Germany – Just In Time
AGWM personnel in Germany, Steven Dunn, shares this testimony of God’s saving grace. Isabel is an integral part of the church in Pfaffenhofen, Germany. Her husband, Werner, was a Doctor of Biogeography, a brilliant thinker and professional doubter. His job was to test newly developed software from his company, find the weak points and problems and give solutions. He took nothing for granted, but researched, questioned, and doubted until all points were settled.
That is also how Werner looked at faith in God. Steven remembers an evening with him and several other doubters years ago. The questions, the reasoning, the hesitations to follow faith in a God that could not be fully explained. Steve left that evening wondering if Werner would ever come to the point of accepting God’s saving grace through Jesus Christ.
But he did…just in time. Last summer, he started attending the services with his wife and youngest son. Then in August he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Werner realized that if he was ever going to trust God, he needed to do it now. He opened his heart to grace and found life. In November he was baptized…and in March of 2009, Steven held his funeral.
Werner was a key person in his company, so the whole office closed that day to allow his co-workers to attend. There were many other professional doubters and brilliant thinkers that heard a very moving testimony of God’s saving grace…just in time.