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I cannot tell you where this story came from but I can tell you it is in N. America. Amazing what God is doing among us here in the states. This story is of a Muslim woman who came to Christ. Her husband recently died of a heart attack without ever being a follower of Jesus .  She wants to witness of Jesus to her Muslim community so bad.  Read….

From the field :

Yesterday was the funeral. It was a mix of emotions. A mix of cultures. A mix of responses. Qurans & Bibles. Muslims & Christians. Jesus was not invited, but would he make an appearance?

The night before the funeral many of you were praying, and God gave Dreamer another dream.

An angel appeared to her and told her to stand up and speak about Jesus. The angel also told her to have no Quran at the funeral. She told this to her family but they went against her wishes.

At the funeral, Dreamer asked H. ( Christian Friend)  to sit right in the front row next to her. Right with the family. Right in the middle of the mix.

When it was time for Dreamer to speak, she was very nervous, she was very weak, but she turned to H. and said “pray for me, I have to tell the truth”. She then stood to her feet and weeping told everyone attending what Jesus meant to her! Immediately her brother got up from his seat, walked to the front and demanded she stop talking! She pushed through the awkwardness and kept going. He then left the room.

This was her moment of taking up her cross. Almost all of the 100+ people there were Muslim. Many were close family. She took her stand.

Later that day, when the guests had all left, we approached her expecting another shower of tears. Instead, her eyes lit up and she pumped her fists and said “I did it!!”. We are very proud of her, and very thankful to all of you who prayed for her.

So thank you to everyone who was praying yesterday, and continues to pray for her. Now comes the hard part when everyone goes back to their lives and she is still alone, and now potentially more ostracized. We will be meeting with her this week to talk and pray about her plans, her hopes, her dreams for the future. We’re not sure what to say but she is such an important ambassador for Christ.
Our prayer now is that her journey with us is not ending, but just beginning.