A Testimony from the Ft. Lauderdale VOM Conference
I love testimonies don't you? Well, last year when I had the opportunity to go to Oklahoma for the Persecution Conference, it was one of the most memorable experiences I've had. So when I saw this blog entry today from a friend who attended a recent VOM Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, all I could do is smile and tell you about it.
On Saturday, June 20, my son Julio D. Anta invited me to go to The Voice of the Martyrs Regional Conference http://www.persecution.com/ at Calvary Chapel of Ft Lauder dale. He will be going to China to teach English to middle school students with ELIC (English Language Institute of China) a Christian ministry.
This was a life changing experience for me watching on video and hearing numerous speakers that risk their lives daily around the world spreading the gospel. I've been a Christian for 23 years, a honorably discharged USMCR Sergeant, retired Prison Guard, Kung Fu Master, Haganah Israeli Self Defense instructor yet I can not see myself enduring the horror's that these true hero's
endure daily for Christ.
Some of the speakers were missionary Gracia Burnham who with her husband spend a year captured by Filipino Muslims. The day she gain her freedom she was shot and her husband was killed. Getaneh Getaneh an Ethiopian Evangelist and Mujahid El Masih a Pakistani Christian.
Mujahid was born Muslim in Pakistan a country that is 98% Muslim. For 14 years in school he studied the Koran and Islam. From Islamic teachers and in the military he was taught hate Christians, Israel and non-Muslims and he wanted to be a martyr. At 25 years old he got to know Jesus. He went to Bible College, began to preach the gospel and was able to plant 24 churches in Pakistan.