"My dream, vision and prayer for TWR is that they would continue to reach the nations with the gospel, and assist the church. I hope that everyone at TWR Canada continues to use their gifts to help reach the nations with the gospel." - Ross Campbell

"In 1991, Steve Shantz mentioned in a newsletter that he was being put in charge of the computer systems at the TWR office and transmitter location in Monte Carlo. My husband Rick, who worked as an IT technician for AT&T, had been praying for God's direction. Rick spoke with Steve when Steve and Barbara were on furlough that year. Steve explained that TWR was switching to the Unix computer operating system developed by AT&T. Rick had all the necessary training with this system as he worked with it on a daily basis. We put in our application and, after interviews, were accepted by TWR." - Carol Hawkins

It has been great to have TWR Canada supporting our ministry in Eswatini. With the close ties that TWR Canada has had with Africa over the years, from the many Canadian missionaries who have served here, TWR Canada has been a great partner in sponsoring programs, funding projects, and supporting missionaries." - Greg Clark

"When I first joined TWR Canada, our office was in a cramped condo with a couple staff. Since then, we've moved twice and expanded the ministry opportunities. Despite our growth, TWR Canada still has the desire to continue to reach people for Christ using mass media. There is still an opportunity for high powered radio broadcasting, but with the digital era, we have many impactful ways of getting the gospel to various people in various languages." - Jeremy Mullin

"For TWR Women of Hope, our priorities were was creating awareness for the plight of women and speaking the hope and truth that Jesus offered, because that is something that can make a difference and transform someone's life. We also wanted to focus on providing ground support by creating a community, especially with the Women of Hope prayer groups in different countries. I believe community is how the Lord created us to be and we need that. Women are wired that way but generally it's for all of us." - Colleen Shoemaker, former women's ministry coordinator

"One ministry highlight would be the launch of Radio l’Espoir. For more than 10 years before retiring, I had worked in Quebec and developed a sincere affection for both my English- and French-speaking staff. So in a board meeting when Jake Daccord who was vice chairman, asked me when we were going to start a ministry to Quebec, my heart was stirred. Within weeks, Jake had arranged for me to meet some key ministry leaders there in Montreal, including Marcel Parron who was leading Aujoud'hui l’Espoir which spanned many cities and towns and communities across Quebec. Marcel and I soon developed a vital partnership which resulted in translating, producing, and broadcasting programs on commercial radio stations first, and then on TV a little later." - Gerald Hayes

"In my time with the ministry, TWR Canada contributed to the global ministry by pushing boundaries and exploring new technologies outside of radio. Under Ray Alary's leadership, there was a huge push to get technology like media players and USB drives into people's hands. Another key priority was improving our on-the-ground ministry, so that if we had a radio ministry in a country, we also had to have people on the ground leading, helping, and serving the people." - Colleen Shoemaker

"Ross Campbell (the chairman of the board), Jake, myself and our wives took an exploratory trip into China. We were guided by the staff from the Hong Kong office. We were in Datong, a city that I had never heard of, but was about 3 million people in population at the time, and attended a youth meeting there. There were approximately 200 youth in that meeting. We asked Joan Daccord, Jake's wife to share her testimony there. Following the meeting, we met two sisters from a nearby community, where Joan’s grandparents had served as missionaries many years earlier. These two sisters shared with great passion how appreciative they were for Joan’s grandparents, bringing the gospel to their community. These sisters and the church youth group that we met, who were already TWR listeners from the Hong office's work, showed us that the radio broadcasts were critical in sustaining the largely underground church across China. We soon joined hands and hearts with a Chinese diaspora ministry already existing in Toronto, to produce and broadcast the gospel and biblical teaching into China." - Gerald Hayes

"Many of you will recall the economic pain of that period as people and companies could not fulfill the financial commitments they had made earlier. In broadcasting, organizations or ministries must make commitments to and sign contracts with the owners of broadcasting facilities they want to use to reach their target audiences. To reach the Persian-speaking world, we were buying time on high-powered stations in Cyprus and Armenia that TWR did not own, but I praise the Lord that he always provided sufficient funds to ensure that all our programs were covered, none had to be canceled. God's people continue their faithful giving and we were able to honour all of our commitments. Praise the Lord!" - Gerald Hayes

"Throughout my time with TWR Canada, I believe that our strategic priority really hasn't changed. The Great Commission tells us to take God’s Word to the world and to share the Word of God with people. Radio doesn't change a single person's life. It's God speaking into the person's heart that changes their life. And so our real responsibility is just to deliver that message. So, I don't think that that priority has changed. What has changed is the way we deliver that product over time." - Ray Alary

"I think the most personally impactful parts of my ministry are the students of SOTA. The second one would be the staff, but the first one is the students. When I visited China, I knew that there is a tremendous need for training, especially in the village churches. The pastors do not have any education. They cannot go to seminary, and they do not have any systematic training. I came to know SOTA and then when I finally had the chance in 2012, I started to get involved with SOTA in China. I visited the church in China and I found that SOTA could really help them. And when I meet those students in China, when I hear from them, I'm more and more certain that I'm doing the right thing in joining TWR Canada and serving with SOTA.

