(Charisma News) Frankly, I was not surprised when Pastor Andrew Brunson said that praying and knowing people were praying for him kept him sane and hopeful after being imprisoned in Turkey. “When I was arrested, and it kept going on and on, and it seemed there was no way out … I lost a lot of hope,” Brunson said. “What helped me—I began to see that there was value in my suffering, especially as time went on. I saw that many people around the world began praying for me. And I began to see that God was involved in this.”
How could he know people all over the world—including me—were praying for him? The Turkish authorities allowed Brunson’s wife Norine to visit him about once a week, for 30 minutes. The two of them would speak over the phone through a glass window, and in those precious moments they could share together, she made sure he knew people were praying for him. “She would bring encouragement to me and tell me that people were praying for me. READ MORE
