For Bob Valerius, saving souls in Haiti just isn’t enough.

Valerius, who works with the Cap Haitien Children’s Home, spends his spare time sharing his faith with fellow Americans. He’s found an unlikely venue — newspaper Internet forums that allow readers to post views on a range of topics.

The online conversations got a bit heated between the missionary in Haiti and Peggy Jones in Bridgeton, Mo., in the Current Events forum of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Web site.

“I challenged him at every turn, both for his methods and because I was a non-believer,” Jones told The Christian Chronicle. But they kept exchanging posts, and Jones came to appreciate the missionary’s faith. She started reading the Bible and asking him questions. In April 2008 she was baptized.