Last week you may have noticed I didn't post anything on Friday, and the reason why was because I was attending the International Convention for Gideon's International that was held here in Anaheim, California.
I was especially excited about this event because I knew I would meet some special brothers and sisters in the Lord who have ministered in countries that were persecuted.
This picture is of Anton and my husband Randall and I. We were having dinner at the Outback because Anton wanted ribs!
Anton is a Gideon who serves in Indonesia and he handed out 10,000 bibles last year all by himself! He also shared with us stories about giving bibles to Muslims in their schools.
He didn't speak English too well, so we had a lot of laughter during our conversation.
Then we were so blessed to have breakfast at 7 A.M. with a dear brother from Rwanda. His first name is Andre and he is a doctor of epistemology. He shared with us how his family had been killed during the years of intense genocide and then spoke of the restoration of his soul. He was such a blessing and I'm so thankful to have had the blessing of being with him.
And then we "ran into accidently" some friends of ours who live in the Philippines who have been Gideons forever. These are the Lims.
And it was amazing because there were a few thousand people at this convention and we hadn't seen them in years.
Please remember to pray for all the persecuted. These are some of their precious faces.
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