2004 Harvest Time Broadcasts

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January

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#924	"Christian World News #12"   This week's program is the next in our regular series of news reports from around the world, courtesy of the  Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in the United States. This time we bring you a report about a group of "smokejumpers" in America who risk their lives to put out forest fires, the story of a Christian camp in Russian that ministers to orphaned children. Finally, from Israel, we take a look at the work of Eliezer ben Yehuda -- the man who almost single-handedly revived the ancient Hebrew language of the Bible and made it a living, modern language that Israelis speak today.
	Week 2	#925	"My Own Little Gourd-shaped Island" -- Hiroshi Takei   This week's guest is Hiroshi Takei, the former producer of a popular children's TV program in Japan that aired during the 1960s -- Hyokkori Hyōtan Jima ("The Unexpected Gourd-shaped Island"). After the program went off the air, Takei continue the work he started there by publishing a series of children's books, doing research in early childhood education, and lecturing as a college professor. However, when he found himself in the midst of particularly painful circumstances, he sought help at a local church. Currently, he serves as pastor of a church and declares that that painful experience led him to true joy. In this program, we talk with him about his experiences.
	Week 3	#926	"The Place That God Prepares For You" -- Makoto Hirano   This week's guest is a publication editor, head of his own publication business, and the recently-published author of the book entitled, The Business Strategies of Seven Men Who Stuck by Their Convictions ("Shinnen o Tsuranuita Kono Shichinin no Bijinesu Senrayaku"). Earlier in life, Hirano and some friends ran a publishing business and even produced a best-selling book. However, this was followed by a situation where they got stuck with a large amount of returned goods and ended up going bankrupt. He got himself out of the publishing business then, but now the road back to that kind of work has opened up for him again. In this program, we talk with him about his book and about the secrets he learned about overcoming trials.
	Week 4	#927	"Putting Church and School Together, Part 1" -- Masahiro & Kuniko Kina    In this week's program, we pay a visit to the World Mission Christian School in Okinawa. The church operates the school, and their 120 students (elementary to high school levels) study together in a partitioned second-floor room. Their distinctives are character development based on the Bible and English-language instruction, and they are garnering public attention as a pioneer in Japan's fledgling Church-school Movement. We talk about all this with Rev. and Mrs. Kina, who serve, respectively, as  church pastor and school administrator of the facility. (Re-broadcast)
	Week 5	#928	"Putting Church and School Together, Part 2"   To continue last week's program, we bring you more on one of Okinawa's church-school programs. In this edition, we follow around some of their students for a day and, because they seem so excited about learning, get them to tell us what they think about church-school life. We also talk with a former public school teacher who quit her job and came to work at this school. (Re-broadcast)

February

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#929	"2002 Spring Holy Land Tour #1: From Caesarea to Nazareth"   This is the first of a series featuring highlights from Harvest Time's 29th Holy Land Tour in March of 2002. First, we look at the seaside city of Caesarea, built during Roman times. Here, some very costly excavation work has been going on lately. As we walk among the ruins, we get a glimpse of day-to-day life in that city's ancient past. We also visit Nazareth, the city where Jesus grew up, and see the cliffs from which the people of the town tried to throw Him after rejecting His messianic claims. (Rebroadcast)
	Week 2	#930	"2002 Spring Holy Land Tour #2: From the Sea of Galilee to the Hula Valley"   This was the third day of the tour. After a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, we visited Capernaum, where Jesus often preached, as well as the location of the Sermon on the Mount and the Church of Peter's Primacy. In the afternoon, we spent some time bird-watching in the Hula Valley, north of the Sea of Galilee. It's said that from this area the largest number of migratory birds in the world can be observed -- a good place for considering the idea of harmony between man and Nature. (Rebroadcast)
	Week 3	#931	"2002 Spring Holy Land Tour #3: Up on Mt. Nebo"   On this fourth day of the tour, we crossed the border near the Sea of Galilee and entered the country of Jordan. Standing on the top of Mt. Nebo (Pisgah), where Moses viewed the Promised Land just before he died, we, as well, took in the magnificent view of the land God promised to His people. We then traveled to the town of Madaba and took a look at a sixth-century mosaic map of the land of Palestine that makes up part of the floor of an ancient church. (Rebroadcast)
	Week 4	#932	"2002 Spring Holy Land Tour #4: Petra, Aqaba, and the Dead Sea"   On this fourth day of the tour, we crossed into Jordan and stayed in the city of Petra. To view the ancient ruins, however, we had to travel by horseback. The ruins themselves were featured in the movie, "Indiana Jones: the Last Crusade." The imposing structures, gouged out of sheer rock, truly overwhelms a visitor's visual senses. What does ancient Petra have to say to people today? (Rebroadcast)

