Have you noticed that these stories all have common threads running through them? The people in these stories have quite different backgrounds, but they all share a common experience of life transformation by Jesus Christ. Each one of these friends has independently come to realize that he or she is a sinner in need of a savior. In each case Jesus case responded to cry for help, and he saved them from their sins and the eternal consequences they feared. Yes, they each have different backgrounds, but they all share the same future--a life forever with the Lord.