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Welcome to Limitless Spirit , a
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weekly podcast with host Helen
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Todd , where she interviews guests
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about pursuing spiritual growth , discovering
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life's purpose through serving others and
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developing a deeper faith in
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Christ .
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Thank you for joining this episode of
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the Limitless Spirit . I'm your host
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, helen Todd . I have a
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very special guest in the studio today
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. Her story reminds me of
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a plot of a Hollywood thriller
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. Attorney Virginia Perdon
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captured her incredible testimony
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in her book Saving my Assassin
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, and I felt this interview
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will be a tremendous blessing to you
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in a week before we celebrate the
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wonderful miracle of Christ's
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resurrection . If you're going
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through a trial that is bigger than you
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, or perhaps you're questioning whether
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you're worthy of the call that God has
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on your life , this interview contains
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wonderful glimpses of
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this great and loving God
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working on behalf of those who
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put their trust in Him . Virginia
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, welcome to the Limitless Spirit podcast
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. How are you today ?
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I am doing fine . Thank you so very much
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, Helen , for having me on your podcast
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.
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Well , this is interesting how this interview
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came about . So a couple of months
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ago , a good friend of mine who
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lives in the state of Georgia sent
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me your book as a gift and
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with a note Helen , you just absolutely
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must read this book and
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I think he , knowing
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that I grew
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up in the Soviet Union myself
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and I can somewhat relate to
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the situation where you grew
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up , he thought it would be very interesting
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for me . And he was absolutely right . And
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I was so fascinated and
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then I thought my goodness
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, I have to have this brave
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woman on my podcast
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. So thank you for agreeing
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to do this interview . I know you're very
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busy , but I think our
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listeners will definitely benefit
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from hearing from you .
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So thank you so very much . I appreciate
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the fact that you read my book . You're referring
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to my memoir Saving my
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Assassin . It was published by
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Tyndale House Publisher and
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I hope that your audience
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will go and buy
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the book and read . You can find the book
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at virginiaprodanbookscom
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slash product , slash book . And
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, like Helen said , I know
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this book is going
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to change your life because
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it will encourage you to
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trust God even more in your
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life .
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I have no doubt , because it
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almost sounds like it
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belongs in Hollywood
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. I'm sure maybe someday someone
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will make a movie out of this , but
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you know , for people
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our interview is not a video
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interview . For people who
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don't encounter you
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personally in life , they
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need to know , in light of the story
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, that you're just five feet tall , you're
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a petite lady and
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yet , you know
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, your story makes me think of David short
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stature , and yet God used
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him to first
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confront Goliath as the
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launch of his career as a king
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, and so I
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feel like you're the female version
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of David , as
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we find out later in the
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conversation .
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You're right about this , because one
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of the things and how I encourage people
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is you
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write about this , because one of the things and how I encourage people is it's
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easier for them to be encouraged when they see me on the five feet tall , because I explain
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to them that God can use each one of us . Yes , it's a story of David and Goliath
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, but for every Goliath in our lives , in our circumstances
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, god created David and
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I was a David in
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my life , in the life of
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you know , people in Romania
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and here in the United States confronting
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Goliath like
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a dictator , or here
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in America , you
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know , confronting Goliath
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we have to confront every single
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day and that's the story
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. Yes , you will find out that
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in your situation and
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reading this book Saving
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Masses , and you realize that it's nothing
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about me . If you meet me
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, yes , indeed , you will see that I am
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under five feet tall , but everything
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is about the
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huge God that is
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in me and can be in you too
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and can use you for his glory
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.
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This is so true . So let's
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give our listeners a little snapshot
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of what was life
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like in Romania under
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Ceausescu's regime .
