Paw, who lived in Thailand, had never heard of Jesus. But one day someone gave him a Gospel of Matthew, and he read it over and over again, memorizing many of the chapters.
He had no one to teach him, but the Spirit of God was his teacher. Gradually he began to understand what he read and he obeyed its message as well. Paw came to love the Lord Jesus and to trust Him.
The last commands of the Lord interested him greatly: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” So Paw decided he would go and visit all the villages around and read God’s word to the people. He read aloud from his Gospel in front of buildings and on street corners, and many people would stop to listen.
Then some years later he met a missionary who gave him a whole Bible. That was a happy day for Paw. He was now eighty years old and almost deaf but his eyesight was still good. His loved Bible was his constant companion. He read it to others and explained its wondrous message. Just before he passed away he said, “Pah Yesu! Pah Yesu!” which means, “Jesus, my Jesus!”
Dear Paw’s testimony still lives on in the little villages in Thailand where he lived and labored. There are a number of Christians there who came to know the Lord because someone gave Paw a Gospel of Matthew and because he obeyed its message.
ML-07/22/1979