When a Gideon recently purchased a car, he expected to leave with keys—but God had something bigger in mind. He sat with Ivan, the finance officer, and quietly prayed for the Holy Spirit to open a door. When the paperwork was finished, he offered Ivan a Testament and walked him through the Helps section and the plan of salvation verses in the back. “Is there any reason you wouldn’t want to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior right now?” he asked. Ivan said no. He read the prayer aloud,

In a heartbreaking tale of betrayal, Gideon, a recently honorably discharged soldier, returns home after years of dedicated military service, carrying only a simple duffel bag and dreams of reuniting with his family. Still in his uniform, warm from the discharge ceremony, he approaches the family house he helped support financially during his deployments. Ringing the doorbell, he's met not with open arms, but by his younger sister Emily's cold, prepared words: "You can't just show up like this.