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Well , dictator Ceausescu was
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cruel , a very manipulative
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dictator who lied
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to everyone , especially
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to the Western civilization . I
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was the one that God used
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me for his glory
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to expose the dictator . But
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the story starts a long time
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ago , when I was maybe
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six years old and I
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heard my parents being
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politically correct outside and
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it said that now I don't
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have to tell Americans what being
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politically correct means . They
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all know . And they
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were politically correct in giving
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up the rights that the government
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asked them to give up . But
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I also noticed that inside
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of home they were whispering
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how horrible the government was and
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how the government will take more
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rights tomorrow from them . And
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as a young kid I was terrified
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. I realized that the government
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can do everything that
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they want , anything that they want with
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me . My parents are
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too fearful to protect me . I said
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I don't belong to anyone
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. But in the same time that
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was the insecurity that
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I developed . But in the same time
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, on the other hand , I noticed that
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a fire started to burn in me
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to find out why the
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adults are fearful and
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how to speak up
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for the truth and stand up for
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the truth . There was something at
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that time , maybe as a little kid
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, I thought that was my desire
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, but later on I found out there
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was a God desire that was
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in my heart , and God
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puts those desires in each
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one of us . If you
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stop and look around and you
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say to yourself , oh , this is
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not right , this is not supposed to
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be that way . Well , pay attention
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. That might be your job , that might
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be something that God put on your heart .
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So it's interesting , then , that you
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chose the career in
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law in your search for
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truth . In your search for truth , were you naive
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? Did you think that you really
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would be able to find truth
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practicing law in a dictatorship
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?
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Yes , because I had lawyers in my family and we had similar union and I noticed that they
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knew the truth , because people ask questions and they have the answer
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, but they were not courageous to speak
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up outside of the home , just
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whispering . So that's
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what I thought and I
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want your audience
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to read the book Saving
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my Assassin , my memoir , because
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it will tell them not
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only my journey but also
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it will tell them under socialists
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, that you do not
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choose your profession
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. At that time I did not know . I
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did not know that the government , in order
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for me to be allowed to go to
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law school , will look in
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my file that they have
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for me and will decide
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if I will be allowed or not
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. And I will share with you just three
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questions they were looking for . They were
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looking to see if my parents organized
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a revolt against the government
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, if my parents were reported
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by their own children that
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my parents did or
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said something bad about the
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government in the house , or
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if my parents were Christians . So
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because I was
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clear those questions
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, they allowed me to go to
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law school and they were very happy that
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I was not a Christian , because Christians
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were not allowed to be lawyers in
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socialist and not only
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in Romania but everywhere . So
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for that reason , but it was God's
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way for me to allow me
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to go to law school to learn
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law and , you know , to
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protect Christians and human rights cases
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.
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So what was your view
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of God as you were growing
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up ?
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Well , I didn't know anything about God
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. I didn't know anything about
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Jesus Christ or anything . In fact
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, after I graduated from
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law school and when you graduate
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from law school in a socialist
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country , you don't decide where you
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go and work , the government decides
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don't decide where you go and work , the government decides . So
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I will let your readers to read about
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that because I believe it's important . But
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after I graduated from law school , I started
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to practice law where the government sent me and for maybe a year
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and a half or two years , I was very hopeful , going to
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every day to the courthouse
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, thinking that I will find
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the truth and I will speak up
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for the truth . And one day I was so
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discouraged I came
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to my law office ready to give
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up , but God had other plans
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, as I was sharing with
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my assistant that I can find the
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truth and I think I will give
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up . I don't want to be a lawyer
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anymore . She gave me two files
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and told me that a
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client is in my office and
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wants to talk with me , and
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I went inside of my office
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and the client was there . Indeed , I
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have been working with him for more than
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a year and every
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time I talk with him or he visited
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me . I thought that this
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man was crazy because in a
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land of hopelessness
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, he had hope , he had joy
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, he had confidence . But I never
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had time to talk
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with him about this . I was thinking that
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I need to fix him . But that day
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, as I was ready to give up
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and I was facing
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him full of joy , full of confidence
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and peace , I remember saying
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I wish I had in my life what you had
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in my life , what you had in your
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life . And he invited me to his
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church my
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life , what you had in your life . And he invited me to his church . And I went to his church and there
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I heard the pastor opening the Bible and saying Jesus
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Christ said I am the truth , the way
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and the life . Nobody comes to the Father
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except to me . And finally I
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realized that I was looking for
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truth in the law books
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, that the truth is Jesus Christ
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and that they accepted Christ
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as my Lord and Savior . And I understood
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that Christ put on my
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heart the desire to find him
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and the desire to go to
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law school and defend Christians , because
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shortly after that lots of people
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came and asked me to defend
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them . Christians and human
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rights cases .
