The cell is dark. A five by five enclosed room is where the broken man lies. Wrapped in cloth lying on the floor, there is no bed to rest. Only one window with bars is where the moons dark and shady light sneaks through the bars. Shadows of the bars land on the floor as the weakened man lays as he awaits his eternal fate one day to see the light.
Thirty years before the incident in 2007. "Please open your Bibles to Proverbs 8:10." The word of God is preached by Ivan Sokolov a man in his mid-thirties speaking in front of only around fifty people in a Baptist Church in Minsk, Belarus. Ivan's family of two boys and his wife Sasha sit in the front row as they listen to Ivan's preaching. Ivan was born into a family filled with poverty and he still lives in poverty. He receives very little income through his small church. The church is very special to Ivan as he started it with his best friend Abram at the age of twenty five. The horrible thing is in Minsk, Belarus Christians are persecuted every day. To keep a church running a church license is required by the country to have the church and church licenses were very hard to come by. Ivan and his friend Abram …show more content…
Ivan doesn't hesitate to pray to God and ask for insight. Ivan stays strong with determination. The guards who work in the jail will stop at nothing to break the man named Ivan Sokolov. They spit on him, beat him, and swear and curse at Ivan trying to turn Ivan into worthless man meant for nothing. Ivan doesn't get mad or angry. He fights through the grime. In prison through thirty years with a paper and pen Ivan writes seven inspirational books, and when Ivan is released back out of the prison he smiles and rejoices for his family never was never harmed in anyway. Years later the country of Belarus grants Ivan with a church license, so now Ivan can preach without being martyred. Ivan promised to himself he would show the light to those, even the KGB, until the day he
Thirty years before the incident in 2007. "Please open your Bibles to Proverbs 8:10." The word of God is preached by Ivan Sokolov a man in his mid-thirties speaking in front of only around fifty people in a Baptist Church in Minsk, Belarus. Ivan's family of two boys and his wife Sasha sit in the front row as they listen to Ivan's preaching. Ivan was born into a family filled with poverty and he still lives in poverty. He receives very little income through his small church. The church is very special to Ivan as he started it with his best friend Abram at the age of twenty five. The horrible thing is in Minsk, Belarus Christians are persecuted every day. To keep a church running a church license is required by the country to have the church and church licenses were very hard to come by. Ivan and his friend Abram …show more content…
Ivan doesn't hesitate to pray to God and ask for insight. Ivan stays strong with determination. The guards who work in the jail will stop at nothing to break the man named Ivan Sokolov. They spit on him, beat him, and swear and curse at Ivan trying to turn Ivan into worthless man meant for nothing. Ivan doesn't get mad or angry. He fights through the grime. In prison through thirty years with a paper and pen Ivan writes seven inspirational books, and when Ivan is released back out of the prison he smiles and rejoices for his family never was never harmed in anyway. Years later the country of Belarus grants Ivan with a church license, so now Ivan can preach without being martyred. Ivan promised to himself he would show the light to those, even the KGB, until the day he