Failing a test brought Sara to Christ
by Ryan Miller

Sara Orcajo García, member of Iglesia Menonita in Burgos, Spain. Photo: Ryan Miller

For more than 10 years, members of the Burgos (Spain) Mennonite Church, including Connie and Dennis Byler, ran a street evangelism ministry. Over that decade, they made only one convert to Christ — Sara Orcajo Blanco.

Sara grew up under her father’s Catholic creeds, not her mother’s atheistic beliefs. That meant going to the state church on important occasions — christening, first communion, confirmation, weddings, funerals — but few other times. One day, in her early 20s, Sara and a friend bumped into the Mennonites handing out tracts — tests to see just how much she knew about God.

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She took the test on a whim and was astounded to discover that despite her lifelong membership in the church, she did not know how God worked in the world.

The Mennonites invited her to a Jesus film that weekend. She did not attend, frightened of what she might discover. But the next week, she ended up in a Burgos coffeehouse run by the church, where the new friends she met on the street corner taught her Christ’s message of salvation to those who believe. Soon after, she accepted Christ.

Today, Sara lives in a home with several other Mennonite women, intentionally choosing community as a central part of her faith, a place where she can lead while learning from others.

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