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So from my understanding , you
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know that at that point your
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double life started , because
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you can't be loyal
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to a communist regime
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, or in particular a dictatorship
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, and loyal to God at the same
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time . So you are naturally
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, by accepting Christ into your life , under
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those circumstances you are drawn into
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living a double life , and that has
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to be Very difficult
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internally , but in
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your case it also deeply
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impacted even your safety
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, because you can't keep secrets in dictatorship
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. I'm sure they found out eventually
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that you gave .
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I was followed by the secret police , the government
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security guards . I
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was arrested , tortured and
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placed under house arrest , and
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for me it wasn't living
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a double life . When you accept
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Christ , you accept him as your Lord
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and Savior , you are fully
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devoted to him . He gives you
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everything that you need . The Holy Spirit is
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in you . That's the way it . Devoted to him , he gives you everything that you need . The Holy Spirit is in you . That's the
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way it was to me . And I
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realized that the government
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wanted me to worship
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the government . In fact , the dictator
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declared himself a
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god and asked everyone
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to worship him and
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ask everyone to worship him . And I realized that
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you cannot serve God and
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worship dictator in the same time
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. But God gave me
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the power to worship him
13:47
, to honor him and to help
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his children . Yes , there
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is a price to
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pay when you stand
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up against a dictator and
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his army , but God
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is giving you the power
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and the wisdom and the
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Holy Spirit that will walk with you . You
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can read in my book Saving my
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Assassin . God put on
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my side angels . What
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I call angels is people
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from outside of Romania . I
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know to me at that time Voice of America , free Europe , magazines and television programs will speak
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about what I was doing . That was God's way to
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protect me . Congressmen
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like Christopher Smith and
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Frank Wolf will come to Romania and
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talk with me about my cases . Secretary
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of State of the United States will come
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and talk with me about my cases
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and then go to dictator
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and talk with him . That was God's way
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of protecting me and
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also to expose , because
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by doing that , united
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States Department of State's human
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rights violation publicized
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my cases . United Nations
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reports on human rights violation
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publicized my cases . Again
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, I have done anything . There
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was God's way to protect me . But
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that's how God works and how
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God worked in my life
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. Yes , I was able to see when
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I was in Romania . You know
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guards and secret
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police following me , threats
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from the government and so forth
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I was not aware of
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. You know things outside
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of the Berlin Wall , but
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that's the way God works and
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she protected me . And she protected
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me for a reason that now I
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can speak up and speak . All
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over the United States People
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invite me to speak at their groups and
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their events and
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encourage people to stand up , because
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the evil one has maybe
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power for a limited
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time , as the dictator
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had a power for a limited time
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, but my life and dictator's
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life was in God's hands and
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dictator is dead for 35
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years and I'm alive for
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35 years sharing
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all over the world the power of God and how people need to stand
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up for Christ , even under
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persecution .
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Well , and then your story took an unexpected
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turn , where the
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enemy really meant to take you out
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by sending an assassin
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into your office . And of course your
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book is about
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the greatest twist
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in that story . Of what
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the enemy meant for evil
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, god meant for good
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, and I think that
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this and of course you
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know this is an encouragement
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for all of us . When
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we face these circumstances
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that are beyond our
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control , god has a
17:07
plan and he doesn't allow us to
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suffer anything more
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than we can handle , not
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on our own strength , but through Him
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and with Him .
