The young soldier came through the gate with books in hand. He enjoyed the quiet, early evening hours in our school’s listening lab to work on his already fluent English.
Stopping to greet me, we began to chat. “I have read the Injil (New Testament) five times. It is very interesting to me,” he said. Curious, I asked him, “What story have you found most surprising?” It took only a moment for him to respond, “The story of Jesus bringing a dead man back to life. Anyone who has the power to do that….!”
Power had infiltrated the evening air….