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.”

When the truth about Jesus grips a heart, it overflows and spreads to others. And even more lives are changed!

Noi was a practising Buddhist and animist, like many Shan people in Northern Thailand. She did not know this God that her daughter spoke of and could not take any chances of upsetting her idols.

Mary-Vonn had always had a love-hate relationship with the Catholic Church. She always seemed withdrawn and preoccupied. But one day she showed up at church and her eyes sparkled, her countenance had brightened and she radiated joy!

Where does a person in Libya find the life-saving message of the Gospel that Christians have? Reem had a long journey to finding and understanding the message of salvation, but she did not give up.

Church planting in a Buddhist country is no easier than anywhere else religious intolerance raises its head.

Zahid was a student of a great sheikh. But in his mind, he had many doubts about a lot of things in Islam – especially the hadiths, which are the sayings and actions of Mohammed the prophet.

When they approached a building with a fluorescent cross on it, Halima thought they were going to a Red Cross centre. What she heard inside changed her entire life!

The more Hady studied Islam, the more his eyes were opened to issues that disturbed his beliefs. But as a respected imam, he was not meant to have questions about his faith and he felt unable to share his confusion with anyone.

When we pray for people around the world to find faith in Jesus, God answers our prayers in miraculous ways. One such example is Malik’s story.

Olya and Lira found hope and healing in Prague—with a surprise ending that only God could have orchestrated.

When Andriana learned that the Scamporlinos were Christians who had come to her town to start a church, her eyes lit up. “What, really? I’ve been searching for a church!”

One morning at the YWAM Multipliers Global meeting I sat next to my Sudanese friend and fellow YWAM-FM co-worker, Kris*. The time came to help those of us desiring to see more healings when we pray for people. This was my desire.

Habib asked his Christian friend, “What makes you treat me so kindly? You allow me to stay here for free. And I’m a Muslim, and you accept me as I am.” It did not make sense to him.

Things do not happen by chance. Even though a missionary couple could not see the big picture in the same way God was seeing it, by trusting Him with their future they were able to follow His lead.

Nigel Keur grew up in Cape Town, where he became immersed in a gang and got into trouble with the law. Despite having money and being able to afford many pleasantries, feelings of inadequacy kept flooding him. There was a void that he desperately wanted to fill.

Eric Liddell’s athletic achievement at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, was not his greatest life’s work. His race of faith – particularly in China – was his greatest work, and it was the most important to him.

Sports coach Dickens grew up in a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. As his home life turned sour, he decided the streets were a better option for him. There he became a common thug and eventually a deadly criminal.

Marcelino is a member of the Sertanejo community in Brazil where most people are oral learners. As they listened to the audio Scriptures, something remarkable happened.

A sheikh from the local mosque issued a fatwa, a legal opinion from an Islamic religious leader, demanding that Haytham and Mary be expelled from the community they went to serve with the gospel.

Out of six months in prison, Nehad spent 55 days in solitary confinement. He regards them as the best days of his life because in that place he was comforted and knew the Lord.

For many years a Romanian believer was beaten twice a week by the secret police. It is easy to become bitter, but a true Christian always seeks another person’s highest good—even when mistreated.

Ellen told us she would pray for our ministry on the mission field. Ellen came and visited us in our new country four times. On each visit, she brought more people to come and pray in our Muslim neighbourhood.

Two very different women attended a bilingual women’s Bible study group in Europe and over time God changed both of them in ways that did not seem possible at the start.

A missionary to South Asia and his wife looked back on their 13 years there and didn’t think they had made any difference at all. That was until years later their daughter Jennifer shared what happened at the dentist’s office.

They had set up this film showing about the life of Isa (Jesus). Tariq wasn’t sure he could trust them, but he was curious. About 15 minutes into the movie, someone appeared on the screen he never expected to see.

He knows a lot of tricks the Muslims used to use to twist the truth of the Bible, but now he can defend the Gospel even better and help Muslims understand the eternal truth of God’s Word.

“Islam says that faith is the greatest,” Danyal comments, “but in the pages of the Quran I mostly encountered torment and fear.” Hearing that the New Testament puts love at the summit, Danyal wanted to read more about the Bible.

Joshua’s life has been a constant stream of miracles where God accomplished the seemingly impossible.

After all the years of preparation and language learning by a missionary couple, they feared that they would fail to make it through more than a single day in the African desert.

If Jesus asks us to forgive our enemies, then it can be done.

We can all rejoice in understanding that God can bring forth fruit for eternity through our simple and unremarkable acts.

An unfamiliar man slipped into the room and sat on a bench at the back. Respect in this culture means handing the microphone to anyone with social standing. But who is this man?

“God gave His Son for me, and the Action Bible brought my son back to me!”

In a Bible study with Muslim women discussing the deity of Christ, Maryam asked, “But how can Jesus also be God?” The study leader suggested, “Maybe you should ask God to show you the truth of who Jesus is.”

Two men in north India found a family interested in hearing about the God who made the world. The meetings became regular. The neighbours began to notice and liked the stories too.

When we step out in faith and share God’s Word with others, change can happen.

Moon fought anyone and was afraid of no one. He even drank the blood of goats when they were butchered in the market. What kind of person was this? And what would become of him?

We know that God answers prayer and sometimes He answers quickly! What a privilege to witness how He purposefully connects us with the right person at the right time.

Everywhere she turned, Munmun felt like the evils of the world were trying to claw their way into her heart and her mind. She lived in this state for 10 years before the plight of her anxiety came to a head.

God values every person and can use unusual situations to reach people with His Gospel.