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That is so true . It's an
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encouragement for everyone because
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, first of all , the dictator
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believed that he created the perfect
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plan , but God is
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the one who was in
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charge of his
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life and my life . And
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also , god created
17:39
a plan and expressed
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in an absolutely amazing
17:44
way his love , not
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only to me but to my assassin
17:48
. I would be a fool to tell
17:50
people that when my assassin
17:53
came to my office , I
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was ready and prepared . No , everything
17:57
was done according to God's
17:59
will and step by step . Like
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I said , the dictator sent
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a new client to my office
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and because they had microphones
18:09
all over my office
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and in my home , they knew about
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my whereabouts . So he came
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really late , almost
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at the end of the day , and my
18:20
assistant just had time
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to my face and started to scream saying I
18:39
am not your client
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, I'm here to kill you . We
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did everything that was possible to
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stop you , but you don't want to
18:48
stop . So I
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am here to kill you and because
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I will kill you , I will be number
18:54
one in dictators
18:57
. In President Ray , you
18:59
can imagine that I was . He
19:01
was six , 10 feet tall , with a gun
19:03
in my face . I was , and I
19:05
still am , under five feet tall , 82
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pounds . There was no way to escape
19:10
him . So I was
19:12
shaking all over
19:14
my body . I assumed my
19:17
face was red . I heard
19:19
my heart in my ear . I
19:21
thought that I would die and
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it was lots of noise
19:26
inside of me and noise outside
19:28
from him screaming
19:30
. But all this noise inside
19:32
and outside of me , I heard the
19:34
Lord's voice saying share the
19:36
gospel . And I shared
19:38
the gospel with him . And
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as I shared the gospel with
19:42
him , he put the gun down
19:44
on the table . His shoulders
19:48
relaxed , he nodded several
19:50
times and at the end he accepted
19:52
Christ . He left
19:54
my office as a
19:56
brother in Christ , even though
19:58
he said it's my job to
20:00
come to your church
20:03
as a spy , but you know that
20:05
I am your brother in Christ . I
20:07
can't tell you how long I remained
20:09
in that chair until I
20:12
finally started to pinch myself
20:14
and say I'm alive , I'm
20:16
not dead . But the
20:19
story doesn't end there . You
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know , shortly after I don't
20:23
know six months or more after
20:26
this event , president
20:28
Reagan found out
20:30
from American embassy , who
20:32
was visiting
20:34
me and talking with me about the
20:37
entire situation , found out about
20:40
my assassin , and President
20:43
Reagan was ready to take
20:45
the most favored national statues from
20:47
Romania and from the dictator
20:50
, who used the benefits
20:52
of the most favored national
20:54
statues to build for
20:56
himself a palace and
20:59
put us under
21:01
starvation because he
21:03
was afraid , president Reagan . He was afraid
21:05
that the dictator will create another
21:07
plane and will kill me . President
21:10
Ronald Reagan , he got the phone
21:13
and called the dictator and said
21:15
I will give you the most favored
21:17
national status for
21:19
one more year with one condition
21:21
that you let Virginia and her
21:23
family to come to the United States
21:25
today . The dictator said
21:28
. President Reagan was afraid that I'm
21:30
going to die soon . The
21:32
dictator said deal , but
21:34
I will let her leave Romania
21:37
in one month . You
21:40
will find out from the book that the dictator
21:42
created another plan to kill
21:44
me , but God did not allow
21:46
him . So I came to United
21:49
States of America . I knew five
21:51
languages , but not one word in
21:53
English . The
21:55
dictator confiscated everything
21:58
. So I came empty-handed . Everything . So I came
22:00
empty-handed . I didn't have friends , money , nothing
22:02
absolutely . And
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I had with me two girls and I was pregnant
22:14
with my son . We came together with my husband who later
22:17
, and shortly after we came to America
22:19
in freedom , he abandoned us and
22:21
I found myself in a foreign country
22:24
, no money , no friends , no nothing
22:26
to take care of three kids
22:29
but with God's help I
22:31
managed and
22:34
I learned English , not fast as
22:36
my kids . I went
22:38
back to law school , this time
22:40
at SNU Law School in Dallas
22:42
, texas . I opened my law
22:44
firm . I wrote
22:46
my book Saving my Assassin and I speak
22:49
all over the world . Like
22:51
I said , you can find the book at virginiaprodonbookscom
22:55
. Slash product slash book . I
22:57
go and speak in many places . I raised
23:00
three kids . My first daughter graduated
23:02
from SNU , like me
23:05
. My second daughter from Harvard Law
23:07
School and my son from United
23:09
States Air Force Academy . Because
23:11
this is the best country in the
23:13
world . With God's help , you
23:15
can rebuild your life . And
23:18
it's time for all of us to stand
23:20
up for against the
23:22
spread of socialists in
23:24
America , because this country
23:27
is the best country in the world
23:29
. Socialists is not for
23:32
America . Socialists will destroy
23:34
America and will in the hands
23:37
of government or
23:39
a dictator , because
23:47
a socialist leader
23:49
becomes a dictator with
23:52
full power , full possibility
23:54
to control our lives . But it's
23:57
time for us to stand
23:59
up for what is right in
24:01
America . For us to stand
24:04
up for what is right
24:06
in America and as I was able to do
24:08
and God used me to change
24:10
Romania from a communist
24:13
, socialist country into a democratic
24:15
country . God can use each
24:17
one of us to keep America
24:20
free and to keep America as
24:22
a capitalist country and not a socialist
24:24
country .
