I just met a woman who is a believer! She’s from a neighboring country and is here in the Swahili Coast to find work with her friend who owns a shop in town. I asked how she likes our area since she moved here two months ago. She said it’s very difficult to live here. […]
Region: Africa
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 36
The lush mountains of Eritrea are home to the Highland Tigrinya. It’s beautiful but difficult terrain to access. Who will go and share the Good News of Jesus in the highlands, in the lowlands and along the coast? Will you? #Pray4OpenDoors that all people would have access to the Gospel. […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 35 – Janjaweed killers need Jesus
The Janjaweed are a militia, a killing force that operates in Darfur in western Sudan. The atrocities committed by these men have often been sanctioned by the Sudanese government as a way to stay in power. Who is willing to go to Sudan to tell these men about the life-altering power of Jesus? Who is […]
Grace longing for her son
Remember our friend, “Grace”? For a few months she has been asking more questions and even had dreams about Jesus. We’ve shared scripture with her and studied the Bible together but she has a problem. She has a son in another country and wants him here with her. This last week has been very stressful […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 34
Today, let’s #Pray4OpenDoors in Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan as we declare Acts 14: “They got the church together telling in detail how God had used them to throw the door of faith wide open so people of all nations could come streaming in.” […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 33 – “Cycle of Pain” Somali poetry
Cycle of Pain Pain has numbed my senses My poetry is filled with grief Will a lover seek joy in me? I take courage to face this Past, its fire erupt my soul Will God calm it with peace? My fear hums in silence, as Sorrow echoes my voice Will I wake up from this? […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 32 – Goodbye to freedom
Eden tearfully said goodbye to her family and continued waving as she got into the truck with Tamir. Tamir had given her parents an advance on her salary for the new job she would have as a maid in Sudan. “Don’t be sad,” she told herself. “This is helping my family.” But in reality, Eden […]
Bunged-up canary yellow Mercedes taxi
Sahara’s Gate: As I got into the bunged-up canary yellow Mercedes taxi, the liquid chants of the Koran wafted over my ears. “Do you understand?” I asked in Arabic pointing at the radio. “No, but I love it”. The young Bambara guy was obviously hungry for something from the tiny sound system. “Lord Jesus”, I breathed […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 31
Somalia has the highest birth rate in the world at 6 children per woman. These families often struggle to sustain daily life. Some children are sent at an early age to work leaving little time for education and play. #Pray4OpenDoors that Jesus’ love will be accessible to the least of these. […]
#Pray4OpenDoors Week 30
Today #Pray4OpenDoors and that God would break open the nations of Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan so that we can proclaim as they did in Acts 11: “They started praising God. ‘It’s really happened! God has broken through to the other nations, opened them up to Life!’” […]
