Dear Friend,
I’ve just returned from visiting our FEBC Indonesia team – Yaski Radio – and I want to share with you what I saw. Because God is at work, and your faithful partnership has helped build all that I witnessed there.
The Yaski team is extraordinary. Their CEO and National Director, Yoke, carries a conviction that fills the room – and his team matches it with courage and compassion. I loved walking around the building hearing laughter, seeing people jump to help each other.
But it was the listeners who moved me most.
I met refugees living in cramped conditions, unable to work under Indonesian law, unsure where “home” will be. I met mothers of children living with disabilities – women who feel shame, experience discrimination, and fear their child’s situation is somehow their own fault. Women who don’t yet know the God who loves them deeply and equally.
And then I met people whose lives have been changed. One listener plays Yaski Radio in his restaurant hoping someone will ask him what it’s all about.
Young people told me they hang their phones on the wall and play Yaski Radio through the day so their homes and workplaces are full of the Holy Spirit.
Then there’s Hamed, whose story moved me deeply. He’s a producer with Radio PARS – Yaski’s broadcast ministry to Farsi-speaking refugees from the Middle East, central and southern Asia – and there’s more about his journey in this edition.
But I’ll say this: he once understood God through adherence and fear. Now he knows the God of endless love.
These are the Christ-followers being strengthened by your prayers and equipped through your faithful partnership.
The Yaski team is strategic and uncompromising in their faith. Each location, each audience is different – and they know it. They’ll try new things, build relationships slowly, and push into places where local regulations still block them from broadcasting Scripture directly.
As Yoke told me: “If you know how, if the Lord gives you the wisdom, it can happen.”
And Yaski Ministry Director Yancen reminded me of something powerful about the medium we share: “Radio is the theatre of mind. Talk to one person. Make it intimate.”
That’s what your support makes possible. One voice, reaching one heart at a time.
The stories in this edition are a reminder: the work doesn’t end when someone hears the gospel. It’s the beginning of a long journey of being rooted, growing, and becoming someone who carries the message forward. And it’s a journey that local FEBC Partner teams and local churches walk together with listeners – long after the broadcast ends.
Thank you for your continuing partnership, until all have heard.
Janet Cousens
CEO, FEBC Australia