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2942 Earl Wafford Jr. Sep 27, 2026

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Earl’s mother takes him to church but his dad, a Navy deep sea diver, is mean and Earl fears him. His mother and several pastors have Earl pray for salvation but don’t mention Jesus Christ. He grows up fearing God but Jesus is a curse to him. He dates Shirlee but they break up when he goes into the Navy where he does well. Various people have him pray, asking God’s forgiveness for his sins without mentioning Christ. He goes to church with his boss, goes forward, and again doesn’t hear about Jesus. Finally, a co-worker urges him to attend church where, after several months, Earl stops resisting and surrenders to Christ. Now in several outreach ministries.

2943 "Tammy" Sep 27, 2026

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Tammy and her older sister are molested by their stepfather while their mother works. She accepts Christ as Savior at age six but the family quits going to church. Her sister accuses the stepdad, but their mother thinks she’s lying. She marries, tells her husband of the abuse, and they go to the prosecutor. Tammy is removed from her parents’ custody, but her mother threatens to disown her, so she returns home. She meets Kurt, a follower of Christ. But she dates a college guy who gets her pregnant. She has an abortion and drinks to ease the guilt. She plans suicide, but Kurt comes back into her life and persuades her to go to Bible college with him. There she finds the courage to confess her past and they marry.

2944 Kazuo & Hisako Ozaki Sep 27, 2026

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Bombs destroy Kazuo’s home during the war but he to goes to high school where he learns English, becoming a translator after graduation. Asked to translate sermons for a missionary pastor, he is convicted and receives Christ. A chaplain sponsors him to Bible college where he meets Hisako and they marry after he graduates. He works for Pacific Broadcasting Association, producing radio programs, then is called to Quito, Ecuador to translate and produce Japanese programs. He and Hisako serve for nearly four decades until her death in 2006. He is still in ministry.

2945 Anne Carlo Classic Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Anne grows up with a repressive mother, a kind stepfather and a grandmother who reads the Bible and takes her to church. Anne wants to be a missionary but secular teachers destroy her faith and she goes to business college instead. Her mother quashes successive attempts to date and then sends Anne to a delinquent girl’s school. Embittered, Anne lives to have fun. During the Depression she learns the grocery business, dates Fred, and marries him before he goes off to the war. Her Aunt is saved. When Fred comes home, their marriage falters because of Anne’s willfulness. But they remarry and continue to struggle. The first part ends when Anne comes to Christ.

2947 Carolyn Knapschaefer Sep 27, 2026

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Carolyn is adopted at seven months, grows up with loving but non-Christian parents. Carolyn rebels as a teenager, smokes, drinks and gets pregnant. The family doctor tells her to get an abortion. She resists but is so sick that she has the abortion and nearly dies. She aborts a second baby out of fear even though she is engaged. The marriage lasts a year. Led astray by a new-age friend and church, she spends nine years in drinking and immorality. Then she meets Rick, gets engaged, becomes pregnant, and a Christian doctor dissuades her from a third abortion. She and Rick marry, have the baby and fight because both are selfish. She meets a Christian, goes to church, gets saved and Rick repents. After her adoptive mom dies, Carolyn finds her birth mother. Now counsels in a crisis pregnancy center.

2937 Patricia Patton Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Pat’s real parents give her to friends who adopt her; but her adoptive dad dies when she is eight. Her drunken adoptive mom lets men abuse Pat. She abandons Pat, who goes to a children’s home where she hears the gospel and hopes God will bring back her mom. When He doesn’t, she despairs and quits believing. A self-pitying, angry girl, she leaves the home at 17, tries college, tries suicide and several times commits herself to a psychiatric ward. Hooked on drugs, she again tries suicide. A friend rescues her and they live together. She gets pregnant and they marry but fight. Pat’s entanglement with her real family leads to her leaving her husband as the first part ends.

2948 Jerry Kaifetz Sep 27, 2026

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Jerry grows up in a Jewish family. Trained in schools in France and the U.S., he loves adventure sports, especially downhill ski racing. He also tries kayaking on the Colorado River and scuba diving. He drops out of college to sell LSD, goes to jail for six months and then follows a new age cult. Disillusioned, he spends many years as an instructor at resorts around the world. But he is unable to reach God. He finally prays, asking God to show him a church to attend, and the next day two women knock on his door. He goes to their church, and the pastor leads him to Christ. He goes to Bible college, gets married, writes a book and is still following Christ.

2949 Mary Goloversic Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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As an only child, Mary grows up with a negative, protective mother, who sends her to church alone. Mary longs for acceptance. She marries Jim, joins his church and they go to Spain for two years, where Mary has a miscarriage and the marriage deteriorates as he spends time at bars. Back home, they got college degrees and have three sons. Mary suffers from chronic colitis and nearly dies in childbirth. She is hospitalized in a psychiatric ward where a friend visits and invites her to Bible study. After two years she prays to receive Christ. The first part ends as she tell her husband she is leaving his church.

2950 Mary Goloversic Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Mary’s physical and emotional pain is so great she bangs her head against walls and attempts suicide. Her pastor often rescues her. Finally, she leaves home, taking a bus to Chicago where she goes to Pacific Garden Mission. She stays for three months, getting wise counseling and seeing a doctor for exploratory surgery. When she goes home, her doctor won’t perform corrective surgery. Still in pain, she regresses, bangs her head and fights with Jim. Finally, a specialist operates and corrects her problems. She learns to make wise decisions and writes books to help others.

2951 “Peter Lee” Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Peter grows up in Communist China, where his mother dedicates him to the Lord and takes him to church. He is saved during revival when he is 16. Although he is an outstanding physic student, he is denied a place in the best university, the beginning of his persecution. At college he witnesses to students and leads 17 to Christ. He persuades two pastors to leave the state church. During summer vacation his pastor is arrested and then Peter is told to return to college where he is accused of being anti-revolutionary. He is interrogated ruthlessly and then encouraged to write about his faith which is used against him. The first part ends as he is taken to labor camp.

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