Story number 4 for 24 Mar 2003

(Indonesia)–Elsewhere, much rejoicing greeted the development of a five-month old radio ministry in Bali, Indonesia. However, the outreach has already hit its first major obstacle with a direct lightening strike to the antennae that destroyed the transmitter. Far East Broadcasting Company’s Jim Bowman says as of this airing, the station remains silent. There is another problem of credibility, too. “The Hindus consider the strike on this Christian station a curse from God and they think that this is a way of God saying He doesn’t want the station there. [And] That’s why getting the station replaced as soon as possible, the damages replaced right away, are so important.” Bowman relates the problem as ‘urgent’, in raising the 20-thousand dollars needed to fix the ground system and parts. “The sooner this transmitter gets back up, the sooner it will confirm to the local residents in the area, to which we are ministering on FM, that God has not put His curse on the station.”