One day, someone knocked on our office door. I opened the door and there was an old man who was sweating and breathing heavily from walking. He was smiling. I invited him to enter and asked why he had come to our office. The old man pulled two Project Philip Bible study booklets out of his bag. Then he introduced himself.

Our 68 year old visitor’s name was Zan. He talked about a person who had given him the books to read and study. He decided that when he had finished studying the books, he would come to see us—and collect his Bible.

The answers in his Bible study booklet were attentively done and written in pencil, so that they could be erased and the booklet could be given to another person to use. Also, the cover was slightly worn—because it had been used so often.

When we asked him what he had understood from the booklet, his systematic concepts about God’s creation, humanity’s sins, salvation and eternal life were a surprise to us.

“Parents cannot tell and teach these things to their children. Even I, an old man, have studied the Bible and have learned many things about Jesus. But what are our state’s authorities doing about these things?” he says.

We valued his efforts and presented a Bible to him.

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*Information come from International Religious Freedom Report (US).