Here are two new videos about Eagle TV’s work on Christian programming and news. Eagle TV is helping to change lives. Thanks for your prayers and support of Eagle TV. The first video profiles our ministry programming.

The second video profiles our work with news programming.

I’ve been back for two days now. Coming home is good therapy. So is getting back to work. My first day in the office yesterday was primarily a day to be greeted by the staff, and it was wonderful. Having time away is a good thing. But being received back with such great joy is emotionally overwhelming. Of course, there are so many people working for Eagle TV that not everyone could be on hand my first day back. So this morning when I came in for a weekend meeting I popped my head into the Studio Control room. That gal working graphics was so excited to see me, it felt great.

My deep thanks to all the Eagle TV staff for making me feel so welcome and loved. You’re the reason why I love coming home.

Regarding my weekend meeting, I had a great time today with a couple from Erdenet discussing a new program we will release in September. The program will feature testimonies of Mongolians who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ. Unlike previous testimony programs we’ve done that featured Mongolian believers from Ulaanbaatar, this program will primarily feature men and women from the countryside including a former Buddhist monk who abandoned Buddhism in favor of Jesus Christ.

The new 10-episode program will be produced in Mongolian with English subtitles in a magazine style format. And it will do more than just present the testimony of Mongolian believers. It will also address some of Mongolia’s most pressing social issues—alcoholism, family abuse, and domestic human trafficking. Though testimonies of men and women who have overcome these personal issues in their lives, the relevance of Christ will be demonstrated in a unique and powerful way. One of the testimonies will feature a young woman who was sold into slavery, and how Christ redeemed her. Once the programs are complete expect to see them online as well as on Eagle TV.

I just came out of a nearly two-hour meeting with our Steppe-by-Steppe field ministry team listening to testimonies about what God is doing through our field strategy using Eagle TV movies in the countryside. I never imagined when we conceived of the strategy a year-and-a-half ago that so much would be accomplished so quickly, and how it would begin to change people’s perceptions of the Bible and Jesus Christ.

From whole families who have received Christ, to communities that turn out by the hundreds to learn about the Bible, amazing things are happening, but none more important than the change in attitude about the Bible.

Again and again our team members are being told that they have great difficulty understanding the Old Testament they have. As a result they quickly give up reading it and only read the New Testament, and often times not even that. Even then they often don’t understand certain things because the New Testament is filled with references to Old Testament characters, events, and principles. Yet after watching our Old Testament series of movies and attending the corresponding Bible studies a two-fold response always takes place: (1) People gain a new understanding of the Old Testament and its meaning opens up to them for the first time, which (2) Drives them back to the Bible to study God’s word and learn again from the treasure within its pages. This is exactly what we hoped for!

One of our staff shared with me that the communists used to travel the countryside in the 40s and 50s showing Russian movies about communism. The older people remember those days. So to have a group now traveling to these same areas bringing the message of God’s love and forgiveness instead of the cold, unforgiving brutality of atheism and oppression, is welcomed and greatly anticipated.

In the last 5 months our team has delivered 108 presentations with thousands attending movie showings, and thousands attending the corresponding Bible studies from start to finish to learn more about Jesus. Hundreds of New Testaments have been given out, and lives are being transformed for Jesus Christ. Virtually every community we have visited has asked for a return visit and for our team to continue teaching them about the Bible.

What a wonderful privilege to be associated with these men from our Steppe-by-Steppe team. Their work is transforming thousands of their countrymen for Christ.