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"The Heavenly Man"

…it was more than six weeks since my legs had been smashed… 8.00am and I walked towards the locked iron gate in the hallway…at the exact moment I reached the gate it was opened for someone else, I walked through without even breaking my stride… on through the 2nd gate, the guard just looked right through me… when I arrived at the main iron gate leading to the courtyard it was open and unguarded and I passed through it… across the courtyard past several guards yet nobody stopped me… I strolled through the main gate of the prison, also standing ajar …

A portion from the Apostle Peter's diary as he recounts one of his miraculous escapes from prison (Acts 5: 17 - 24 and 12: 1 - 19)? No, an account of the escape of Liu Zhenying, known as Brother Yun, from the Zhengzhou Number One Maximum Security Prison, China, on May 5th, 1997.

Brother Yun was the fourth child of five born into a poor family in China's Henan Province. In 1974, at the age of 16, his father became very ill with stomach cancer, everything looked so hopeless. Into that situation Jesus spoke and his mother responded with tears and repentance, followed by Brother Yun and his siblings. Within a week his father was completely healed and the whole family began to share their new faith with their neighbours. Thus began an incredible adventure of service to God, which you can read for yourself in the inspiring biography "The Heavenly Man" (ISBN 1-85424-597-X).

A date for your diary: Brother Yun, who has since had to leave China, continues to serve Christ in Europe and is visiting Leeds on Tuesday, 2nd March. I'm very excited at the prospect of hearing this committed Christian. Tickets can be obtained by post from Spirit in the City, Hough Lane, Bramley, LS13 3RD. They are £5 each, cheques made payable to "Spirit in the City". I believe they are selling rapidly.

Kim Knowles

25 January, 2004