In one night on one beach, 1 million Bibles arrived—but for many years they traveled widely throughout China’s provinces.
“That one group [of Christians] we gave them to shared them with other groups all over the country,” Etsabrook says. “They were able to share them, but it took five years. It took us two hours to offload them and five years to distribute all 1 million because of security issues and having to hide them.”
Charlie, a Christian who lived in China, was part of this distribution: “I recognized that God had called three groups of us to cooperate and make this project happen,” he says. “First, He called the church in the city to coordinate Project Pearl with overseas brothers and sisters. Second, He called those in the villages around the beach to pick up Bibles from the ship. Third, He called us who lived in the town to distribute Bibles to different regions in China.
“Of course, we never forget the tremendous efforts made by overseas brothers and sisters. Without their prayers, it would have been too hard to walk through those difficult years, and we would not have witnessed the revival and freedom today.”
Author: Open Doors USA
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