Reaching out to Muslims in northern Morocco, such as this mother and
child, is a matter of establishing relationship and identifying needs,
and for that Spaniards amount to indigenous missionaries. As parts of
northern Morocco formed a Spanish protectorate from 1912 to 1956,
Moroccans and Spaniards share a common bond that is still reflected in
most northern Moroccans being fluent in Spanish. “For Americans it’s
very difficult to share the gospel there, but for a Spaniard it’s very
easy, because when I go to Morocco they say, ‘Hello, brother,’ because
our culture is very similar,” said the director of a ministry based in
southern Spain. “And they say, ‘What do you believe, what are you doing
here, and we begin to talk about the love of God.’” The ministry
director travels across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco once a month,
but he feels it is imperative to go once a week. Each trip across the
nearly nine-mile strait by ferry costs $200. “The ferry, the food and
the gas is expensive,” he said.
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