WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:03.999 --> 00:00:04.779 Go away. 00:00:04.869 --> 00:00:06.489 We don't need your religion. 00:00:06.909 --> 00:00:08.349 Red by Zoe Cochran. 00:00:12.789 --> 00:00:15.939 And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.459 John chapter eight, verse 32. 00:00:21.586 --> 00:00:26.146 One day, Rachel Lowe was canvassing an older gentleman in Western Australia. 00:00:26.329 --> 00:00:28.189 He said that he didn't have much time. 00:00:28.249 --> 00:00:31.099 So she began speaking to him about steps to Christ. 00:00:31.639 --> 00:00:34.489 Suddenly she heard a woman's voice called down the hallway. 00:00:34.699 --> 00:00:35.389 Go away. 00:00:35.419 --> 00:00:36.949 We don't need your religion. 00:00:37.417 --> 00:00:41.077 The man started to close the door on Rachel, but she quickly handed 00:00:41.077 --> 00:00:45.007 him the copy of steps to Christ and urged him to take it as a gift. 00:00:45.577 --> 00:00:47.377 Although the woman was still shouting. 00:00:47.377 --> 00:00:49.627 He accepted the book and close the door. 00:00:50.192 --> 00:00:53.732 After a couple of hours, Rachel's team leader picked her up. 00:00:53.881 --> 00:00:57.331 They were sitting in the car when an unfamiliar woman suddenly began 00:00:57.331 --> 00:01:00.901 running down the street towards them, waving something above her head. 00:01:01.291 --> 00:01:04.201 Rachel recognized it as the copy of steps to Christ. 00:01:04.231 --> 00:01:05.851 She'd been handing out to people. 00:01:06.751 --> 00:01:08.371 Oh, no, here we go. 00:01:08.371 --> 00:01:12.661 She thought wondering what the woman might want to surprise. 00:01:12.751 --> 00:01:15.301 As she rolled down the window, she noticed that the woman 00:01:15.301 --> 00:01:17.071 had a huge smile on her face. 00:01:17.581 --> 00:01:21.271 Are you the person who gave this to me, she asked slightly out of breath. 00:01:21.781 --> 00:01:23.971 I don't remember you, Rachel confessed. 00:01:24.331 --> 00:01:26.701 You gave it to my husband, the woman persisted. 00:01:27.006 --> 00:01:30.726 Rachel immediately remembered the woman who had been yelling at her to go away. 00:01:31.026 --> 00:01:32.286 Could this really be her? 00:01:33.006 --> 00:01:35.046 I thought you were from some other religion. 00:01:35.046 --> 00:01:39.726 She said, But as soon as I read what was in the book, I knew it was God's truth. 00:01:40.326 --> 00:01:43.206 Rachel was so surprised that she didn't know what to say. 00:01:43.716 --> 00:01:44.946 Do you need a donation? 00:01:44.976 --> 00:01:45.966 The woman queried. 00:01:46.446 --> 00:01:50.496 I'm happy to leave this one with you as a gift Rachel said, but the woman 00:01:50.496 --> 00:01:52.206 ran back home to get some money. 00:01:52.206 --> 00:01:56.376 Anyway, she came back with the money and put it into Rachel's hands. 00:01:56.766 --> 00:01:59.706 I saw yellow and thinking that it was a $50 note. 00:01:59.976 --> 00:02:01.926 I tried to show her all my other books. 00:02:02.106 --> 00:02:03.396 She refused to take them. 00:02:03.606 --> 00:02:06.486 She only wanted the steps to Christ said, Rachel. 00:02:06.837 --> 00:02:09.657 After saying a prayer with her, we parted ways. 00:02:09.885 --> 00:02:13.065 As Rachel looked more closely at the money, she realized that it 00:02:13.065 --> 00:02:18.255 wasn't just one $50 note, but that the woman had given her for what an 00:02:18.255 --> 00:02:20.475 exciting turn of events she commented. 00:02:20.745 --> 00:02:25.365 It was so amazing to meet a person who appreciated God's truth so much. 00:02:34.563 --> 00:02:39.003 Zoe Cochrane: This year literature ministries celebrates 175 years. 00:02:39.573 --> 00:02:44.463 This mum's devotional readings come from stories of faith edited by Vani Chu and 00:02:44.463 --> 00:02:48.393 produced by the literature ministries department of the seventh day Adventist 00:02:48.393 --> 00:02:50.373 church in the south Pacific division. 00:02:50.771 --> 00:02:54.461 Jarrod Stackelroth: To find out more about this month's heritage celebrations, 00:02:54.701 --> 00:02:57.251 visit heritage dot Adventist church. 00:02:57.641 --> 00:02:58.361 Dot com.