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Facing a Giant: Triumph of Faith over Evil

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Wednesday, 27th March 2024
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0:00

Welcome to Limitless Spirit , a

0:03

weekly podcast with host Helen

0:05

Todd , where she interviews guests

0:07

about pursuing spiritual growth , discovering

0:09

life's purpose through serving others and

0:12

developing a deeper faith in

0:14

Christ .

0:15

Thank you for joining this episode of

0:17

the Limitless Spirit . I'm your host

0:19

, helen Todd . I have a

0:21

very special guest in the studio today

0:24

. Her story reminds me of

0:26

a plot of a Hollywood thriller

0:28

. Attorney Virginia Perdon

0:30

captured her incredible testimony

0:33

in her book Saving my Assassin

0:35

, and I felt this interview

0:37

will be a tremendous blessing to you

0:39

in a week before we celebrate the

0:41

wonderful miracle of Christ's

0:43

resurrection . If you're going

0:45

through a trial that is bigger than you

0:48

, or perhaps you're questioning whether

0:50

you're worthy of the call that God has

0:52

on your life , this interview contains

0:55

wonderful glimpses of

0:57

this great and loving God

0:59

working on behalf of those who

1:01

put their trust in Him . Virginia

1:05

, welcome to the Limitless Spirit podcast

1:07

. How are you today ?

1:09

I am doing fine . Thank you so very much

1:11

, Helen , for having me on your podcast

1:14

.

1:14

Well , this is interesting how this interview

1:17

came about . So a couple of months

1:19

ago , a good friend of mine who

1:21

lives in the state of Georgia sent

1:24

me your book as a gift and

1:26

with a note Helen , you just absolutely

1:29

must read this book and

1:31

I think he , knowing

1:34

that I grew

1:36

up in the Soviet Union myself

1:38

and I can somewhat relate to

1:40

the situation where you grew

1:43

up , he thought it would be very interesting

1:45

for me . And he was absolutely right . And

1:47

I was so fascinated and

1:49

then I thought my goodness

1:51

, I have to have this brave

1:53

woman on my podcast

1:56

. So thank you for agreeing

1:58

to do this interview . I know you're very

2:00

busy , but I think our

2:02

listeners will definitely benefit

2:05

from hearing from you .

2:08

So thank you so very much . I appreciate

2:10

the fact that you read my book . You're referring

2:12

to my memoir Saving my

2:15

Assassin . It was published by

2:17

Tyndale House Publisher and

2:19

I hope that your audience

2:22

will go and buy

2:24

the book and read . You can find the book

2:26

at virginiaprodanbookscom

2:29

slash product , slash book . And

2:32

, like Helen said , I know

2:34

this book is going

2:36

to change your life because

2:39

it will encourage you to

2:41

trust God even more in your

2:43

life .

2:44

I have no doubt , because it

2:46

almost sounds like it

2:48

belongs in Hollywood

2:50

. I'm sure maybe someday someone

2:53

will make a movie out of this , but

2:55

you know , for people

2:57

our interview is not a video

2:59

interview . For people who

3:01

don't encounter you

3:03

personally in life , they

3:05

need to know , in light of the story

3:08

, that you're just five feet tall , you're

3:11

a petite lady and

3:13

yet , you know

3:16

, your story makes me think of David short

3:20

stature , and yet God used

3:22

him to first

3:24

confront Goliath as the

3:26

launch of his career as a king

3:29

, and so I

3:31

feel like you're the female version

3:33

of David , as

3:36

we find out later in the

3:38

conversation .

