“Lord God,” cried out Miriam, a Frontiers field worker. “I’m dying to see Muslims come to know and follow Jesus!” Gazing out her kitchen window, she stopped washing dishes and rested her hands on the lip of the sink. She looked past her neighborhood’s skyline at the rugged mountain peaks […]
Waiting for the Right Moment
As a university student studying anthropology, I signed up for an eight-month cross-cultural program. I had no interest in missions. I wasn’t even a believer. But God placed me in the home of Alim, an elderly Muslim man whose family lived on an island in Southeast Asia. During those eight […]
The Miracle that Healed Two Peoples
Mahmoud’s mouth filled with the sour taste of bitterness whenever he thought about the villagers of Salal, a small Muslim community near his own in the desert plains of Africa. They’d stolen nearly everything from his people—cattle, land, even some of their homes. Salal and Wadibou, Mahmoud’s village, hadn’t always […]
3 Ways to Get Through Hard Times
What comes to mind when you think about suffering for the Gospel? Perhaps you picture a believer who’s sitting in a jail cell or who’s been cut off from family and friends. The truth is that we all face trials every day. Your hardships may be different than what our […]
The Village That Waited for Us to Leave
It happened suddenly. Within 36 hours we were packed and starting the car, a thousand miles of desert road stretching ahead of us. “We’ll try to be back next week,” we said to our neighbors in our Muslim village. At the same time, we wondered if we really would be […]
Jesus and the 10 Commandments
The chapter on the 10 Commandments in the book of Exodus isn’t usually the most thrilling Bible passage to share with others. But when Frontiers worker Craig told a group of Muslim men about how he’d been studying these commands, they were eager to learn more. They had never heard […]
Iraqi Flatbread: A Recipe From Our Kitchen to Yours
Bread, or khubz in Arabic, is the foundation of many Middle Eastern dishes. In Iraq, khubz is traditionally baked in a mud oven called a tannour. The flatbread is slapped onto the inner walls of the oven and removed with a long wooden fork. Freshly baked khubz is ideal for […]
The Fat on Our Cheeks
Naheed is a widowed mother struggling to provide for her four children. She’s also one of three Muslim-background believers leading a growing movement of faith that includes more than 120 baptized followers of Jesus. Until a few years ago, there were no known efforts to reach Naheed’s people with the […]
Supporting a Country’s Fight Against COVID-19
We arrived in our Muslim country less than a year ago and still feel so new here. The aid organization we run with some other team members is tiny. Even so, when our country went into lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we began praying about how God might […]
Why We Stopped Asking Why in the Midst of Uncertainties
As long-term workers on the field, our lives are teeming with uncertainties. On a daily basis, we struggle with a barrage of mundane questions: Why was the water just cut? Why does the fare change from one bus to another? Why do we have a pack of street dogs barking […]