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L Duane McKey is the president of Adventist World Radio.
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ily grew up in a country that continues to be, in her words, “a dark place of idolatry.” Christianity is, at best, barely tolerated, and many Christians find themselves facing jail or death. Born into a non-Christian family, Lily was only five when both of her parents died. She and her four siblings were brought up as orphans. As a teenager, she met Norbu, a man 27 years her senior. He paid for her schooling, and they married. Her husband came from a Christian background, and Lily desperately wanted to know more about Bible truth. She begged Norbu to let her take Bible studies, but he denied her request, saying
that only church leaders needed to read the Bible. She said, “I kept quiet and obeyed him, but I was not satisfied to just go to church on Sunday and only listen to the leaders.” Twenty years went by, and Lily felt she still knew nothing about the Bible. One day, she met an Adventist woman named Kiba, and they became fast friends. Kiba introduced Lily to Tim Saxton— Adventist World Radio’s contact in that country— who was looking to have Adventist World Radio Bible lessons translated into the local language. Lily accepted the translation job, in part because she needed the money for her son’s schooling. She was given a Bible and a set of lessons. Her
