When I first set eyes on Donnie Lama, I just couldn't believe this was the man I'd heard so much about.
I found it incredible that this gentle and unassuming Filipino Christian had been treated so horrifically. As he told his story, it hit me hard. Jailed in Saudi Arabia for almost 18 months on charges of being a 'preacher', he painted a vivid picture of the evil that is at work in the world.
But at the same time, I was left with the overwhelming sense that God is more powerful than that evil. Donnie Lama is living proof that God is at work, even in the most horrendous of places. Even behind bars.
