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From "Light of the World" Chapter Two: "The Missionary"—
…As the food was being served, Brian asked, "Mr. Johnson, how long have you been a missionary?"
The man smiled and leaned his head to one side, calculating. "I would say it's been right around 35 years." Danielle looked up sharply, observing his mostly dark hair, his face showing only squint-lines at the corners of his eyes and smile lines around his mouth. She expected a person who had been a missionary for 35 years to look much older.
Mom also seemed to be wondering. "Do you mean that you grew up in an overseas mission field?"
Mr. Johnson shook his head. "No," he said. "I grew up in the
"You did?" asked Andy.
Chris found his voice for the first time since the missionary had come into their house. "What do you mean?" he asked a little shyly.
"Well, when I was growing up, I went to a little school where I had three good friends. When I got saved at the age of 10, I began to wonder if these friends were Christians too. The more I wondered, the more I worried about their salvation. I wanted to make sure they knew the Lord and would go to heaven. But, as I thought about sharing the gospel with them, I began to be afraid. What if they laughed at me? What if they didn't want to be my friends anymore? What if, what if? It took a year for the Lord to finally convince me, but I did begin to speak to my friends about Jesus."
"What did they do?" Chris asked.
"Well, they didn't laugh," said Mr. Johnson. "But they didn't become Christians right away either. For two of them, it took almost our entire time in school together before they finally accepted the Lord."
"What about the third?" asked Dad…
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