second chapter excerpt

Count It All Joy! The Story of Joy Ridderhof & Gospel Recordings Inc. by Phyllis Thompson

When Don Pedro in Marcala, Honduras, accepted Christ... "The knelt together in the plain little room, the three of them. Joy and Arthur prayed aloud, as was their custom, uninhibited, praising God for His Spirit's work in the heart of this man, praying that he might be truly born of that same Spirit. They waited for Don Pedro to pray, but he was silent. 'Don Pedro, have you accepted the Lord?' they asked, and when Don Pedro lifted his head his face was aglow. 'Have you accepted the Lord?' It had not seemed like that at all. It had not occurred to him that he was in a position to accept or reject. It was quite the other way round. His answer was one Joy never forgot, as with the expression of one who has been released suddenly from bondage he said, 'He has accepted me.'"