We hear of a world in chaos when we turn on the news and it’s tempting to tune it out. But God is at work – drawing people to himself from all nations, also in North Africa.

Lydia, a translator from Equatorial Guinea, discovered that one story from Scripture can meet us right where our pain is deepest.

Rashid had nothing for his children, not even bread. He remembered in the JESUS-film Jesus fed a crowd with fish and bread. So Rashid prayed under the stars. “God, I believe you fed the crowd. Would you please feed my family? I ask in Jesus’ name.”

As a child, Gao was diagnosed with inflammation of the brain and doctors told her parents not to invest too much in her because she would not live long. One day unexpected visitors arrived and things started to change.

An Iranian couple who fled economic hardship and violence were taken hostage by their ‘guides’ (human smugglers), but God had a plan to bring them to Himself.

After young girls prayed and a lady was healed, she asked them if they would also pray for her paralysed husband. They were shocked! Would they have enough faith to pray for him?

Since 2003 Pastor Han was on the most wanted list in Pyongyang for sharing the gospel. He shared his Christian faith with more than 1,000 North Koreans before he was killed.

Across communities in Egypt, God’s Word is taking root in hearts that have long gone without hearing it in a way they can truly understand.

In her dream, Fatma* saw herself in the Old City of Damascus, walking on a long dark street. At the end of that street, there was a bright light. She saw a very gentle man with light shining from his face.

What happens when an Egyptian scholar of Islamic law watches ‘The Passion of the Christ’ movie?

Everyone knew a man would only enter the Indian village of Acha Nagar for one reason, and an honourable man would not. But to a church planter like Sanjay, the village’s reputation drew him to action.

For two young men in northern Nigeria God’s Word suddenly spoke clearly and personally to their hearts.

In the Netherlands, the fruit and joy of disciple-making is evident in the lives of three women who were connected through their love for Jesus and obedience to Him.

What is Christ worth to you? A missionary couple in the Central African Republic had to answer this for themselves.

When we persevere in prayer and are faithful witnesses for Christ, the Lord will bring forth the fruit. This was the case in Derrick’s transformation.

The witness of faithful Christians who obeyed Christ even to the point of death inspires every generation. Philip and Hermes, who suffered persecution under the Roman Empire in the fourth century, are two such witnesses.

She left the Middle East in pursuit of a new life in Europe. She found it in ways she had never expected.

After an injury and infection left her crippled and dying, a woman in Burkina Faso heard what she believed was the Lord’s voice. Today, she helps others hear the precious Word of God.

Walid hated his Christian co-worker so much that he planned to kill him. But a bold act of love set this Egyptian on a new course — directly to Christ.

Loyalty to tradition is woven into Arab family life in ways that leave little room for questions or doubt. Yet Luke began searching quietly online, reading widely and examining for himself the beliefs he had inherited.

Winna grew up surrounded by people who viewed voodoo rituals as necessities for success. In such a community it is not easy to walk away from these practices.

When Yusuf read the Bible, parts of the Gospel unsettled him. When he reached passages about Christ’s sacrifice, he paused. The idea that God would choose to carry suffering challenged everything he expected of faith.

In Albania, the unfortunate reality is that many citizens feel hopeless about their country and its economic prospects. But, there is a coffee shop that offers more than just a brew of coffee. They aim at transforming lives!

In a letter to his wife, an imprisoned Eritrean pastor wrote how God has made him a prisoner of His indescribable love and grace.

Gospel workers in Italy have an approach that bears fruit: “We don’t force people into faith but rather provide them with opportunities to seek and learn what God says in his Word.”

As an Imam was preaching his normal Friday sermon in his mosque, he was stopped dead in his tracks with the realisation that the verse he read just could not be right and yet, here he was not only believing this himself but teaching it to others.

Maulana, an Islamic terrorist from Indonesia cried out to God and then a man appeared to him. There was fresh blood spattered at the bottom of his white robe. He greeted Maulana with “Salaam Al I Kum,” (Peace be with you!) .

Iranian prisons like Evin are designed to cause visible signs of decline in their victims. Yet Farshid Fathi looks and sounds like someone who has seen Jesus fulfilling His promise: “I will be with you even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).

Even a child in the Himalayas can be an evangelist, declaring God’s love and forgiveness to others.

A YWAM Frontier Missions trainer from South Asia was living in an Islamic community. She did prayer walks in that area of their city and prayed that God would one day bring a Christian kindergarten to that area.

When it did not rain during the rainy season in a region in West Africa, a tribal woman decided to pray until it rains. People camping nearby came to her camp and saw her. They had never heard or seen anything like this before. They thought she must be crazy!

A missionary’s mother was praying when she felt she should look through the garbage. She ignored it and went to bed. But she woke around 2.45 am with the same feeling and couldn’t go back to sleep. Again, an unmistakable sense came to her that she should look through the trash.

A Bodaado Fulani travels across Niger to preach to the Fulani and encourage new believers. His life is a testimony to how God answered a prayer that was prayed for him at birth.

In northern Nigeria, confessing Christ by word of mouth is not the only test of a believer’s sincere submission to the authority of Christ—particularly one coming to Christ from Islam.

In God’s perfect plan, a pastor’s faithful witness to one condemned murderer granted eternal freedom to many.

Lavanya had health and developmental problems from birth. Like most people in India, her parents were Hindu, but no prayers or rituals improved her health or the family’s other problems. Then a family member became a Christian.

“I want people to know: Keep sharing the Gospel, don’t give up,” Alyssa says. “Perseverance is the number one thing. Just keep sharing.”

Abdul knows that there are still ISIS fighters in the area, but he has a boldness to proclaim the gospel. He knows it is better to fear Him who can destroy body and soul in hell, rather than man.

An Egyptian mother was plunged into despair by her son’s sudden death. But in her darkest moments, Jesus comforted her in the most powerful way.

The Alze tribe live in an Asian country where few speak their language. They wondered how God could understand Alze, because no one else could.

After the disciples shared their personal testimonies for a while with a family in North India, the wife finally looked at her visitors and said, “You are outsiders. You’re not like me. Your words are no help to me.”

Mirna, an Egyptian woman, always struggled to have a relationship with God. She had to learn how to spend time with Him daily, to meditate on His Word and make time for worship. Now she shares, “I feel His light in the darkness, telling me to keep going.”