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The Missionary Who Slept While Cobras Guarded His Door
Tanna· 1860s
Missionary John G. Paton on the island of Tanna survived multiple assassination attempts in the 1860s, protected by what attackers described as shining...
The Guide Dog Who Led His Blind Owner Down 78 Floors on 9/11
New York City· September 11, 2001
Michael Hingson, a blind man working on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, was led down 1,463 steps to safety by his guide dog Roselle on September...
The Night the Lions Didn't Eat
Babylon (modern Iraq)· c. 539 BC
Daniel, an elderly statesman in his eighties, was thrown into a den of execution lions for refusing to stop praying.
The Dog That Wouldn't Board the Titanic
Southampton to North Atlantic· April 1912
Documented accounts of dogs exhibiting unusual distress before the Titanic sailed, alongside the story of pastor John Harper, who used his final moments...
When a Donkey Saw What a Prophet Couldn't
Moab (modern Jordan)· c. 1400 BC
The biblical account of Balaam's donkey, who saw the angel of the Lord and saved her master's life three times while he beat her for disobedience -- a...
Ernest Shackleton: The Fourth Man on the Ice
South Georgia Island· 1916
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his companions, crossing the unmapped glaciers of South Georgia after their ship was crushed in Antarctic ice, all reported the...
Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives
Calabar· 1876-1915
Mary Slessor left the slums of Dundee for the jungles of Calabar, Nigeria, where she spent nearly forty years walking barefoot through the rainforest,...
Jim Elliot: The Jungle That Became an Altar
Ecuador
Jim Elliot sensed his calling in the mountains of Oregon and found his deepest communion with God in the jungles of Ecuador, where he and four companions...
How Rees Howells Fasted Through a Plague and Nobody Died
Gazaland· 1918
During the 1918 influenza pandemic, Welsh missionary Rees Howells fasted and interceded for his district in southern Africa.
How Esther Called a Corporate Fast and Saved a Nation
Susa· 5th century BC
Queen Esther called a three-day corporate fast across the Jewish community in Persia.
They Adopted Three Daughters — Then Their World Collapsed in a Driveway
Franklin· 2008
Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman adopted 3 daughters from China. In May 2008, youngest daughter Maria was accidentally killed in their driveway.
Her Husband Was Killed by a Tribe — She Moved In With Her Baby
Ecuador· 1958
After her husband Jim was speared to death by the Huaorani tribe in 1956, Elisabeth Elliot stayed in Ecuador and moved INTO the tribal village with her...