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2679 Julie Prescher Sep 27, 2026

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Being in military family leaves Julie insecure. Drinking gives her confidence and she becomes alcoholic in high school. Graduates, goes to beauty school. Meets Rich and they move to Florida to sell cocaine. They steal and work part-time to survive. Julie gets pregnant twice, aborts both because she can’t stop drinking. Guilt makes her drink more. Prays for salvation but doesn’t surrender will. Rich gets saved while she’s in rehab and they follow Christ together.

2680 Richard Prescher Sep 27, 2026

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Rich replaces church with parties when he’s in high school. Drug addiction leads to aimless life. He works but moves often, feels lonely. First marriage lasts only three weeks. Discovery of brother’s homosexuality leaves questioning all beliefs. Lives with Julie but cocaine addiction devours their life. She has two abortions then goes into rehab. Rich is so desolate he cries out to God, watches TV evangelist, prays for salvation. Witnesses to gay brother who dies of AIDS.

2895 Phyllis Broome Sep 27, 2026

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Phyllis has many disappointments in life. She is born with a heart defect. Her father is a master weaver in a large textile mill that provides heart surgery when she is fifteen. She is gifted at the piano and her mother teaches her, but her father can’t afford college and sends her to secretarial school. She marries Gil but they can’t have children so they adopt. Gil secretly drinks, sending Phyllis into despair. She goes to a hospital where the chaplain encourages her to play the piano again. She leaves her husband to get alone with God, listens to Christian radio and prays to receive Christ; then she goes back to Gil. God delivers him from alcohol, but a year later he develops cancer, lives ten years, then dies. Phyllis now plays piano and witnesses to others.

2915 Jack Franklin Classic Sep 27, 2026

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As the youngest in a family of five, Jack grows up feeling like a loser. When he gains too much weight, a doctor puts him on amphetamines, launching fifteen years of drug addiction. He often fakes illness to get morphine at hospitals. He forms a music group at fourteen and in college, then strikes out on his own, moving to Colorado. But his drug abuse ends his music career, and he works at a publishing house where he meets a Christian. After numerous accidents, his brother’s witness and then a near-fatal time of wandering in a blizzard, he calls his friend who leads him to Christ in 1971. Jack is still an evangelist.

2884 Art Seely Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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During Bible college, Art is called to the mission field. He falls in love with Florence, on her way to China as a missionary and reluctant to commit to Art. China’s civil war forces Florence to Japan where Art also goes. He continues his courtship, but the two misfire, and he gives up in frustration. Then they are reconciled and marry. He and five other missionaries launch PBA after some difficulties.

2877 Walter St. Clair Sep 27, 2026

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Walter’s mother dies when he is ten, having prayed that he will be a preacher. His dad, brothers and sister help raise him. Walter joins the Navy during World War II, and his ship is torpedoed and sinks. He loves God and receives Christ after coming home and is called to preach. He goes to Bible college, accidentally sets himself on fire but survives. Then he meets Connie and they fall in love. They marry and become pastors, she with a puppet ministry. He has a heart attack and eye problems, but Connie develops breast cancer that takes her home to the Lord. He is still preaching.

2878 Ron Allen Sep 27, 2026

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Ron’s mother abandons the family when he is four. His grandma takes him to church and prays with him, so Ron asks God to spare grandma as she is dying of heart failure. Grandma dies leaving Ron disillusioned with God. He joins a gang, then joins the army to fight in Vietnam, becoming an Airborne. A black soldier witnesses to him. Ron is wounded by mortar, and the black soldier saves his life. Ron marries but the marriage ends in divorce. He is disillusioned at America’s treatment of Vietnam vets and becomes a hermit. After eight years, he marries Glenda. Her brother invites them to church, and after a nephew witnesses to Ron, he finally receives Christ.

2879 Cindy Kelly Sep 27, 2026

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Cindy’s mother, a paranoid schizophrenic, often beats her and Cindy locks herself in the bathroom to sleep at night. Her father has numerous girlfriends and begets half-brothers and sisters who also beat up on the hapless girl. She finds a Bible that gives her comfort until her mother chops it up while she’s at school. When she gets pregnant by a local rowdy, they marry, prompting her father to disown her. She escapes into romantic fantasy novels, divorces her husband and raises their daughter. She lives with Mike for several years, but his family doesn’t accept her. They marry, have a son and go to church. The pastor visits and leads them to Christ. Both are active in ministry at church, but Cindy is now battling multiple sclerosis.

2885 Neil Verwey Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Neil grows up with a godly mother who dies when he is twelve. In despair he quits going to church but prays for forgiveness for his worldly lifestyle. After hearing an evangelist he believes God and is called to Japan as a missionary. His girlfriend drops him and he vows to stay single. In Japan he meets Peggy and regrets his vow; but God releases him to marry. They launch a ministry, Japan Mission; then switch to hospital evangelism to reach the millions of TB patients. The first part ends as they decide to begin a radio ministry through the Pacific Broadcasting Association.

2838 "Bryce Robertson" Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Bryce tells his alcoholic father about being saved, but his dad rejects the gospel. A month later his dad is killed in an accident. Bryce marries Kim. They take their baby daughter back to Michigan where he is arrested for violating probation. The judge lets him go, but when officials come snooping, Bryce panics and they run back to Florida. He confides in his pastor who persuades him to go back and turn himself in. The pastor drives him, and they stay with his mother. When Bryce avoids prison, his trust in God is established. Both his brother and his mother profess faith in Christ.

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