Thursday, March 6, 2025

A Believer From a Sunni/Shia/Sufi Family

Through a mutual friend in the Arabian Peninsula, I was connected with "Y". He is an Egyptian whose father is an Egyptian Shi'a and his mother is a Jordanian Sunni Sufi. Interesting combination. His dad worked in Saudi so he grew up there. In high school, he became curious about the Christian faith, but there were only five students who identified as "Christian" in his school and they were either unwilling or unable to answer his questions. One told him to read Revelation so he began reading the Bible. He had a vision of Jesus. Later, he went to the Orthodox church in Egypt to be baptized. Later he was thoroughly discipled in an evangelical church in Dubai. He recently moved to the US to get a passport in 3 years and then to return to Egypt to serve in ministry. Would you ask God to give "Y" the determination to follow through on his plan? It is encouraging to know Arab brothers who could choose comfort and affluence yet choose to be a light among their people.