3:39

You're right about this , because one

3:42

of the things and how I encourage people

3:44

is you

3:55

write about this , because one of the things and how I encourage people is it's

3:57

easier for them to be encouraged when they see me on the five feet tall , because I explain

3:59

to them that God can use each one of us . Yes , it's a story of David and Goliath

4:01

, but for every Goliath in our lives , in our circumstances

4:03

, god created David and

4:05

I was a David in

4:07

my life , in the life of

4:11

you know , people in Romania

4:13

and here in the United States confronting

4:15

Goliath like

4:18

a dictator , or here

4:20

in America , you

4:23

know , confronting Goliath

4:25

we have to confront every single

4:28

day and that's the story

4:30

. Yes , you will find out that

4:32

in your situation and

4:34

reading this book Saving

4:36

Masses , and you realize that it's nothing

4:39

about me . If you meet me

4:41

, yes , indeed , you will see that I am

4:43

under five feet tall , but everything

4:45

is about the

4:48

huge God that is

4:50

in me and can be in you too

4:52

and can use you for his glory

4:54

.

4:56

This is so true . So let's

4:58

give our listeners a little snapshot

5:01

of what was life

5:03

like in Romania under

5:06

Ceausescu's regime .

5:09

Well , dictator Ceausescu was

5:11

cruel , a very manipulative

5:14

dictator who lied

5:16

to everyone , especially

5:18

to the Western civilization . I

5:21

was the one that God used

5:23

me for his glory

5:25

to expose the dictator . But

5:28

the story starts a long time

5:30

ago , when I was maybe

5:32

six years old and I

5:34

heard my parents being

5:36

politically correct outside and

5:39

it said that now I don't

5:41

have to tell Americans what being

5:44

politically correct means . They

5:46

all know . And they

5:48

were politically correct in giving

5:51

up the rights that the government

5:53

asked them to give up . But

5:55

I also noticed that inside

5:57

of home they were whispering

6:00

how horrible the government was and

6:02

how the government will take more

6:05

rights tomorrow from them . And

6:07

as a young kid I was terrified

6:09

. I realized that the government

6:11

can do everything that

6:14

they want , anything that they want with

6:16

me . My parents are

6:18

too fearful to protect me . I said

6:20

I don't belong to anyone

6:23

. But in the same time that

6:25

was the insecurity that

6:27

I developed . But in the same time

6:30

, on the other hand , I noticed that

6:32

a fire started to burn in me

6:34

to find out why the

6:36

adults are fearful and

6:39

how to speak up

6:41

for the truth and stand up for

6:43

the truth . There was something at

6:45

that time , maybe as a little kid

6:47

, I thought that was my desire

6:50

, but later on I found out there

6:52

was a God desire that was

6:54

in my heart , and God

6:56

puts those desires in each

6:58

one of us . If you

7:00

stop and look around and you

7:03

say to yourself , oh , this is

7:05

not right , this is not supposed to

7:07

be that way . Well , pay attention

7:09

. That might be your job , that might

7:11

be something that God put on your heart .

7:14

So it's interesting , then , that you

7:17

chose the career in

7:19

law in your search for

7:21

truth . In your search for truth , were you naive

7:23

? Did you think that you really

7:25

would be able to find truth

7:28

practicing law in a dictatorship

7:30

?

7:38

Yes , because I had lawyers in my family and we had similar union and I noticed that they

7:40

knew the truth , because people ask questions and they have the answer

7:42

, but they were not courageous to speak

7:44

up outside of the home , just

7:46

whispering . So that's

7:49

what I thought and I

7:51

want your audience

7:53

to read the book Saving

7:56

my Assassin , my memoir , because

7:59

it will tell them not

8:01

only my journey but also

8:03

it will tell them under socialists

8:06

, that you do not

8:08

choose your profession

8:10

. At that time I did not know . I

8:13

did not know that the government , in order

8:15

for me to be allowed to go to

8:17

law school , will look in

8:19

my file that they have

8:21

for me and will decide

8:24

if I will be allowed or not

8:26

. And I will share with you just three

8:28

questions they were looking for . They were

8:30

looking to see if my parents organized

8:33

a revolt against the government

8:35

, if my parents were reported

8:38

by their own children that

8:40

my parents did or

8:42

said something bad about the

8:45

government in the house , or

8:47

if my parents were Christians . So

8:50

because I was

8:52

clear those questions

8:54

, they allowed me to go to

8:56

law school and they were very happy that

8:59

I was not a Christian , because Christians

9:01

were not allowed to be lawyers in

9:04

socialist and not only

9:06

in Romania but everywhere . So

9:09

for that reason , but it was God's

9:11

way for me to allow me

9:13

to go to law school to learn

9:15

law and , you know , to

9:17

protect Christians and human rights cases

9:20

.

