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where he will spend eternity. The missionary team visiting the prison as part of Resounding Hope’s evangelism and solar radio distribution outreach had not planned a prison visit that day. But as team member John Menefee, from Indiana, said, “God had other plans. He allowed a roadblock to [send us in another direction and] get us into the prison.” And John, like most, was anxious about going into a place like that. “I don’t know who would be crazy enough to go into a Haitian prison, but the next thing I know, I hear myself saying, ‘I’ll go!’ The Holy Spirit was moving.” The conditions were terrible in the 8’ by 10’ cells. The men were all jammed in. With no beds, they couldn’t even lie down at the same time. Jugs of urine stood outside the prison bars. “At the first cell,” John says, “I had no idea what to say. But I prayed. And I just started talking about sin, how we are all sinners, and how I needed Christ just as much as those men in the cell needed him.” Fito was among three men in the first cell who prayed to receive Jesus as his Savior. “Fito was practically bursting with joy!” John said. In every cell, every man was at the bars, paying attention and listening as the team, led by Emmanuel Félix (known as Medson), talked with the men about Jesus. In several of the other cells, some men came to the Lord, while others were only ready to receive a radio. Incidentally, there was no fighting over the one radio given to each cell; rather, the men promised, “We’re all going to listen to this!” Please pray for this radio ministry—that God will use the radios, the daily broadcasting of Radio 4VEH, and the audio New Testament to draw men, women, children, and youth to himself. 31 Photo courtesy of Rob Simpson Radio can be an extremely powerful way to reach people who would otherwise be unreachable with the Gospel. Whether communities are cut off by flooded roads or backbreaking mountain climbs, or people are isolated by prison bars, the radio signal travels unhindered. All that’s needed is a Resounding Hope solar radio in their hands to pick up the daily broadcasting of Radio 4VEH. Reach the lost in Haiti today by sponsoring a Resounding Hope solar radio Each donation of $60 will sponsor a Resounding Hope solar radio that is fix-tuned to Radio 4VEH and pre-loaded with an audio New Testament in Haitian Creole. Every day, the people who receive the radio—whether in a village home, a hospital ward, or a prison cell—will hear farming and health advice, life-saving information when disaster strikes, and the ultimate in Good News, the resounding hope of Jesus Christ. Mark your gift “Resounding Hope #407870-OUT984” Please make your donation payable to One Mission Society and mail to the office in your country, or donate online at: www. onemissionsociety.org/give/resoundinghope. Thank you! Visit www.resoundinghope.org to find out more, or contact Kate Michel at kmichel @radio4veh.org.