Unusual Fish Wrapper Story

“One afternoon, Leopoldo's wife brought him a fish which she had purchased at the local market. She asked him to clean it in order that she might prepare it for supper. The meal-to-be was wrapped in a year-old newspaper. As he tore away the paper, Leopoldo noticed an ad for World Bible School. The ad caused him to answer it, and before long, he was regularly receiving Bible correspondence materials.

At the conclusion of the series of lessons, Leopoldo requested baptism and became a Christian believer. He made this decision despite the obvious anti-church sentiment held by Communist rebels in his region of the Philippines.

If we can a reach a man on the other side of the world with a year-old newspaper wrapped around a dead fish, then why can’t I reach my neighbor with the same living truth offered person-to-person?” (From Forthright Magazine, article by Mike Benson)