Quick links: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] Thus far: Faruki’s influence and ministry spread across the country, but persecution followed. Faruki and his followers left their homeland to find a safe haven in a big city. There they studied a little black book full of truths about God and His holy day. Now we backtrack to tell another part of the story. In a far-off place in Africa, there was a doctor who was known by his friends as Abed Majid. He and his family ran a clinic. One … [Read more...]
Sheik Faruki and the man in white – 3
Quick links: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] Thus far: Little Faruki is born in answer to a Muslim woman’s prayer to Jesus for a son. While still a child, Faruki has a dream about a man in white. His family scoffs at the dream, but 7-year-old Faruki travels across the desert to a city to meet the man. This man teaches him about love for people and love for God. Years pass, and Faruki tells others what he has learned. Faruki’s ministry eventually spread across the country. His … [Read more...]
Thirsting for truth
Kashmir Masih Gill started out one morning to visit church members in the village of Chak 20H, India, near the Pakistan border. The day was hot and dusty, and he was thirsty because the water in his bottle had been used up. About halfway to his destination, he stopped at a village and looked for a hand pump to fill his bottle. He could not find one, so he knocked on the door of the nearest house. The owner, Mr. Prem Singh, welcomed him into his home and brought a cold glass of water. They … [Read more...]
Sheik Faruki and the man in white – 2
Quick links: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] Thus far: Little Faruki is born in answer to a Muslim woman’s prayer to Jesus for a son. While still a child, Faruki has a dream about a man in white. His family scoffs at the dream, but 7-year-old Faruki travels across the desert to a city to meet the man. Once in the city, he searches and searches for the man, but to no avail. Little Faruki decided to return home, but he had no money left to pay for the train ticket. He hoped maybe … [Read more...]
Sheik Faruki and the man in white – 1
Quick links: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] Amira’s heart was filled with great sadness and shame. Years were passing by, and yet she still did not have a child. She had fasted and prayed. Why had God not given her a son? Sadly she made her way to the tribal place of worship. Weeping, she promised God that if He were to give her a child, she would dedicate him completely to God’s service. As she prayed, a holy peace came upon her. She felt assured that her prayer had been … [Read more...]
Soap-making class teaches people how to have clean hearts
What better place to learn about clean hearts than in a soap-making class? That’s the philosophy put into practice by Patrice Tossou, a Gospel Outreach evangelist in Maradi. In addition to showing students how to make soap, Tossou always spends time reading from the Bible and Koran and sharing pamphlets about Jesus. Word of these unusual classes spread across town. A man named Mr. Idrissa heard about the classes and, along with some of his followers, decided to attend. Mr. Idrissa is … [Read more...]
The day God sent a monkey attack
Shakuntala came from a very poor family. Her husband, Patole, made idols out of mud and sold them in the market for his living. One day, Patole asked Shakuntala to take all of the mud idols to the market. On the way there, she stumbled and fell, shattering the idols. Afraid of what her husband would say, she gathered the broken pieces into her basket and sat weeping under a tree. When Patole passed by on his way home, he found his wife still sitting under the tree. "Why are you crying?" he … [Read more...]