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Archive for September, 2007

Anyone who has met UCB Australia’s CEO, Ian Worby would know that he has the same Aussie effervescent qualities that Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin had. Only where Steve had a heart for animals and the environment, Ian has a heart for people and their souls.
"Crikey!! We have 300 Christian stations on-air now" [...]

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September 17, the city of Davao experienced one of the worst power interruption.  For the entire day, no electricity.  I came to the station and saw everything on a stand still.  Not a song was played on air that day.  Not a bible verse said.  No visitor.  While i was praying, God told me how [...]

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Hello rockers….have a look at the photo!…The Akingbolas are the colourful couple chatting with UCB President Hal Short at the recent UCB Africa regional conference in South Africa. Erastus and Antonia found the Word For Today in England and  felt a calling to bring it to Nigeria. So they did…personally funding the project… From a [...]

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UCB Africa: Love Botswana

From UCB Africa - …

Love Botswana, what a cool name eh? It is the ministry affiliated with UCB and run in Botswana by Jerry Lackey and his wife. Last year they applied for a national licence, that was declined on a techicality, but they will apply again!  If you click here, you will see how UCB [...]

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Meet Dwayne, a 2nd year engineering student.  Yes, he has used us several times, and we’re loving every minute of it!  The photo above shows Dwayne holding up a Word 4U 2Day devotional that is so well used.  We thought that weather had a hand on it, true in a way, this teenager said this devotional [...]

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This week we received this email testimony from a supporter who lives about 1.5 hours from our office in Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
I am the chaplain of the Christian Radio station in XXXXXX and I have recently been on a mission trip to Kenya, where unfortunately I gave my rental car to another pastor to drive on [...]

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Radio Andrea 91.4……in Antsohihy on the island of Madagascar. Now that sounds ok?…..but it does not begin to describe the work there. Imagine roads so bad four wheel drives routinely get stuck…and that’s in the dry weather!…for 15 years Chris and Jeanette Fourie have been working there.
75% of the population is under 18…55% are illiterate…95% [...]

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Hello rockers ……Radio Pulpit  CEO  (and UCB Africa CEO) Rudi Petersen and his exec team  of Karel Vehoef, and Ernest Langer  hosted the UCB Africa training conference at Shekinah on the South African high velt.
The weather was absolutely stunning with beautiful clear days curtained in the evening with the most stunning sunsets.  Delegates came from Mozambique, [...]

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Radio Andrea 2007 Highlights

Hi everyone, Rudi Petersen here.  Love to keep you updated of wonderful news from Radio Andrea highlighting God’s blessings for the year 2007.  We are extremely grateful for the kind and regular support received from UCB Africa and other supporters during this critical year. Radio Andrea is up and running ! A miracle from the [...]

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News just in from Leslie Wright, who looks after The Word For Today in Albania:
“Hi everyone!  UCB Albania now has a website, click here to check it out.  At this stage, it is still under construction.  But you might like to have a look from time to time.”
Connect with Leslie and have an “on-air” chat with [...]

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Hello everyone, Peter Wooding here, I’ll be going on a reporting trip to Mozambique Sep 19-26th with Samaritans Purse, primarily looking at the charity’s water sanitation and AIDs projects (www.turnonthetap.org).  I’d be more than happy to provide live/recorded phone reports on my mobile phone during the trip as well as recorded interviews/packages in the weeks [...]

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