We receive and publish a segment of the latest newsletter from the Danish Shortwave Club International:
Dear friends, December 29, 2004
On Dec 26 the worst Earthquake on Earth in 40 years happened underwater southwest of Aceh Province, Sumatra. Enormous seismic Sea waves (in Japanese called Tsunami) hit the coasts in most countries around the Indian Ocean, causing devastating damages and more than 60000 people at the beaches killed or disappeared into the Sea. This natural catastrophe came without warning and all media covered this tragic event. On Sri Lanka alone, more than 22000 people are reported dead.
Our member, Victor Goonetilleke, living 10 km inland south of Colombo wrote on Dec 27: ” All of us are OK here. Trying hard to organize some emergency communications (Victor is also a very active radio amateur! Ed) and also doing some food distributions and things like that. Since the affected areas are so widespread things are very hard. Everyone within 1000 metres or so of the coast have been badly affected right along the coast from North to South on the eastern side of the island. In some areas as far in as 2-3kms. On the Western side not so bad, about 100 metres from the coast, as the quake was on the Eastern side of the island and the tidal waves came from the East/ S. East. You would have seen the vast destruction. Frightening.. Regards , Victor”. |
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More than 200 world leaders joined an estimated 350,000 pilgrims for the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's square (Rome) today. Many more packed the streets of Rome and millions around the world stopped to watch the funeral on TV. After a three-hour open-air service, the crowd applauded as the Pope’s coffin was carried into St Peter’s Basilica to be buried in the crypt. Among those in attendance were presidents and dignitaries from Italy, the UK, France, Germany, the US, Iran, Brazil, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, DRC, Syria and Afghanistan, and representatives of Christian, Jewish, Buddist and Muslim churches around the World. |
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Que el Amor, la Paz y la Esperanza sea la única fuerza que cobije a todos los amigos de la Emisora Radial y a sus diferentes programas, a todos los amigos oyentes, que con la presencia del todopoderoso, esta navidad sea una fiesta en unión familiar y de muchas bendiciones para todos.
Expreso un saludo afectuoso y fraterno en mi calidad de un fiel y asiduo oyente a todos los miembros de la gran Institución Radial, y a todos los amigos oyentes, que sin descanso entregan su esfuerzo sacrificado en forma permanente, a sus amigos, esposas e hijos que celebren con regocijo el cumpleaños de Jesús y que sus espíritus reciban con amor este presente.
Mi Profundo anhelo es que esta navidad sea llena de felicidad, dicha amor y esperanza en cada hogar de los amigos de la Emisora y de la gran multitud de amigos oyentes, que estos sentimientos comunes llenen de alegría nuestras vidas.
Que la bendición de nuestro creador, sea abundante y generoso con todos sus seres queridos, que proteja sus acciones y procuren sacrificio en busca de la paz de los amigos.
Que esta bella fiesta renueve el amor en sus corazones y la paz en su espíritu, con el deseo de que esta noche de Paz sea tan solo el comienzo de un año pleno de éxitos son los deseos de su Amigo.
Gustavo (Loja, Equador) |
Pastor Alfred Chompff sent us a comment of Fridays Dec. 10, 2004 broadcast on 5,775 kHz (2000-2100 UTC):
This is the second sermon on John chapter 9. God uses the healing of this blind man as a type or picture of salvation. The formerly blind man said to the Pharisees, “He opened My Eyes”. God did it 100%. I did not ask for it, and neither did I deserve it. Salvation is entirely by grace. By definition “grace” is a free gift from God, like John 1:13 says, “Which were born (again), not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”. |
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