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A New Testament sat in his welding workshop until a teenager finally read it
Agadez· 2000s
A New Testament left in Pierre's welding shop in Niger drew the teenager to read it. Years later in Agadez he found the church it described, and says he has never regretted following Jesus.
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.
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.
You can kill me, but you cannot take my faith in Jesus
Bangladesh· 2021-2022
Nur Alam and Afzal Hosen left Islam for Jesus in 2021 and shared their faith across Bangladesh. Both were kidnapped and threatened, and both refused to deny Christ.
Her church offering came to the exact amount of her power bill, to the penny
United States· 2020s
Lina Johnson never told anyone the amount of her power bill. Then her church took up an offering for her, and it came to the exact figure, down to the penny.
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.