Tinky Posted December 16, 2012 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1,602 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 291 Days Won: 8 Joined: 10/24/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/01/1986 Share Posted December 16, 2012 A Vietnam veteran finds the family of his missionary friends and returns their blood stained Bible, decades later. Hugh Catron has been on a mission that started 43 years ago when he met missionaries Ed and Ruth Thompson as a young soldier in Vietnam in 1967. “Sunday, they come to preach,” said Catron. “I knew all of them.” Hugh and Ed Thompson would talk about God and the scriptures in between the fighting. "Ed Thompson and I would argue about Bible prophesy all the time,” Hugh said. But during the TET Offensive in 1968, the Thompsons and their team were massacred. “They were all killed except for one,” Hugh said. “They were unarmed missionaries, pretty sad.” Hugh found his friends locked in an embrace, their hands clutching a Bible. “We couldn't get them apart,” said Hugh. “But, the Bible fell out and I’ve kept the Bible for 43 years.” At that moment, Hugh’s mission started. “My intent was to give the Bible back to the families,” Hugh said. Hugh tried to find the Thompson family after the war. Then life got in the way. Years later as he was doing some spring cleaning, Hugh found the blood stained Bible. So, with renewed hope he hit the internet. Hugh sent an email to the Christian and Missionary Alliance who had ties to the Thompsons to tell them about the Bible. There were tears and days later, the precious gift arrived to a grateful family. “Mission accomplished,” said Hugh. “It only took 43 years, but mission accomplished.” http://www.fox59.com...,6113675.column Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinM Posted December 18, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,512 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 625 Days Won: 10 Joined: 04/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/07/1979 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What a good story, thank you Tinky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderJ Posted December 19, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 195 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 24 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1993 Share Posted December 19, 2012 It is a good story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoob57 Posted December 19, 2012 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 35 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 40,796 Content Per Day: 7.95 Reputation: 21,263 Days Won: 76 Joined: 03/13/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/27/1957 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I hope there's lots of tissue at the judgment seat... cause there's going to be much of this brought into the awareness of our minds! Imagine the purity of accounting where there is no pretense or lies.... an the glories in which Jesus has worked in the hearts of His children... I am so excited about our future and it makes it so hard to wait for it because of the fractional pieces we get here in the shadows! Love, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted December 25, 2012 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted December 25, 2012 That story brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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