Dr. Kyle Jones, who is serving with his family at Kapsowar Hospital in Kenya for two years through the Post-Residency Program, blogs about an opportunity to share the Gospel.

Sadly, one of the most frequent hospital admissions we have here at our hospital is from people who try to end their lives by taking poison. Last week, we had a young man named Richard who decided his problems were too many and tried to end his life by this method. Fortunately, he was brought in soon enough by family members and we were able to save his life.

Richard was unconscious for about two days before he woke up. On the third day, I saw him and asked him what had been going on in his life that made him want to end it. He stayed pretty generic and just said family issues. I told him that I may not be able to solve all of his problems, but I could tell him about someone who could help.

Richard said he knew that he was not a Christian and that if he had died he would not have gone to heaven. He listened very closely as I proceeded to tell him the Good News of the Gospel. In the end, he told me that he was ready to give his life to the Lord and start a new life.

His brother, who is a Christian and an elder in the local church, was there and was smiling really big. He and his Christian mother had been praying for Richard for a long time.

I had the Kenyan nurse that was translating for me pray with Richard in his language to ask Jesus into his heart. It was really special and exciting for me to see. I also asked one of our chaplains to come and visit with him and confirm that this was truly a sincere decision. He told me later that he thought Richard was really ready to accept the Lord, and that he knew the local pastor in his village so we will be able to follow-up with him to see how he is doing.

Today in our family devotions, we read the story about the four seeds and I was reminded that Satan loves to come in and snatch up the seed that was sown. So pray with me for Richard as he is a new, young believer in Christ. I told him that he should now go and tell others about how God saved him from death and truly gave him new life.

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