This story comes from Breaking Christian News.
"It's humbling—and sobering—to think that your actions today can affect the lives of the next generation."
Teresa Neumann (December 26, 2007)
(Alaska)—New Tribes Mission (NTM) aviation pilot Paul Dye was a hero in ways he couldn't imagine and would only later learn. Twenty-two years ago, while on a mission in South America, he was kidnapped by Colombian insurgents, but escaped in the night in his airplane, despite the fact that it was extremely low on fuel. (Photo: NTM)
Dye's miraculous escape was the subject of a book he penned called "When Things Seem Impossible." While in Alaska in the 1980's on a speaking tour about his experiences, a man in the audience got a tape of Dye's speech and gave it to his 7-year old grandson, Zach Keller, to listen to. According to an NTM report, Zach listened to the tape over-and-over until he had the entire story memorized.
The tape served to "plant a seed to know that NTM aviation was out there, and I always had it in the back of my mind as I was growing up," Zach later said.
Today Zach is in his last stage of training with NTM Aviation and on his way to following in Paul Dye's footsteps. Indeed, Paul Dye was one of his instructors.
Says NTM reporter Jackie Fallis, "God can use the smallest thing to inspire His people to follow His command to make disciples of all nations. Praise God with us for Zach and Jane's open hearts to Him, and pray for Zach's safety as he flies for NTM Aviation."
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