Timothy Harris

by these refugees i mean we go we go with this christian ngo in the winter a lot um and give them blankets and stoves and little washing machines and i mean you should you should just see i still remember seeing this dear woman syrian refugee woman with her daughter she took this blanket that we took to them and she took it out of the plastic um kind of thing that held it.

by these refugees i mean we go we go with this christian ngo in the winter a lot um and give them blankets and stoves and little washing machines and i mean you should you should just see i still remember seeing this dear woman syrian refugee woman with her daughter she took this blanket that we took to them and she took it out of the plastic um kind of thing that held it.

And the whole time we talked, she and her daughter just stroked that blanket. I mean, it was like this precious possession because they have nothing, man. You go into their little apartments and it's just like the Syrians, they just have mats on the floor. They often don't have beds, no furniture. They just have nothing. And so they appreciate all this physical help, but

And the whole time we talked, she and her daughter just stroked that blanket. I mean, it was like this precious possession because they have nothing, man. You go into their little apartments and it's just like the Syrians, they just have mats on the floor. They often don't have beds, no furniture. They just have nothing. And so they appreciate all this physical help, but

i still remember these two syrian brothers that said to us um think and we take them food bags too by the way a lot like almost weighing about 50 pounds uh food bags and um i still remember these two refugee brothers syrians they said to us thank you for the food but thank you so much more for listening to our pain

i still remember these two syrian brothers that said to us um think and we take them food bags too by the way a lot like almost weighing about 50 pounds uh food bags and um i still remember these two refugee brothers syrians they said to us thank you for the food but thank you so much more for listening to our pain

Boy, some of both. You're right.

Boy, some of both. You're right.

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely, brother. Yeah, man. I think, you know, cliches are cliches, right? But sometimes they have such good truth. And one old Christian cliche is that people won't care what we know until they know that we care. Yes. So, you know, it is kind of trite, maybe a cliche sounding, but man, is it true for the people that we all meet? Right.

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely, brother. Yeah, man. I think, you know, cliches are cliches, right? But sometimes they have such good truth. And one old Christian cliche is that people won't care what we know until they know that we care. Yes. So, you know, it is kind of trite, maybe a cliche sounding, but man, is it true for the people that we all meet? Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Well, this is a yeah, this is chapter 30 in our book. And so one of the blessings in our lives and some of your listeners might think when I tell them what it is, they might think that doesn't sound like much of a blessing to me. But but Miriam, my wife and I have been in mosques.

Yeah. Well, this is a yeah, this is chapter 30 in our book. And so one of the blessings in our lives and some of your listeners might think when I tell them what it is, they might think that doesn't sound like much of a blessing to me. But but Miriam, my wife and I have been in mosques.

um all over the united states i mean i can't even i don't think i could count how many mosques we've been in uh we go to mosques for two different reasons one um to be a to be a light you know for jesus and to befriend people there to get to know them but number two we very very often take christians

um all over the united states i mean i can't even i don't think i could count how many mosques we've been in uh we go to mosques for two different reasons one um to be a to be a light you know for jesus and to befriend people there to get to know them but number two we very very often take christians

on scheduled visits to mosques so that they can observe the prayer time not participate in anything but just observe watch from the back get to know the leader of the mosque and ask questions and hear what they say about about islam so In one situation, I had gone to a mosque. It was during Ramadan, which is, of course, that 30-day time when Muslims fast during the day and feast at night.

on scheduled visits to mosques so that they can observe the prayer time not participate in anything but just observe watch from the back get to know the leader of the mosque and ask questions and hear what they say about about islam so In one situation, I had gone to a mosque. It was during Ramadan, which is, of course, that 30-day time when Muslims fast during the day and feast at night.

And so I went with a dear friend, John, to a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn's a very, we've talked about a little bit before, but it's an amazing place. Might have the largest Arab Muslim population there. In the world outside the Middle East, it's that it's that Arab and that Muslim. Wow. Yeah. And so we went to this to this mosque. And it was mostly people from Yemen.

And so I went with a dear friend, John, to a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn's a very, we've talked about a little bit before, but it's an amazing place. Might have the largest Arab Muslim population there. In the world outside the Middle East, it's that it's that Arab and that Muslim. Wow. Yeah. And so we went to this to this mosque. And it was mostly people from Yemen.