24:25
Amen to that , Virginia , I
24:27
have to ask do you know what happened
24:30
to your assassin ?
24:32
My assassin 20 years
24:34
or 10 years , something like this
24:36
in between 10, . The book
24:38
explains that I was in
24:40
my office in Dallas , texas , and
24:43
I was coming in
24:45
my office and my assistant
24:47
told me there is a client
24:50
in your office and it's
24:52
a new client . So I went in my
24:54
office and I listened to my
24:57
client and he explained his
24:59
case and I was thinking this is a good case
25:01
, I can take it . And when
25:03
he finished explaining
25:06
his case he looked at me
25:08
straight and said Virginia , don't you
25:10
recognize me ? And I was thinking
25:12
who is this man ? And I said no
25:14
, and he showed me his Securitate
25:18
ID and I realized
25:20
I was in front of my assassin
25:23
and I assume because
25:25
I was reliving for
25:27
a few minutes that moment in Romania
25:29
. I mean , my face was red , I was shaking
25:32
. He immediately he started
25:34
to talk about what God is doing
25:36
in his life and I'll share one
25:38
secret he is a pastor now . I'll share one secret he is
25:40
a pastor now and
25:42
I share with him what God
25:44
is doing in my life . And
25:54
I say that I'm writing my memoir . And he
25:56
asked me to let him write a chapter in my book
25:58
and today you can read not only my story and my walk with God
26:00
, but also you can read his
26:02
chapter and it's a wonderful
26:04
opportunity to share with
26:07
others , because in his chapter
26:09
he explains how the
26:11
socialists captured him
26:14
with free , free , free stuff
26:16
and as a young person
26:18
he believed , and how
26:20
the socialist government made
26:22
him a monster
26:24
who would go in people's
26:27
houses and place , prepared
26:30
, you know , incriminating documents
26:33
or would go and kill people
26:35
, as the government ordered him , in
26:37
order to keep his job or
26:39
go to a higher rank
26:41
and so forth . But he also
26:43
explained how God redeemed him
26:46
and how God
26:48
changed his life . So
26:50
it's a wonderful opportunity
26:53
for each one of us and I
26:55
hope for your audience to
26:57
understand that we all
26:59
have a job and a purpose in
27:01
this life . Understand that we all have a job and a purpose
27:03
in this life , and even the people that are not liking
27:06
us or mocking us so far
27:08
in America , that is not
27:10
yet persecution . It's just a mocking
27:12
, it's just trying to isolate
27:15
us . But if we don't resist
27:17
that , if we don't stand up for truth
27:19
, persecution will come . That
27:22
if we don't stand up for truth , persecution will come . But God can
27:24
use us , even in the life of
27:26
these people that don't agree
27:28
with us , to show them
27:30
the love of the Lord Christ , and I'm not
27:32
asking anyone to put themselves
27:34
in a hurtful way . The Holy
27:36
Spirit can show you
27:38
, each one of us , what God
27:41
wants you to do in different situations
27:43
. I want to say God created
27:58
us for a job that
28:00
is higher than we can imagine . Maybe
28:02
time for us to stop
28:04
lowering our
28:06
level and start arguing
28:08
with people . Let Christ's
28:11
powers win them , win
28:13
their soul .
