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Emmanuel’s source of true strength …

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Emmanuel has many painful childhood memories.

He will never forget the fear he felt every time Vietnamese authorities arrested his father for preaching at a Sunday service or teaching believers at their home.

He would sometimes cling to his father’s leg, trying to prevent the police from taking him.

And he still remembers the loneliness and abandonment he felt while his father was imprisoned.

Emmanuel came to resent his father’s Christian work, and it didn’t end when his father got out of prison. The resentment resurfaced every time his father missed a special school event because of his ministry work.

Emmanuel often climbed to the top of a coconut tree to cry and vent his frustration toward his father and toward God.

Then, at age 11, Emmanuel’s bitterness reached a new level as his father began to serve what became three years in prison.

“I got angry with my father,” Emmanuel said. “Sometimes I didn’t even want to visit my father in prison.”

Despite his father’s boldness as a pastor, Emmanuel lacked confidence in his faith.

As a teenager, he spent much of his free time lifting weights. He found that it increased his confidence and relieved aggression.

But after years of travel from province to province for bodybuilding competitions, something began to change.

Read the rest of Emmanuel’s story here!

Thank you for praying for front-line ministry workers who faithfully continue preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ — despite the severe risks involved.

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