The context is the story of the spiritual struggle in the life of a young Karo Christian and vividly illustrates what God is doing in thousands of other lives in Northern Sumatra (Republic of Indonesia).
The history of evangelization among the Batak people is one of the most dramatic stories in all Christian missionary enterprise.
One of the tribes which form the Batak race is the Karo group, which has shown in recent years a remarkable response to the Gospel. Sixty-six new churches were found in 1966.
Martin and Elizabeth Goldsmith were the first OMF missionaries to the Karos and they witnessed at first hand this modern miracle of divine grace.