Western Cham
DAY 20 – JUNE 25th, 2016 The Western Cham of Cambodia Kandi was worried. Living in rural Cambodia with serious health problems it was hard to find good medical care in the year 2000. Left by her husband to raise…
30 Days of Prayer
Indonesian Merantau
DAY 19 – JUNE 24th, 2016 Merantau – An Indonesian Journey Judges 18:6 “And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.” Among the more simple, rural…
Indo-Malaysia
DAY 18 – JUNE 23rd, 2016 Indo-Malaysia Room The Indo-Malaysia Room in the House of Islam includes Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands. Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world with a population…
Bihar, India
DAY 17 – JUNE 22nd, 2016 Bihar, India Baisi is a town of about 10,000 people in Bihar, India. It is locally famous for being a stronghold of Islam, and young men from all around the region come to Baisi…
Eastern South Asia
DAY 16 – JUNE 21st, 2016 Eastern South Asia The most crowded room in the House of Islam is Eastern South Asia with nearly 284 million Muslims living here. There are dozens of movements here, each with several thousand baptized…
Deoband and Deobandis
DAY 15 – JUNE 20TH, 2016 Deoband and Deobandis The town of Deoband in North India has a population of 100,000. It is small in comparison to the many other cities and towns across the region and yet the Dar-Ul-Uloom…
A New Name
DAY 14 – JUNE 19TH, 2016 A New Name! Western South Asia Western South Asia is one of the most crowded rooms in the House of Islam. It is home to more than 300 million Muslims from 186 ethnic people…
Tajikistan – Seeking Jesus
DAY 13 – JUNE 18TH, 2016 Tajikistan – Seeking Jesus “How do we actually know if we are one of Jesus’ sheep?” asked Ali, a young Tajik student, as we were reading through the book of John together. We were in the…
The Persian Room
DAY 12 – JUNE 17TH, 2016 The Persian Room – Haik Hovsepian With nearly 100 million inhabitants, the Persian World encompasses all of modern-day Iran and spills over into neighboring Iraq, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Unlike the Sunni Muslims elsewhere in…
Turkey & Refugees
DAY 11 – JUNE 16TH, 2016 Turkey – A Crossroad for Refugees Situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Turkey has a complicated history with a significant role in both continents. It has been thrust into the forefront of…