As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south,
down the desert road”…so he did, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia….The Holy
Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.” Philip ran over and heard the man reading…
Acts 8: parts of 26-27, 29-30
The question I am most frequently asked by Christian women
is: how
do you meet Muslim women? Maybe you
are wondering that yourself. Compassion
and desire and a little bit of trepidation are developing in your heart but you
do not know how meeting them can fall in place. It is difficult for me to
remember exactly how I have met Muslim women but in short the answer is: unplanned by me but planned by God. I will give you some examples of where I have
met some Muslim women:
At the Catholic Social Services – Community Barbecue event
at the Salvation Army – in a hallway – conversing with the check-out clerk in
grocery store – at our mailboxes – at a garage sale – at a friend’s house – at Muslim
parties and functions I have been invited to – at an orientation tea for International Students at the International Center at university – as a result
of being a host family for new grad students - through my husband’s ESL school volunteering –
going for a walk in a park – at refugee housing complex summer picnic – in a
parking lot – in an office waiting room – saw a new neighbor move in – just
knocked cold turkey on someone’s door to welcome her to my country – a Muslim
woman contacted me – someone arranged for me to meet someone – in a church
foyer…….
I am not part of a project or program. However, my husband, is quite involved in
different programs as a volunteer and has introduced many of his contacts to
me. I do not meet them at the programs but outside of them. Sometimes I go to
their homes and sometimes invite them to my home for tea. The most frequent way
for me to meet Muslim women is when I visit a Muslim woman and her friend or
neighbor drops by while I am there and we start chatting. She often asks me if
I would come and visit her, too. And that leads to being invited to functions
or parties where I will meet more. I do not follow up every woman I meet but
wait on the Lord to sense His instructions. My problem is not being able to
meet Muslim women but rather to discern who I should follow up. My life has
been dedicated to God to befriend Muslim women and also to share the Good News
of Jesus Christ with them whenever possible. God sends me to them. For that to happen I spend time in prayer to
hear from God which puts me in a state of watchful expectancy because the
meeting could happen at any given place or time. He knows exactly the person, the time, and the
place. He has already been at work in that woman’s heart and connects us.
It is pretty exciting to follow the Lord around!
Dear heavenly Father, thanks for leading me and designing
the meetings to fall in place. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 
