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He was taught Christians do not pray. Then he watched his uncle pray before a meal
Lere· 1981
Charles Diarra was taught Christians do not pray, until he saw his uncle pray before a meal in Mali. Years later he prayed to find the truth, and in 1981 he gave his life to Jesus.
A widow heard the good news from a travelling salesman and could not unhear it
Laos· 2022
Pei, a widow in Laos, heard about Jesus from a travelling salesman and left ancestor worship for Christ. Her policeman son-in-law threw her out, and she chose Jesus over a roof.
After his daughter was killed, he prayed for a Bible no one could take from him
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan· 2020s
After his young daughter was killed, Rashid Kadirov, a Muslim in Central Asia, prayed for a Bible. A stolen New Testament and a JESUS Film later, he and his wife Aleka gave their lives to Jesus.
35 priests could not help her. In a church she saw Jesus crush what was choking her
North Central Province· 2021
Chandra visited 35 Hindu priests for an illness no doctor could name. In a Sri Lankan church she saw Jesus crush the demons choking her, was healed, and her whole family came to faith.
Karma said he had to earn heaven. At 17 he heard he could be forgiven
Rakiraki· 1990s
Simon Gounder grew up Hindu in Fiji, trapped in a karma ledger he could never balance. At seventeen he heard that Jesus could simply forgive sins, and he gave his life to Christ that night.
He carried a bomb into a church. The sermon was about loving your enemies
Jakarta· 2000s
Ahmad Quraisy carried a time bomb into a Jakarta church to kill the worshippers. Then he heard the pastor preach on loving your enemies, and he could not do it. Today he leads 7,000 former Muslims.
He survived the killing fields. Then he baptised the man who ran a death camp
Cambodia· 1980s-1990s
Christopher LaPel survived the Khmer Rouge killing fields and met Jesus in a refugee camp. He became a pastor and later baptised Comrade Duch, the man who ran the S-21 death camp.
A witch doctor got a solar radio. It was tuned to the truth
Democratic Republic of Congo· 2010s
Mbutu was a feared witch doctor in a Congolese village until he was given a solar radio tuned to a Christian station. He heard about Jesus, laid down witchcraft, and now reaches other witch doctors.
His tough older brother went soft overnight. He had to know why
Ethiopia· 2010s
Yared Getahun watched his tough older brother turn humble and gentle after meeting Jesus in Ethiopia. He opened a Bible to understand it, and at sixteen he followed Christ too.
He trained to be a Wahhabi sheikh and hated Christians. Then Jesus forgave him
Egypt· 2000s
Samer Achmad Muhammed trained to be a Wahhabi sheikh and hated Christians. Then he heard who Jesus really was, and the man who studied to fight the cross knelt at it.
He was ordered to execute a rival. Something he could not explain stopped his hand
Guatemala City· 2010s
Mario Ajcip rose in a Guatemala City gang until he was ordered to kill and could not. His mother's prayers, an evangelist at the door, and Jesus turned a fighter into an art teacher.
He persecuted his brother for following Jesus. Five years later he followed too
Tizi Ouzou· 1992
Dassin, a Kabyle radical, persecuted his brother for following Jesus. Five years later, feeling like an orphan inside, he gave his life to Christ and now leads a church in Tizi Ouzou.