I received this note from New Zealand film producer Geoff Botkin (one of the judges for the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival.)
Doug, you gotta hear this.
It was a warm spring morning on the verdant Canterbury Plains of New Zealand. Friesian cattle herds were grazing in the sunshine as I chatted to a Dairy farm worker. He was showing me his new PDA. “Even records audio notes to myself,” he said, calling-up a file.
“Hey, that’s an American voice,” I observed. Then I recognized the voice of a good friend.
“Yup,” the farmer explained. “I was listening to a tape in my truck, and had to pull over and grab this story. Held the PDA up to the speaker.”
The story had really moved the man. It was Doug Phillips reading about the great missionary John G. Paton and his farewell to is father. Now the story was on his PDA where he could pull it up, which he apparently did often, letting it echo across the Canterbury plains.
So, on the far side of the world, your work is bearing fruit. “The lips of the righteous feed many.” Proverbs 10.21.
God bless you and your good staff, Doug. You’re having an impact. GB