Asia

Salvation Testimonies from Asia

Yali People: From Hatred to Love (Irian Jaya, Indonesia)

Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Yali people   In his book Lords of the Earth, Bible translator and anthropologist, Don Richardson, tells of the Yali people, the fierce, mountain-dwelling cannibals of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. For centuries it had been their practice to torture, kill and, yes, eat the enemy people of neighboring villages. Revenge and fear were …

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Nike: God Chose Me to Become His Child (Indonesia)

Nike, Indonesia   When I was in high school, a friend asked me to go to a retreat. But the day before leaving, I got a terrible headache. I wanted to cancel it but I felt that I had to go. I followed my feelings. I decided to go. After arriving at the retreat place, …

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Suneetha: She Found Which God is The True God (India)

Suneetha, India, Age 20   I was born July 23, 1983, into a Hindu family in India. We resided in a place that was mostly inhabited by Muslims. As Hindus though, we practiced our religion faithfully. However, we were attracted by the Muslim culture and their monotheistic belief. In due course, our family embraced Islam …

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Anonymous: Communist Sees The Power of Darkness Overcome by The Power of Jesus (India)

Anonymous, India (personal information not listed for security reasons)   Being a Communist, I believed that every thing can be achieved by the might of human hands. I did not believe in any god or goddesses and the idea of a supernatural being was really a myth to me. I hated the servants of God …

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Anonymous: Hindu Sorcerer Redeemed by Jesus

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I come from a family where my ancestors were sorcerers, so I too followed my father in observing Hindu rituals and practicing witchcraft. The money I earned in this manner I spent on liquor.   However the Lord was very gracious to me and redeemed …

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Anonymous: ‘Christian’ Realizes Nobody is Ever Born A True Christian

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   Obeying the set rules of the church, I had a very superficial existence. Many times I heard from my Sunday school teachers about the word ‘born-again’, but nobody could give me its definite meaning. As the days passed, a sense of fear gripped me thinking …

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Yuen: Seeing The Power of God (China)

Yuen, China   July 31, 2001   I was raised in a traditional Chinese family with a Christian Mother. Since Dad married a Christian against his parents’ warning, my Mom suffered a great deal for her faith (attacks from my Dad’s relatives). As a result, she was almost always bedridden when we were young (up …

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Anonymous: Jesus Satisfied His Thirst to Know The Living God (India)

Anonymous, India (personal information not listed for security reasons)   My parents never wanted me to be a servant of the living God as they placed all their hopes on me. They wanted me to be a popular figure in the society and earn lot of money. The longing of my parents was turned down …

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Singanahalli: A Hindu Paralytic Healed by Jesus (India)

Singanahalli, India, Age 29   I was born July 8, 1974, into a Hindu family in India. Following the tradition, I grew up worshipping idols, visiting temples and offering sacrifices. Then suddenly, one day, I was affected by paralysis of the legs. I became very weak and could not walk. During all those days, my …

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Suresh: Held at Knifepoint, Saved by The Name of Jesus, Healed of Epilepsy (India)

Suresh, India, Age 36   I was born January 5, 1970, into a Hindu family in India. As I grew up, there were no means in my life to know the truth. My parents were enthusiastic about idol worship, and I was also brought up in the same ardor. Entangled in the heathen set up, …

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Jaya: Many Questions in My Mind About Religion, Healed by Jesus (India)

Jaya, India, Age 20   I was born August 12, 1989, into a Hindu family in Orissa, India. As a family, we used to worship the idols, perform various poojas (rituals) and celebrate festivals to appease them. In spite of my sincere devotion to our gods. I did not achieve serenity or contentment in my …

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Thrisala: Orthodox Buddhist Healed by Jesus, The Living God (India)

Thrisala, India, Age 19   I was born into a Buddhist family in India. I observed the religious rituals from early childhood and practiced it regularly. Being an ardent worshipper of Buddha I visited temples and performed the norms of my religion. One day I became seriously ill and my parents took me to various …

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Anonymous: Orthodox Brahmin Hindu Asks, “Who is The True God?” (India)

Anonymous, India   I was born and brought up from an orthodox Brahmin, Hindu family. I used to worship idols and images as other Hindus do. Nonetheless, I did not have any peace in my heart. In addition, I used to get severe headaches. Sometimes, it persisted for a long time and the pain was …

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Shipei: Free from Deception (Singapore)

