It took me by surprise Sunday morning when I found out that one of our volunteers had been bold enough to ask one of our refugee mothers and her girls to come experience
Easter Sunday with her at our church,
The Church at Schilling Farms. For a refugee, especially a Muslim refugee, it can be very scary to put your guard down and do life with Christians much less walk into a Christian church. Almost always, Muslim men and women are ostracized by their community and families when they are caught crossing the imaginary line between Christians and Muslims.

It has been exciting to work with Asha’s Refuge and help break down the barriers between Muslims and Christians and the various cultures. It seems more times than none we can see the enemy at work causing confusion and fear on both sides therefore creating a feeling that there needs to be distance and separation from the people groups. When we are able to calmly chat about our differing beliefs and life experiences all to often we discover a lot of similarities in our hearts. Of course there are huge differences in who we follow biblically but it has been good to discuss these kinds of things and not be afraid of the differences.

We have discovered more and more that when we pray, love and give openly it allows Jesus to work through us and speak for us. Conversations are not usually difficult but happen naturally. I am thankful that God hasn’t given up on Asha’s Refuge and continues to draw others to himself through this organization, both the foreigner and the volunteer. God keeps showing is that He will provide and that He will complete what He started and for that…I am encouraged to press on.