As believers, we carry the Spirit of Christ with us wherever we go. In the extra ordinary and in the mundane, the Lord goes with us, or better yet, he’s already there. For we are the aroma of Christ to those who are perishing.

Boys in crisp, white kandoras (long dress shirt which is the national dress) and girls in brand new dresses ran in and out of the large room which was used for visiting with guests.  Ramadan was over and the celebration days had begun which included lots of visiting.

The woman was grieved that no one would read God’s Word with her.  She wondered if it was out of fear or because they hadn’t read the Bible themselves. She immediately set up a time to meet with Nyala and begin to read the Bible with her.E

March is the beginning of spring in many places in the world, but in the UAE it is the beginning of summer! Temps are beginning to rise, but the evenings are still pleasant. UAE is excited about their first astronaut, Sultan AlNeyadi, to work in the International Space Station. He will be onboard the orbiting laboratory for 180 days conducting experiments. The space mission will launch on March 2.

Michael and Ahmed meet up for coffee regularly.  As they were catching up over their espressos, Ahmed opened a conversation topic that they had never discussed before – WITCHCRAFT!  A manager in his company, while they were eating lunch, warned Ahmed to watch his relationships with colleagues. 

Abedi is from a nearby country of the UAE where most of the local population are Muslim.   He became a Christian outside of his country and then moved to Dubai.  He found a solid evangelical church and began to grow in his faith.  He went through an intentional discipleship program that lasted about a year.   When the year was finished, he understood what it meant to be a follower of Christ.