For places where they do not have electricity, this light-weight Torch Kit is powerful and useful.  We praise God forwhat He is doing with this small equipment.  I have also loaned my Torch Kit to another Pastor, who is using it in remote areas to assist his church planting effort, which is bearing fruit.”

Showings to 1,055 people with 226 accepting Christ.

HEARTBEAT

By Ken Anderson

Jack Hamilton, one of InterComm’s closest friends, went to Heaven last month.  It’s possible you never heard Jack’s name before.  Among his plethora of pithy sayings was this one, “It’s no sweat, who gets the credit for things we do here on earth.  Just so we’re sure who gets the glory.”

Born into a Christian home, Jack met his one and only girlfriend, Marijean, at their mutual church.  They married just before his entry in the army air corps, 6 months prior to Pearl Harbor.  Jack was stationed outside Seattle.  After Marijean joined him, they volunteered their services to the local Youth For Christ Director, who emceed a weekly rally, reaching out to hundreds of servicemen thronging Seattle streets.  Jack masterminded a “Call Home Free” Feature, helping jam pack a downtown auditorium every Saturday night with multitudes of these GI’s responding to the Gospel.

At war’s end, the Hamiltons returned to hometown Kansas City and discovered High School kids just waiting for someone to lead them into commitment and outreach.  Local YFC Director, Al Metzger, invited Jack to join the staff.  Jack’s assignment - High School Bible Clubs.  Principals of numerous KC Area Schools, noting the marked difference between glue-sniffing students and their Bible-toting counterparts, offered enthusiastic backing.

But wait!

Out of the Separation of Church and State Lobby, numerous members of which were also active in local PTA Organizations, came a solid irrefutable veto. YFC Clubs were permanently forbidden on public school campuses.  Under Jack and Marijean’s shepherding, prayer groups blanketed the area.  Lovingly but firmly Jack sometimes scolded anyone who advocated fighting the opposition.  Like a well-armed soldier, he would flip open his Bible and read authoritatively portions such as Psalm 60:11,12, “Give us aid against the enemy for the help of man is worthless.  With God we will gain the victory, and He will trample down our enemies.”  Or II Corinthians 2:14, “But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.”

When it looked hopeless, Jack never lost his cool.  Together he and Marijean came up with a solution whereby YFC Clubs convened in spacious buses, parked curbside of each prep school in the area.  A highlight of bus activities saw the initiation of the first Bible Quizzing Competitions.  The Kansas City Bus Phenomenon became a high level topic of conversation nationwide.  Interest throughout North America rose to such heights that KC/YFC brought a demonstration bus to the YFC National Convention.  Overwhelming enthusiasm put Bible Quizzing at the center of YFC Programming from that point forward.

The Hamiltons had become intrigued with the use of Christian Films in evangelism around the world.  During their careers, however, money was never a driving factor in the Hamilton’s life, which affected one important aspect of their Christian commitment - tithes and offerings.  Undaunted in the face of retirement limitations, they did the next best thing.  They introduced InterComm to a private foundation in 1994.  Over these last 10 years over $75,000 has been gifted to InterComm from this one source alone.  Monies provided from the Foundation helped InterComm produce 3 drama Filmstrips in Colombia, record 5 videos into the Burmese Language of Myanmar, record 2 videos into the Tibetan Language, purchase a state of the art Video Editing System, and purchase 150 Torch Kits which have been placed in the hands of 150 separate Evangelists all over the world, including a special placement of 30 units into the remote Andes Mountains of Bolivia.

If Jack could speak to you personally today, he would urge you to never under-estimate the importance of introducing a ministry like InterComm to your friends, family, or church.  You never know how God may bless that simple effort in a similar way, as the Hamiltons life has touched the world, just through one introduction.  Do please pray about to whom God would lead you to introduce this ministry we call InterComm.