By Daniel Pedley
“And for your criminal activities, Mr. Wong, you will serve your fine country by performing twenty years of hard labor.”
The sentence was final. Soon Glorious Country Wong would join murderers, thieves, and other criminals at Tsinghai, Western China’s notorious hard labor camp.
What kind of a criminal was Mr. Wong? An anti-revolutionary American? A Kuomintang spy? A rumormonger of Western superstition? No, a Christian following his conscience.
A little stunned at the sentence, Mr. Wong heard the words of his late wife echo through his mind: “God will work everything out.”
His thoughts turned to his children. Now they were nearly orphans, and he prayed they would remain faithful in the coming trials. But he was not afraid. The faith and courage that filled his heart were not the result of chance. This was God’s miracle in Mr. Wong’s heart.
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