george: that's the past, and to witness the power of a life transformed by god, look no farther tha denadi terkin. the year was 1987, and the former soviet union faced political changes. and he sat in prison. >> i had a ba bad reputation in prison. prisoners were even afraid of me. >> george: one day christians came to share the love of jesus. he says it was the first time he heard the message. but it took four years for it to sink in. >> in 1991, i dropped to my knees in the prison cell and told god i was a sinner. from that moment i went from serving satan to a servant of jesus. >> george: the prison miraculously shortened his sentence by five years, and he was released in 1996. the day after he walked out of prison, he walked into a bible training seminar, organized by russian ministries, which focuses on bringing the gospel to the former soviet union. >> russian ministries was very fundamental in my life. their classes taught me how to share my new faith with others. and they put in my heart to help change the next generations of leaders in my country. >> george: he was baptized shortly there