There was no plan, no vision, certainly no thought about leading a worldwide organization. God revealed a need I could meet, and I did what I could. The work grew, and many others joined me, including people in other countries—South Africa was the first in 1970, after the Netherlands, of course, followed by Australia and Switzerland, then the U.S. and the U.K. Deryck Stone, a pastor in South Africa, was the first to suggest the name Open Doors. He was on our international board for many years.
