God's Secret Listener The Albanian Army Captain Who Risked Everything

by Butterworth, John

• ISBN13: 9781854249913
• ISBN10: 1854249916
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-22
• Publisher: Monarch Books

Summary

Albania's Communist dictator, Enver Hoxha, proclaimed his country to be the world's first truly atheistic state. Under Hoxha's rule, Captain Berti Dosti was one of the elite who served on a communications team monitoring Albania's borders for American incursions. However, this diligent soldier left his country unguarded for 15 minutes a week as he regularly tuned into Trans World Radio's broadcasts, ultimately becoming a believer. Had he been discovered he would probably have been shot. Yet this young man with a growing faith continued to listen and would later pioneer the rebuilding of Albania's wrecked society.

Author Biography

John Butterworth, MBE, is an experienced journalist and successful newspaper editor.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
Foreword	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
If you want to find out more about God, we will meet again tomorrow	p. 19
A pioneering spirit	p. 24
We're in the army now	p. 30
Officer material	p. 41
Tears as Enver Hoxha dies	p. 46
From Russia with love	p. 52
We both changed each other's lives	p. 58
A high point - and a low point	p. 71
Monte Carlo - and nearly bust	p. 77
Once I was blind but now I can see	p. 84
We know you are a CIA spy	p. 97
The times they are a-changin'	p. 108
I think I recognize your voice, said the government official	p. 114
A letter from Albania - at last	p. 126
God has been stolen from us for forty-seven years	p. 133
Face to face with an angry mob in Laç	p. 145
A tearful reunion	p. 150
Starting a church from scratch	p. 155
1997 - an annus horribilis	p. 162
Victory after a year of anarchy	p. 172
Coping with half a million refugees	p. 180
I will build my church (Matthew 16:18)	p. 189
Behind every door there's a story	p. 195
Let your light shine…	p. 200
Berti puts on his radio headphones again	p. 207
The final thoughts have to go to Berti…	p. 209
Postscript: What on earth happened to…?	p. 212
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.