Street Stories - A Ringside Seat To Over 4 Decades Of Taking Jesus To The Streets Of The World

temple. Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked alms.”

On this day you could say, “A certain man lame, with one leg off at his knee, laid in front of the KFC in Padang, Indonesia. Seeing Brother Donny and Bill, and our disaster relief team about to go inside, rattled his tin cup, asking for some alms.” Instead of alms, Brother Donny Leiwakabessy squatted down near the beggar and began to talk to him about Jesus Christ. Donny spoke to the beggar in their native Bahasa Indonesian language. Then he prayed for him. Remember, in Acts 4:4, it records, “And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John said, ‘Look on us.’ ” Brother Donny had fastened his eyes on the beggar. understand everything Brother Donny was saying, we suddenly saw the most amazing sight that we would remember forever and forever. Brother Donny gave the beggar a Bahasa Bible and the beggar held the Bible up to his face to get a closer look. To him, it was as if he had been given the most precious gift in the world. Then, to all our surprise, the beggar held the bible to his lips and kissed the Bible. Right out in front of the KFC… right out in public view… wearing his traditional Muslim dress… He openly kissed his new Bible and then held it to his heart. Although we couldn’t

A Muslim man kissing a Christian Bible in public could have been killed on the spot for blasphemy toward

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