Response during our Christmas special on Dec. 24

Posted on January 6, 2012 by may

From Merlina Bumanghat of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

- I’m happy to hear Christmas songs.  Kaninang umaga pa ako nakatune in until bukas pa

From  Melody Dionisio, Diffun Quirino
- Gusto ko  ponga magpasalamat sa inyong lahat dahil alam  ko na lagi ko kayong kasama sa prayer lo at dahil sa inyong radio progrma nagkaroon ulit ng kulay ang aking buhay.  Di ko man kayo mapasalamatan ng personal, sa Diyos ko na lang sasabihin.

-Inspiration namin  ang inyong programa habang naglulujto sa aming karinderya.

- Inspiration namin  ang inyong programa habang naglulujto sa aming karinderya.

- text message from Quezon, Palawan from Rodel  Dorado.  He can get DZMR’s signal in the evening from time to time.  He appreciates the music.

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Listeners’ Visits

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may

Pastor Robert Borac from Roxas, Isabela and Benson Duque from Echaque, Isabela are the two winners of Pastor Lorenz’ contest for December. Each received pre-tuned radio, an Ilocano Bible and 3 music CDs of Ptr. Lorenz Salazar.

Ptr. Borac travelled for two hours to claim his prize.  He shared that he started listening to DZMR while it was still on its test broadcast.  He is an avid listener and knows all the programs by heart even the topics being discussed by the programmers.

Rudy Rufino from Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya went to the station to get a copy of the message of Ptr. Rudy Ursua on the family. His home town is in Batad but he now resides in Diadi with his wife and 4 children in their farm. He started listening last October. He mentioned that he will give the transcript to his wife who is not a Christian yet so  that she will know God’s guidelines in building the family.

We pray that as we continue to go on the air, the Lord will open more homes, hospitals, and even hardened-hearts to hear His message of love and eternal life.

This Christmas, allow us to share with you this thought from Holley Gerth:

“Jesus, He came not to a throne but to a manger. He lived not as a king but as a servant. He chose not a kingdom but a cross, He gave not just a little but everything.”

May the incredible love of Christ the Savior and the joy of His coming bless you anew this Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

Grateful for your partnership,

Em and Miriam

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Radio Distribution

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may

A week after our hospital ministry, off  we went to Cauayan City Jail for the pre-tuned radio distribution and gift giving.  This time we brought with us the high school students of Merry Sunshine Montessori School headed by Lily Garcia, one of our programmers and directress of the school.  They came with 190 boxes containing canned goods, slippers, t-shirts and many others. Another donor gave soap and shampoo for the detainees.  50 radios were distributed to the 170 inmates. We were prepared to give radios to each one but the warden only allowed 50 for security purpose.

Pastor Jun Duran from Cauayan City started this jail ministry six months ago and it was through him that we were allowed to do the visitation.  He shared the Christmas message during our visit with the invitation to receive Christ.  Please pray that as they listen to DZMR, they will truly understand the Gospel and be set free spiritually from the bondage of sin.

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Hospital Visitation

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may

To spread  Christmas cheer and to promote DZMR, we partnered with Cornerstone Fellowship and Sefton Bible Training Center in singing and visiting the patients at Southern Isabela General Hospital in Santiago City.

Cornerstone  Church has been doing the hospital visitation every Wednesday morning  by praying for the patients.  But since it was Christmas, the Christmas carols  made it special. In every room we visited, we  shared the Gospel and left tracts for them to read.

Many appreciated the visit specially the Christmas carols.  One lady even cried when we sang, others would sit up and listen.  We introduced them to our prayer program and invited them to text us so we can pray for them on regular basis.

Pray that those we met will tune in and become regular listeners.

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Christmas Fellowship

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may

Boodle fight, that’s how we celebrated our Christmas fellowship with our programmers last Dec. 6. Eating with our hands pork barbeque ribs, roasted fish complete with  boiled eggplants and okra and of course no celerabtion is complete without pinakbet, the favorite of all, Ilocano vegetable dish.  We played some games, sang songs and they shared what impact DZMR has on their lives.

Pastor Domie Mariano shared that he is careful now to walk his talk, pointing out that he needs to show in his life what he says on the air.  Pastor Lorenz, host of the early morning prayer program says that before he would take his siesta in the afternoon.  Now, he spends his siesta time  writing his scripts.  Ptr. Rudy Ursua on the other hand says that doing scripts 5 times a week has helped him prepare his messages for Sunday worship.  Virgie, host of the children’s program says that before she would spend 1 week preparing Sunday School lessons, now that she’s script writing for the programs, she is able to do that in 2-3 hours.

