Tom Omerga lived in Kisuma, on Lake Victoria, Kenya. He was an office clerk and was on his way home one night when something happened that changed his whole life.
Tom was riding his bike up the hill toward his home. The car in front seemed to be having trouble, its gears making a terrible noise. Tom recognized the car as belonging to the two teachers who went around the schools teaching about Jesus, the Saviour of sinners.
Suddenly from out of the car window came a piece of paper, the passenger trying in vain to catch it! Twisting and turning in the air, helped along by the wind, the paper fell to the road in front of Tom. He stopped quickly, jumped off his bike and went to pick up the leaflet. He thought it might be something important.
Four things God wants you to know! he read on the cover and turned over to the next page to read.
“This looks interesting,” he thought, and sat down by the side of the road to read it.
It was a gospel leaflet which Tom had found. As he read through the six pages he discovered that God loved Him so much that he sent His Son Jesus to die for his sins.
“This is wonderful,” cried Tom aloud, and his heart was warmed by the love of God. He received the gospel message simply and knew his sins were gone.
The next day Tom knew that he had a new peace in his heart. What is more, he wanted to tell everyone.
A few days later he stood up in a mission and told everyone just how God had spoken to him and had told him the four things that He wanted Tom to know.
ML-01/20/1980