Anisa’s Story

For the first time, Anisa didn’t feel the constant fear that she and her family had experienced in their war-torn country. It was by God’s grace that she and her children found themselves in Middle Tennessee as legal residents, escaping the dangerous threats they would have faced if they had chosen to stay back home.

But soon after arrival, reality began to set in. Anisa began to feel the void of having no familial support, especially when she became seriously ill and had to receive medical treatment in a Nashville hospital. It was again by God’s grace that Anisa’s story became known to one of the local international churches that serve people who speak the same language. Women from the church went to visit Anisa and served her and her family’s practical and spiritual needs as they went through this difficult season.

In addition to providing them with food and clothing, the international church continued to serve Anisa and her children for weeks after she returned home from the hospital. The women of the church prayed for her and shared the Gospel, leading Anisa to request a Bible to learn more about the God who made her and His Son who died for her.

Anisa, full of emotion, shared, “No one ever told me that there is a God who can be my Father, and that He loves me. I have always felt that God is an angry God and cannot be bothered with women or children.”

Today Anisa is actively attending church and teaching her children from the Word of God. She is one of many internationals from 50 different nations in Middle Tennessee whose stories are being rewritten through their newfound faith in Jesus Christ.

Thousands of lives are being changed through the ministry of international churches in Middle Tennessee. Please pray for Anisa and her family, as well as the new international believers who have come to know Christ through ILC partner churches.

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