A College Student’s Story

A 22-year-old college student in Pakistan describes her experience as the only Christian in a class of Muslims:

I never had any friends, although as a newcomer I truly needed the support of my peers. My class fellows despised talking to me. They looked down upon me; they never wanted me to play with them, eat with them, share with them, and even during break times, I was always left alone. Whenever I tried to communicate with them or befriend them, I was always ignored. They were constantly looking for a way to discourage me, create obstacles for me, or to humiliate me in front of teachers.

Can we in America really grasp the broadness of this kind of persecution—a persecution that penetrates every area of a believer’s life? Identifying with the victims of more dramatic stories of persecution is often difficult. The magnitude of horror and bloodshed is so far removed from our experience that we cannot fathom it. Most of us, however, have felt rejected and alone at some point in our lives. Multiply that rejection a thousand times over, and perhaps we begin to understand the plight of a Christian student in a Muslim nation.

Pray for this woman and for the many other young people whose stories of silent suffering may never reach our ears.

Source: Christian Freedom International

Read the rest of this student’s story here.