I’ve been meaning to post for the last couple days, but I just haven’t had the time… I’ve finally decided I have to do it now, or it’s not going to happen!

I spoke with Gary Roberts this Monday about Africa and plans and so forth. We have people in Kenya that are willing to work with a Media Center. Gary said they know quite a bit as far as technical stuff goes, but they need someone with media knowledge to come and get things started. They need equipment too. I hardly feel that I’m the right person to go and get things started… but someone has to.

We could go on air in a few months in Kenya and we need programming. The local government requires 60% of programming be locally produced while 40% can be rebroadcast from elsewhere. So while we can rebroadcast footage that we have in other networks we have to have create a good portion of our own programming. So this is the reason for the urgency of getting some recording started and some equipment there for them to work with. I’m not sure how we’re going to pay to get the equipment, or where the money is going to come from, but even though we need at a minimum something around or a little over $10,000 to get all the equipment we need to start recording. This isn’t our problem…

So I’ve been working for the last couple of days getting together a list of the equipment that we need to start production. It’s a daunting task! But it’s necessary. The breakthroughs that we’ve in technology now allow someone to literally show up with their equipment to shoot with in a couple of suitcases! A new switcher that has just been made available this year switches HD footage with 8 inputs and it’s about the size or smaller than a personal computer! (tower). Jon Wood just used one for the first time at ASI Korea, and was very pleased with how it worked… Anyway, I’m looking forward to putting this new technology to work for God. Please pray that we get all the right pieces of equipment, exactly the ones that we will need.

I’m planning to fly to Nairobi Kenya early this October. I’ll probably spend at least 2 or 3 weeks there training and getting all the equipment set up and working, then I would like to go with Gary to some of our other projects around Africa and document the needs, and so forth…

I’ve also been praying about going to Thailand and doing a video project about the Karen people. I have a friend that is going there and would like me to come along to do some video work… So if the Lord continues to open this door, I could just fly strait from Kenya to Bangkok and then spend several months there also…

I need to get a good video camera that I can use for the documentary work, and I need to get this list together, and we need to buy it all and test it and get it ready to travel with, and I need to find tickets, in addition to whatever stuff needs to be done here at the office… Sometimes it seems overwhelming, but I know that God will give me the strength and wisdom I need.

Please pray as I prepare for this trip, pray that God will guide me in preparation, pray that the Holy Spirit will prepare the way ahead of me, pray that this media center can go into production soon, pray that we will go on the air in God’s time frame, and pray for the people that will hear the message through the programming. This will be a way to reach many who may never have heard of the message of salvation. Please pray especially for them.

If God moves on your heart to donate toward my traveling expenses on this project, you can do so here http://www.jesus4asia.org/wp/?page_id=13 Just mark it for Daniel Hill Missionary fund

If God moves on your heart to donate toward the needs of purchasing the equipment needed to start production, you can contact GMI directly by phone at: 423-473-1841 or you can go to our website at www.gospelministry.org Mark it for Africa Medical Aviation, Kenya.

Thank you each and every one for your prayers and support,
Keep checking here for more updates as this project continues to develop!