A familiar logo draws a young man to the truth.

Ezekiel Leo grew up watching his father, a passionate Lutheran evangelist, preach on street corners across Papua New Guinea. As a child, he often stood beside his father, listening intently as his father proclaimed the gospel to passersby.

One afternoon, during another of these street preaching events, a small group of Seventh-day Adventist evangelists approached.

“Excuse me, sir,” one of them said kindly, holding up a well-worn Bible. “May we ask you a question?”

Ezekiel’s father nodded. “Of course,” he said.

The conversation soon turned to the law and the Sabbath. The men pointed to verses Ezekiel had never paid much attention to before.

“The seventh-day Sabbath was set apart at Creation,” one of them explained, flipping to Genesis. “And Jesus Himself kept it.”

Ezekiel’s father shook his head. “No, no,” he countered. “The law, including the Sabbath, was nailed to the cross.”

Ezekiel listened with curiosity. These men, wearing shirts bearing a simple three-angels logo, weren’t arguing—they were reasoning from the Bible. They spoke with conviction, asking questions that made him think. Was his father wrong? Could the Sabbath still be relevant? Though just a boy, he felt something stir in his heart.

Years passed. Ezekiel grew older, and the memory of that encounter faded into the background. But one morning, while walking to the local high school, he saw something that stopped him in his tracks. A small church signboard bore a symbol he hadn’t seen in years: the distinctive three-angels logo of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

In an instant, the memories came rushing back—the Seventh-day Adventists who wore shirts with that same logo, their conversation with his father, the Bible verses they had shared, the way their words had stirred something deep within him.

Maybe it’s time I find out more, he thought to himself. He was now living on his own, away from his father, so he could make his own decisions.

That Sabbath, he stepped into a Seventh-day Adventist church for the first time—and week after week, he returned. The messages presented resonated deeply in his heart. Each sermon illuminated the Bible’s teachings, deepening his understanding of the truth that had touched him as a child.

Finally, Ezekiel made the decision to fully commit to the faith that had been tugging at his heart for years. During a camp meeting, he sealed his faith through baptism, publicly declaring his allegiance to God’s commandments and becoming a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church. The journey had been long, but God had been guiding him every step of the way.

As Isaiah 55:11 promises, “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” 

Today, Ezekiel tells his story with joy. “God never forgot me,” he says. “Even when I wasn’t looking for Him, He was always leading me—through a logo and a sign, through His Word, through the people He placed in my path.”

Ezekiel’s story is a testament to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the importance of a faithful witness—whether through a conversation or a church sign.  

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Location
Papua New Guinea

Author
Told by Ezekiel Leo to Moses Yauma, a lay evangelist working in the upper highlands of PNG.

How You Can Help
Pray for the evangelistic endeavors of Moses and the other lay workers as they reach out to the people around them who are starving for the truth. 

Pray for Ezekiel as he begins his new life in Christ. Pray that God will continue to give him a steadfast faith in His Word and to bring others to the message.

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