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In October 2023, Hamas fighters from Gaza attacked Israel. Several days later, Hezbollah, a significant political force in neighboring Lebanon, began firing on Israel in support of Hamas. As a result, Israeli forces have consistently returned fire on Lebanon for the last several years, which has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese people and deepened an already serious economic crisis into what some experts now call one of the worst in modern history.
In a village of more than 200 Muslim families, 10 families follow Jesus. Each Sunday, they meet in someone’s home for worship because they have no church building. It’s a small space, but they are faithful.
When missionaries arrived in the town where they planned to stay overnight and share the gospel among the people, they did not want to stay in a hotel. Instead, they hoped to stay with a local resident. The problem, however, was that they knew no one there. “Lord, show us a man of peace,” prayed Marat*, the ministry leader, as they drove through the city. “Someone who will open the doors of his home and be ready to hear the Good News.” The missionaries then went to a bank to exchange money into the local currency. While Marat waited in the car, a stranger suddenly approached. The two men exchanged greetings, and the stranger, whose name was Aldiyar*, said to Marat, “Would you like to stay at my house?” Marat could not help but smile. God had answered his prayer.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on track to become the deadliest on record. There are more than 5,000 confirmed cases, and 2,378 have died. The highly contagious and often fatal disease is thriving amid ongoing violence between rebels and the Congolese government, which has caused a major displacement crisis and enabled the disease to rapidly spread.
The day seemed like any other. Amin* headed out the door to work, leaving his wife, Yasna*, and their two-year-old child at home. He made his way through the streets of Iran, eyes squinted against the early morning sun, gaze eventually landing on his office building ahead.
Fifty-one people have died and more than 1 million are stranded after recent catastrophic flooding and landslides in Bangladesh. “The southeast part of the country has been seriously affected,” a local ministry leader said. “Many people, including our believers, have lost their houses and are living in a difficult situation without food and shelter.”
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