Nassim and Anju sat beside the rickety hospital bed where their only son, Fadeen, lay. His battered face was barely recognizable, and they feared each of his strained and shallow breaths would be his last. Neither spoke it aloud, but they both worried how they would afford funeral costs if […]
The Practical and the Miraculous
When a Frontiers field worker arrived in her refugee camp, Najla didn’t dare hope for healing. Her childhood had been filled with drought, food scarcity, and fighting between nearby villages. Years later, warring factions in her African homeland made it unsafe for her family to remain, so they fled to […]
A Daughter of the House
In recent months, my language helper, a young woman named Mekka, has wholeheartedly invited me into her family’s everyday life. It started when my housemate got a new job, and Mekka’s mom began inviting me to lunch because she felt sorry for me having to eat alone every day. After […]
More Bibles Needed
I first met Nabil in the cafe we both frequented and discovered that he was open to the Gospel. I introduced him to the Bible and listened to his questions as he searched for the truth. Soon we began praying together. One day, Nabil shared that his boss was putting […]
The God Who Sees
Amina’s story is a familiar one. She comes from a war-torn region, where both her husband and father were killed in a battle that took place near their hometown. In spite of its casualties, the clash brought stability to the area for a while. During the peace, Amina, her two […]
Your Name Is Freedom
Shah gripped the peeling seat of the old Toyota as he and Tony, a Frontiers field worker, rattled down the bumpy road to Shah’s home village. He pointed to the left. “Turn here and you’ll be at my uncle’s home.” The weathered house came into view between the thick vegetation […]
The Pool
I was enjoying the last rays of the Middle Eastern sun late one afternoon when my friend Khaled called me. “Hey, Trevor,” he greeted me. “You have a pool, right?” “A pool?” I glanced across the yard at the inflatable kiddie pool my children used on hot days. “Yeah, a […]
Overflowing Peace
Tony had met with Husain, a young Muslim man in a region with some of the hardest spiritual ground in the world, several times. But the younger man always seemed to have questions and excuses why he couldn’t follow Jesus. Dissatisfied with Islam, Husain had contacted a Christian television network […]
From Facebook to Faithful
Ding. Bintou reached for her phone to check the Facebook message alert. The profile icon showed an unfamiliar smiling woman in a colorful hijab. She clicked to open her inbox. Her hand flew to cover her mouth as she read the note from a woman named Hadje. “I saw your […]
Divine Appointments
I stood at the kitchen table next to my wife as we picked nits from our daughters’ hair with fine-toothed combs. I had already spent hours removing the bugs from my wife’s hair. It was not one of my best days, and not just because of the lice. Earlier in […]