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precious but dark part of the world. We continue to receive amazing testimonies from all over the Arab world of brothers and sisters saved by the grace of God. The year 2017 has been encouraging in every sense. With our programs, we are answering many questions from those seeking the truth. Representing our Lord with confidence and showing him as the only way to God has yielded excellent results. The viewers cannot keep Jesus to themselves regardless of the persecution that follows. The region remains closed to those outside the Christian circle, but doors are opening for the seekers of the truth. Every day on the ground has its challenges but also its rewards. Our team visited Iraq in August 2017, and saw the fruits on the ground there. They also had the privilege of holding the first service for those returning to their villages after being liberated from ISIS. About 160 people gathered in a destroyed house with no power or water when they heard that the KingdomSat were visiting them. People are ready to hear what we have for them! Later, he was watching TV and decided to check the Christian channels. The KingdomSat was the first Christian channel he saw. He watched it for more than two hours that day. After a week of watching it, he realized that God is love and that he is alive. he decided to search online about Christ and kept watching the channel daily without letting his parents know. Meanwhile, he kept doing his Islamic obligations. After a year of watching the KingdomSat programs, he became certain that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He was afraid from what people around him would do if he called the channel or announced his new faith. He heard that many Amazighs (a group from North Africa) had been coming to Christ, so he wanted to move to their area in Algeria. He left Islam but did not meet any Ch ristians as his colleagues were all Muslims. He later contacted the KingdomSat channel. He asked the follow-up team to meet him and answer his questions. Our team met him and heard his story. He was afraid of telling anyone about his faith, because he could not trust anyone for fear they would take his life. Here are just two stories to encourage you. From judgementalism to freedom B.O. is a 37-year-old man from a conservative Muslim family who comes from western Algeria. He was a devout Muslim and performed all the Islamic rituals. However, he was not enjoying his religion, and was only enduring it. In other words, he was choking on his religion. B.O. did things that are forbidden by Islam, which caused him to be rebuked by his family. B.O. worked in a restaurant and used to judge the customers who did things that did not please Allah. One night a friend came to the restaurant with his girlfriend. B.O. told him that was against the commandments of Islam. His friend replied asking “How do you know that Islam is the true path?” B.O. became angry, and they had a fierce argument. He said that the KingdomSat opened his eyes to the True God whom he never knew before. He also said that he gave his life to the Lord and wanted to meet Christians to become stronger in his faith. Our team introduced him to a minister who lives near his work. B.O. was thankful and was encouraged that many Arabs are becoming Christians. He shared that many are afraid of their communities. He wants the channel to keep revealing the True God and his love to Muslims. He does not know what would happen if his parents learned about his conversion, but one day he will announce his new faith to everyone. The truth revealed M. is a 57-year-old woman from Tunisia. She lives now in Toulouse, France. She is the ➜ Revival Times February 2018 25