“I’m sorry that I can’t believe in God. It goes against everything I was always taught under Communism. I was taught to be an atheist, that there is no God. I’m sorry.” This declaration to an MTW missionary couple came out of the blue from the mother of a young Bulgarian man during a casual lunch to celebrate the man’s birthday. Though they weren’t discussing spiritual things at the time, the mother knew her son had become a Christian and that the missionary sitting across the table from her was discipling him.

Despite her pronouncement, the mother showed up at church two weeks later­. She had attended a few times before, but that week she came by herself with her son out of town. The missionary to whom she’d declared her atheism preached that Sunday. His topic was “How can a person be saved?” Isn’t our God creative? Though she hasn’t yet made a decision, the missionary couple is hopeful that it’s just a matter of time before she fully embraces Christ as Savior. Will you pray for her, and for her son?

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