Life's Most Important Work.

Zeth Louis Lekatompessy put together a plan to bring his seven siblings and their families to Christ the same year that he was baptized in Indonesia.

As he contemplated the future, he felt impressed to volunteer as a Bible worker. His wife agreed, and he returned to the plan that he had made for the salvation of his siblings. He and his wife made a list of every person whom they knew and prayed over it daily. With their two small children, they used their motorcycle to visit people on the list.

On arriving at a new house, Zeth introduced himself and his family and said, “We are Seventh-day Adventists.” Houseowners asked curiously, “What's an Adventist?” “An Adventist is someone who worships on the Sabbath,” Zeth replied. The next question inevitably was: “What is the Sabbath?”

When houseowners saw that the Sabbath was Saturday, they were surprised and asked, “Is it true that Saturday is the true day of worship?” Then Zeth opened his Bible and offered Bible studies.

The prayer list grew to 50 names over three years. Zeth and his family usually visited three families a day. Four people on the list had been baptized by the time Zeth left to study theology at Klabat University. Three more were baptized as he studied at Klabat, and others continued Bible studies in his absence. “Fourteen percent of my list has been baptized,” he said.