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This famous phoo, taken on 5 June 1989, depicts an urknown man halting
‘he advancing tanks of the People's Libveraton Army, near Tiananmen Square
A large rat was running on the ledge above my head, and it fell on my pillow. My
instant reaction was fear of being bitten, but fear changed to praise when | saw it
fell on my pillow facing away from me, and jumped off the cot!
One afternoon a young pastor knocked on my door, and asked to speak
with me. What he related to me was my second life-changing vision. He was
pioneering a new church for outcast fishermen located near the Bay of Bengal. This
is the area that was devastated by the great tsunami in 2004.These poor people
survive by fishing in the sea, and trading fish for rice and vegetables. Since they
were untouchables, no Hindus would come near them, and they were not allowed
to enter any village or shop. This precious pastor was living among them, and
reaching them with the love of Jesus. He did not speak English, and brought an
interpreter with him to be able to tell me his story.
He told me that a few weeks earlier, he had been praying alone in his
thatched hut that the Lord would bless his ministry and enable him to reach these
fisherman for the Lord. He was kneeling on a mat woven from palm leaves. He said
that his white dhoti (similar to a long shirt) was old, and had been washed many
times. As he prostrated himself in prayer, he felt the back of his shirt tear from top
to bottom. He began to cry and prayed, “Oh Lord, this is my only dhoti. lam a pastor,
and must wear this when I preach on Sunday. | have no money to buy a new one.
What can | do?”
He said he felt a hand on his shoulder. Thinking that someone had entered
the room, he turned around. To his amazement, it was the person of Jesus standing
next to him. “Malachi/’ said Jesus, “I will stitch the shirt for you” Jesus then knelt
down next to him, and pulled a thread from the palm-leaf mat. He knelt behind
Malachi, and stitched his shirt. Then Jesus said, “| have helped you now, but soon |
am sending a missionary from America, and he will help you”