South Sudan is one of Africa’s newest countries. However, since independence in 2011, it has already faced coup attempts, ethnic division, and civil violence. Amidst these growing pains, Muslims in South Sudan are increasingly open to the Gospel. New efforts are underway to reach South Sudan’s 22 unengaged Muslim people […]
Prayer for Sudan
With more than 90 different languages spoken among its 149 distinct people groups, Sudan is one of the most diverse countries in Africa. Over one hundred of these people groups are unengaged. That is, there are still no believers, no churches, and no efforts to share the Gospel among them. […]
Prayer for India
India’s Muslims number 190 million, making it the largest Muslim country in the world. As minorities in a Hindu-dominated country, many of India’s Muslims live in urban slums. In spite of the great poverty found in India (it holds one-third of the world’s poor), the nation is waking up to […]
Seek the Treasure in an Unknown Land
The imam stroked his beard, listening with a steady gaze. He was measuring our words carefully. This respected religious leader had never seen Westerners in this part of town before. Usually, they toured historical sites near the outskirts—they never went into the city’s heart, where millions of devoted Muslims lived […]
Prayer for Bangladesh
Tucked like a pearl in a labyrinth of rivers, Bangladesh is a Muslim majority nation that remains deeply rooted in Indian culture. Separated from British India in 1947, the people of Bangladesh then fought and gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 As one of the world’s poorest developing countries, Bangladesh […]
Sacred Bread
“I never feel full unless I eat some bread,” a local Muslim friend once told me. Bread plays an important part of life in my Muslim community. For years, I observed odd treatment of bread in the neighborhood. I would see my friends and neighbors hang carefully tied bags of […]
A Journey of Faith: An Audience to God’s Story
The final installment of Tarek’s journey of faith. Click here for part 1 and part 2. Tarek was encountering Jesus Christ from all sides, it seemed. Meanwhile, we continued to play the part of audience in the amazing story God was writing in his life. Tarek consumed chapters and chapters of […]
A Journey of Faith: “Pray that I will follow Jesus”
Here’s the 2nd installment of Tarek’s journey of faith. Click here to read part 1. I will not soon forget the level of eagerness with which Tarek received his new Bible from my husband Kevin. Tarek was dropping Kevin and the children off in one location and then would continue […]
3 Things We’ve Learned While Parenting on the Field
“Why haven’t you shaved your baby’s head yet?” our local friend Fatima demanded when we took our baby Samuel to visit her. “You should, or else his hair won’t grow well.” My wife and I came to the field as a couple with no children. Visits to our friends seemed […]
A Journey of Faith: Taxi Rides with Tarek
Join us in this first installment of a 3-part series on Tarek’s journey of faith. My children and I stood in the shade of a tree, shielding ourselves from the hot North African sun while my husband Kevin stood on the sunny sidewalk attempting to flag down a taxi. A white […]