Prison Letters and Calls to Serve

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The Voice of the Martyrs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 25 August 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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VOM staffer Grace Taylor shares how she learned about VOM when her parents received the newsletter, and how God planted the seeds through that which grew into her serving full-time with VOM. Dmitry Shestakov, former prisoner for Christ in Uzbekistan, shares what it meant when Christians around the world wrote letters of encouragement to him in prison. And Anna, the wife of a VOM international worker, shares about God's call to their family to serve persecuted believers.

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0:00.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples the world would hate them.
0:08.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves, and we all know what happens to sheep among wolves.
0:13.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles
0:16.0	and they are still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:20.0	Join host Todd Middleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the
0:25.5	voice of the Martyrs radio network.
0:30.9	I want to welcome you.
0:31.8	This is Todd Nettleton on the Voice of the Martyrs
0:33.6	Radio Network. Welcome to our show today. We're very excited about what we have to
0:37.8	bring to you today. We're going to hear from Grace Taylor, one of our relatively
0:42.2	new Voice of the Martyrs employees. We're going to talk
0:44.8	about how she first heard about voice of the martyrs, how she became involved in the
0:49.2	ministry even before she became an employee. I think you'll enjoy hearing her story. Then we're
0:54.8	gonna hear firsthand account of what it means when you're in prison and
0:59.0	people start to send letters to you. People start to send letters of encouragement. We're
1:04.0	going to hear from Dimitri Shestakov, a former prisoner for Christ in what
1:08.8	used to be the Soviet Union. Finally, as we wrap up today, we're going to talk to Anna.
1:13.2	She is the wife of one of our VOM international workers,
1:16.7	and I think you'll really appreciate her perspective
1:19.6	on what it means to serve the Lord
1:21.6	through the voice of the Martyrs Ministry and how he called
1:24.5	her and called their whole family into this ministry. So we're very excited to have
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