My project for December has been to finish writing and to publish a biography of Joy Ridderhof. (The research was done while six children and young people were living with us for a couple of weeks, and the writing began…
My project for December has been to finish writing and to publish a biography of Joy Ridderhof. (The research was done while six children and young people were living with us for a couple of weeks, and the writing began…
Chapter 17 Living Water in the Desert In 1979 when the Ayatollah came into power in Iran, there were about four hundred Muslim-background believers (MBBs) in the country. Later, even the president of Iran himself admitted that about four hundred…
Chapter 15 Iran Alive! (Padina, part two) Somehow Padina got a copy of the Persian New Testament and began to read it secretly. She often called the Iran Alive program and asked that gentle man, Pastor Hormoz, her many questions.…
Chapter 13 Blood of the Martyrs, Seed of the Church Pastor Soodmand was dead! He had been killed by the Iranian police, who said he was a criminal for becoming a Christian and evangelizing. They had warned him, they said.…
Chapter 11 The Reluctant Soldier (Javid, part one) “No, I don’t want to fight in this horrible war!” Javid muttered as he held the paper before him. “I just want to study at the university! I don’t want to go…
Chapter 9 The Mysterious Book (Mina, part one) What’s that? seventeen-year-old Mina thought to herself as she picked up the book off the library floor. Hmmm. It’s not a library book. Injil Sharif, the book said. Holy Good News? “I’ve…
Chapter 7 Christian Dogs (Hossein, part one) “Hey, Hossein!” The boy’s uncle called from the doorway. Four-year-old Hossein came running. “Yes, sir?” “I saw you talking to those Christian dogs!” His uncle leaned down till his face was only inches…
We’re taking a break from the serial publications of the chapters of Living Water in the Desert: True Stories of God at Work in Iran to post the book review and Giveaway, which you can see firsthand at this location:…
Chapter 5 Sowing Seed in a Desert Place (William Miller) “Why am I here, Lord?” William Miller looked all around him at the barren region of Seistan. The young missionary had come from America only two years earlier, in 1919,…
Chapter 3 Wild Woman in the Desert (Mary Bird) “Khanum Maryam! Khanum Maryam! You must come quickly!” Mary Bird looked up from her studying. Ever since she had arrived in Kerman, Persia, in 1891, she had been called away for…