I Used to Kill Christians

Once a month the mailman brings me an oversized white envelope.  I still don't know why or how these envelopes end up in my mailbox, but each time they do I am sent into a bit of a daze after reading through their contents.  The envelope is from the Voice of the Martyrs, and it contains a monthly publication with stories of persecution and suffering happening to Christians around the world.  Most of them sound straight out of the New Testament, only these stories are current and happening to our brothers and sisters today.  There is no way to brush these off.  They are as tangible as the evening news...but you will never hear these stories on the evening news.

That's why I wanted to share this story.  It's incredible.

Given away by his family to a local imam at a very young age, Abdulmasi was raised on a steady diet of Islam and hatred for Christianity.  His story is like that of millions of young Islamic boys who are currently being educated in Quranic schools around the world, especially in Nigeria and other West African countries.  Many of those schools are training grounds for Islamic militants.  but as Abdulmasi's story shows, God can use anyone for his plan, and Abdulmasi was no exception.  he ecsaped the darkness of radical Islam to become a witness for Christ to the Muslim world.

In the 1970's, when Muslims wanted to get rid of Christians, they usually called on man - Abdulmasi.  An expert in car bombs, riot planning and infiltrating Christian organizations, Abdulmasi was the James Bond of Islamic terrorism.

"I was called Mr. Insecticide," he says.  "I was the only one who could organize the killing of insects, the killing of Christians.  When you are looking for someone to get rid of insects, then you call me, then I arrange and plan an attack against Christians.  This was my life."