9:21

So what was your view

9:23

of God as you were growing

9:25

up ?

9:26

Well , I didn't know anything about God

9:28

. I didn't know anything about

9:30

Jesus Christ or anything . In fact

9:32

, after I graduated from

9:34

law school and when you graduate

9:36

from law school in a socialist

9:39

country , you don't decide where you

9:41

go and work , the government decides

9:44

don't decide where you go and work , the government decides . So

9:46

I will let your readers to read about

9:48

that because I believe it's important . But

9:56

after I graduated from law school , I started

9:58

to practice law where the government sent me and for maybe a year

10:00

and a half or two years , I was very hopeful , going to

10:03

every day to the courthouse

10:05

, thinking that I will find

10:08

the truth and I will speak up

10:10

for the truth . And one day I was so

10:13

discouraged I came

10:15

to my law office ready to give

10:17

up , but God had other plans

10:20

, as I was sharing with

10:22

my assistant that I can find the

10:24

truth and I think I will give

10:26

up . I don't want to be a lawyer

10:28

anymore . She gave me two files

10:31

and told me that a

10:33

client is in my office and

10:35

wants to talk with me , and

10:37

I went inside of my office

10:40

and the client was there . Indeed , I

10:42

have been working with him for more than

10:44

a year and every

10:46

time I talk with him or he visited

10:49

me . I thought that this

10:51

man was crazy because in a

10:53

land of hopelessness

10:56

, he had hope , he had joy

10:58

, he had confidence . But I never

11:00

had time to talk

11:03

with him about this . I was thinking that

11:05

I need to fix him . But that day

11:07

, as I was ready to give up

11:09

and I was facing

11:13

him full of joy , full of confidence

11:15

and peace , I remember saying

11:17

I wish I had in my life what you had

11:19

in my life , what you had in your

11:21

life . And he invited me to his

11:24

church my

11:27

life , what you had in your life . And he invited me to his church . And I went to his church and there

11:29

I heard the pastor opening the Bible and saying Jesus

11:31

Christ said I am the truth , the way

11:34

and the life . Nobody comes to the Father

11:36

except to me . And finally I

11:38

realized that I was looking for

11:40

truth in the law books

11:42

, that the truth is Jesus Christ

11:44

and that they accepted Christ

11:47

as my Lord and Savior . And I understood

11:49

that Christ put on my

11:51

heart the desire to find him

11:53

and the desire to go to

11:55

law school and defend Christians , because

11:58

shortly after that lots of people

12:00

came and asked me to defend

12:02

them . Christians and human

12:04

rights cases .

12:06

So from my understanding , you

12:08

know that at that point your

12:10

double life started , because

12:12

you can't be loyal

12:15

to a communist regime

12:17

, or in particular a dictatorship

12:20

, and loyal to God at the same

12:22

time . So you are naturally

12:24

, by accepting Christ into your life , under

12:26

those circumstances you are drawn into

12:29

living a double life , and that has

12:31

to be Very difficult

12:33

internally , but in

12:36

your case it also deeply

12:38

impacted even your safety

12:41

, because you can't keep secrets in dictatorship

12:43

. I'm sure they found out eventually

12:46

that you gave .

