Colombia may be slowly emerging from five decades of Guerilla warfare. The country’s voters recently re-elected its sitting president on his promise to end the violence.
But even as the fighting raged, a few brave Christians are going to the heart of the violence, introducing combatants to the Prince of Peace.
For five decades, Colombia has been at war with Marxist insurgents. Fighting can erupt at any time throughout scattered war zones, but that doesn’t stop one intrepid messenger of peace.
Actors portray missionary Russell Stendal on one of his missions in the film “La Montana,” or “The Mountain.”
For years, Stendal has taken Christian literature to all sides in the conflict: guerillas, paramilitary and government soldiers.
He has forged friendships with all sides, and his radio stations and solar powered receivers pave the way.
“…To reach areas where it’s not possible to have church buildings or scheduled church services, where it’s not possible to do normal missionary or evangelistic work. And so we drop these radios on guerrilla camps, by parachute. We distribute them to soldiers; we distribute them to paramilitary forces,” Stendal, director of Colombia Para Cristo, said.
Stendal has given out over 120,000 solar-powered radios… Read More
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