Radu Cucos

    I was born in USSR, a country with a spiritual vacum with a strong atheist teaching. I didn't know that God exists. But in my childhood, I heard that I should fear Him and I memorized The Lord’s Prayer my great-grandfather taught me. At that time, it sounded as a good strory from a loving great-grandfather. But what made me seek God was the fact that I was sick. My mother was going to different women, who were pretending that they could heal me, but she didn't manage to see my health improving. I understood that those ladies were lying. 

    At that time, the communist regime was destroyed and people were seeking something spiritual. I wasn't such a person until the moment when an orthodox priest told me that I can find healing in church. Coming to the church, I started to believe that God, my great-grandfather told me, exists and I was able to learn more.  

    My grandmother became a Christian at that time and she told me that we get salvation through faith, not through good deeds. 

    One day I went with her to a Christian meeting. There I understood that I am a sinner and only through faith in Christ’s sacrifice am I saved. Two more years went until I decided to follow Jesus and I have not been sick anymore for many years. But through my disease God made me seek Him. 

    A few weeks after my decision I understood that God wants me to tell others about Christ. This wish became a reality when I met a Campus Crusade for Christ staff worker who taught me how to share Christ among my colleagues at university. After my graduation, I decided to be a part of Campus Crusade and help people to know God personally.