12:47

I was followed by the secret police , the government

12:50

security guards . I

13:00

was arrested , tortured and

13:02

placed under house arrest , and

13:05

for me it wasn't living

13:07

a double life . When you accept

13:09

Christ , you accept him as your Lord

13:11

and Savior , you are fully

13:13

devoted to him . He gives you

13:16

everything that you need . The Holy Spirit is

13:18

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

13:20

way it was to me . And I

13:22

realized that the government

13:24

wanted me to worship

13:27

the government . In fact , the dictator

13:30

declared himself a

13:32

god and asked everyone

13:34

to worship him and

13:36

ask everyone to worship him . And I realized that

13:39

you cannot serve God and

13:41

worship dictator in the same time

13:43

. But God gave me

13:45

the power to worship him

13:47

, to honor him and to help

13:50

his children . Yes , there

13:52

is a price to

13:54

pay when you stand

13:56

up against a dictator and

13:58

his army , but God

14:01

is giving you the power

14:03

and the wisdom and the

14:06

Holy Spirit that will walk with you . You

14:08

can read in my book Saving my

14:10

Assassin . God put on

14:12

my side angels . What

14:14

I call angels is people

14:17

from outside of Romania . I

14:28

know to me at that time Voice of America , free Europe , magazines and television programs will speak

14:30

about what I was doing . That was God's way to

14:32

protect me . Congressmen

14:35

like Christopher Smith and

14:37

Frank Wolf will come to Romania and

14:39

talk with me about my cases . Secretary

14:42

of State of the United States will come

14:44

and talk with me about my cases

14:46

and then go to dictator

14:48

and talk with him . That was God's way

14:50

of protecting me and

14:53

also to expose , because

14:55

by doing that , united

14:57

States Department of State's human

15:00

rights violation publicized

15:02

my cases . United Nations

15:05

reports on human rights violation

15:07

publicized my cases . Again

15:11

, I have done anything . There

15:13

was God's way to protect me . But

15:15

that's how God works and how

15:17

God worked in my life

15:19

. Yes , I was able to see when

15:22

I was in Romania . You know

15:24

guards and secret

15:26

police following me , threats

15:29

from the government and so forth

15:31

I was not aware of

15:33

. You know things outside

15:36

of the Berlin Wall , but

15:38

that's the way God works and

15:41

she protected me . And she protected

15:43

me for a reason that now I

15:45

can speak up and speak . All

15:48

over the United States People

15:50

invite me to speak at their groups and

15:52

their events and

15:54

encourage people to stand up , because

15:57

the evil one has maybe

16:00

power for a limited

16:02

time , as the dictator

16:04

had a power for a limited time

16:06

, but my life and dictator's

16:09

life was in God's hands and

16:11

dictator is dead for 35

16:13

years and I'm alive for

16:16

35 years sharing

16:22

all over the world the power of God and how people need to stand

16:24

up for Christ , even under

16:26

persecution .

16:28

Well , and then your story took an unexpected

16:31

turn , where the

16:33

enemy really meant to take you out

16:35

by sending an assassin

16:38

into your office . And of course your

16:41

book is about

16:43

the greatest twist

16:45

in that story . Of what

16:47

the enemy meant for evil

16:50

, god meant for good

16:52

, and I think that

16:54

this and of course you

16:56

know this is an encouragement

16:59

for all of us . When

17:01

we face these circumstances

17:03

that are beyond our

17:05

control , god has a

17:07

plan and he doesn't allow us to

17:09

suffer anything more

17:12

than we can handle , not

17:14

on our own strength , but through Him

17:16

and with Him .

17:18

That is so true . It's an

17:20

encouragement for everyone because

17:23

, first of all , the dictator

17:25

believed that he created the perfect

17:27

plan , but God is

17:30

the one who was in

17:32

charge of his

17:34

life and my life . And

17:36

also , god created

17:39

a plan and expressed

17:41

in an absolutely amazing

17:44

way his love , not

17:46

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

17:55

was ready and prepared . No , everything

17:57

was done according to God's

17:59

will and step by step . Like

18:02

I said , the dictator sent

18:05

a new client to my office

18:07

and because they had microphones

18:09

all over my office

18:11

and in my home , they knew about

18:14

my whereabouts . So he came

18:16

really late , almost

18:18

at the end of the day , and my

18:20

assistant just had time

18:22

to my face and started to scream saying I

18:39

am not your client

18:41

, I'm here to kill you . We

18:43

did everything that was possible to

18:46

stop you , but you don't want to

18:48

stop . So I

18:50

am here to kill you and because

18:52

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

19:07

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

19:24

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

19:40

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

20:21

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

22:12

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

This transformation , christ called his followers to make disciples across the world . World Missions

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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