Hi,

I hope this blog will serve as a way to encourage you by sharing stories, prayer requests etc.

My first story is of a group of Iranian women.

People in Iran  are broken and receptive to the gospel. The country is facing an economic crisis. Drug addiction and joblessness are rampant. But women are especially open to the gospel because so many of them are being abused.

In addition, Islam doesn't exactly offer hope of paradise for women (The Koran describes the afterlife as a place where men are given virgins for their enjoyment. And some of the hadiths, or collections of the sayings and actions of Muhammad describe heaven as a "slave market where there will be "no buy and sale, but.... If any man will wish to have sexual intercourse with a woman, he will do it at once.")

The women are coming to Christ in large numbers and making a huge difference, despite their low standing in the culture. Many of the converts are women who have shared the gospel with other women, seeking not merely to convert them, but also to disciple them.Others are coming to Christ through supernatural encounters with Jesus. One woman had sought to kill herself by hanging but, instead, blacked out, had a vision of Jesus rescuing her and then woke to find the copper cable she had used to hang herself laying perfectly straight on the floor.

I look forward to receiving a comment from you and please let me know what we can pray for you.

Blessings,
Loes