SAT-7 News & Prayer Letter (monthly)

Video of the destruction and carnage in Gaza is filling the airwaves in the Middle East and North Africa. When will it end? Reprisal warfare in this region is as old as civilization itslef. The law of the Old Testament, an “eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” still impacts the geopolitics of the region.

2008: What an amazing year for SAT-7! This year we have seen responses from children triple and responses to our SAT-7 ARABIC and PARS channels more than double! And while we celebrate the ways in which God is using SAT-7 in millions of lives, I have a very specific request to ask of you;

Technology is an amazing gift. Through satellites orbiting 36,000 kilometers above the earth we can broadcast directly into a tent located in a remote part of the Sahara desert. We are grateful that the Lord is giving us this technology to use for his purposes. At SAT-7 we are continually working to leverage new opportunities to reach and interact with our viewers.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (NIV)

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)

What a tragic world we live in. Across the Middle East and North Africa, war, terrorism and criminal activity destroy lives and families every day. At times I simply want to cry because of what I see in the news. But while I lament the loss of life, and pray for peace, I also see signs of hope.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:17-18 (NIV).

Cyprus is in the midst of a severe drought, and though summer is still some time away, we have already begun water rationing. Each home is allowed a maximum of just 36 hours of water per week.