129 | My Arranged Marriage + My Conversion from Muslim to Christian with Lily Meschi
Living Easy with Lindsey
Lindsey Maestas
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Lily Meschi's journey took her from Iran to the United States as a teenager, and it was a transition that left her feeling like she didn't quite fit in. Despite having lived an affluent life in her home country, she suddenly found herself in a cramped apartment, sharing living space with other family members. The move also led to the painful separation from her father, who had always been her hero.
Lily Meschi's story also encompasses her conversion from the Muslim faith to Christianity. She vividly describes the pivotal role played by family friends in sharing the Gospel with her. Through their loving witness, she experienced a profound transformation in her heart, as she encountered the love of Christ that led her to embrace her Christian faith.
During our conversation, Lily and I discussed the importance of being bold in our faith, sharing Truth openly and loudly from a heart of love, rather than shying away from sharing our faith with others. This boldness in sharing the Gospel has been a defining aspect of her journey and her commitment to her Christian faith.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the Living Easy podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | This is Lindsay Myestus and today I am here |
| 0:07.1 | with our wonderful guest, Lily Meche. |
| 0:10.4 | Lily, I just want to thank you so much |
| 0:12.1 | for being willing to come on the show. |
| 0:14.0 | Oh my gosh, Lindsay, thank you so much for having me on your show. |
| 0:17.0 | No, I'm so happy to have you and I have heard your story and it is incredibly heartwarming, heart-wrenching, and just transformative. |
| 0:27.7 | I think for people who hear stories from people who have not always had everything cut and dry in their lives. |
| 0:36.4 | And so I wanted to begin by just allowing my audience, our listeners, to hear a little bit of your story. So what kind of backtrack? |
| 0:45.8 | First, can you tell us what you do now and why you're on the podcast today? |
| 0:51.8 | So I am the Director of Partner Relations at Iran Alive Ministries. |
| 0:57.2 | I work alongside the founder of Iran Alive Ministries, |
| 1:01.6 | where we broadcast evangelical and discipleship programming through a 24-7 |
| 1:08.4 | broadcast to Iran and other regions in the Middle East that are significantly Farsi speaking. |
| 1:14.0 | Wow and what compelled you to get involved with Iran Ministries? |
| 1:20.0 | Yes, so I came to faith in 2002, and I'm sure you will ask me to share how I came to faith, but when I came to faith, I began exploring that Dr. Sherry had in another pastor, Iranian pastor, had started their |
| 1:38.1 | broadcast for just like, you know, once a week broadcast evangelizing to Iranians and also |
| 1:45.1 | discipling them. So my mom and dad always had satellite TV in their home |
| 1:51.6 | even though they at the time they lived in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:55.0 | They always wanted to stay connected with you know Iranian culture, |
| 2:00.0 | Iranian TV, you know, Farsi speaking, people that they connected with, you know, growing up because my mom was in her early 50s. |
| 2:12.0 | My dad was in his late 50s when they moved to the US. And so every time we went to my sisters and I went to their home, they always would have the TV on that was speaking in Farsi and Dr. |
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