Shipei (Jasmine), Singapore, 25   February 7, 2003   Personal note: Do you ever hate your life? I do, and I hate it for more than of my life; it was only when I was born again that I began to appreciate my life. The joy of God’s love replaces my empty feeling with a …

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Anonymous: Polytheist’s Daughter Healed by Jesus

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   My father who was a witch doctor taught us to worship many gods and goddesses along with the god Buddha. But we were always peaceless and disheartened due to the problems and sickness that came upon us one after other. And for deliverance we invited …

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Anonymous: Pursuing Riches, Found Jesus

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I was born into a Christian family. Growing up, I never thought much about life after death or about hell and heaven. Instead I indulged in wordly pleasures with my friends. My only ambition in life was to obtain a high education and become rich. …

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Letminlal: Abandoned by Mother at Birth, Adopted by The Heavenly Father (India)

Letminlal, India, Age 23   Since being abandoned by my mother at birth, life had not been treating me very kind. For the first couple of years my father took care of me with the help of a foster-mother. Later he remarried. The arrival of my step mother did not change the situations either. I …

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Ganesh: Studied Hindu Searches for The Real God (India)

Ganesh, India, Age 27   I come from a Hindu family. It was my habit to study in detail the legends of Hinduism. I read the Hindu epics like Ramayah, Mahabaratha, and the Bhagavat Gita to find who was the real God. Since my religion taught about many gods and goddesses, I was confused in …

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Sun: The Miraculous Spiritual and Physical Healing of a Nepali Village (Nepal)

Sun, Nepal, Age 23   I was born December 5, 1980, into a Hindu family in Nepal. The village I grew up in was marked by a sickness which was prevalent in all the families staying there. Counting the epidemic to be the wrath of the gods, the villagers offered animal sacrifices to the gods …

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Azali: Trial By Fire: The Qu’ran and The Bible (Pakistan)

Azali, Pakistan   When I was 14 years old I was studying in a convent school at Saddar, Karachi, Pakistan. I belong to a Muslim family.   My parents forced me to learn the Qur’an by heart when I was seven and so I did. I had a lot of Christian fellows (or acquaintances) at …

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Anonymous: Zealous Buddhist Who Persecuted Christians Becomes a Christian (Sri Lanka)

Anonymous, Sri Lanka, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I come from a Buddhist background and was deeply involved in the religious practices. But during my school years I observed a very strange happening. A student in a higher class was subject to ridicule and continuously taunted because he was a Christian. At …

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Anonymous: Hindu Priest and Wife Set Free by Jesus from The Powers of Darkness (Nepal)

Male, Nepal, Age 63, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I was a Hindu priest venerating numerous deities and worshipped evil spirits. I often offered sacrifices to appease them and hoped for protection and prosperity. But my efforts were of no avail as the pagan gods could not give me the joy and …

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Anonymous: Jesus Could Forgive Even Me (Japan)

Anonymous, Japan, Age: 82   In Japan, Jesus is called Iesu Kristo. I didn’t like his name even though I didn’t know anything about him. I didn’t like it because I thought it was a different, foreign religion. My grandma, who helped care for me when I was young, was Buddhist and Tenrikyo (a Japanese religion). …

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Dhanlal: Grandson of a Buddhist Priest Learns of Jesus Through “Secret Books” (Nepal)

Dhanlal, Nepal, Age 22   I was born March 1, 1984, into a Buddhist family in Nepal. My parents were devout Buddhists, and they taught me to follow our forefather’s traditions. Along with them, I visited Buddhist monasteries to observe the rituals and rites of our religion. We also sacrificed animals to appease our lord …

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Anonymous: God Intervenes to Save a Suicidal Atheist

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information incomplete or not listed for security reasons)   Atheism influenced my young life, and I strongly upheld to the teachings of ‘no God’ though I was born into a Hindu family. Having no fear of any god, I succumbed to many evil practices. I worked as a travel agent which gave …

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Anonymous: Healing and Deliverance in The Name of Jesus

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I had only a vague idea about a living God and I spent my time aimlessly. Years went by. And one day one of my cousins came to my place and told about a Christian worker who visits their place every Sunday evening to hold …

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Anonymous: Son Hates Father, Then Has an Unforgettable Encounter with God

