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Tariq, a 25-year-old Muslim man in Yemen, felt drawn to the Christian faith. As his curiosity grew, he began to search for information on the internet, and that search led him to an indigenous ministry’s website. He connected with a missionary who discussed Christianity with him and, days later, Tariq knew he’d discovered the true God. He gave his life to Christ. The missionary with whom Tariq connected lived far away, but she connected him with a local group of believers who began to disciple him, helping him build a solid foundation for his faith and providing the support he needed as he stepped away from the religion of his family. But his abandonment of Islamic prayers and rituals made his father suspicious, and Tariq’s life soon began to spiral.
When 87-year-old Manuel* arrived at a local ministry with several other believers, he intended simply to visit with the missionaries. He had no idea he would be asked to participate in what would become one of his most beloved memories.
In July, after violence erupted in Syria’s Suwayda region, killing 594 people and displacing thousands, Christian Aid received the following message from a ministry that has worked in the region: We write to you with trembling hearts. Days ago, unspeakable horror unfolded in Suwayda, Syria, where entire families were massacred without mercy. People were killed in a brutal terrorist attack—among them were believers in Christ, people we have served and prayed with. The darkness that swept through their homes has left behind a deep, aching silence. We cry out with the psalmist in Psalm 10, pleading for God’s justice. Friends, we are not just watching a tragedy unfold—we are in the middle of it.
Bandits came on motorcycles—200 by some estimations—riding through the early hours of a July morning into villages across northwest Nigeria to raid, steal, attack, and kill. As the reverberating sound of hundreds of engines grew louder, residents awoke and, in a panic, tried to flee.
Missionaries Yusuf* and Malik*stood on the street of an Arab neighborhood in Germany and watched the people as they passed. They were there to share the gospel, but this particular area wasn’t a welcoming place for Christians. In fact, other missionaries here had been physically assaulted in the past.
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