“Farewell my brother,” I bid him. Tears welled from my eyes and started flowing. I sobbed. I could not keep my heart from grieving knowing what awaited him in that dungeon. What could have happened had John kept his mouth shut? Could he have live a little bit longer? Could he have disciple more men? Those questions were coming to me like rushing waters. But I bet, it is not the will of the Lord that this man should live the way I thought of him. Even Paul could have lived to be 90 ...

Almost all of us were swept with fear when our friend and brother bid us to go. He said that his work is finished and the time to depart draws near. He had been as prayerful as during the first time I saw him. He did not pray with any structure nor did he pray with highfaluting words, it was as if Jesus was conversing with His Father again. He prayed for his disciples to be strong and to know the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. He prayed for strength, joy and the cour...