AFGHANISTAN: Muslim Nation, Christian Marriage

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🗓️ 13 July 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

God called John Weaver to Afghanistan as a single man, and he stayed in the country even after 9/11 when the U.S. government encouraged all Americans to leave. John committed his singleness to God, making peace with the fact that he might never get married while living and working in an isolated village in Afghanistan.

It was only weeks after making that commitment that John met Jeanne—an American woman born in Kabul whom God had brought from half a world away to be John’s bride.

Listen to the story of their amazing romance, which is also told in a new book called Najiba: A Love Story from Afghanistan (affiliate link). You’ll hear how they courted and married according to Afghan traditions, honoring the culture in which they served while still shining as a lighthouse for Christ and for God’s amazing blessing that is Christian marriage.

John will also demonstrate specific ways we can pray for Afghanistan.

John has shared previously on VOM Radio. Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of that conversation. John was also part of the 2019 Martyrs Memorial induction ceremony, which you can watch online here.

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0:00.0	When the Lord called John Weaver as a single man to go and serve in Afghanistan,
0:06.0	John knew that it might be challenging to find a God-fearing wife,
0:12.0	and he knew he might need to lay down God-fearing wife.
0:19.0	And he knew he might need to lay down his very life in that dangerous country. But he had good reason to go and to serve and to sacrifice for the people of
0:25.4	Afghanistan. In terms of singleness it's Jesus in terms of martyrdom and
0:29.8	being willing to lay down our lives it's Jesus it. It goes back to He is worthy. He's the
0:34.5	parole of great price when we find him. Really nothing else matters.
0:38.0	Singleness is a gift. Married life is a gift and giving your life as a martyr for Jesus that's a gift. It's a calling for something.
0:47.5	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:50.5	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep
0:56.0	among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming
1:01.2	true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:04.0	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
1:09.0	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network.
1:12.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:14.4	My name is Todd Nettleton,
1:15.6	and we are in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1:18.6	with John Weaver.
1:20.1	If you are a long-time listener to Voice of the Martyrs Radio, you've heard John here before.
1:25.2	He is an American Christian aid worker who lived and worked in Afghanistan.
1:32.4	In fact, after 9-11, when the American government lived and worked in Afghanistan.
1:32.6	In fact, after 9-11, when the American government said to all the Americans,
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