Refugee and Daughter’s ‘Chance’ Encounter Leads to New Life

With the economy in his Middle Eastern country in tatters and his wife leaving him, Mohammad saw no hope for himself or his young daughter.

He spent most nights drinking, and his daughter was largely uncared for during the day as well, when he would look for odd jobs.

“They were very poor, and when he took out a loan, he spent it on alcohol and other nasty habits,” said a native missionary in Turkey. “Then he came to Turkey as a refugee and decided to repent of these bad habits and return to his Shiite religion.”