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2913 Mary Anderson Sep 27, 2026

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Her father’s murder when she is seven leads to her mother’s mental breakdown and the dispersion of the four sisters. Several uncles try to molest Mary. She and a younger sister end up with their maternal grandmother, who is poor but firm and loving. Mary longs to kill the murderer. Her sister runs away but Mary does well in school, graduating salutatorian. Her grandmother dies that day, and Mary weds her high school sweetheart who is abusive. Finally, Mary takes their two children and divorces him. She drinks to ease the pain, meets Jay and they marry. After he quits drinking, she talks with his sister, who leads her to Christ. She is able to forgive the murderer and serve.

2880 Matthew Rath Sep 27, 2026

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Matt and his older brother are sexually molested by older boys. He becomes a binge drinker to forget, and his brother has a mental breakdown at age 18. Matt goes to college where Christians witness to him. His best friend is killed while drunk driving, and matt flunks out of college. He marries, finds a tract at work and prays for salvation. Then he becomes psychotic and is taken to a mental ward. He has two more psychotic episodes, one of which leads him to crash his car, making him realize he must take his meds. He and his wife go to church and the pastor holds Bible studies for them.

2881 Bob Boardman Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Bob grows up in a liberal church and family. He joins the Marine Corps after Pearl Harbor, trains as a tanker and ships out to Australia, where he severs tendons in his wrist during a drunken brawl. Chagrined at his failure, he reads the New Testament for months as he recovers and then receives Christ as his Savior. His unit sees combat in three different islands, culminating on Okinawa, where he and his buddies are wounded. The first part ends as he struggles to survive.

2882 Bob Boardman Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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After being shot in the throat, Bob is rescued by fellow Marines. He is taken by hospital ship to San Francisco where he and the lieutenant are reunited; then he goes to Idaho where his father visits and is offended by Bob’s faith in Christ. Bob then goes to Philadelphia for specialist surgery where he spends a year. He returns to Salem to work for a Christian missionary, cares for his terminally ill father. God calls him to go to Japan but Bob resists until he hears the testimony of a veteran who learned to forgive. Bob decides to go to Japan, asks Jean to marry him and they serve 33 years as missionaries.

2883 Art Seely Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Art grows up with restrictions and lots of Bible verse memorization. He attends Bible college in Chicago but rebels and is expelled. He joins the army and goes to radio communication school. He meets a girl and they plan to marry when the war is over. He serves in China, drinks too much because of Japanese bombing and meets a missionary who urges him to go back to his faith. When the war ends, Art stops by his sister’s Bible college where the gospel brings conviction. He goes back home where a cousin’s sermon brings him to God. The first part ends as he begs the Bible college to accept him so he won’t yield to temptation.

2894 “Caleb” Sep 27, 2026

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Caleb’s mother is a widow with two daughters when she marries Caleb’s father, who is abusive, forcing his sons to read the Bible and pray. He home-schools the boys while their mother works. Caleb grows up hating religion and runs away numerous times. He prays to be saved but is never sure. He joins the army to get away but is so rebellious he is discharged. He goes to live near his grandparents and his sister, who tells him her stepfather molested her growing up. This drives Caleb away from God to drugs and the occult. He attempts suicide. In the hospital a preacher visits and shares the gospel. Caleb then goes to Hollywood to study music. Life with drug addicts is scary, and he is cheated and longs for peace. Finally, he prays, trusting God for salvation. Now in Bible college, preparing for missionary service.

2886 Neil Verwey Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Neil and his wife Peggy expand their hospital ministry to include prison evangelism. They use newspaper ads as well as radio to reach millions with the gospel. Anecdotal dramas provide insight into the various problems they encounter and the false religions that permeate Japan. Their son, David, and his family have joined the ministry as the second part ends.

2887 Jay Dalrymple Sep 27, 2026

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His harsh dad causes Jay’s heart to harden. At ten he begins using alcohol and drugs. He has a bad motorcycle accident at thirteen, but rides motocross and does well. A friend’s drug overdose causes him to quit school at sixteen and run away to Florida. Life from then on is downhill. He steals, gets in trouble and goes home. He marries, has a son and they split. He goes berserk and trashes his mother’s house. He lives with Joan, but is involved in the beating and rape of a girl, and is sentenced to prison. Joan stands by him, but after prison he continues to drink, and they marry but divorce. He lives with his brother and they make crystal meth, burning their trailer. More jail time where a chaplain leads him to Christ. He stumbles on parole, returns to prison where he commits to Christ. Now in jail ministry, remarried to Joan.

2888 Larry Gannon Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Larry tries alcohol at fourteen, gets drunk and becomes an alcoholic. As a chef, working at country clubs and hotels, he learns the art of ice sculpture. During the war he serves as a cook, stays on in France, drinking. He goes to Korea as a government employee, meets Ethel and then becomes ill. Paralyzed and blind, he is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and deemed incurable. But his mother and Ethel pray and he is miraculously healed. He and Ethel marry, but he degenerates, unable to hold a job and depressed. Ethel gives him books to read and he meets Jesus in the Bible. After salvation they plan to be missionaries but he can’t raise support until he begins using ice sculpture with his testimony. Now missionaries in France.

2889 Robert Pock Sep 27, 2026

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Robert begins stealing at five to gain attention. He smokes at ten, uses drugs at twelve and steals from his employer at sixteen. He burglarizes a store and is sent to prison at eighteen. Unable to break the meth habit, he marries and has a son, tries drug treatment eleven or twelve times over the years. His wife divorces him, and he allows another man to adopt his son. He falls in with bikers and the low-level life they lead. His father has to rescue him once, but his family generally shuns him. He prays for salvation several times, but doesn’t follow through. Finally, Robert asks to stay in rehab for six months, breaks the meth addiction and gets serious with God. His son commits suicide at 20, and Robert is now in jail ministry.

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