In just over three months, CRL will be celebrating the completion of its 50th year of broadcasting the Gospel to the Eastern Caribbean islands! Lord willing, on September 7th, we’re planning to have a Sunday morning anniversary service with guest evangelist Dr. Steve Pettit and his musical team. Dr. Pettit’s voice is often heard on CRL during a weekday radio program called, “The Daily Platform,” and songs from his different musical groups can also be heard on CRL. We also plan to have an open house the following week, where listeners will be encouraged to stop by the studio for a tour, and we plan to give away CRL reusable grocery bags, t-shirts, bumper stickers, pens, and the solar radios. Please pray with us about all these plans, especially since it’s scheduled during the heart of hurricane season!
In April, the Fowler family from central California spent a week of their vacation with us! They helped with various maintenance projects at the AM transmitter site and the ministry houses! We’re very grateful for their help!
Just after I wrote our last prayer letter, we developed significant static on our FM radio signal from Boggy Peak, especially when it was raining. After inspection and research, we determined that the 25-year-old coaxial cable, which runs from the transmitter to the tower, and the antenna on the tower had outlived their life expectancy. We had to purchase new cable, antenna, and grounding copper for $8,000. In May, Andrew & Summer Chafa, missionaries on deputation for planting radio stations, returned to Antigua to help with the swap from old to new equipment. Praise the Lord, the static is gone!
We still have a mail-in Bible correspondence course ministry, although it has greatly diminished over the years with modern-day distractions like tv and internet and the inconsistency of postal mail, especially since COVID-19. But we still have a few leaders who promote the courses and get students involved. And every once in a while, we get a response like this! Praise the Lord for His continued use of this part of CRL’s ministry!
If you’d like to help financially with the 50th Anniversary service, travel fees for the visiting speaker and music team, gifts for the listeners or the FM cable and antennas, donations can be sent to BIMI, using Account #243.
For the Lighthouse Staff,
Nathan P. Owens