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Five years ago, a tea stand appeared outside Jeremy’s* apartment. As a CAMA worker in the Middle East, he was suspicious that the young man at the stand was there to keep on eye on his family’s comings and goings.
But Jeremy began to buy tea from Hashem, the tea vendor, and an incredible story unfolds.
Hashem was a university student studying English and happened to be from the most powerful tribe in the country. Jeremy, while feeling a little nervous, began helping Hashem with his English homework.
A friendship formed that consisted of talking about English, culture, politics, and faith over a falafel sandwich and tamarind slushie.
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A year and a half later, Jeremy and his family moved to a new city.
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In December 2017, Jeremy and I traveled to visit the Alliance church in Hashem’s town. While I met with the pastor, Jeremy met his friend for lunch.
Towards the end of the meal, Hashem asked for an English Bible. He said he wanted to use it to study English and culture, but Jeremy suspected he didn’t want his family to notice.
Jeremy went to the Alliance church and searched until he found an English Bible. He handed the Teen Study Bible over to Hashem, quietly praying that God would move.
As time passed, the young man would text English and cultural questions each week to Jeremy, with an occasional question about something he read in the Bible. At one point this year he even texted, “Explain in English how one purifies oneself before God."
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Skip to May of this year and Ramadan had just begun. Hashem texted Jeremy to ask when they could meet again. He had something to tell him that couldn’t be said over the phone.
They met near a historic mosque in the capital, and Hashem suggested they look to find an open coffee shop because he wasn’t fasting this Ramadan. That’s a big deal! Jeremy’s heart started beating with excitement as they walked towards the coffee shop together.
“Since you were the first person to ever tell me about Jesus Christ,” Hashem said with a big smile on his face, “I wanted to tell you in person that I believe in Him as my Savior and the Son of God. We are now brothers in Christ.”
Can you imagine the joy Jeremy and heaven experienced that day? Please commit to pray for this new believer. Allow Hashem’s story to encourage you not to give up on people in your world that do not yet know Jesus.
“I didn’t pursue him—God pursued him,” Jeremy writes.
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