to anyone. His life had been lived to the destruction of others as well as to himself, but a believer was faithful in his testimony and this lost man found his anchor in Christ. Unfortunately he did not know how to read, and he could tell but little of all he had experienced in this new relationship to his Lord. He had a tremendous testimony but he decided that this was not enough. God had given us a Book whereby we might know Him and what He expects of our lives—he felt that he must know what God had to say. So this man, high up in the jungle— who had no school to which he might go, and no one to teach him—had got ten hold of a New Testament and had literally forced himself to learn to read by reading, or at least attempting to read, the New Testament, “Oh,” you say, “that is impossible.” Well, I would certainly never recommend it, however, Victor learned to read God’s Word. He still reads as if he were a third or fourth grader, but it would bring tears to your eyes to hear him read as he believes it so implicity. It is God’s Word to Him and the most precious possession he has. When Victor feels that God is calling him to a certain town, he leaves his crops and family in God’s hands. It makes no difference if times are hard, he is not afraid of poverty. He gets astride his little mule and off he goes to a nearby town or perhaps a village at a distance. I was told of one town to which Victor had been several months before. He was there for seven days. Following his usual procedure, he read the Word of God to them and then gave his testi mony. We must bear in mind that he has had no training in a Bible School or even a church — but God, through His Holy Spirit, has taught him His Word. When Victor left that town seven days later he left seventy believ ers. Returning three months later, he (Continued on next page) 7
was that her parents might know of the message of the booklet and what jt had done in her heart. Since they could not read she began to read to them. As she read, she told them how differently she felt inside. The ultima tum of her parents was, that she would either have to throw away the book and forget about it or leave the home. But Olinda refused either of the courses and continued to read to them. Finally they took matters into their own hands and threw her, with her few little possessions, out of the house. Shortly after that she came back in and said, “but don’t you see I am different? For the first time I have joy in my heart. I don’t have the oppression that I used to feel.” The parents would not listen and removed her again and again. Finally, the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of this young, almost illiterate, girl was more than they could withstand—they began to listen. They, too, accepted the Lord and then the three of them began to tell the neighbors and relatives. Also, the three of them were either thrown into jail or thrown out of the village. But the minute they were re leased from jail, they began to preach and tell the Good News of Jesus Christ. The village folk could not read the Word, but they heard the message and the Holy Spirit applied it to their hearts savingly. Now in that small vil lage, which has only heard the Gospel for a few short years, there are more than two hundred believers. You have this story only because one young girl came to genuinely love her Lord and was not ashamed or afraid to tell the other folk about Him at the peril of her life. She, you see, was a real missionary! As we went further into the jungle we met another missionary, a man named Victor. He is homesteading high up in an area of the jungle where there are actually no homes. He and his little family live there alone. Formerly, he was a man who was absolutely no good
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