From Us To You

July 2010
Dear Ones:

What an experience we’ve been going through!! As Shirl wrote her book about the 25 years of ministry here at WRGN and WIVH she relayed how getting both stations going and keeping them that way is not simply accomplished. We have experienced one development after another, but always ones we have resolved in a matter of time. We expect that will be the case with this situation also.

What’s happened? After preparing thoroughly for the move we planned to make for improvements to WIVH, we ran into an interference situation that could have been resolved had we been dealing with a reasonable person, That was not the case.

Our contract with the tower on which we constructed WIVH’s antenna and housed the new transmitter, etc. says we are responsible for any interference caused by our transmission. It did not clarify that this would be from faulty equipment, which is not so. We had no idea that another company housed in the same building was not shielded against RF (radio frequency), but that was the situation and we were willing to do all possible to resolve it, including paying for necessary changes.

Here’s where the problem came into the picture. The owner of the service to which our signal was causing interference, refuses to make the necessary tests to find where the RF is leaking into his lines. What a trial this has been for our patience and desire to set a Christian example through it all. In the meantime, WIVH has been off the air, for over a month.

Although the operator at WIVH has done the very best he can, the distance between us has made the problem very difficult. We praise God that we believe we are close to a solution. We are actually moving to another tower, one that is less desirable. This is involving a great deal of unexpected expenses. We need your prayers, and we are hoping that very soon we will be announcing that WIVH is back on the air reaching souls for Christ and providing a source of comfort and peace to those in the Virgin Islands who have come to depend on the station as their daily Christian companion.

We appreciate and covet your prayers for wisdom, energy, and patience. Dependence on God is the result of this as we keep pressing on for Him.

Needing To Know You Are Standing With Us,
Love, Burl and Shirley Updyke