Welcome to God TV

The day we flew back from Zanzibar with Roman’s mom and the kids we were standing on the tarmac behind the terminal at Kilimanjaro Airport. We noticed a private jet land on the far runway and within minutes it had taxied its way towards us. There was a symbol on the tail that had an Arabic flair and I said to Roman’s mom, “I wonder who will get out of this jet? Maybe it’s a Saudi Shaik!” Within minutes an attractive flight attendant with a very short skirt and a pretty uniform climbed down the steps of the plane. Shortly thereafter she was followed by 6 white men all wearing snazzy suits (Armani etc) with some roguish haircuts. They walked a few feet and were greeted by a welcoming committee of Africans carrying signs that said ‘Welcome God TV’. Now I was getting curious. What were these obviously wealthy looking, expensively dressed, white men doing in Africa and what was God TV?? It wasn’t long before a cameraman appeared from the plane with all his gear. He was actively filming their arrival. I asked Roman what he thought and we both decided that they were Evangelists of some sort. Finally they came through the luggage hall and passed us on their way to their waiting shiny, new, white safari trucks. They were traveling in style. I asked Roman to ask them who they were. He asked one of the guys in suits what organization they belonged to. He jumped to the challenge and the man he approached seemed quite willing to provide all the necessary details. They were on a ‘humanitarian mission’ to ‘fix up a some schools and health clinics’ (sounds pretty legit?). He then went on to say that they were with the largest Christian television network in the world, broadcast out of Israel but based in Britain. They were quickly whisked away to their waiting vehicles and drove away. I wonder why they needed a private jet to come to Tanzania for a ‘humanitarian mission’, wasn’t commercial air just as good, and cheaper. I was dying to know exactly what type of work they were doing and who their donors were who could afford to have them fly in private jets.
A day or two later Roman and I Googled ‘God TV’. You can do it too, go ahead. It is a fancy website with many different fancy windows to click on if you too ‘want to be saved’. Apparently, we gather, from the website, one of the snazzy, TV-like personalities was ‘Rory’ of ‘Wendy and Rory’, God TV’s , married, dynamic duo who provide tips on how to find Jesus. When you read their history they both have business backgrounds and worked in business before saving the world from itself (you don’t say!). I have to be honest, I have never seen a single broadcast (but will search for them on satellite when I get home).
I am sure there are lots of opportunities for you to donate money to them to further your spiritual well-being, and, provide for their private jet for their humanitarian African mission. Sorry for sounding so crass and cynical but this is why good and generous people sometimes wonder why sub-Saharan Africa can’t get ahead. There are too many people with their hands in the pot.