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2841 Danny Basham Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Danny’s parents never marry. His father is an alcoholic, his mother a paranoid-schizophrenic who lashes out violently. His older brothers are criminals. Danny feels shame at his family yet likes the protection his brother provides. He finds a niche in football, an outlet for his anger. A girlfriend encourages him to learn to read and he goes to church with her. At a youth group Bible study Danny receives Christ but doesn’t live a godly life. His girlfriend breaks up with him, and he drifts away from God as the first part ends.

2843 Darren Jones Sep 27, 2026

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Darren’s parents divorce when he’s six. His mother’s involvement with palm readers and horror movies confuse him although his father gets saved and takes him to church. Left alone, he smokes with a friend. His older brother plays in a band and Darren does, too, at age thirteen. Drugs and music consume his life. He quits school at seventeen and lives with one person after another. His dad takes him to youth camp at nineteen, where he surrenders to Christ. Now in ministry.

2852 Tommy Gordon Sep 27, 2026

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Tommy learns to play guitar. His parents divorce when he is twelve, and he doesn’t see his dad for fourteen years. A buddy entices him to smoke, drink and use drugs, but Tommy gives up beer when he sees the consequences in his friends. His older brothers go their own way and Tommy’s girlfriend dumps him. He has a panic attack during a performance and says the name “Jesus”, which ends the attack. He goes to Los Angeles and joins a rock band but prays the sinners prayer while watching a televangelist. He goes to church, reads the Bible and his brother asks him to leave. Tommy quits the band, goes back to Virginia to see his dad. Now married and in ministry.

2844 “Starla” Sep 27, 2026

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“Starla” grows up with parents who fight hard. She reads her father’s porn collection and develops an unhealthy attitude toward sex. In college she gets pregnant and her boyfriend arranges an abortion after which she is disillusioned. They break up and Starla drifts into the party life. Eight years later she meets a Christian who helps her understand God’s love. Starla receives Christ, drops her friends and grows in faith. Then she picks up a drunken woman who confesses to an abortion, which opens the buried past. Her pastor recommends post-abortion counseling, and Starla learns to love her lost baby. Now married with two sons and unafraid to share her testimony.

2845 “Hafiz” Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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“Hafiz” is born into an Orthodox Muslim family and memorizes the Quran. At fifteen he finds a Christian pamphlet and compares the Bible to the Quran. He believes in Jesus and his family throws him out. The persecution continues; he goes to a Christian tech school, returns to his home town and his family tries to kill him with poison. He recovers and begins traveling from one country to another—is jailed in Syria for possessing Bibles. There he helps a fellow prisoner who has converted to Islam out of fear. The first part ends as Hafiz travels to Iran.

2846 “Hafiz” Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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“Hafiz” goes to Iran where he helps an Iranian Muslim know Christ. He finds no Christians in China so he returns home, where Muslims cause an accident that leaves him disabled for more than a year. When he can walk and work again, he buys a mini-truck and works as a salesman for a food factory. Repeatedly he is beaten and driven out when his Christianity is discovered. He marries and has children. Burglars invade his home and steal, terrifying his wife; so he goes to the Emirates. Christian friends help him and his family escape to South Africa.

2847 Dennis Rice Sep 27, 2026

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Dennis grows up in a permissive family. His parents send him to church, but he rebels, tries drugs in his dad’s pharmacy. Drops out of school and hitchhikes to Mexico. He goes to San Francisco and is arrested for drug possession. Back in Phoenix he gets hooked on heroin and resorts to burglary. Third arrest leads to drug rehab. He returns to San Francisco, marries and has children. He quits drugs, but his wife doesn’t. They split and he takes the children. He falls in with the Manson family, commits armed robbery to help the leader get out of jail, but is arrested and sent to San Quentin. Hears “Unshackled!” After numerous paroles and breaking parole, he prays to receive Christ. Now in prison ministry.

2848 Doris Ehlenfeldt Sep 27, 2026

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Doris is sexually abused by her brother’s friends and cousins, leading to guilt and shame. After she graduates she joins the U.S. Navy and does well. She hungers to know God but doesn’t know how to find Him. She marries another sailor and they move to Minnesota where his drinking destroys their marriage. She raises their three children, joins a singles group and begins bar-hopping. After many bad relationships, she meets a man who gives her a Bible. New Year’s Eve she is born again. Her second marriage lasts for 26 years. Now a widow.

2849 Norval Pittman Sep 27, 2026

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Norval grows up on an isolated farm and never meets his father, who suffers from Parkinson’s. He likes to live on the edge, gets in trouble with the law as a senior in high school. He goes to college, graduates and dates a girl. When they get carried away and she becomes pregnant, her family won’t let Norval see her, and she gives up the baby for adoption. He loses his job because of drinking and takes a job as a banker. Then he meets Jane and they marry, have children and he settles into a job teaching wrestling. After his mother dies, he contacts his father’s family. Retired but serving in the Gideon Ministry.

2851 Mike Small Jumper Sep 27, 2026

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Mike is sixth child of ten born to Lakota Sioux Indian family. His parents are alcoholics and the court sends Mike and siblings to a religious boarding school for five years. Mike is moved to a different school where he skips and breaks into a liquor store. The court sentences him to training school, but then releases him. He goes to an Indian art school in Santa Fe but fighting gets him expelled. He fathers an Apache child, has adventures with the police and travels to Texas before spending time in federal prison. He goes home and fathers a Sioux child; then goes to Albuquerque and fathers a Pueblo Child. Ends up on skid row, goes to a mission halfway house on his home reservation, where he receives Christ. Now has terminal cancer.

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