Bless My Neighbor

I am Nasser, and I am from Afghanistan. When I was a teenager, my family fled The Taliban and went to Pakistan. I was from a well-to-do family, and my parents had money to send my siblings and I to learn English at a learning center there that some westerners taught at. One of the teachers played the guitar really well, and I hadn’t heard this instrument before – we have other kinds of instruments in Afghanistan. I asked him if he would come home with me to play the guitar at my house and have dinner with my family. Before beginning dinner, my father thought to honor our guest and his culture by asking him to thank Allah for the food. As the westerner prayed, it was the first time I felt peace in my entire tumultuous life — I looked at this man as he prayed, and I could see this overwhelming peace and joy, and I wanted it. As he finished praying, I heard him say in Urdu, “in Jesus’ name, Amen.” I knew then there must be some connection to Jesus and this guy’s peace and joy. In the coming weeks, that man led me to Christ, and then I led my family to Christ. We moved back to Afghanistan a couple years later, and by the grace of God we saw many Afghans come to faith in Christ, some even who are still in Afghanistan and remain a light under the current regime.

Please pray for the persecuted church in Afghanistan:
– to love their enemies
– to be filled with love and boldness to share the gospel, heal the sick and cast out demons
– to multiply disciples, churches, and leaders among every people and place in that country