Cliffe Knechtle

In the same way when he said, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit those who are sick and in prison, he wasn't kidding.

And this spring we were at Duke University.

And after seeing that Cameron basketball arena, we were walking down a sidewalk and all of a sudden some rather big guys were walking with us.

They were part of the football team that won the ACC this past year.

And my brother, Stuart, along with my son, Stuart, and I were walking along.

We had a good conversation.

And afterwards, when the football players peeled off, I said, Stuart, did you have a good conversation?

He said, yeah, I sure did.

You know who I was talking to?

I said, no, I don't have the faintest idea.

He said, that guy, Kevin, who plays football here at Duke, has an uncle who played football at Brown, came to Duke Med School here, and then he went on a short-term missions trip to Sudan.

The only problem is while he's there in Sudan, civil war breaks out.

And so the United States Embassy says, Americans, out of here.

This guy says, no, I'm going to stay here in Sudan.

This guy ends up marrying a Sudanese woman and adopting three little Sudanese orphans.

He lives in a mud hut.

He performs up to 50 operations a day.

And this guy, who's a devoted follower of Christ, said, you know, when Jesus said care for the hurting, he wasn't kidding.

That's good.

Wow.