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MARTYRS' SONS: "I Found Out What Healing Actually Feels Like"


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In 1997, Warren and Donna Pett sold their 96-year-old family farm in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, after sensing God's call to the mission field. In 2002, they moved to serve in Uganda's Yumbe district, one of Uganda's poorest districts and the only majority-Muslim district in the country. Warren and Donna provided agricultural training and spiritual discipleship at the Evangelical School of Technology in Aringa (ESTA).

On March 18, 2004, ESTA was attacked by masked men with guns. Warren and Donna, along with a Ugandan student, were killed.

Ezra and Saul Pett are the sons of Warren and Donna. Listen this week as they share on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio about their parents' ministry and how Saul and Ezra wrestled with God and their own faith after their parents' murder.

"My faith basically evaporated," says Saul. "This event devastated me."

But in the years since, God has gently and faithfully ministered to Saul and Ezra. He has comforted them in their loss and helped them address the anger they felt at their parents' death. Today, they see His plan to produce eternal fruit, even when we may not understand what He is doing.

Listen as Saul and Ezra talk about renewing their faith, accepting God's plan and even going to minister in the very place in Uganda where their parents were killed—and seeing the legacy Warren and Donna left even in their short time of missionary service.

You can give online to support the Pett's ongoing work in Uganda here. You can read the story of Warren and Donna, from The Voice of the Martyrs free monthly magazine, here.

June 29 marks Day of the Christian Martyr, when Christians around the world honor a persecuted Christian who laid down their life for the cause of Christ. This year's video and other resources from VOM focus on the story of Abdiwelli Ahmed, an ethnic Somali former Muslim gunned down in northern Kenya in 2013.

Watch a video about Abdiwelli's faith and ministry and access all the resources for this year's Day of the Christian Martyr to bless your church, small group or family with his inspiring example.

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