Facebook Absence Leads to Presence in Heaven

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Adult English students pay attention to their teachers even when they aren’t in English class. Often, they also pay attention to what their teachers are not doing.
 
A few years ago, shortly before Easter, Mo (a Muslim man) Facebook messaged his English teacher, but she didn’t respond. The next time Mo saw her, he asked why. 

This teacher told Mo she had taken the Facebook app off her phone because she was “fasting” from Facebook for Lent. He was curious, so the teacher explained that Lent was a time to be solemn and remember the events leading up to Christ’s death on the cross.
 
He asked questions like, “If Jesus was innocent, why didn’t he fight back?” So the teacher continued the story, sharing that things didn’t end with Jesus death. She spoke of the resurrection and how God gave His Son to die for everyone, even people who didn’t love Jesus. The conversation included pictures and illustrations, diagrams, and Biblical references. Toward the end, this curious man became silent. Finally, Mo asked if he was allowed to go to a sunrise service at a Christian church. (In mosques, non-Muslims are sometimes not allowed to enter.) Of course, he would be welcomed in a Christian church!
 
A male friend of the teacher accompanied Mo to church early that Easter Sunday and discipled him over the next few weeks. Soon, the man accepted Christ as his Savior. Afterward, he said to the teacher, “I am in God’s family and Jesus died for me. He is the way I will have life forever!”
 
Praise God for this man’s salvation--all because of a discussion about not being on Facebook.
 
READY TO GET INVOLVED?

• There are always local adult English classes in need of teachers and encouragers. Sign up for KIN’s next volunteer teacher training or contact our Volunteer Coordinator for more information.
• It usually takes a long time to build the kind of relationship where an international person will listen and respond like this to an American person. Pray for KIN volunteers to be patient as they watch the Holy Spirit work in their friends’ lives. Pray also that volunteers grasp every opportunity to share the Gospel.