Leaving church one Sunday morning, Justin & Rachel Hoy (Senegal) came face to face with a very drunk man…the husband of a very embarrassed believer. That afternoon, the Hoy’s ministry partners (the pastor) met with the wife. Worn out from years of this kind of behavior, she was ready to walk away from their marriage. One day, after several months of prayer and counseling, the husband said that he wanted to change and become a follower of Jesus. The pastor and his wife were skeptical, thinking it was a ploy so that she would not leave. But he started coming to church. Then he got a job out of town. There was much concern that he would fall back into drinking. To their surprise, the family received the money that he made. They looked happier than ever. When he returned home, they could see that he had stopped drinking. He was recently baptized at the river, giving testimony that God took away his desire to drink—that even the smell of alcohol was now repulsive to him. The Lord is using him to be a witness to those around him!

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