It’d been weeks since our friend Tony had seen Husain, a young Muslim man in a region with some of the hardest spiritual ground in the world. Husain was dissatisfied with Islam. When he saw a Christian program on TV, he contacted the network for more information. His information was […]
Living Among Refugees: The Diaspora
“If there is no noise of fighting at night, we don’t sleep well anymore.” It is a joke that isn’t really that funny. But my friend’s words capture the reality for those who have lived through violence: the task of learning to cope with and getting accustomed to war. Others […]
South Asia
South Asia, home to India and Bangladesh, has some of the highest concentrations of unengaged Muslim people groups in the world. Millions of Muslim men and women have no known believers and no one trying to reach them with the hope of the Gospel. Tough living conditions await those who […]
Living Among Refugees: Leaving the Homeland
The refugees poured into the parks, spread out their blankets, and set out plates of favorite homemade dishes and holiday treats. The first day of spring, Nowroz, is a popular holiday in the homeland, and thousands of refugees were taking advantage of their relative safety and new freedom to celebrate […]
Three Golden Rings
As the disheveled woman approached me in the parked car, I could tell she was distressed. “Do you know of a shelter or safe house for women here?” she asked me. “No, I don’t,” I responded. “Are you OK?” Her name was Zayda, and she was married to an abusive […]
The Tombs of Transformation
We met at an ancient grave—a sacred tomb near the center of the slum. Someone had swept away the trash and spread large woven mats on the hard-packed earth. A handful of women met us there and invited us to sit down. Over a dozen more women soon joined us. […]
Baptized in the Arab Gulf
It could have been a night like any other. The strong smell of salt hung in the warm breeze as we walked towards the water. I could hardly believe what was happening. Joy fluttered about wildly in my heart. Steps away from the water, our group of six men sat […]
Awaiting Spring in the Muslim World
“So this is what it feels like to be a sardine,” I say to myself. I’m squished into a mass of humanity as half the population of this teeming metropolis attempts to enter this one subway car all at the same time. I hoist my backpack and steady it on […]
Word By Word: I Am Very Happy!
Ever wonder how Frontiers workers go about learning language? Some workers have access to language schools. But many others live in remote locations or study obscure dialects, and for them, language schools and curricula simply don’t exist. Some languages don’t even have a written alphabet or script. In this final […]
Word by Word: Ladies-Only Chai
Tea is the universal friend maker. This is what I’ve learned in my first months overseas. An invitation to drink chai can transform a nameless neighbor into a dear friend. One recent evening, I walked through our new neighborhood and knocked on several doors. With my limited vocabulary, I was […]