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   One day my father came home as a new man with a beaming face. As we watched him in disbelief how he narrated how he accepted the Lord on his way to work. Apart from my mother, the rest of us hated him for his …

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Anonymous: Devout Hindu Questions His Religious Convictions, Searches for Truth (Bhutan)

Male, Bhutan, Age 27, (Personal information not listed for security reasons)   I grew up visiting the Hindu temples and bowing before idols. I firmly believed that the Hindu doctrines were real and true and they helped man to reach his destination. For the blessing of my education I often paid sacrifices to the pagan …

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Manoj: Animist Finds No Power in His Religion but Finds Power in Jesus (India)

Manoj, India, Age 27   I was born September 27, 1976, into an Animistic (worshippers of nature, ancestral spirits, and many different gods) family in India. The superstitious beliefs of my family kept me blinded from the true living God. In our ignorance we venerated evil spirits and numerous gods. Our devotion went to the …

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Nusrat: Why I Became A Christian (Pakistan)

Nusrat, Pakistan   I was born in an orthodox Muslim family in Pakistan in 1958. I studied in Islamic missionary school and college administered by Ahmadiah Movement in Islam, Pakistan. During study in a very zealous Islamic missionary school and college, I developed an interest to study Islamic religion. So, I joined the Ahmadiah Movement …

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Anonymous: Sought The True and Living God, Disturbed Mother Healed

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information incomplete or not listed for security reasons)   Belonging to a family staunch in its religious beliefs I was taught to visit temples and worship numerous lifeless idols. But the Lord used my mother’s sickness in a powerful way to touch and transform my life for Him.   While I was …

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Anonymous: Orthodox Hindu’s Gods and Goddesses Remained Silent to His Cries, But Jesus Heard and Answered

Anonymous, Asia (Personal information not listed for security reasons)   Born into an orthodox Hindu family, I performed all kinds of rites and rituals with great zeal. From a young age I started consuming intoxicants and was enslaved by many bad habits. Having no awareness of the living God, I did not know that I …

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Myoung-Hee: Escape from North Korea and Finding Jesus (North Korea)

Myoung-Hee*, North Korea (Name changed for security reasons)   Myoung-Hee still remembers seeing her father stumbling into their home, pale and weak. He gestured that he desperately wanted to speak, before breaking down in tears. He cried so loudly that Myoung-Hee feared the neighbours would warn the police. Her mother pushed him into the bathroom …

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Anonymous: Faithful Buddhist Finds The Truth in Jesus Through Healing (Bhutan)

Male, Bhutan, Age 36, (Personal information not listed for security reasons)   I come from a Buddhist family. As was the custom of my religion I used to follow the so-called traditions faithfully. Growing up, I thought that my religion was the truth and all the others were meaningless.   In course of time my …

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Anonymous: Hindu Witchdoctors Cannot Heal, But Jesus Does (Nepal)

Anonymous, Nepal, (Personal information not listed for security reasons)   Being orthodox Hindus we worshipped idol gods and ancestors. We visited temples to offer sacrifices to appease them and we believed if we were not offering an animal sacrifice, the wrath would come upon us. So we did all the rituals and invited a witch …

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Yang: An Orphan Adopted by A Heavenly Father (Nepal)

Yang, Nepal, Age 34   When I think of my childhood, I remember the pain and agony that I bore till I met Jesus. My parents died leaving me alone in this world and as a child I did not know what to do. Then my uncle took the initiative to look after me and …

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Akbar: Jesus Reveals Himself to Muslims (India)

Akbar, India   For further information please contact me at: wmfc@rediffmail.com peterakbar@rediffmail.com   My name is Akbar, son of Mohammed Khaja Mohinuddin and Navanbee.   Before I could share my testimony, I would like to quote Romans 10:20 from the Epistle written by Apostle Paul where the Lord says: “I was found by those who …

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Anonymous: God Saves a Drunk Eavesdropping on an Underground Church (Nepal)

Male, Nepal, Age 62, (Personal information not listed for security reasons)   I was born into a Hindu family in Nepal. When I was barely twelve years old, I ran away from my home with one of my uncles to Bhutan. I was not truly helped and supported by him as I expected. Due to certain …

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Anonymous: “If You Repent and Believe in Jesus, He Will Raise Your Son From Death” (Bhutan)

