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We’re continuing our conversation with Michael Batyuk, who has been explaining how he came from an immigrant family from Ukraine and grew up on the wild side here in the United States. He shared about hitting rock bottom from a life of drugs and alcohol; and, after seeing many of his friends die, how he cried out for help and entered a recovery program where he encountered the Lord. He talks about what it was like to step back into the world again after that experience. Was he really changed?

Our guest today is Michael Batyuk, whose extraordinary story begins with his family's escape from a totalitarian regime that persecuted them for their faith. As a toddler, Michael was brought to America, where his family sought freedom to build a new life. Can you imagine what it must have felt like to wake up as a toddler in a completely new country, surrounded by unfamiliar sights, sounds, and people? But Michael's story doesn't end there. Despite the opportunities before him, his life eventually took a painful turn, leading him down a path that brought him to rock bottom—before hope and redemption entered the picture.

In our concluding talk with Hans Shapp, he shares how he feels called to go out into the highways and by-ways of life to share the Gospel wherever he can – even  back to those discos where he once was a frequent visitor...

We’ve been visiting with Hans Shapp who’s been sharing with us how he came out of East Germany during a time in the 70's when barriers of barbed wire and concrete walls had blocked off the East to what he thought was a new-found freedom in the West. But it wasn’t until he was introduced to Jesus as his Lord and Savior that his life truly changed!

On our last podcast, Hans Shapp told of his life growing up behind the wall in East Germany during the 60's and 70's under Communist rule; and then, suddenly being deported to the West. It was like a child having free run in a candy shop! Neon lights glowed in the night skies. Music blared out from the discotheques. Drugs and alcohol were widely available. Did this bring Hans happiness, peace and freedom?

During the night of August 13, 1961, the East German government closed off the border from the West. Hans Shapp grew up in East Germany during this time and tells his story of suddenly being cut off from the West and living behind the wall.

We had the joy of meeting a dear sister in the Lord who is originally from Rwanda-Gesele Nwobeliorana. We sat down with Gesele at a Bible conference in Pleasanton, California, just east of San Francisco. She had so much to share about her transition as a little girl moving from the African nation of Rwanda to a strange and unfamiliar country called America…

In our concluding visit with Kirk Legacy, he shares how he and his wife Jane were called to serve God, to the nomadic Kurdish people along the war-torn region of the Turkish-Iraqi border; and how the Lord had prepared a surprising life-changing event for them!

We’re continuing our visit with Kirk Legacy. Kirk has been used mightily of the Lord to minister to a nomadic people that had no nation to call their own. They are the Kurdish people along the border of Turkey, Iraq and Iran. But, before embarking on his missionary endeavors, Kirk was battling the dreadful disease of Cystic Fibrosis, lying in his hospital bed, not knowing if tomorrow on earth would ever come!

Most of us take for granted the air we breathe. Not so for our guest Kirk Legacy, as he shares his story of growing up with Cystic Fibrosis. We met Kirk at a very unusual forum dedicated to 12 hours of continuous prayer and worship. It was held at Facebook (Meta) - on their main campus in California!

Well, we've come to the concluding part of Pastor Austin Huggins' story. Pastor Huggins is currently a pastor at Mount Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida. In review, Austin shares about the early days of his ministry when, as a very young Christian, he was asked to actually preach a couple of times a month, during a time when the church was having struggles! Then he met another young Christian--a young lady called to serve as the church secretary...

We’re continuing to hear from Pastor Austin Huggins of Mt. Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida, as he shares his incredible testimony. It’s truly an amazing story of unexpected encounters and divine appointments, all culminating in meeting the man God had to lead him—Mike. Mike looked at Austin and said, “Austin, you’re with me today.” That’s where we’ll pick up Austin’s story...

We’re continuing our conversation with Pastor Austin Huggins of Mt. Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida. He’s sharing his powerful testimony of becoming a new child of God.  It truly is an amazing story! Austin had come to the end of the road, not knowing whether he wanted to live or die. He fell asleep uncertain of what his future would hold when he woke up. That’s where we’ll pick up as Austin continues to share his life story...

We continue our visit with Pastor Austin Huggins of Mt. Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida. When we left off, Austin was facing a decision that would change everything. As a young man preparing to leave the Navy, he had been offered a prestigious position in another part of the country. He was settled into a life with his live-in girlfriend, and his future seemed mapped out. But then he found himself back in Florida, sitting at his mother’s bedside as she faced a life-threatening operation. In that moment, Austin had to confront not only what came next for his mother, but also the direction his own life would take.

“I was a former submarine Sailer in the Navy. And, before that as a child I had spent time in church in a difficult home life. I had a raging alcoholic stepfather and life was difficult…”