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The Edge New Blog Launch Party!!!

chuckquinley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:27 +0000

Here’s recent news from the Manila radio ministry we help lead. This is a pic from the big launch party for the new theedge.ph megablog. It was a gala event!

CBN covered it, as well as a number of Christian bloggers. Plus, friends of the edge showed up at the studios to party! We have 2 DJ’s spinning that night: one from London and another from Manila. The entire event was webcast for four hours on the live video stream. Congrats to Owie and Rory for their diligence and truly hard work in launching a world-class blog to drive the ministries main web presence. Check out the site at theedge.ph

Old Rockers Never Die

chuckquinley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:53:25 +0000

My friend and partner, Ron Titular, is no stranger to anyone in radio in the Philippines. He was the network manager of the nation’s largest hard rock station for many years. Then he met the Lord and become troubled at the messages he was helping to pump into the open minds of Filipino youth. He amazed others when quit his dream job one day and went into a season of seeking God for further direction.

After a year of waiting on the Lord his pastor told him about a conversation he had had with me that week about my burden to start Christian youth radio for the Philippines. From the moment we met we both knew this would be a great partnership. With Ron’s experience and the support of UCB International, we promptly launched The Edge Radio in a small room at the seminary. Gradually the ministry grew into its own truly cool studios and became a national network with high power FM’s, publishing and netcasting. This year UCB Philippines celebrated its 5th anniversary and launched a new website.

We are so proud to have Ron and Joyce with us this week at MediaLight to share their years of experience in radio broadcasting. Rock on!

Burma is On Fire

chuckquinley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:53:16 +0000

This is what it looks like in Northern Thailand this week. That was yesterday. Today the Sun, even at high noon is totally blocked. Can’t even tell where it is in the sky (see the last photo).

No, it’s not cloud cover, its the smoke from slash and burn farmers just over the border in Myanmar (Burma) 50 miles away. Their mountains are ablaze as a way of clearing the land for Spring planting of small crops. So much smog! Asthmatics beware.

Brooke blowing fire

chuckquinley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:38:14 +0000

Yesterday we had a street outreach in the night market area of our town. Brooke joined Travis as a fire blower and did six sets of fire tricks in the night’s program. Here she makes quite an impact on a little girl standing with her mom. If you have never seen anyone do this up close it is quite impressive. Paul Richardson said that the definition of an event is “when you cause a traffic problem and people call the cops because cars are parked everywhere.” We weren’t quite there but we did have one lane of the street blocked with the crowd we were able to gather.

Thanks Paulie!!!

chuckquinley — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:43:57 +0000

We want to thank Paul Richardson of Beyond Borders in Brandon, FL, AND those who sponsored his trip expenses for the wonderful gift of 3 full weeks of his expertise! He unleashed creativity in the students and helped raise their competence and confidence. Under his oversight students completed a 12 minute institutional video for Family Learning Center school to help them raise the funds they need for their new buildings.

Then the students flew solo and produced two TV commercials for local businesses with no help. Most of them had never touched a camera before coming to school. Both commercials really show how far their skills have developed in only seven weeks.

Paul, thanks for your humor, your transparency and your belief in the talents of the students. See ya next session!

Week Seven Video Report

chuckquinley — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:43:06 +0000

Here is a video report, this time made by students instead of me (we’re making progress). See it live below or click the image above to view the same video in Vimeo.

ML Videocast- Camera Rolling from medialight on Vimeo.

Riding without training wheels

chuckquinley — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:33:49 +0000

The first time I pushed Andrew down the hill on a bike I sort of expected him to crash and get cut. He wobbled a bit but made it without too much damage. Not long afterward I could sit in the shade and watch him charging down the hill enjoying the rush and the speed.

That’s pretty much where we are with our MediaLight students now. In the first week my main message was: “Do NOT drop these cameras!” But now we don’t worry about those things. These kids know what they are doing and can be trusted. Their skill is growing with every project. Click here for Sherry’s photos of the last two weeks.