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A Nepali Christian named Soros Shakya faced a life-threatening decision.

His mother, Gita, had been diagnosed with a painful, paralyzing spinal growth.

Doctors advised a risky, potentially lethal surgery.

Her husband, a Buddhist priest, refused to pay his Christian wife's expenses.

Doctors gave Sorosch two days to decide whether to let his mother live in terrible pain or risk

her death. The 19-year-old was alone in Singapore and did not know what to do. So he called out to the

Lord in prayer. Then he heard a knock at the door.

It was a group of local church members who wanted to pray for his mother. After they prayed for 20

minutes, God gave Gita a miracle. She stood up, then kicked out her left foot, which she had not

been able to move for years. She found that

she could move her left arm as well. She began weeping and praising God. Doctors didn't believe

Gita was the same woman. Her husband did not believe his wife had been healed without surgery

until he saw that she had no scars. Then, along with his son Sumon, he became a Christian.

Soros is now a 41-year-old church elder. He tells the Christian post that such stories happen often in

Nepal, which has one of the fastest growing Christian populations in the world.

God's omnipotence is not confined to Nepal. My friends,

Tom and Joanne Doyle, recently published Women Who Risk, Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim world, a gripping account of New Testament Christianity in one of the most difficult cultures

to follow Jesus. They note that an astounding number of women from Muslim communities are risking

their lives to make Jesus their Lord. In turn, they write, these new believers are transforming

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