1981년 진주작전 Project Pearl 사진

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delivery This is one of the happiest A Return Rendezvous moments of my life” For Brother David, this was an experi- ence he had long dreamed about. And at Swatow who could blame him? For Project Pearl had been one milestone in the fulfillment of many prayer-filled years of ‘longing to see Bibles reach the believers of China. Its origins lay in the summer of 1969,in the Three years after Project Pearl “God’s Smuggler to Philippines , where he was working as China” returns to the site Of what Time magazine called Bible printer Challenged by friend who minis “the largest Bible delivery in the history of China? tered to the Chinese, Brother David per suaded small group of missionaries to By Dan Wooding pool their resources and he began research trip to China’s borders. In Sep- tember of 1969, he also took additional trips to Laos, Burma and Hong Kong: wanted to seek out what we termed ‘depositories’ people who would store Bibles for the future when it would be possible to take them into China” he explained. He found the contacts he needed, especially in Burma, and they confirmed the suitability of the mountain route for transporting Bibles Something clse happened that was to confirm the hand of God leading him toward China. Brother David read book called God’s Smuggler Brother Andrew’s best-seller Shortly after reading the book Brother David was amazed to receive an airmail letter from Holland The address was unfamiliar The letter read: Dear Brother David, While passing through Saigon and Bangkok recently heard your name in connection with Jour recent trip Bwrma. As you can imagine, was deeply interested and uery much wanted to see yow.. Please continie the good work and let us pray that we can meet soon and dis- cuss the work of getting Scriptures into Red China. Yowrs in the wonderful battle Brother Andrew Brother David was stunned. Chinese fishermen ply their trade a short distance from the spot where one million Bibles were couldnt believe it” he said “This was the landed in China during Project Pearl. very person whose book Id just read and here was a letter from him encouraging me” Britih jowrnalist Dan Wooding of the Brother David’s face was alight with On March 2,1970, through the gener- Open Doors News Seraice profiles joy we arrived in the area of South osity Of a Christian lady in the United Brother David, the extraordinary American China where three years before, he had States, Brother David stepped from exr-marine who; Over three years ago; led d astounded the world by landing one mil- plane onto Dutch soil. There he had growp of nineteen Christians onto 4 quiet lion Bibles-a gift from Western Chris- life-changing meeting with Brother beach in China to land one million Bibles in tians for the Christians of China Andrew tio hours Wooding recently accompanied broad grin swept his face as he After several days of prayer and discus- Brother David back into the area China turned to me and said, ‘Dan, feel like sion with God’s Smuggler;” Brother where the Bibles were “beached’ an dancing for joy Not for myself but for the David finally told Brother Andrew that incredible project code-named ‘Project million Christians here in China who he believedGod had given him a vision of Pearl” were able to get God’s Word through the taking ten million Bibles into China