If you're like me then you probably have a nickname because someone deems you a pretty special person, or you're into spy movies and like to go by code names so that no one will ever know who you are. Some of us actually do that for fun...and speaking of fun, if you ever want to get a reaction out of people when your cell phone rings, why not answer it "Agent _____" and whatever your name is. I digress...
I wanted to share with you that I'm excited about the newest World Net Daily article that's been written about The Voice of the Martyrs. And since we are taking about code names and nicknames, I wanted to share with you that "Pencil" is really the person this article is all about. Read on...
The report from The Voice of the Martyrs tells of four young men who chose pseudonyms – Pencil, Eraser, Pen and Paper Clip – while training for a Christian mission expedition into North Korea.
...While three were studious in their work, the VOM report said, the young man who chose the name "Pencil" seemed to pay little attention, but all four were dispatched into the kingdom of Kim Jong-il a short time later.
Pencil's three friends were arrested and he never saw them again. As a result, Pencil became fearful and decided to live as a beggar. Eventually he went back to his mentor, Andrew, and told him that he wanted to live like his three friends without fear and unafraid to share Jesus.
Eventually time passed and Pencil returned to work on the mission field where he was arrested and tortured for his faith.
Beatings and torture, including pulling out his fingernails, followed. "If you kill me, someday you will become a Christian," "Pencil" told the officers. Eventually, the officers gave up, ordering him to a labor camp but with instructions that he not be fed. For two months, "Pencil" told the other prisoners and the camp guards, "Jesus is the reason I am able to go on." "Because of his endurance and how he shared the love of Jesus, many in the camp turned to Christ," the VOM report said. "After two months in the camp, Pencil died. He never saw his 20th birthday. His body was removed from the camp, but the fruit of his short ministry there lived on."
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