From “Religion” to “Relationship” Part 2

From “Religion” to “Relationship”  Part 2
Conrad, now 19, was pleased to join a team of volunteer leaders who taught during an Open Doors’ Sama Kitab Iskul (SKI) summer youth camp. 

During one session, he told the children how Jesus’ showed His love by washing each disciple's feet. On the last day of the SKI camp, Conrad brought in a bucket of water and washed the feet of a fellow teacher. When he invited 180 enthusiastic children to do the same, a young Muslim boy named Alzibar was the first to grab a bucket.

Shocked that Alzibar was so willing, Conrad recalled his first encounter with the young boy. “Alzibar approached me smiling. While I was preparing the name tags for the registration table, he shared how his grandparents scolded him and warned him not to attend the SKI. His parents, who were working in Saudi Arabia, were also angry at him. So, I asked him why he came. 'I wanted to know more about Isa (Jesus),' he said.”

Conrad kept a watchful eye on Alzibar throughout the camp session. One time, he saw the boy flipping through the pages of the Injil, the New Testament in the Sama language. “He was very intent while reading it. Then, he closed the book and kissed it. One of his classmates told him that it was not the Qur’an. “Even so, we still need to respect it, because it’s God’s Book,” Alzibar said.

Open Doors held Sama Kitab Iskul in five other communities that year. More than 300 children attended. Conrad, who so much enjoys serving the Lord, obviously looks forward to volunteering his time and energy for the next SKI.

“I want to do it again! I want other youth believers to experience it. Also, I want to meet Alzibar, again. Please pray that Isa will touch all the hearts of the people I serve.”

One With Them
Be One With Conrad, and young believers throughout the Philippines, as you pray for the seeds they have so faithfully planted, to take root in the young hearts reached through the SKI camps.

One With Them CHALLENGE
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4/20/2013

"If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.”
(John 13:14)