I experienced a tiny taste of persecution yesterday while handing out flyers for the church. An elderly man was very upset and yelling at us. He roughly grabbed the flyers from myself and my friend. We tried to explain that we didn't know what he was saying but he only yelled louder.
Another man appeared out of nowhere and defended us in Turkish and told us to go. We walked very quickly away and didn't come back to that area.
It was scary enough for us, but we have the comfort of knowing that in a few months we will be back home and can scream Jesus name in the streets if we want too. I can't imagine living with this reality every day and having your own friends and family angry and threatening.
Please pray for the Turkish Christians who face this and much greater persecution every day.
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"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Ray
1 comment:
hey em... yeah, when i came home from the middle east, i had such a hard time here in the west. i was there a lot longer so it likely went deeper for me, but it definitely has stayed with me in that i am still effected by our freedom in how we are allowed to worship and live. i'm glad you had a taste of that there. it's something a lot of people here take for granted. be safe xo
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