as he shares his story with you. The female voice you hear is that of Afel. She is the local Chi Alpha director. Chi Alpha is a campus Bible Club that helps to make the Gospel relevant to students. What a great partnership.

I encourage you to take a few minutes and hear Eric tell you how the Book of Hope was intrumental in chenging his life.

The audio will play through the program "Quicktime." This is a standard piece of software but if for some reason you are unable to play the file follow this link and you can download the newest verion for yourself. Download Quicktime Here

Friday, August 05, 2005

Dean in classroom presentation

The adventures keep coming.:-)

We had an awesome week of ministry with the team from Mountainview Christian Center from Las Vegas. Most of our ministry took place through classroom presentations where we presented the Book of Hope and did distribution in classes. There are around 45 students per classroom. Classroom presentations are great because you get a chance to interact with the students one on one. But it also makes for busy days. Some of the schools that we were able to go to had over 6,000 students.

Hopefest


Hopefest
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We were able to have one Hopefest in Chinatown. This area is primarily Filipino-Chinese students and it was awesome to be able to minister to them. The children laughed and clapped their hands when they received their gifts. The young people were interested to see what was inside.

University students reading the Book of Hope

We saw some of the college students reading their books for hours between classes.