Day Twenty Five: The Power of Prayer

Sometimes it’s all we can do to pray for those who we know need Him. In a recent trip to a neighboring city, I was able to experience just that. I went with a few teammates, two of whom can speak Chinese. It was a humbling experience to hear them share the Truth with people of that city, Hui people who live their lives believing they are good when in reality they’re in dire need of Jesus.

Day Twenty Four: Hui Professionals

I met Ma on my first day of work as a professional in China. He was very kind to me and helped me feel welcome by speaking English with me as much as possible, and I was very thankful for his efforts. I think he and others could sense how overwhelmed I was with limited language skills in an almost all Chinese-speaking work environment. As I got to know Ma and others in our department, I realized that he was our only Hui colleague.

Day Twenty Three: Ningxia

Ningxia is home to about six million people, which is about the same as many cities in China – But Ningxia isn’t a city; it’s the Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, between Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. For decades it has been one of the poorest regions in China, a place people try to escape, and if it weren’t for the Yellow River, the region would be a completely dry, desolate desert.

Day Twenty One: The Night of Power

Though I’m not a Muslim, I was given the chance to learn Surah, or chapter 97 of the Quran in a class at a mosque. During the class, the Imam told a story related to this chapter, The Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr, ليلة القدر). This was the night Allah gave his revelations to Muhammad for the first time through the angel Gabriel.

Day Twenty: May House Churches See the Need

The Hui are spread across all of China; they’re present in nearly every county. An excellent avenue for reaching such a large and dispersed people should be through Han Chinese house churches, which are also spread across China. These house churches are beginning to recognize the need to share the Gospel with Muslims and with the Hui, but there are significant challenges to overcome in order for the Han Chinese to reach the Hui.

Pin It on Pinterest