Unashamed

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March 11, 2021

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Unashamed
by Impact Middle East leader and pastor in Jordan

Randa has been blind from birth, but her parents helped her to grow up unashamed of her blindness. (Arab culture generally says this disability from birth is a result of the family being judged by God. Thus, the child can be an ever-present source of shame.)

Randa learned how to play the piano and developed a beautiful singing voice. She married Saliba, who is also blind. (This was the first marriage in Jordan of two blind people to one another.) Over the next few years, they had two beautiful girls who can see normally.

Although Randa is a believer, Saliba is not. He is angry at God for allowing him to be born blind. He feels dejected that he is not able to provide for his family.

At first Randa was willing to play the piano at church but was reluctant to share her faith publicly. Then she began to share vignettes at women’s meetings. Her testimony has helped some refugees find it possible to be thankful even though they find themselves in very difficult situations.

Now Randa leads worship at the church services, and she has the potential to have great influence among the women. We are concerned, however, that as Randa grows spiritually and takes on more leadership in the church, Saliba will become more resentful and even jealous of his wife.

Please pray for Randa to fulfill her leadership potential and for Saliba to come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.

New Children's Resource

Five short videos and reproducible handouts
Perfect for VBS or Children's Ministries

Meet Nisaf, a winsome twelve-year-old girl in Kurdistan (northern Iraq). She lives with her family in a refugee camp, along with 8,000 other children and their families, after they fled from ISIS terrorists. Through five short videos Nisaf shows us where she lives and other special places in the camp, including the Noor Center. Established by Impact Middle East, the Noor Center creates ways for children to laugh, play, and feel safe again after all the trauma they have experienced in their lives. Reproducible handouts provide activities and additional information for each of the videos. Project options provide ways for children’s groups to help children like Nisaf.

Video Resources

Due to security reasons, these pages are password protected. Email contact@impactmiddleeast.org for password.

To view videos of Impact Middle East Ministry in EGYPT, click here.

To view videos of Impact Middle East Ministry in IRAQ, click here.

To view videos of Impact Middle East Ministry in ISRAEL, click here.

To view videos of Impact Middle East Ministry in JORDAN, click here.

Opportunities

Heavenly Treasures - an Impact Middle East partner organization - offers online access to hand-crafted products made by Iraqi refugee artisans. Heavenly Treasures can also provide a “pop-up” store for your church or organization.
Shop: shopwithamission.com
Pop-up Store: christina@heavenlytreasures.org

Connected Communities, through International Child Care Ministries (ICCM), allows a U.S. church to come alongside a particular school, hostel, child development center, or other ministry in the Middle East.
Connected Community: dale@impactmiddleeast.org

SEED helps design innovative and high quality products for refugees from across the Middle East to make together, building inter-cultural relationships and sharing God’s love. Buy these designs - and purchase tote bags in bulk - at shopSEEDmarket.org

Special Opportunity

Impact Middle East is looking for local churches interested in helping refugee children in Jordan and Iraq attend school where they will receive biblical and academic instruction. Connected Communities, through International Child Care Ministries (ICCM), makes a way for churches to come alongside specific schools in the Middle East.
Connected Community: dale@impactmiddleeast.org

Children's Resources

Great for VBS or other children's missions studies

Click here for Missions Alive! Middle East and other downloads (missions curriculum for grades 1-6)
Password: 20MEeJiI20

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