Rosy evening light slanted through the windows of Nahid’s house as we sat down to dinner. Nahid, a student at my English school and now a friend, often invited me over to share meals with her family. “Followers of Jesus are the best people I have ever met,” Nahid said. […]
A Child of Hope Part 3
Abdul paced by the apartment door as he waited for John, a Frontiers field worker, to get home. For the past few months, since he escaped his war-torn country, the 17-year-old had been living with John. In that time, he discovered a Bible in his language, decided to follow Jesus, […]
Caring for Carvers in Crisis
Our Frontiers team moved to a new location in Central Asia with our sights set on a rural people group who lived in the mountains. But once we arrived, we were discouraged to learn that people who lived in the mountains didn’t welcome outsiders like us. We couldn’t travel to […]
A Child of Hope Part 2
Abdul let the front door of the apartment swing shut behind him and headed to the pantry for a snack. Although he’d spent the last two hours at a restaurant, his animated conversation about baptism with his friend Daoud had been more interesting than anything on the menu. Abdul had […]
Good Fruit
I clearly recall the first time I invited a neighbor to my house to study the Bible with me. We had just moved to a new village, and I wanted desperately to share the Good News. My heart pounded as I hurried to answer the door when Hoda arrived. I’d […]
A Marvelous Reality
In a swirl of colorful wraparound skirts, Fatou bustled in and out of her tidy mudbrick home, preparing dinner on her outdoor cookfire. The fragrance of rice, beans, and hot greens filled the house as she brought in heaping dishes, offered me a bottle of soda, and sat down across […]
A Child of Hope
Abdul tried to steady his trembling hands as he slumped to the dirty curb and dialed the only local number on his phone. His eyes darted back and forth, scanning the urban Middle Eastern street in the deepening twilight. Two men walked together on the far side of the road, […]
In Light of Eternity
Being a third culture kid (TCK) in Southeast Asia can be challenging—particularly when it comes to learning the local language. It was a struggle for me, and sometimes I fought the process. Then I started meeting with our language nurturer Kru Siriwan. No matter how frustrated I got, she patiently […]
Only Possible with Jesus
Neima sat up in bed, gasping. For a moment, confusion clouded her mind. Shafts of moonlight illuminated a cramped and lonely apartment—not the bedroom she and her siblings shared. As the cobwebs of sleep slipped from her mind, Neima remembered that she was not home. She was alone in the […]
Healed Without Surgery
Mira couldn’t muster a smile as Stephanie and Lucas, Frontiers field workers, arrived at her family’s home for their weekly Bible study. Stephanie seemed to sense her stress and leaned in to ask, “How’s your father?” Tears welled up in Mira’s eyes. Her father, who had been in a car […]