When Kate McCord first arrived in Afghanistan and began to live life among the Afghani people,

she was surprised how quickly the conversations would turn to the deepest things in life.

They have a sense that somehow God is in control and God is the answer to their problems.

They just don't know how to find God in a personal

way and in a way for their society. This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Monday, August 17th,

2015. We're continuing today in a fascinating, eye-opening conversation with Kate McCord.

That's not actually her name, but she goes by that name.

It's a pseudonym.

She's an author of a book called In the Land of Blue Berkas. Fascinating read and a book that you want to have.

I hope many, many of our listeners will get a copy of this book, and we'll be glad to send it to you for your donation of any amount to support the Ministry of Reviver Hearts.

Kate, welcome back to Revive Our Hearts, and thank you so much for being here to show your story with us. Thanks, Nancy. It's such a pleasure to be here. And on the last Reviver Hearts, the time just flew by. I don't know where those minutes went. You're a great storyteller. You're a great conversationalist, which is also what made you an effective worker in Afghanistan where you spent five years as a humanitarian aid worker.

And for those listeners who didn't have a chance to listen to the last program, I want to encourage

you to go back to revive our hearts, pick up the audio or the transcript, so that you can hear

the stories that we heard on the last program.

Kate, one of the things I really enjoyed about your book was how you just gave these

amazing descriptions of life in this country that for so many of us is something we know

so little about.

And you talked about some of the really beautiful aspects of culture and life there.

What were some of the qualities that you saw there that were

impressive, that were beautiful? I think of the hospitality. I know that was something that was

just amazing. I just love the hospitality. And, you know, when I got there, I didn't know any

Afghans. I knew some foreigners, some other foreigners, of course, are, you know, Americans and

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