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Shortly after their father died, Amara and her older brother left their village in the Somali<\/a> desert to live with their uncle in the city. Their family thought it would be a positive change for the teenage Amara to have a male relative in her life, but they didn\u2019t expect the move to lead her away from Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after moving in with her uncle, Amara began speaking with her new neighbors. To her surprise, she learned that they were not Somali \u2014 and they were Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d always been taught that everyone who is not Somali<\/a> is Christian,\u201d she said, \u201cthat the evil we see on TV and movies is because they are Christians. When I met my new neighbors, they were different. They called themselves Christians, but weren\u2019t drunkards, adulterers or immoral like I was taught.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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The Christian family welcomed Amara into their home, even sharing meals with her. She noticed that before each meal, they thanked God for their food in such a casual way that they sounded as if they were talking to their father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was different than what I had seen on TV,\u201d she said. \u201cSitting with them and listening and seeing it, I realized I wanted it. That\u2019s how I wanted to pray. That\u2019s how I wanted to do it, except the part at the end when they said \u2018in the name of Jesus.\u2019 That\u2019s the part I struggled with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questioning Everything<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The family eventually began to talk to Amara about God and religion, using the Bible<\/a> to help correct misunderstandings she had about Christianity. Wanting to learn more, Amara asked her neighbors for a Bible <\/a>to read in secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Amara read the Bible<\/a>, she struggled to reconcile the Jesus she was now learning about with the Jesus she had read about in the Quran. She had always been taught that Jesus was merely a prophet, and she knew both books couldn\u2019t be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Quran says the Bible<\/a> has been twisted and distorted,\u201d she said. \u201cYet as I read the Bible<\/a>, I was drawn to it, convinced of it. But I thought even if this is true, there is no way I can accept it. I\u2019m a Somali<\/a>. There\u2019s no other world I can go live in. If I accept it, I will be killed. I won\u2019t have a life. I won\u2019t be married. I will be without a family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding the possible consequences, Amara began to question her uncle and brother about the Quran. The questions made them angry; they couldn\u2019t bear the thought of one of their own questioning her identity as a Muslim, which was synonymous with being Somali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara\u2019s brother tried to draw her back to Islam by making her watch several Islamic videos. But they had the opposite effect. One video taught that she couldn\u2019t be friends with Christians, such as the kind neighbors who had introduced her to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara challenged her brother, which only angered him more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are shaming us!\u201d he yelled. \u201cYou\u2019re doubting the teachings of the sheikhs. Are you an infidel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara\u2019s brother beat her, and she was then sent back to her village to live with her mother. Clearly, her family thought, she had lost her way while living in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she arrived in the village, several sheikhs were waiting for her at the local mosque. For five days, they surrounded her and chanted passages from the Quran. They spit on her and then spit in a bowl, forcing her to drink from it for \u201cpurification\u201d purposes; they believed they were removing the devil from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheikhs\u2019 prayers, however, weren\u2019t in line with Amara\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy heart was completely against it,\u201d she said. \u201cI had no hope in these prayers. I didn\u2019t want this life they had planned for me, and I felt more helpless than ever. I thought my life was over. I had to run away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Jesus\u2019 Name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Amara decided to leave her family, knowing they might come after her and kill her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She put on her headscarf and headed for the bus station. \u201cI got the last ticket for the bus, but I had to run,\u201d she said. \u201cMy heart was just beating. Will they come after me? Will I get away? I was just praying that I would get away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After two hours on the road, the bus broke down. All of the passengers except Amara got off the bus. She just sat there, worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she remembered the prayers that her neighbors had taught her, and she knew that to pray in Jesus\u2019 name meant to believe in Him. She wasn\u2019t sure who He was to her, so she asked God to prove whether Jesus was real as the neighbors and the Bible<\/a> said He was. She also asked for God\u2019s protection \u2014 in Jesus\u2019 name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and heard someone whisper in her ear: \u201cI am real and true. You should believe in me.\u201d She looked behind her, but no one was there. Then she heard shouts of joy outside; the bus had been fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy prayers were answered,\u201d she said. \u201cSomehow I was saved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara returned to the city where she had been introduced to Christ, started a new life and eventually got married. She and her husband, \u201cJeremiah,\u201d soon moved to Kenya<\/a>, where they ministered to Somali<\/a> believers from Muslim backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2015, Jeremiah was arrested after being accused of funding terrorists. The real reason for his arrest, however, was thought to be his association with Somali<\/a> Christians from Muslim backgrounds. Investigators failed to find a link to terrorism and he was released after a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara and Jeremiah now live in a VOM safe house with their three children in Kenya<\/a>, where they minister to young Somali<\/a> Christian women who have fled persecution from their Muslim families. They share their lives with these women and lead them in Bible<\/a> studies. The couple also travels to northern Kenya<\/a> once a month, reaching out to Somali<\/a> communities by offering soap-making demonstrations. VOM provides them with resources for training and discipleship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite everything she\u2019s been through, Amara said she knows she\u2019s on the right path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am a Somali<\/a> Christian, a contradiction,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it hasn\u2019t been easy, especially those first years moving from house to house. The threats. The loneliness. Following Christ cost me everything, but it was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara asks VOM supporters to pray for the persecuted believers she and Jeremiah are serving and to pray for God\u2019s guidance as they continue to serve Him in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after their father died, Amara and her older brother left their village in the Somali desert to live with their uncle in the city. Their family thought it would be a positive change for the teenage Amara to have a male relative in her life, but they didn\u2019t expect the move to lead her away from Islam. Shortly after moving in with her uncle, Amara began speaking with her new neighbors. To her surprise, she learned that they were not Somali \u2014 and they were Christians. \u201cI\u2019d always been taught that everyone who is not Somali is Christian,\u201d she said, \u201cthat the evil we see on TV and movies is because they are Christians. When I met my new neighbors, they were different. They called themselves Christians, but weren\u2019t drunkards, adulterers or immoral like I was taught.\u201d The Christian family welcomed Amara into their home, even sharing meals with her. 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