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2730 Betty Coon Sep 27, 2026

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In an age of permissiveness and shattered families, how does a young girl learn to say “no”? Betty Coon struggled and failed repeatedly, a slave to her own weak will. Parental Guidance is suggested for this remarkable true story of how Betty’s will and her life were transformed.

2719 Masahiro Ogawa Sep 27, 2026

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Ogawa’s dies of alcoholism, leaving family in hardship. Ogawa dreams of a career in film-making, even stealing from Mother to buy magazines and go to movies. Sister dies tragically, and Ogawa is more isolated. He secures job with Warner Brothers in Tokyo, but is so lonely, he listens to radio, hears Christian message that contradicts his belief in fatalism. He reads the Bible and believes, receives Christ. Ogawa helps launch Christian drama on radio, including “Unshackled!"

2726 Wesley Auger Sep 27, 2026

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His father is imprisoned for embezzlement when Wesley is twelve, embittering Wesley and his mother. They lose home and live with relatives, who teach Wesley about God, Whom he rejects. Aunt sends him to Christian camp where he receives Christ. Mother is furious, won’t help him go to Bible school. As an evangelist, Wesley falls in love with Dorothy, who urges him to find his father, which he does. Wesley’s father receives Christ after hearing his son preach.

2727 Christine Crawford Sep 27, 2026

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Christine’s parents divorce, and she is raised by paternal grandparents. Grandmother loves the Lord, and Christine accepts Christ after listening to “Unshackled!”. She goes to live with her father at age fifteen, but he mocks her faith. She joins the Army as a nurse, meets Rob and they marry. He gives up dabbling in the occult to join her in faith. Commitment to Christ antagonizes his family, but her father receives Christ after kidney problems.

2728 Marjorie Jordan Sep 27, 2026

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Marjorie’s mother was a spiritualist who held séances in the home every Friday, so Marjorie grows up expecting to be a medium. Joining the girl scouts at age twelve, Marjorie learns about Jesus Christ, but falls in with girls at school who drink. As she sings in a church choir, the woman in front of her drops dead, and Marjorie responds to the invitation to accept Christ. Her life is unchanged for two years until she meets Robert, a sailor who is saved. They marry. Mother is furious about salvation, but their kindness softens her. Forty-seven years of ministry together.

2749 Mavis Donaldson Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Mavis has a normal life until her kidneys fail at age thirteen. As she lies dying, a stranger says God has a purpose for her life. When she’s a senior in high school, she has a grand mal seizure and is diagnosed with epilepsy. After graduation she’s hospitalized, overmedicated and is put in the mental ward. Finally, the epilepsy is controlled enough that she works in a day care center, sharing an apartment. Another crisis and she’s diagnosed with lupus. A roommate leads her to Christ, and then she meets Dudley and they marry. The first part ends with her pregnancy.

2751 Harvey DeVaughn Sep 27, 2026

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Harvey’s dad is an abusive drunk who drives away Harvey’s mother. He grows up a witness to violence, lying and stealing and joins the ranks, getting expelled from school for violence. He has some exposure to Christian love and goes to church with sister; but he is drawn into alcohol and drugs and fighting pit bull dogs. After he nearly overdoses on crack cocaine, he cries out to God, reads the Bible and quits drugs. He is born again in church several years later. Now in music ministry at church.

2710 Mary Jane Ponten Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Mary Jane marries Bud, who also has cerebral palsy, and helps him in his printing business. She miscarries twice, so they adopt a son. Then she gives birth to a daughter. Both want to be missionaries but can’t. Bud retires as printer and dies of cancer. Mary Jane begins ministry teaching the church to reach out to the handicapped. Today she travels and teaches around the world, including China!

2781 Sharon Merhalski Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Sharon’s mother is neglectful and abusive, all the more after Sharon gets polio and needs special care. With a trache tube in her throat, Sharon is unable to attend school. A teacher comes and gives her the love she needs. At thirteen she starts school in the sixth grade. As a teenager, her home life gets worse. Her father stays away, having affairs. A car crash nearly kills Sharon, making her mother more hateful. When Sharon dates, her mother tries to kill her. The first part ends with her mother in a mental hospital.

2774 “Susan Brooker” Sep 27, 2026

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Susan’s baby brother is born with Down Syndrome, and the family quits going to church. Hungry for God, she falls prey to a family who practice Vedanta, believe in reincarnation and many paths to God. At college she mocks an evangelist on campus. She breaks her engagement to move to Ohio where she believes her destiny lies. There she teaches school, and a co-worker leads her to Christ.

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