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3032 David Hicks – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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David does poorly at college until he meets Janice, who prays with and encourages him. They marry and he goes to seminary at Princeton. After graduation he is ordained as an Army chaplain. He does well through various Army posts, even serving as an airborne chaplain. He witnesses to his brother and dying father, but neither is receptive. David rises in rank, assigned to the Pentagon during 9-11. He becomes Chief of Chaplains and leads his brother to Christ. Now retired.

3033 Michelle Morales Sep 27, 2026

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As the youngest child of four, Michelle endures a childhood of abandonment, cruelty and fear. Her mother attempts suicide; her sister is raped and Michelle lives with one person after another. At sixteen she gets pregnant and has an abortion. She keeps the second baby after her sister helps her, but she and her boyfriend don’t marry. The whole family uses drugs, but sister, Anna, gets saved and persuades the other two sisters to go to church. Michelle reads passages in the Bible, goes back to church and prays for salvation. When she gets pregnant again, she realizes she cannot marry her boyfriend who rejects Christ. Through Anna she meets and marries a believer.

3034 Douglas Hainer Sep 27, 2026

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Doug grows up in abusive home. His mother beats him with a 1x2; his sister slams a rifle butt into his face when he’s four. He becomes a loner, mistrusting everyone except faces that he sees on his bedroom wall. He has nightmares, fights at school where he learns to make tiger pits, practicing on his dad. He plans mass murders to get even for his pain. At 11 he goes to Christian summer camp where he is saved. He memorizes scripture, studies hard, goes to Bible school for a year. Then graduates from electronic school and spends three years on Guam as a technician for Trans World Radio. Still in Christian radio in Cleveland.

3035 Louis Holguin Sep 27, 2026

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Louis grows up in a Catholic family. Strict father. He joins the air force after graduation, becomes a medic and serves in Vietnam. Afterward, he meets Sharon, a nurse and an officer. She takes him to church, he feigns salvation and they elope. Then he prays for salvation. When their first son is born, he tells his family he is born again, and his father renounces him. Louis goes to Bible college in Chattanooga where he has adventures pastoring hill people. They endure many personal trials. Still a pastor in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

3036 Worth Ellis Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Worth’s family is poor. His dad has skin cancer and drinks whiskey to deal with the pain. Scared of hell during revival, Worth joins the church at 12 but doesn’t know Christ. He drops out of school to work, then drops back in. But the Depression forces him to work. He falls in love with Dot, but gambling controls him after they marry. He mocks his sister’s faith. After his brother is killed in World War II, he becomes bitter at God. His sister reminds him that if he had been killed, he’d be in hell. He finally yields to God and eventually becomes an evangelist.

3037 Brady Evans Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Brady’s father dies when Brady’s a child, and his mother goes blind; so he grows up without supervision. He joins the navy but receives an Undesirable Discharge for drinking and pilfering cargo. Unable or unwilling to work, he turns to stealing and goes to jail for 11 months. Then he meets and marries Jettie Mae. Again he makes bad decisions and she leaves him. He finally cries out to God, quits drinking and goes to Chicago. Jettie Mae joins him. They hear “Unshackled!” and he gives his testimony at PGM.

3021 Rodney Williams – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Rodney is molested at age four but turns to God for comfort. At nine he walks away from God to friends that lie and swear. He drinks, does drugs and is in several accidents, breaking both legs. He squanders insurance money on drugs, gambling and a sport car that he wrecks. He marries, has a son but his drugs and neglect lead to divorce. He repents but doesn’t get his family back, so he gets into Meth use, deteriorates and tries rehab. When that doesn’t work he asks his mother for help and she takes him to a Christian rehab. But he walks away to go back to Meth. The first part ends with a fiery explosion.

3019 Julio Velasquez Sep 27, 2026

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Julio’s father is a philandering alcoholic who dies when Julio is 16. He grows up with religion but not the Bible. He studies agricultural science at university and meets an American missionary who tells him about Jesus. Foolishly he steals car parts and goes to jail for a week. Afterward, the missionary tells him Jesus will set him free. He goes to church but to mock. After he graduates he gets drunk and nearly dies of pneumonia. He starts graduate school, then gets saved. His family rejects him and he lives with the missionary, whose daughter he marries. They go to the U.S. so he can go to Bible college and he becomes a missionary to Spain and Venezuela

3001 Mamie LaFlamme Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Mamie’s mother gives her to a stranger who takes her to France and teaches her to deal cards, smoke and drink. She marries at fifteen, has a daughter, Sonia. Her husband dies and Mamie raises Sonia by dancing in cabarets. She becomes a drug addict, enduring the Nazis. Her daughter dies, further embittering Mamie. When the war ends she goes to Canada where she contracts polio and is crippled. A woman invites her to church, and she goes to mock but is saved. She becomes a missionary to the bayou of Louisiana.

2666 Billy Schneider Sep 27, 2026

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A brutal alcoholic father and being molested at age ten set the stage for Billy’s life of conflict. He sells his body to men on the street, uses drugs and has a girlfriend on heroin. In and out of prison, they marry but neglect their son. Both are unfaithful and split. Billy climbs to top of bridge but is coaxed down. Nine times he goes to prison. A pastor friend gets him into Christian rehab and he’s clean but diagnosed HIV. After falling from grace, he returns to his wife and cares for her as she dies from cancer. Then he serves as a counselor at the rehab.

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