A CAUSE TO FIGHT FOR - The Jesus Army

God called Norwegian country girl,
Hannah Asprusten, to the UK’s Big Smoke.
LONDON
calling
“ GOD, PLEASE open the door for me!” prayed fiveyear-old
Hannah, struggling with the locked door.
Click. Open door.
Hannah’s childhood seemed as full of God as some
are full of teddy bears. Hannah was born and grew up in
a Christian community in rural Brandeu, in Norway. It
was a fairly idyllic existence.
“We had a little farm,” says Hannah – “well, a few
pigs, a few hens, a dog and a cat.”
There were 30 other people living with her and her
family in the Christian community at the time. The
children within the community were home-schooled
together.
“There weren’t many of us in the ‘school.’ In fact at
one point I was the only one in my class,” says Han-
nah, “but it must have been good for us: we got the best
marks in the county.”
Nestled in this secure environment, Hannah grew in
her simple faith. As a 10-year-old she was powerfully
filled with the Holy Spirit, an experience which gave her
an overwhelming desire to be baptised in water.
“My parents felt I was too young, so I nagged them for
a whole year,” she laughs. “They finally agreed, so when
I was 11, I was baptised. It was an amazing moment; I
remember feeling so happy afterwards.”
Over the next few years Hannah “waxed strong in
spirit”, throwing out secular CDs, and telling her whole
family that they needed to be more holy. The original
angel child.
But all that was to change.
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