DJ Spotlight
Donna Journey By Vonda Armstrong This month, we are spotlighting Donna Journey of Blue Ridge Gospel Showcase. What an inspiration Donna is to every person she meets each day. Her story is one of hope and determination. I hope that you will enjoy hearing all about Donna Journey and her ministry, the Journeys.
tion switched from an all-country music station to a full-time gospel music station. I would go in and help him cue up records and choose music, but I never got up the nerve to speak on air. He would pick at me and say, “One day you will talk.� Guess he saw the potential way back then.
Vonda Armstrong: Tell me at what age you thought you might like to do radio one day and why? Donna Journey: Somewhere around the age of 18, I became interested in radio. My dad was a DJ at the local radio station in our home town of Dobson, North Carolina. He was also instrumental in getting that sta-
My dad passed away from an aortic aneurysm in 1986, and when I do my programs, I still feel him sitting right beside me and cheering me on. Even though Daddy is not here with me anymore, the closeness I feel to him when I do my program is priceless. VA: If you could interview anyone in any profession, who would you pick? Why? DJ: Temple Grandin.Temple is a lady who was diagnosed with autism in the 1950s. She is very high-functioning and even received her PhD in animal science and engineering. The reason I would love to interview her is to get some answers about why children and adults on the Autism spectrum do the things they do and how they feel. Having a son with autism who is basically non-verbal, there are many times when you just need to understand how they are feeling and why they do the things they do. I had the honor to hear her speak before but would love to sit down and talk to her and try to understand autism a little better. VA: Please share your testimony with us. DJ: I accepted Jesus into my heart on March 3, 1973, at the age of 13. My dad was a preacher and a pastor, and we sang as a family. I had been to church all my life, (but) it was hard for me to see that I was a sinner and needed the blood applied to my heart. Sometimes, I think when you have always attended church and never done a lot of bad things, it is hard to see that you need to accept Christ as your Savior. I remember the tug at
