Dear ….
as you know, I was born in Romania, during the Communist era. We were thought that God does not exist, that He is a creation of people’s imaginations. So I did not believe that God exists. I believed a lie! Deception was my religion!
When Taleigh came to Romania to study I told him so. All my friends and colleagues were atheists like me. We finished the medical school and came to live in Nigeria in 1980. It is in Nigeria that I saw a Bible for the first time. It is also in Nigeria that I saw a man praying for the first time in my life.
We became very successful as doctors. I was telling all my patients that God does not exist. So you see, I was an educated, successful fool…
Anyway, in 1986 I had a crisis conversion and became saved. This was a miracle. It was not thru the church, for I never attended one before. Jesus revealed Himself to me directly, in my ‘parlor’. In a moment, ‘in a twinkling of an eye’ I became a different person. Jesus came into my heart and the Holy Spirit filled my soul…O, what a joy divine! I became ‘mad’ for Jesus! Day and night I read the Bible!
I started praying for my husband to come to the knowledge of God. I also started preaching the Word of God to any person I met. All my patients knew that now I am a Christian. It was not a secret thing at all! That is how I led your dad to Christ, about 1988. Glory to God!
So you see, if Jesus does not reveal Himself to someone, that man cannot believe. In Nigeria there is a religious spirit at work and many people pray and say that they believe in God. But few are truly saved. Religion cannot save, only Jesus Christ!
All these trials are coming on your way, so that you go back and examine your own spiritual foundation. The question is this: Are you just religious or are you really born again. The answer to this question is much more important than passing all your exams in school, for this is your true destiny!
I hope that this letter is a help to you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask…
Love in Christ alone
Malia.