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Bashir's story
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29 Oct 2003
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Bashir praises God that, 5 years ago, Taliban drove his family from their homeland. Their Shia Islam faith makes the Hazara the despised enemy of Taliban. Their slanted eyes make them the easy target of hate crimes. When Taliban soldiers with murderous intent invaded their Hazara village, Bashir's family fled on foot through rocky, rugged mountain terrain. They arrived exhausted and hungry in a nearby country where they settled into the difficult existence of refugee camp life.
It was in this camp that Bashir met a stranger who had a kind face and a strange light of hope in his eyes. That light stirred a longing deep inside young Bashir's heart. In the night, he had a dream. A man dressed in white came to him—he had the same light in his eyes! He told Bashir that the stranger would speak the truth and Bashir should follow it.
Over the next months, Bashir heard the Good News that Jesus died so that he could have freedom from sin and death! He secretly studied a Bible in his own language. Now Bashir shares this wonderful story of God's love with other Hazara. Pray that the Good News will continue to be shared among the Hazara.
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