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 […]
We’re in This Together
Our elderly Muslim neighbor Ghalia prays fervently throughout the day, asking God to stop the spread of the coronavirus. She implores in tears, because it’s Ramadan—the holy month of fasting that is so dear to her heart—and yet all the mosques are still closed due to social distancing. This Ramadan […]
A Smile for Uncertain Times
God is sovereign—even in uncertain times. There’s no denying that things are uncertain right now with the alarming spread of the coronavirus. The reality is that we control no more of our lives today than we did two months ago. God is still in control, and He is still at […]
Arabian Watchtowers in a Time of Pandemic
For hundreds of years, towers have lined the coastlines of the Arabian Gulf where my family and I live. They kept watch over local fishing villages and warned them of invaders coming by ship. Many of these ancient towers still stand as monuments to the local culture and religion. But […]