December 2009
He stood there wringing his red bandana – upset, uncomfortable, and out-of-place at my front door at 11:00 p.m. on that cold February night. The young cowboy/logger from northern B.C. wanted to know if there was a job he could do for God at the summer Ranch Camp my husband and I directed in central Saskatchewan. Normally, I would have jumped at the chance to hire a great Christian male camp leader, but the Spirit quietly prompted me to ask him if his parents were in agreement. With tears streaming down his cheeks, he admitted that although his mother was, his father, who wasn’t a Christian, was not! There was logging to be done!
Ana Maria Cruz is from Peru. She worked as a journalist there and owned her own radio station. She wanted to help her native Peruvian people, especially those who were poor. She took their side and spoke out very loudly against the terrorists she vehemently opposed. She also conducted a campaign against the abuse of children and women and she received great opposition to this as well.
She told me that she received three serious death threats while she worked at the radio station. One time a bomb was planted in her office but someone dismantled it before it went off. Another time, a gun was put to her head. "God always protected me . . . I called out to Him when I was in danger," she remembers.
