Fadia Naji, Mother
Growing up in a wealthy family in Kuwait meant Fadia Naji could have anything her heart desired: expensive cars, beautiful jewellery and the latest designer clothes. But when the Gulf War ended in 1990, so did life as she knew it. Her husband, who had sided with the Iraqi army during the conflict, was sentenced to ten years in... >Read More
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A Cinderella Story
I grew up wanting to get married and live happily ever after, just like Cinderella. When Charlie proposed to me, I carefully laid the groundwork for my dream. “I’m going to put you first in my life,” I said. “Will you put me first in your life?” He said he would. But, literally, as soon as the honeymoon was... >Read More
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A Change of Direction Results in a Change of Attitude
The plane was three hours into its international flight when the pilot came on the intercom with the following announcement:
“Ladies and gentlemen, don’t be alarmed, but I have some bad news as well as some good news for you. The bad news is that our navigational equipment is malfunctioning and we have no way of knowing where we are. The...... >Read More
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My Search for Peace
Having scant knowledge of God in my formative years, I began a religious search in my mid twenties. After exploring a variety of churches, I decided on a well-known religion and after six months of instruction I received all of the rites.
At last I belonged! Now I could settle back and receive the internal peace that was sure to... >Read More
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Fatima's Testimony
**The names in this testimony have been changed to protect the identies of those involved.**
Fatima shivered in her cell as she reviewed her desperate circumstances. Her husband Hasan was confined in another part of the Greek prison. What was he thinking right now, she wondered? Did he regret fleeing persecution? Was he remembering the time...... >Read More
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I Nearly Gave Up on God
Note: Due to his request, the person’s name who told us his life story has been withheld.
“The Christian faith doesn’t seem to make any practical difference.” That’s how I felt about Christianity for most of my life.
From when I was born in the Middle East to when I came to North America as a young boy, I lived with... >Read More
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Something Beautiful
Note: Due to his request, the person’s name who told us his life story has been withheld.
There must be more to life than to be born and then to die. I always believed that, but never knew really what I was missing, so how could I search for it?
I was born and grew up in the Middle East. I... >Read More
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