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.

Yusuf and Ayesha and their children became refugees overnight as they had to flee physical persecution in their home country due to their faith.  A religious leader’s son had begun to read the Bible and he blamed it on this family.  A crowd was gathered and went to their house to hurt them.