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Brother Yun 1958-

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Brother Yun was born in February 1958 in the province of Henan. His
original name was Liu Zhenying (刘振营).

Brother Yun became a believer at the age of 16. Soon after he became a
Christian, God called him to be His witness in the west and south. As he
was obedient to the calling, he eventually became a witness of Christ
not just in the western and southern parts of China, but throughout China and in the nations beyond China as
well.

Brother Yun was born into a poor family. His family’s financial situation took a turn for the worst when his
father became ill with an asthmatic condition that led to lung cancer eventually. His life got worse when he
became a Christian as he suffered severe trials and persecutions. In the midst of suffering for the Lord,
however, he experienced miracle after miracle, which helped to strengthen his faith.

HOW BROTHER YUN BECAME A BELIEVER
In 1974, Brother Yun’s father became ill with lung cancer. His mother, who had been a Christian for many years
but had become spiritually cold after the expulsion of Western missionaries during the Cultural Revolution, felt a
deep sense of desperation because if her husband had died then, it would leave the family in dire straits. She
thought of committing suicide. One evening, as she was lying in bed, she heard a voice saying to her that Jesus
loved her. In tears and in repentance, she rededicated her life to God and gathered her family to pray for her
husband. The next morning, her husband got better and as a result, everyone in the family, including Brother
Yun, put their faith in God.

HIS HUNGER FOR THE WORD OF GOD
Brother Yun was 16 when he became a Christian. Soon after, he started hungering for the Word of God.
However, his family did not have a Bible. He began asking his mother who Jesus was. In response, his mother
would tell him that Jesus was the Son of God and that He had recorded all His teachings in the Bible.
Brother Yun wanted a Bible and his mother recalled that there was a man in another village who had one. So
she brought him to see the man. The man was too afraid to show Brother Yun his Bible. So he suggested to the
latter that he could pray and ask God for one.

Brother Yun decided to fast and pray for a Bible. For the next 100 days, he ate only one bowl of steamed rice
every day. One day at 4am, after fasting for 100 days, he saw a vision. In the vision, he was walking up a steep
hill and trying to push a heavy cart at the same time. He was heading towards a village where he intended to beg
for food for his family. He struggled greatly as he continued his climb uphill. The cart was about to roll back and
fall on him when he saw three men walking down the hill in the opposite direction. One of them was a kind old
man and he was pulling a large cart of fresh bread. When the old man saw Brother Yun, he asked him if he was
hungry. He said ‘yes’ and started crying. The old man then took a red bag of bread from his cart and asked his
two servants to give it to Brother Yun. As he put the bread into his mouth, it immediately turned into a Bible.
Upon waking up, Brother Yun began to search for the Bible. His search, however, was in vain. All of a sudden,
he heard a faint knock on the door and someone was calling out his name. Immediately, he recognized the
voice – it was the same voice he had heard in the vision. He quickly opened the door and standing before him

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