Modern Day Miracle

Topic: Miracle, Jesus

A 19-year-old girl by the name of Khun Paot, escaped the Khmer Rouge
rule in Cambodia after an arduous journey with 100 others through miles
of jungle, canals, mountains, and rivers. Standing between them and
freedom were communist soldiers, the elements, and a stretch of jungle
ground covered with thorns. Most of the escapees were barefoot or wore
flimsy thongs.

A midnight-like darkness hampered the struggling group as it crossed a
valley between two high mountain ranges. "We could see absolutely
nothing," Paot later told a missionary, Maxine Stewart. "We didn't even
know where to step." Suddenly hundreds of fireflies swarmed into view.
Their glow made enough light for the people to see the path. The
refugees reached the next mountain by "firefly light," said Mrs.
Stewart.

After Paot was transferred to Kham Put refugee camp, she was invited to
a Christian meeting. "I know that old man," she exclaimed at a picture
on the wall of the chapel. "He is the one who led us and showed us the
way to Thailand and freedom." She was pointing to a picture of Jesus.

The Recorder, September 1979, p. 25.