Brave people we meet:

Yasser and his wife Faiza are Muslims from the Darfur region of Sudan, where he was a journalist, and a student of national note in his youth. His public criticism of the human rights abuses of the Khartoum government got him imprisonment and torture eleven times in the last twenty years, beginning at age 16. After escaping Sudan and gaining asylum in Egypt, he was diagnosed with cancer. They came to India where medical treatment is competent and relatively affordable, but are facing delays in raising the money for needed surgery. A ”chance” encounter with missionaries on the street led to discussions which answered lifelong questions about the meaning and purpose of human life and our relationship to God. They read the Book of Mormon, found it to be true, and requested baptism. He wants to bring the gospel to Sudan, if he survives the cancer. There are a few other problems with that, as you may be aware from the international news coming out of Darfur. When we asked what personal issues their conversion would present, Faiza calmly stated, “I have not yet told my family. Some will respect my decision. Many will never speak to me again. Only a few will want to kill me.”