I have a friend who lives in one of the most restricted areas of the world in terms of evangelism and gospel proclamation.

This particular friend lives in a country where if you convert to Christ, you would be in prison for a very long time.

Those who help convert or baptize them are in a great deal of trouble with the authorities.

Although evangelism is legal within the walls of the church, it is illegal to convert somebody

from another religion.

And this dear friend of mine has been used of God for the past 35 years to baptize more people

into Christ than any single individual in all of the modern missionary movement.

And to say that the authorities are not very happy with him would be a gross understatement.

His phone is monitored, his home is bugged, his family is constantly

watched. One day the authorities really just had it with him. So they brought him in for

questioning. And they did everything within their legal purview to intimidate him, to anger him, and indeed in trying to silence him

and stop him. They said to him, don't you know that we can put you in prison for a very

long time? He said, that would be a great blessing to me. I have so many

books that I want to write, and I don't have the time, because as you know, I'm involved in

evangelism. When that did not work, they said, do you know that we can deport you from this country

never to be able to come back here again?

He said, what a blessing that would be.

My grandchildren live overseas, and I haven't been able to spend much time with them.

I would love to spend extended time in my sunset years with my grandchildren.

Well, when that did not work, they said, do you know that we can actually kill you?

I mean, we get you to disappear and nobody would know where you are. He said, that would be

wonderful. He said, I would be in heaven with Jesus serving him in person. No matter what threats

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