Prodigal son in India returns home after broadcast

Nelson, a Feba team member, was invited home by a family he met during a church visit, to share the Word of God and pray with them. He soon realised that there was a problem in the family.

‘Their eldest son, we’ll call him Arun, had left home and they were upset. His father had scolded him for some reason; the boy felt very bad about it and left,’ Nelson explains.

‘The family searched for him many times, but no one knew where he was. As it happened he was sitting under a tree next to a tea shop, listening to a song. The owner of the shop had his radio tuned to Feba. Arun heard a Hindi song and mistook it for a film song. In fact, it was a devotional song.'

‘The presenter started sharing the Word of God and telling the story of the prodigal son. When he heard that, Arun thought, “I also am a prodigal son today. I have left my family, I have left my home and I have sinned against my father, I didn’t listen to him.”’

Nelson continues, 'Afterwards, Arun went back home. He told his father, "Today through this radio program I came to know I had made a mistake, so I am very sorry."' Arun's father phoned Nelson with the news and told him that he was overjoyed that his son had come back and his life was transformed.