Male, Bhutan, Age 35, (Personal information not listed for security reasons.)   I was born October 27, 1973, into a Buddhist family in Bhutan. My father was a Buddhist priest who faithfully carried out the temple activities. However, my parents’ piety toward Buddha did not bring any blessing. We became poor, and many problems haunted …

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Yali People: From Hatred to Love (Irian Jaya, Indonesia)

Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Yali people   In his book Lords of the Earth, Bible translator and anthropologist, Don Richardson, tells of the Yali people, the fierce, mountain-dwelling cannibals of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. For centuries it had been their practice to torture, kill and, yes, eat the enemy people of neighboring villages. Revenge and fear were …

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Karl: God Confirmed to Me That Jesus is The Messiah (Pakistan)

Karl, Pakistan   “There are Jews in Pakistan?!?” is the common reaction I get when I tell people I was born in Karachi, Pakistan. My father, a Catholic, was of Goan origin (Goa is a western province of India), and my mother comes from the Bene-Israel Jewish community in India/Pakistan. We moved to Quebec, Canada …

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Emma: A Desperate Girl (Singapore)

Emma, Singapore   Emma was brought up in a strict Muslim home in Singapore. Due to her parents’ divorce and dysfunctional family life, at age 16 she made the decision to kill someone: herself.   Emma determined to jump from the balcony of their ten-story apartment. Just prior to carrying out her plan, she cried …

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Hannah: A Mother from North Korea (North Korea)

Hannah, North Korea   Hannah is a believer in Jesus from North Korea who has faithfully persevered despite suffering severely.   Read Hannah’s salvation story here.   This testimony was posted by Open Doors, a Christian ministry whose mission is to strengthen and prepare Christians living in persecution, and to mobilise the Australian church to …

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Anonymous: From Practicing Christianity to Following Jesus (Myanmar)

Anonymous, Myanmar (personal information not listed for security reasons)   Though I was born in a believing home, Christ was never real to me and Christianity was limited to the church doors. I was active in my church involvement but I had not real reason to do so. Once I had an opportunity to be …

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Anonymous: A Desperate Cry to The Unknown Living God (Myanmar)

Anonymous, Myanmar (personal information not listed for security reasons)   I was born May 30, 1958, into a tribal family in Myanmar. I grew up worshipping the demon gods of my parents, but in 1976 when I joined the army; I became a Buddhist. Then following Buddhist rituals, I was good to people around me …

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Anonymous: Atheist Sees God Heal His Wife

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   Though I was raised up in a Hindu home, I had an aversion to follow the religious customs and I lived as an atheist. After marriage, my wife was mentally disturbed. We called the best witch doctors but she was not cured. Her condition remained …

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Anonymous: Buddhist Pursues Peace and Happiness Through Nirvana but Finds it in Jesus

Anonymous, Asia, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   From early childhood I was trained to follow the rituals of Buddhism to perfection and once I inquired of a monk the ways to achieve nirvana (the state of perfect blessedness). The monk replied nirvana demanded nothing less than keeping the religious laws and good …

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Sultan Mohammed: Why I Became a Christian (Afghanistan)

Sultan Mohammed Paul, Afghanistan   INTRODUCTION   Modern man groans under the weight of false conceptions regarding family, communal, and national excellence. These false conceptions, which are easily discernible in all types of individuals and at all levels of society, issue from self-centredness which, in religious language, is called “the depravity of man. This inner …

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Anonymous: Miraculously Healed of Polio and Arthritis, Whole Family Comes to Believe in Jesus (Sri Lanka)

Anonymous, Sri Lanka, (personal information not listed for security reasons)   Physically I became weak as I grew up. I was a victim of polio and arthiritis and was unable to walk. Though I consulted several doctors, I could not find complete recovery. I became wearied when I realized my destiny. The dark future that …

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Elijah: Persecuted Before Birth (Myanmar)

Elijah, Myanmar   Elijah* [*name has been changed for security purposes] faced persecution since he was in the womb. He grew up in a family of strong Buddhists in Myanmar. His grandfather was the local sorcerer.   He could cast spells on people, Elijah said. He could tell what was going to happen in the future. He …

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Suneetha: She Found Which God is The True God (India)

Suneetha, India, Age 20   I was born July 23, 1983, into a Hindu family in India. We resided in a place that was mostly inhabited by Muslims. As Hindus though, we practiced our religion faithfully. However, we were attracted by the Muslim culture and their monotheistic belief. In due course, our family embraced Islam …

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