I wiped my forehead, warm from baking all afternoon in my tiny kitchen, and grinned at the fruit of my labor—dozens of cookies. It had been a few weeks since my family arrived on the field, and my husband and I were eager to meet people and start building relationships. […]
Miles of Hope
No one could have predicted the military conflict in a neighboring country that forced its citizens to surge across the border to safety. Our town of 25,000 people more than quadrupled in a matter of days. Almost overnight, once quiet streets flooded with Muslim refugees, many going door-to-door asking for […]
The Woman in the Painting
I hung my painting of Jesus’ hand on the gallery wall and stepped back to take in the full display. Five paintings of covered Muslim women, scarred with golden fractures, were displayed between two paintings of hands with gold wounds. Six months earlier, I had rented this art gallery with […]
Sohan and Sweet Conversation
After dinner had been eaten and the dishes cleared, Sammadah presented her gracious hosts with a tin of sohan, buttery, pistachio-filled treats she’d brought with her from Southwest Asia. “Please, enjoy. It’s a gift for letting me stay with you while I visit my son.” “They look wonderful.” Greg, a Frontiers […]
A Friday Stroll
The call to prayer from the local mosque blasted through crackling speakers, drowning out the usual hustle and bustle in our neighborhood. It was my husband’s day off work, and we had decided to go on a family walk, retracing the steps others on our Frontiers team had already walked […]
Pictures of Jesus
The day had been frantic thanks to the busyness of Ramadan. Our city is fraught with traffic issues on the best days, but the month of fasting brought particularly bad traffic jams thanks to the heat and hungry drivers. Both my wife Katie and I were glad to step inside […]
Near to the Brokenhearted
Aromatic steam curled from Rola’s tea as she clutched her cup in trembling hands. Rola and I had both adopted our host country around the same time a few years ago. Eventually we became great friends, despite our very different circumstances. My arrival as a Frontiers field worker was completely […]
The Words of Women
I stood at the front of the little church and smoothed my patterned dress. This was the first time I had ever led a seminar, and I was doing it in the local language. Pushing down my nerves, I smiled and began to teach. Seventeen women and two men—the pastors […]
Limping in His Footsteps
I limped out of the orthopedist’s office and squinted at the glaring sun. Of all the times to get a foot injury, this was probably the worst. My family hadn’t been on the field very long, and navigating the medical system in a place where I hardly spoke the language […]
Diverse Leadership in an Emerging Movement of Faith
A couple of years ago, a Muslim-background believer named Tahir traveled to a neighboring country for a discipleship training program hosted by Andre and Joyce, a Frontiers couple. Before the training, Tahir had started several Bible studies. They had since multiplied into 10 house churches. Over 50 new believers were […]