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because of his constant fasting and prayers. They thought he might be losing
his mind.

After 100 days of fasting and prayer, Brother Yun had a vision. He describes
it this way.

In the vision I was walking up a steep hill, trying to push a heavy cart in
front of me. I was heading toward a village where I intended to beg for food
for my family. I was struggling greatly, because in my vision I was hungry
and weakened by constant fasting. The old cart was about to roll back and
fall on me.

I then saw three men walking down the hill in the opposite direction. A kind
old man, who had a very long beard, was pulling a large cart full of fresh
bread. Two other men were walking on each side of the cart. When the old
man saw me he felt great pity and showed me compassion. He asked, “Are
you hungry?” I replied, “Yes, I have nothing to eat. I’m on my way to get food
for my family.”

I wept because my family was extremely poor. Because of my father’s
sickness we’d sold everything valuable to buy medicine. We had little to eat,
and for years we had been forced to beg for food from friends and neighbors.
When the old man asked me if I was hungry, I couldn’t help but cry. I’d never
felt such genuine love and compassion from anyone before.

In the vision the old man took a red bag of bread from his trolley and asked
his two servants to give it to me. He said, “You must eat it immediately.”

I opened the wrapping and saw there was a bun of fresh bread inside. When
I put the bun in my mouth, it instantly turned into a Bible! Immediately, in
my vision, I knelt down with my Bible and cried out to the Lord in
thanksgiving, “Lord, your name is worthy to be praised! You didn’t despise
my prayer. You allowed me to receive this Bible. I want to serve you the rest
of my life.”

I woke up and started searching the house for the Bible. The rest of my family
was asleep. The vision had been so real to me that when I realized it had only
been a dream I was deeply anguished and I wept loudly. My parents rushed
to my room to see what had happened. They thought I had gone crazy
because of all my fasting and praying. I told them about my vision, but the