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Everyday we make decisions. We choose to help or hurt people. Martin made decisions too. Here are just a few of them.

Martin was born in Hungary a long, long time ago. His father was a soldier in the Roman army. So Martin became a soldier too.

Now came the time for Martin to make his first important decision. His parents believed in many gods. But Martin decided to believe in only one God. So Martin became a Christian.

Martin followed Jesus, and he believed that Jesus would not kill people. So Martin made another decision. He quit being a soldier!

Next, Martin decided to go away all by himself and pray. But the people in Tours wanted him to be their bishop! So Martin decided to live with these people and serve them. He taught them all he knew about being a Christian.

Martin was about 81 years old when he died. All his life, he made decisions to do good. God helped him do this. God helps us too.