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Lun
Poobuanak, a ceaseless Thai missionary among the Buddhists and animists in Thailand's Kalasin Province saw a
whole village of 134 families turn to Christ when God answered his prayer for
rain. One Sunday morning, during a service for a small number of Christians
in the village, the village leader interrupted with an unusual offer:
"If you will ask your God for rain this month, all 134 families in the
village will worship your God and become Christians." The harvest in the
fields was almost ruined, because the monsoon rains had not come. "I
started by warning them not to play with God," says Lun, "but they
said that they were serious, and swore to become Christians if the prayers
were answered, saying 'If we don't, your God can judge us.'" Lun
gathered the Christians together to pray and fast for rain for three days. On
the fourth day, there was a cloudburst so strong that all the canals and rice
fields were flooded. "The rain was so intense," says Lun,
"that the villagers came humbly to admit that Jesus is the only true and
living God in the universe. All 134 families became Christians. Even now,
people in the area are becoming Christians because of this."
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