Ashia was raised in a Sunni Muslim family in Aleppo, Syria. There, at age 16, she was introduced to her husband, before moving away from her home village to his. Ashia’s husband began to work outside of the country, leaving her frequently to raise their family alone.

Call of Hope co-workers, Bro. Rashid and his wife, Dr. Ida, who is a dentist, frequently visit the slums and refugee camps that surround Baghdad to provide aid, medical care and hope. Hundreds of thousands of families and children reside in these camps, trying to make a living from the garbage.

Only recently, the head of the military police in Lebanon announced to his soldiers: “The coming days are very dangerous, our needs will increase and the security situation is about to collapse, but you need to be strong in order to keep our security in this beloved country!”

“They killed anyone who did not look like a “real Muslim”, Amani explained as she recalled the bloody battles that forced her family to flee their small Syrian town. They left with only the clothes on their backs and fled to Jordan as refugees.

For her entire life, Zaynab was a devout Muslim. As a student at the Islamic University of Africa in Sudan, she excelled in her computer science studies and even went on to become a frequent guest lecturer after graduating. As a wife and mother of two, Zaynab thought she had life all figured out. However, God had different plans.

Every American could tell you exactly where they were during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As the dust settled and the smoke cleared, we mourned as a nation for the lives that were lost, and many drew closer to the comforting arms of Christ. We serve a big God and he can be near to so many people at once.

Afryea had just overheard one of Call of Hope’s weekly radio broadcast in her native language of Dagbani. Unfortunately, on the day of our scheduled meeting we had a call that Afryea’s baby boy, Suhiyini, was hospitalized; so we decided to visit her in the hospital with a team of evangelists.

As we approach Easter, we can all reflect on God's amazing plan to redeem the world - including the Muslim world and former Muslims like Mona. 

She has never known her mother. When she was just a baby, her parents went through a bitter divorce. Soon afterward, her father abandoned her completely and sent her to stay with her aunt in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.