28:15
You know , a lot of my listeners
28:17
are people who love
28:19
the Great Commission . Our organization
28:21
, world Missions Alliance , is all about taking the Great Commission . Our organization , world Missions Alliance , is all
28:23
about taking the Great Commission to
28:25
the nations , and I think that your
28:28
story is an inspiration to those
28:30
of us who love to share the gospel , that
28:32
it doesn't stop with just
28:34
people who like us
28:36
or people who are likable
28:38
, you know , but the Word
28:41
of God is so powerful that it
28:43
has the ability even
28:45
to stop the person who is there
28:47
to kill you , and
28:50
so that is an incredible
28:52
and inspiring message . Our
28:54
slogan is
28:56
change lives , change lives
28:59
, and it's incredible to hear
29:01
that your assassin , whose life was changed
29:03
at a very crucial moment in his life
29:06
, is now a pastor and is changing
29:08
lives of others . This is what the
29:10
Great Commission is all about . Well
29:12
, thank you so much for this interview .
29:15
I want to add just one thing . I
29:18
want your audience to remember
29:20
that my story is
29:22
God's stories in my life . He
29:25
is the hero of my life
29:27
. I am not the hero . He wrote
29:29
his story in my life
29:32
long before I
29:34
scribe it into my memoir . And
29:37
God wants to write his story
29:39
in your audience life
29:41
, if they will allow him
29:43
to do it .
29:45
This is beautiful . I am
29:47
going to post the links to
29:49
your book because I'm
29:51
sure that after listening
29:53
to this interview , many of them will
29:56
want to purchase this book and read
29:58
it . I'm also encouraging
30:00
our listeners to follow you on
30:02
social media . Virginia is on
30:04
Facebook , instagram , former
30:08
Twitter . She has her own podcast
30:11
, courageous Leadership , with
30:13
Virginia Perdon , and
30:16
it's available on all the platforms
30:19
podcast platforms and I will post a
30:21
link to that also in our show notes
30:23
. But thank you , virginia , not
30:25
only for recording your story
30:28
, but also for encouraging
30:30
us to value the freedoms
30:32
that we have in this country , and
30:35
not only to value them , but be
30:37
very active in protecting
30:39
and defending them . Because
30:42
I agree with you , having lived
30:44
in a communist , socialist country myself
30:46
and my youth America is the best
30:49
country in the world and it
30:51
still is the country that is
30:53
sending the most missionaries into
30:55
the nations to proclaim the gospel
30:57
, and we must cherish that and we
30:59
must protect that , and I
31:02
think that your story is definitely
31:04
a great inspiration for that . Thank
31:07
you .
31:08
Well , Helen , thank you so very much for
31:10
having me on your podcast and thank
31:12
you so very much for your own
31:15
podcast , for this podcast , for the
31:17
platform and for the work that
31:19
you are doing for God's kingdom
31:21
and for the work that you are doing
31:23
for God's kingdom , Because
31:29
each one of us , we are just a puzzle in a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ to the world . So
31:31
thank you for giving me this opportunity to share
31:33
my story and encourage your
31:35
audience . I value very much
31:38
your work .
31:40
Only through the power of the Holy Spirit
31:43
a five-foot woman could
31:45
stand against the giant who tried
31:47
to kill her , and only
31:50
through the power of the Word of God was
31:52
she able to turn his heart from that
31:55
of a murderer into a follower
31:57
of Christ . Please
31:59
check the show notes to find the link
32:01
to Virginia Proudhon's extraordinary
32:03
book Saving my Assassin , and
32:06
follow her on social media
32:08
accounts just to keep in
32:10
touch with this extraordinary woman . What
32:13
an incredible privilege it is
32:15
to be called by Christ into
32:17
a divine partnership , to
32:19
go into all the world and
32:21
make disciples , to proclaim
32:23
the good news to the brokenhearted
32:25
, to capture the hearts of the lost
32:28
. We don't have to be qualified
32:31
. He qualifies those
32:33
he calls . This
32:35
podcast is produced by World Missions
32:37
Alliance , and our passion is
32:39
to help you fulfill this
32:41
call to divine partnership . If
32:44
your life has been changed by Christ
32:46
, visit our website , rfwmaorg
32:51
, to find out how you can
32:54
help others change theirs . Until
32:57
next time , I'm Helen
32:59
Todd , and happy Resurrection
33:01
Sunday to you time
33:24
, I'm Helen Todd , and happy Resurrection Sunday to you .
33:25
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33:27
Alliance gives you an opportunity to do this through short-term missions in over
33:29
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33:32
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33:34
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33:36
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33:38
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