Like us, he knew that the Communist bloc was closed to the West - certainly to an unsponsored private individual like himself. Like everyone in the early 1950s he recognized that the overwhelming challenge to our generation was the third of the world under communism. Andrew grew up in a typical small Dutch town, the son of a not-too-prosperous blacksmith. But with all these safeguards there remained a story so unique, so human, so full of significance for the future of us all, that we felt this much should be written now. And of course the actual techniques involved in border-crossing and smuggling could not be disclosed. In most cases real names could not be used certain places and dates would have to be disguised. Even in the part that was history, certain facts would have to be altered.

Much that was current in it could not yet be told, for this would place people in danger.

When we first met Andrew we knew at once that we wanted to tell this story. This is the creative work of a tiny group of ordinary man and women - of a single man in the beginning - who have done their part in changing history. What brought such changes about? While the great matters of economics and politics are being analyzed by the experts, a small but highly signficant factor has gone larely unnoticed. They are more open, more receptive to new ideas, more available to the traveler. Nobody doubts that Russia and other Communist countries are different places today than they were a few years ago. After you read this incredible true account of secret missionary activity behind the Iron Curtain you will never be the same.' - Flyleaf.

Compact Disc (September 1st, 2008): $41.'God's Smuggler is the story of how one man came face to face with the living God and how this encounter changed his life forever.

The author of numerous books, he lives in the Netherlands.John and Elizabeth Sherrill, co-authors of numerous classics and two of the co-founders of Chosen Books, have traveled the world in search of stories that reveal the power of God. His ministry, Open Doors International, continues to help Christians in the world's most oppressed countries. Brother Andrew began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed doors in 1955.

God's Smuggler by John Sherrill