March

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#933	"Christian World News #13"   This week's program is the next in our regular series of news reports from around the world, courtesy of the  Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in the United States. Our first story is about Ken Duncan, a Christian photographer from Australia that is making an impact on people with his photos of the natural beauty in the United States. Then, there's the amazing story of the impact a Promise Keepers group is having on the inmates at a correctional facility in Illinois. Finally, we have a report from the small mountain village of Almolonga in Guatemala, Central America. The entire village experienced spiritual revival a few years ago and one surprising result has been an outpouring of blessing upon their agricultural production.
	Week 2	#934	"By 'Resurrection Faith' Alone" -- Hiroshi & Mamiko Takei   This week's guests are Hiroshi Takei, the former producer of a popular children's TV program in Japan that aired during the 1960s -- Hyokkori Hyōtan Jima ("The Unexpected Gourd-shaped Island") -- and his wife, Mamiko. This is Takei's second appearance on the program and, in this episode, he and his wife continue with their story from the time they became Christians as middle-aged adults. Amazingly, Mrs. Takei's elderly father came to Christ chiefly as a result of believing in the reality of Christ's resurrection. As a highlight of the program, the Takeis share with us their parents' salvation stories.
	Week 3	#935	"The Grapevine: a Story of Foster Parenting" -- Kōichi & Yōko Sakamoto   The foster-parenting experiences of this week's guests were the subject of a made-for-TV drama that aired nationwide on the Fuji TV Network in November of last year. The Sakamotos raised 10 foster children over the course of 18 years. In this program, we visit them in their home and talk with them about the joys and the struggles of foster parenting.
	Week 4	#936	"The Man Who Got Up on the Count of Nine" -- Toshiyuki & Sadako Horiuchi   Jewelry artist Toshiyuki Horiuchi and his wife live in Kōfū City, Yamanashi Prefecture, where he runs Shirogane Jewelry Co., Ltd. Of significant note is the fact that he is a recent winner of the top prize in Japan's National Jewelry Grand Prix contest. He entered this line of work in 1994, but soon found himself far off the mark in regard to his initial expectations. In fact, by the time he was 65, he had amassed a debt of over one billion yen. In this program, we talk with him and his wife about how they were able to make a comeback from such a desperate situation.

April

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#937	"Christian World News #14"   This week's program is the next in our regular series of news reports from around the world, courtesy of the  Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in the United States. We start off with two reports from the U.S. -- one about churches with dynamic Vacation Bible School programs, and another about a church in Alaska that ministers to the crew members of cruise ships that visit their city. Finally, we have a story from Israel about a unique project that is shedding some light on details of the birth of Jesus Christ.
	Week 2	#938	"A K-1 Fighter With a Mission" -- Mike Bernardo   Yes, it's the same Mike Bernardo known for the popular shaving commercial a few years back. And, yes, he's still fighting. On April 6 of last year, he won a K-1 bout by a knock-out and appeared the following day in Tokyo as guest speaker at a meeting sponsored by the International V.I.P. Club, a Christian businessmen's organization. As a guest, he was, indeed, unique. However, the truth is that Bernardo himself is a Christian. A man with many fans, Bernardo talks with us in this program about his faith and about what he as a sports figure believes his mission in life to be. (Re-broadcast)
	Week 3	#939	"Tsuneyuki Nakajima A to Z, Part 1"   In this program we focus on the seven-year slump that pro golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima went through until his stunning comeback in 2002. Golf fans, especially, will be interested in learning about the drama that went on behind the scenes during this time. We had an opportunity to sit down with him for an interview at the country club where he has begun training for this year's season opening and we'll be airing parts of that interview over the course of the next four programs. In this first installment, he'll be sharing with us about his first encounters with golf, about the tempestuous relationship he had with his hard-driving father, and about how he met his wife, Ritsuko. As a bonus, he even includes a free golf lesson for our viewers.
	Week 4	#940	"Tsuneyuki Nakajima A to Z, Part 2"   This is the second installment in our four-part series on pro golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima's life. This week, we'll focus upon what followed from the time he and Ritsuko got married. He shares with us about being forced to leave his father's home in the middle of the night in order to start life on their own, his first Master's tournament victory, the British Open competition, and, of course, the details of how he came to faith in Christ. And, just as in part one, he gives our viewers another helpful golf lesson.

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