A man will call Brother Sam trains gospel workers in the Middle East, where they face fierce opposition.

The advice that he gives to them could apply to every believer in Christ no matter the circumstance.

You have to be bold because you speak about great God, great Savior,

and even when we have a challenge from the government or anything we have

to share our faith not hiding ourselves.

Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the

world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came

true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives

of his followers around the world.

Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. right now on the Voice of the Martyrs

radio network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs radio. We are in our

studio today with a brother from the Middle East and as we often do we're going to use just one name and not give a lot of

identifying details about him. He is serving in a in a hostile place in a risky environment and we want to protect his security as much as possible.

Brother Sam is a gospel worker in the Middle East.

Brother Sam, welcome to Voice the Martyr's radio. Thank you for having me.

Give me a little picture of what's going on in the Middle East right now, especially as it

relates to refugees, because I know as we think about the countries surrounding

Syria and Iraq I think of Lebanon and Jordan and Turkey there are refugees

spreading out from that region, what are their needs and how are you helping to

minister to refugees?

As you know in Syria, have 12 million Syrian refugees over, most of them in Middle East right now.

So they really have destroyed life. They really have big trauma so they need a lots of things and this why we are standing there to be a lot of things

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