{"id":4247,"date":"2014-01-22T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2014-01-27T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T17:37:41","slug":"southeast-asia-herbalist-draws-lost-to-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4247","title":{"rendered":"SOUTHEAST ASIA: Herbalist Draws Lost to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\" target=\"_blank\">Baptist Press News<\/a>, January 16, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Born into a strict Islamic family, Perkasa&#8217;s journey of faith began two years ago when, in town on business, he encountered [a couple who were] Christian workers.<\/p>\n<p>He heard the gospel presentation during the visit, and an inner wrestling began in his heart. He decided to follow Christ and renounced his Islamic faith.<\/p>\n<p>His family, learning of his conversion, called him to dinner and a fight ensued. Perkasa was beaten and struck in the head with a pistol. To this day, he insists God protected him, as he &#8220;did not feel any pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perkasa began visiting the [missionaries] daily, studying the Scriptures in their home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a time I didn&#8217;t know if I could go on, but after I was baptized, I had boldness,&#8221; Perkasa said. &#8220;I was not afraid anymore &#8230; I prayed, &#8216;God, what should I do? I want to share your glory.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The answer to his prayers came when people began seeking him for healing. His father was a famous herbal medicine doctor in Southeast Asia, working everywhere from Malaysia to China. The youngest son, Perkasa traveled and learned the craft from his father. But [also] trained as a businessman, Perkasa had not practiced medicine in many years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Praise God he brought what I studied when I was young back to my mind,&#8221; Perkasa said.<\/p>\n<p>God began sending people to Perkasa from all over the country, and in [one] year alone, Perkasa said, he shared the gospel with over 1,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/BPnews.asp?id=41835\" target=\"_blank\">Full story<\/a> with pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Baptist Press News, January 16, 2014 Born into a strict Islamic family, Perkasa&#8217;s journey of faith began two years ago when, in town on business, he encountered [a couple who were] Christian workers. He heard the gospel presentation during the visit, and an inner wrestling began in his heart. He decided to follow Christ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4247\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SOUTHEAST ASIA: Herbalist Draws Lost to Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4248,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}