This is a testimony from Kenya and the PAG church:
“My name is Francis Wanjala. My father died when I was four years old, and sometime after, my mother married another man. He mistreated me so much that I was forced to live out on the streets.
While living on the streets, I joined a bad group and started robbing people. I tried to steal a phone from a woman, but when she refused, I stabbed her with a knife. I have been arrested several times. The last arrest put me in prison for ten years.
As prisoners, we were allowed to go outside of the prison to clean the streets, yet it was under tight security. One day, a man came up to the security guard and asked whether he could talk to me. It was only after the guard learned that the man was a pastor that he was allowed to talk to me.
The pastor spent some time talking to me, and at the end, he handed me some booklets. For some reason, I was allowed to take the booklets back with me to prison.
I started to read the booklets lesson by lesson, and learned that I was a sinner. I also learned from the booklets that God loves me just the way I am, and that He wants me to love Him, too. I learned that I could not make it on my own, and that I needed a Savior.
In the past, one of the prison guards used to tell us about God, but I could not understand. After reading the booklets, I understood, and I would discuss the stories in the booklets with other prisoners.
One day, we called the prison guard and asked him to pray for us as we needed a Savior. He prayed with us, and the three of us gave our lives to Jesus.
In June, during the national holiday, the president pardoned me and others, and we were set free. I give glory to the Savior in the booklets. He saved me from prison, and now I am free.
After being released from prison, I went home to my family, only to discover that my dad had sold his land and moved to another area with the rest of the family. I am now, however, living with my grandmother, and continue to trust God who saved me after serving six years in prison. He will make a way for me. Keep praying for me, and thank you, Lord, for the booklets which I continue to read every day.”
Wycliffe writes: “We do not know the pastor who took the books to the prison, nor could we get to the prison, but the booklets did. Glory to God!”