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Dear Behzad: A Letter From My Daughter to My Spiritual Father Before His Death

Dear Behzad: A Letter From My Daughter to My Spiritual Father Before His Death

My youngest daughter, Laura, who had never met him, asked me if she could also write him an email. And she did. He told me later that words cannot express how much her email meant to him just before his open-heart surgery. Little did any of us know that Behzad would keep Laura’s2014 letter and draw great comfort from reading it again prior to his death last week. Behzad wanted me to share Laura’s letter with his family and friends again. So, here it is:

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Reflections On The Passing Of My Spiritual Father: Behzad Pakizegi

Reflections On The Passing Of My Spiritual Father: Behzad Pakizegi

My spiritual father's departure from this life came last night. He is now with Christ and no longer suffering. I'll never forget the first time I met him in the Fall of 1973. I had gone with friends to disrupt a floor meeting in my freshman dormitory advertised as a presentation of the claims and credentials of Christ. After we disrupted the meeting, suddenly, a dark bearded Middle Eastern man stood up and walked toward us, carrying a Bible and smiling broadly.

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