Herry is always smiling. He has good reason: He’s living in the United States, has a job he loves and receives primary healthcare at the Good News Health Clinic.

“I like it coming here,” said the 56-year-old Indonesian in a thick Asian accent. “The people, the nurses, the front desk and the doctors. If I don’t feel good I call and make an appointment and come here.”

Herry has been coming to Good News for primary care since he moved to Indiana from New Jersey 16 years ago. His son also receives care at Good News, as did his wife before she died in 2015.

On a recent visit Herry consulted with a volunteer physician about dizzy spells he was experiencing. Other times he’s been treated for gout, hypertension and the flu.

Those services, provided free of charge, are important to Herry because he has no health insurance. He pastors a small Indonesian church in Noblesville and the congregation cannot afford to provide health coverage.

Herry immigrated to the United States from Indonesia in 2000, a decision that possibly saved his life.

More than 87 percent of Indonesia’s 277.5 million people practice Islam, compared to just 7.4 percent who call themselves Christians. Indonesian Christians like Herry often are persecuted, or even executed, for their faith. Herry said he knows Christian pastors in Indonesia who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Gospel. Fortunately for Herry the only thing he sacrificed when he left Indonesia was his property.

“Indonesia was not [a] happy [time] for me,” Herry said. “If I am a Christian it makes too many problems. A couple of times I almost died, so I come here and am happy.” Pray for Herry as he ministers to fellow Indonesians in central Indiana. Also, keep Christians in Herry’s native land in your prayers, that they can continue to share the love of Christ with their fellow countrymen in the face of persecution.