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

embassy because the police had made the decision to release us. We had about thirty minutes to purchase new tickets and board the next plane from Padang back to Jakarta. While I had been on the phone with Dot asking for the US Embassy phone number, God had intervened powerfully using Pastor Steve. As the police continued to video all our statements, Pastor Steve told the police, “Turn your cameras off. Put your cameras down, I have something very important to tell you.” As the police turned off their cameras and put them down on the desks inside the interrogation room, Pastor Steve said again, “I have something very important to tell each of you. I want to give you my testimony.” Pastor Steve began to tell the police his testimony about Jesus. He told them of a changed life in Jesus Christ. Then he told the police we were in Padang to tell others about the love and forgiveness of Jesus. It was like a holy hush fell over the room. Finally, the Captain, with tears on his cheeks, responded, “I guess you were just doing your job.” He directed his force to release us and let us return to Jakarta and then back to the USA. Hallelujah. Revelation 12:11 declares, “They overcame him (the enemy) by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

Before anyone changed their mind or thought of any other reason to detain us, we bought new tickets and

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