By Ian Bongers, OMS Australia Executive Director and
Associate International Regional Director for East Asia
I distinctly remember the dynamic translator for Argentine evangelist Carlos Anacondia.
Rev. Anacondia held a series of evangelistic crusades in Hong Kong in the summer
of 1997. A passionate and charismatic speaker, the evangelist made a great impact
for Christ in Hong Kong through those meetings. Many, including some of my own
in-laws, trace their faith journey back to that time. Part of the success, though, was
due to the translator. I remember commenting to Josie, my wife, on the night we
attended, “Where did they find that translator? A Chinese man whose Spanish is that
good and who translated not only the words but the passion of the Word, as we