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3050 Thomas Graumann – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Tom serves as a missionary in the Philippines where he meets Caroline. They marry, but when they adopt two children, their mission drops them. For 25 years they live in the U.S., serving in spite of illness and setback. They return to the Philippines to serve, but more illness interferes. When Communism falls in Eastern Europe, Tom returns to Czechoslovakia where he obtains citizenship, serves as a missionary and links up with his past.

3080 Jeffrey Schmidt Sep 27, 2026

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Jeff is the youngest of six, and his mom and dad neglect and abuse him as a child. Poor, hungry and beaten, he goes to school feeling worthless. He works in his dad’s auto repair shop at 14, builds a fast car that helps his self-image. After high school his parents secretly divorce and sell the house. His mom writes a letter rejecting Jeff. He becomes a drunk, wrecks many cars and motorcycles, even hits a train but survives. Finally, he hears a radio preacher and is saved. He marries Jackie. Before his father dies, Jeff and he are reconciled.

3051 Virginia Sartin Sep 27, 2026

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Virginia’s mother dies, charging the ten-year-old to keep the six siblings together. Her dad abuses and neglects them. The next five years Virginia perseveres, feeding and watching over the family. Her dad is gone and doesn’t bring food or clothing. Their Sunday school teacher comes and shares the gospel. When she’s 12 and her brother Billy is 14, they receive Christ. Then Billy is killed in an accident. Virginia meets Lewis and they marry when she’s almost sixteen. She fulfills her mother’s charge, raising the children, praying for her dad. He repents at age 79 and lives with them till he dies.

3052 Robert Brown Sep 27, 2026

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At birth Robert is adopted into a Jewish family and raised as an only child. Spoiled by his mother, he is rebellious and self-centered. He graduates without motivation and marries, but both are immature. They have three sons, but he floats from one job to another, then begins smoking marijuana. After his mother dies, he and his wife divorce. As a traveling salesman, lonely and disconnected, he asks God for a woman to talk to. He meets Delilah, and she invites him to church where he prays for salvation. They marry and he begins to change, becoming a Messianic Jew and meeting his birth mother.

3053 Charles Churchill – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Charles goes to church with his granny but rebels at 14 and quits as he sees hypocrisy in people. He starts drinking with friends, steals, uses marijuana and drag races. He meets Jennie and they marry three months later, then he resumes his old life, refusing to go to church with her. A biker comes into his workplace and invites him to church. That day Charles is fired for insubordination, leading to a fight with Jennie. He promises to go to church, and the next day they do. There he is led to Christ, ending the first part.

3054 Charles Churchill – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Charles witnesses to his old buddies who ridicule him. Pat gives him a job in his body shop. Charles learns to prioritize and trust God as he serves in the church. He witnesses to a co-worker, but Don rejects the gospel. Charles and a mentor witness to an alcoholic friend, who also rejects Christ. The man dies that night of a heart attack and Charles feels compelled to preach on street corners. Charles goes to his former employer and confesses thefts that they forgive. He goes to Bible college, becomes a preacher. Don is saved and becomes a preacher.

3055 Clinton Goodwin Classic Sep 27, 2026

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The oldest of nine children, Clint and his family move from Arizona to Chicago when he’s twelve. There he’s invited to Sunday school and professes faith in Christ at fourteen. He goes to Bible classes and gives his testimony on street corners. At 17 he goes to Albuquerque to work for the railroad, working Sundays. He backslides, rides the rails, then falls in with a robber. They buy guns and commit highway robbery for 18 months. They’re caught, and in jail churches minister, but he resists. He’s sentenced to San Quentin where he finally surrenders to Christ. He serves God in jails and rescue missions.

3056 Joe Stump Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Fearful in the Great War, Joe promises God that he will become a minister. Unsaved, he goes through seminary. As a pastor he meets Nelda and they marry. Her mother knows Joe isn’t saved and her comments annoy him. When an unsaved parishioner dies, pleading for peace with God, Joe doesn’t have the answer and quits the ministry. He goes to New York, talks with theologians. One of them sends him to the Bowery rescue mission. Joe is offended by the sermon but ultimately goes forward and is saved.

3057 Thomas Gregory – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Although his parents take him to church and read Bible stories to him, Tom has religion but doesn’t know Christ as he matures. Smart and responsible, he studies architecture, meets and marries Judy, who becomes a teacher. For eight years they live near her family. Her father’s death of brain cancer and their following move to Georgia, away from her mother, leave her feeling trapped. Then his partnership dissolves. They end up divorced and she shoots herself. The first part ends with Tom’s grief and guilt.

3079 Robert Saler – Part 3 Sep 27, 2026

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Robert supports missionaries in India before he goes there as a missionary, paying his own way. There he builds a prayer tower, a children’s home and digs a well for various villages. On his second trip a cobra bites him, but he continues his preaching and feeding people. On his third trip he gets cholera. His fourth trip is his last. Then he meets and marries Kathy.

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