"And I have had many touching experiences when I visit church leaders in China. One lady told me, 'We need this, do not lie to me. If you cannot help us, don't promise anything.' That was in 2012 and it has been 11 years. I still remember what she said to me. She said 'We really need that and we really hope that you can help us. But if you can not, then do not promise anything.' So from then on, I devoted myself to my team to provide what they need whenever they need it, like textbooks, MP3 players, tablets, CD players, USBs, anything. When I look into their eyes, they are so thankful.  In many of the graduations of these students there are a lot of tears. They don't want us to go after graduation and they want us to stay in contact with them. And that is very touching." - William Tsui

"When I was president of TWR Canada, God opened the door for us to do Discipleship Essentials. I met with a man, and I had a media player in my pocket, and he asked me what it was. It was out of that conversation that Discipleship Essentials was created." - Ray Alary

"I went to meet with the lady that created those programs and asked her a very simple question, I said, 'Why have you only ever done this in English and not in other languages?' And she said, 'Because nobody's ever asked me to.' So I said, 'Well, I'm asking you to!' And that's how Bible Stories Alive happened.  So there is no real explanation for how things have worked out, only that God put me in the right place at the right time and got me to ask the right questions. And so it has just been thrilling to see how God has worked!" - Ray Alary

"By 2017, we wanted to buy a building in Markham. In March, the board finally decided to let us try to buy a building, and said if we could raise so much, then we could start to look for a building. At that time, there were no units available in Markham. I looked around, I asked the real estate agent to look for us. None. Right after the board approved this, about the second week, a unit opposite to our rented unit went up for sale and  I was so shocked by that. And then I started to share the news with some churches and friends. We bought the unit in December 2017, and we don’t have a mortgage. Again, it just proved that we got the support we needed because we were serving the church well." - William Tsui

"What attracted me to join the ministry was God's calling first and foremost. It was a very clear sense of God calling me to the ministry. It wasn't something I was looking for, it wasn't something I aspired to. I didn't have to figure out if it was a good quality organization, because I already knew of TWR Canada. I just had to figure out if God was calling me in, and he was. So what I love about TWR is that we have the opportunity and the privilege and, I think, the responsibility of using technology to share the message of hope and Christ and to encourage people to be discipled and to provide tools for them to be discipled. Discipleship is a really big and really important part of who we are. We focus on building the body of Christ, strengthening it and equipping it, so that's what I love. I love that that we have the tools we have the content and we get to use technology to distribute God's Word.

"TWR international started off 70 years ago using the most cutting edge technology of the day which was which was radio and I feel that God has called us to continue to use technology and use radio where it's most effective. Paul Freed in his book, Towers to Eternity wrote:

"Christian broadcasting is not the only answer. It is only a small part of the total outreach - radio, literature, audio-visuals, missionary aviation, translation, programmed instruction are all new ways in which we can move out in geometric proportions. We need a continually renewed vision of ways to reach others. Compared to the rest of the world's progress, Christendom is dragging at a snail’s pace. I must make it very clear though, that winning people to Christ will require both methods, the personal touch and the mass media" (p. 102).

"So, when I read that, what struck me was that he didn't see radio broadcasting as the only the only way to reach people. My opinion is that he would be very open to new technologies and using more cutting edge technologies like the apps on our phone, streamed content from our computers and cell phones and have it available to us at a time that that we need it. It is also important that people are have a radio to listen and so we want to make sure that people have the ability to hear it." - Dan Reese

"In China, we had a SOTA student who had a very rare illness. He was fine when he was born. But since junior high, he started having problems and finally he was paralyzed so that only parts of his hands and head can move a bit. But one day, he heard about the podcasting and the gospel channels and heard about Jesus and after a few months he converted, accepted Jesus and became Christian and at that point he was moved to serve God.

"But of course, you ask what can someone like him do in his situation? How can they serve God, right? But he heard about SOTA. So, he enrolled in the program. He just used his cell phone. He listened to the lectures and then he used his cell phone with the limited mobility of his hand, he typed in the answers for the exam, and he sent in the exam. And he finished eighteen courses. And we're talking about New Testament theology, Old Testament theology, and systematic theology, and he finished them all!

"After he finished the program, he asked himself, 'how can I serve God?' And he started seeing people with the same needs and challenges who could not move, and could not do anything. He wanted to share the gospel with these people, telling them that, hey, we are all valuable in the eyes of God. We are all being loved by God. He wanted to spread this good news. So, he set up a church on the air. Using his phone, he organized programs with people in the same situation. Now they have around like 200 people attending, with around 13 SOTA students who have some physical challenges helping to organize the program. They are willing to help and they are willing to be the channel of blessings from God. So I think what impacts me is that God uses everyone if we are willing to be used, and I thank God that he used a soldier." - Ruth Chan