Thank God for how He is working in the lives of DZMR programmers.

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Programming Seminar/Workshop

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may

The second batch of volunteer programmers composed of pastors, teachers and businessmen coming from Santiago City, Cauayan City and Ifugao participated in coming up with creative ideas, conducting interviews and producing a 30 minute program that incorporated all their learnings during the training held Oct. 25-27.

Pastor Jaime Cachola from Santiago City shared: “I came not knowing a single thing about radio.  I have learned so much.”  Thanks to trainors Efren Pallorina and Maloi Salumbides from FEBC Manila Office.

Out of the 12 participants, 6 have been chosen to come on board and be programmers for DZMR beginning March 2012.  With the additional programmers, we are looking at adding two hours to our morning broadcast.  Please pray for these new programmers as they prepare themselves for this new ministry opportunity.

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Praise and Prayer Requests

Posted on December 23, 2011 by may
  • Praise God for the opportunity to share the Gospel through our Christmas Special on Dec. 24 and 25 when we went on the air from 7am till 8pm. Please pray for the results of this broadcast.
  • Praise God for the partnership we are able to establish in Isabela and hopefully in Cagayan and Ifugao as well.
  • Pray for full recovery for Francis Aquino, our programmer for the news commentary program, from acid reflux.
  • Pray for  our new programmers as they prepare for their radio ministry.  Though we gained 6 but 1 programmer from the first batch gave up doing his program this month.
  • We have been having intermittent reception from our Internet service provider.
  • Pray for wisdom  as to how to resolve this problem.
  • Pray for plans to do more aggressive promotion to attract more listeners.
  • Pray that the Lord will soon grant a full time announcer.
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Praise and Pray

Posted on October 18, 2011 by webmaster
  • Praise God for John Paul Tangonan, our new technician for passing the government exam making him full pledged 1st class operator.
  • Praise God for quick answer to have 2 digital recorders. Donation for the purchase was given 2 days after our prayer letter was out.
  • Pray for Programming seminar on Oct. 25-27 here at the station for the second batch of volunteer programmers. After the training, we hope to get 10 qualified and committed programmers so that more programs  in different languages will be added to our broadcast hours.
  • Pray for continued protection and good health for staff and programmers.  Pray too that there will be no more strong typhoons to hit Isabela, Cagayan. Ifugao and Quirino.
  • Pray  for rehabilitation of damaged or destroyed infrastructure due to the typhoons.
  • Pray for  urgent need for  a full time Ilocano announcer.
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Pedring and Quiel

Posted on October 18, 2011 by webmaster

Pedring and Quiel, these are the names of the two typhoons that hit us in a week’s time, September 27-30, with winds  of 140-150 kilometers per hour toppling down trees, electrical posts, ripping roofs and  making rice fields like irrigation dams.

But the Lord be praised for He protected us with His mighty hand.  The bunk house and the kubo (nipa hut) which is our guard house were damaged, the sliding  door of the support house fell down twice and the screens were torn but our able staff repaired
them in no time.

At the height of the strong winds, we kept praying that the antenna will withstand the strong winds. The Lord heard our prayers.  Thanks to our text brigades: friends and FEBC staff in Manila.

We did not miss a single minute of the broadcast as we were kept on air by  our generator though on low power (only at 4 kilowatts).  But as of this writing, power has to be restored yet.   Many parts of Santiago City and other towns of Isabela are still without electricity.
Program response dropped considerably as there’s no power to charge the cell phones of listeners.

We still have enough reason to be thankful as we didn’t experience flooding like in Central Luzon.  Also, water supply was not interrupted.  People managed to be on their feet right away. What’s left of the palays in the field are now being harvested.

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DZMR Programmers

Posted on October 18, 2011 by webmaster

DZMR Programmers

These are the happy the faces of our programmers taken during our general meeting last August 8.  5 are from Santiago City, 1 from Ifugao and 6 from Cagayan. Not in the photo is
our lady programmer from Cauayan City.

They are the bearer of Good News to our listeners.  Do pray for them on regular basis: for their safety as they travel to and from the station to record their programs, for  programming creativity and time management – for them to balance their priorities in church, family and DZMR.

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