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Brother Yun - The Heavenly Man

The following testimonies are taken from the book The Heavenly Man, which
is the story of the life of Brother Yun, a Chinese Christian and minister. The
book relates many ways in which the Chinese Christians have suffered under
the Communist government since 1949. It also contains accounts of
tremendous miracles.

Brother Yun was born in the late 1950s. He
became a Christian at the age of 16 when his
father was miraculously healed of cancer.
During that time it was forbidden for any
Chinese to read anything other than Mao’s
Little Red Book. There were severe penalties
for having a Bible, yet at this young age Yun
began to hunger greatly to read a Bible.

His mother, observing this great desire in her
son, took him one day to visit an old man in
another village who was formerly a pastor.
She believed he might still have a Bible. Upon
arriving there the man was afraid to show
them his Bible for he had already spent more
then twenty years in prison because of his
faith. He told Yun that the Bible was a
heavenly book, so he must pray that the God
of heaven would give him one.

When Yun returned home he placed a large stone next to his bed. He used it
to kneel upon while praying. Every night for 30 days he prayed and asked God
to let him see a Bible. At the end of this time he had still not seen a Bible, so
he returned alone to the old man’s house. He told him he had been praying as
he instructed him, but he still did not have a Bible. He begged the man again
to please let him see his Bible.

The old man could see he was very serious about wanting a Bible, so he told
him that if he truly desired one that he should fast and pray and that God
would hear him. For the next 100 days Brother Yun ate nothing in the
morning or at noon, and took only a small bowl of rice for supper. He prayed
every night that he might see a Bible. His parents began worrying about him