Stories from the Field

July 2005

God’s presence in calamity

By Suzanne, a Texas summer missionary

I am sure by now you have heard that there have been several explosions in London. All the affected areas are our “stomping ground” for our summer missions teams, but we are OK. Please pray that God can be glorified through this and that people will look to the Lord for peace and security.

A really cool story ... a few nights ago an Iraqi Muslim man became a follower of Christ!!!!!!!!!!! Yea, this is really exciting! It takes on average seven years for a Muslim to become a Christian. He is staying at our church and being discipled by an Arab speaker. Oh, it was so exciting to be in the presence of a new life beginning. The atmosphere was electric and we just jumped up and down and praised God all night long. It was incredible!!! The Lord be praised!!!!!

This new brother saw us all the morning of the bombings, sitting on the floor glued to the radio and praying fervently for peace and for God to be glorified through this time. We grabbed his hands and pulled him in and just dedicated the time to God. He saw Christians in action during fear and uncertainty!! May God use all these incidents to bring glory to Himself!