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Today he leads the work of VOM \u2013 Canada, the ministry founded by his parents 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Listen as Floyd tells the story of his first trip for VOM, and a Christian woman in Ethiopia that permanently changed the way Floyd thinks about Christian persecution and what it means to be part of the Body of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd will also tell of his experiences as a child and young man with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM\u2019s founders who were both imprisoned for their faith in communist Romania. 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