Andrew van der Bijl was married to Corrie van der Bijl. They had one child together. Corrie died in 2018.
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Corrie and Brother Andrew met in their youth before marrying in 1958.
Andrew van der Bijl was known for smuggling Bibles into communist countries at the height of the Cold War. For his activities, he earned the nickname, God’s Smuggler.
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He was known for having prayed “Lord, make seeing eyes blind” when he was stopped at the border of a communist country for his car to be inspected.
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Andrew van der Bijl visited Communist Poland to see how his brothers were doing. He signed up for a government-controlled Communist tour, the only legal way to be in the country.
Andrew van der Bijl also visited China in the 1960s, after the Cultural Revolution had created a hostile policy towards Christianity and other religions during the so-called Bamboo Curtain.
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