Summary

SummaryI’m Fati, a young wife and mother in my mid-20s living in Burkina Faso. 😢 When jihadists raided our village for the fourth time, I was hiding a bag of millet in Brazanga, fearing for my family’s safety. 🏃‍♀️ I dashed back home, heart pounding, praying desperately. Seeing my children and husband alive felt like a miracle—from that day, we clung to God’s grace. After a week in Brazanga, we boarded a van to Ouagadougou, passing the remains of those who weren’t so fortunate. Along the way, every prayer felt answered as we realized we’d survived only by His mercy. 🙏 Today, though our scars remain—shelter scarce, trauma deep—we walk forward in hope because God has been our rock, giving us strength to face each new dawn. 🌅

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Fati* and her family is only one example of how God is at work in the lives of those that have been violently persecuted. In spite of all their troubles this young mother and wife remains steadfast in her faith.

*Names changed for security purposes.

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Time Chapters
 
02:14 Forced Flight to Brazanga
03:54 Fleeing Home in Fear
04:53 Journey to Ouagadougou
05:28 Holding on to God’s Grace
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Open Doors Canada
STRENGTHENING CHRISTIANS WHERE FAITH COSTS THE MOST Learn more about persecuted Christians at https://www.opendoorscanada.org Contact us at opendoors@odcan.org Our Purpose is to strengthen and equip the Body of Christ living under or facing restriction and persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism by: - Providing Bibles and literature, media, leadership training, socio-economic development and intercessory prayer; - Preparing the Body of Christ living in threatened or unstable areas to face persecution and suffering, and; - Educating and mobilizing the Body of Christ living in the free world to identify with threatened and persecuted Christians and to be actively involved in assisting them. We do so because we believe that when one member suffers, all members suffer with it (1 Corinthians 12:26), that all doors are open and that God enables His Body to go into all the world and preach the Gospel.
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