A few years ago, Fadila* and her husband, Abdul*, packed their entire life into their car and fled with their sons to a refugee camp in the Middle East. War was raging around them, and this was their best chance at a better life for their sons. But… Read More

With so few Christians living in Israel, Jacoba* wanted to be sure that her granddaughter knows Jesus. Christians make up less than two percent of Israel’s population, and even fewer are Hebrew-speaking Christians like Jacoba. Jacoba tries to encourage her granddaughter’s growing faith, but with few resources designed for children,… Read More

On most Saturdays, the parks in Tel Aviv are full of refugees — some of the 37,000 people who fled to Israel to escape the violence in their home countries. Some live in the parks. Most go there to relax. On a recent Saturday, Abdo*, a Sudanese refugee, was in… Read More

In Northern Israel, 19-year-old Lina steps into a ceramic studio to learn from a master potter—and ultimately about the true Master Potter, God. The trip is arranged by the Arab Israeli Bible Society, a special partner of the safe house for abused girls where Lina lives. From childhood, these girls… Read More

Victor* lost all the family he’s ever known. He worked in a shoe shop, but he lost his job as well. Now 77 years old, he moved into a nursing home some years ago when he had nowhere else to go. There Victor found comfort and belonging through his Bible… Read More

Joram* lives in Syria — a country suffering from a brutal civil war. When Joram’s coworkers forgot to drive him home from work one day, he flagged down a passing car and asked for a lift. Joram sensed something was wrong when the driver started heading in the… Read More

Miriam was bleeding. Her wounds, however, were invisible. They were wounds of heartache, fear, and emotional torment. She is a refugee who fled Iraq to the relative safety of Jordan, where her troubles followed her. Miriam’s husband drank. He hit her. Once, in a rage, he tried to stab… Read More

Jameel* and his family were minorities among minorities. They were Christians living on the West Bank. But, in truth, Jameel didn’t really know much about being a Christian. He never had a Bible before, nor did he understood God. That all changed when he went to Bible camp and… Read More

In 24 years of serving in the United States Air Force, Sergeant Benjamin Wilson* saw more pain than he wants to remember. He saw brave friends die and witnessed the devastating impact it had on their children. “It ripped the heart out of my chest,” he recalls. He also saw… Read More

Children are war’s greatest victims, and nowhere is that more evident than in Syria. The plight of children in this war-torn region has reached crisis levels. Currently, there are about 7.5 million Syrian children who are refugees in need of humanitarian assistance. Children are suffering from violence, poverty, abandonment, displacement,… Read More