Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.

I met Buzz Aldrin when I had to accompany Marli Kelly on the piano at an open air meeting in Johannesburg. He was the guest speaker. His wife and daughter travelled with him. I happened to sit next to Buzz on stage.
I saw his special built up shoes.

‘Why those?’ I enquired.

‘All of us who went to the moon came back different. We are not made to live on the moon. The arches of my feet sunk. I have to wear special built up shoes all the time,’ he explained.

In his testimony he said that he went to the moon an agnostic and returned a Christian!

‘When you see how beautiful God made the earth, you just cannot help but believe there must be a creator!’

It was a great privilege to meet the famous astronaut. To my amazement he was chosen as the cartoon character Buzz Lightyear. Buzz has tremendous insight into so many things and on his websites one can gather incredible knowledge. But the personal knowledge I gleaned from him is probably the most important: Jesus Christ died to save our sins and God raised Him from the dead so that we can live forever!

Science is proving the Bible correct, day by day! Scientists are turning to Christ more and more.The Truth shall prevail.

Well, luckily all of us do not have to take a trip to the moon to find out if the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true or not. The blessed Holy Spirit will convict us of sin, righteousness and judgement. He will make Jesus real to us and convince us of the truth of His sacrifice for our sins. He will provide us with the gift of faith to believe the Gospel message.

For with the heart we believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and this makes us right with God, and with the mouth we confess that Jesus is Lord unto salvation. (Romans 10:8-10)