October 6, 2012
Approximately one third of our new Internet students are Muslims, and Katheryn Haddad has taught thousands of them. Several have been baptized at great risk to themselves.
One of her students was a university professor who lived in a predominantly Muslim city in the Middle East. After studying with Katheryn, he and his wife baptized each other. He was so excited about what he had learned that he posted WEI ads on the university bulletin board in an effort to recruit more students. Four months ago, he lost his job as professor because “he has too many western leanings.”
Katheryn also taught a twenty-two-year-old woman who lived in the Kurdish section of Iraq. The student was so excited about the WEI Bible courses that she wanted to translate them into Kurdish. She told her best friend about them, and her friend became angry. Her parents warned her that talking about the Bible was dangerous. Her brother was closely associated with radicals, and she both loved and feared him.
After months of hesitation, she wrote the following message to Katheryn: “Mum, I was baptized. I did it. Yes!!!!!!!!!! Now my soul feels freeeeeeeeeeee.”
Katheryn has not heard from her student since August. Did this student die for her faith?
Katheryn just received an e-mail from one of her students in another Muslim country saying that someone turned him in to authorities for converting to Christianity. He has been ordered to pay $50,000 or go to jail. He and his family are trying to get out of the country.
The cost of discipleship is high in the world of Islam. Please pray for our students.
