“And don’t you know that it is just when we are weakest that God can use us the most?” Wisdom from Mrs. Whestra, Andy’s neighbor in Witte, Holland. 

While Andy’s family went to church he would go fishing and show up right when everyone was exiting the building and listen to their comments so he could talk about the sermon at home.

Papa asked him when he was 17 years old, “What do you plan to do with your life?” What a clarifying question! Andy didn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a blacksmith so he joined the army. His mama gave him her Bible which he packed away at the bottom of his duffle bag, unread, until he was wounded and needed time to heal from a shattered ankle. 

“My sense of guilt wrapped around me like a chain–nothing I did — drinking, fighting, writing letters eased the stranglehold upon me.” He finally began to read his mama’s Bible. He wrote letters with Bible questions to a girl he had met, she helped him understand it. 

God’s Word caused Brother Andy to do a 180. Andy said, “Karl Marx said, “Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world” meaning the letters of the alphabet. Well, this game could be played both ways.” 

Please join Kate and Sheila as they recap Andy’s amazing life story in God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. Andy evolves from a hooligan who played hooky from church to godly guy delivering Bibles to communist countries. Once when he was without a translator he used Bible verses to communicate! Remember Mrs. Whestra? Her family donated their VW car to  Andy for his travels to impossible places, trusting and praying and relying on God every step of the way.

“First, earn the right to get their attention; then show them Jesus – perhaps not with words but always with action.” We’re thankful we met Andy in our quest to read the best, you will be too!