My testimony:
My name is Ghazal and I’m from Iran. I have a Radical Muslim Family.
During my life, I had lots of bad experiences. I was married in 2007 but got divorced in 2009. And I had also a family member’s big accident as well. Those had led me to deny God and I lost my belief in the existence of God.
In April 2015 I was at the SHIRAZ airport trying to go to TEHRAN for my training class. But a security guard took my identification card because of having a bad hijab because my hair not properly was under the veil and I got nail polish!
I was at the risk of losing my plane and finally with lots of asking I could get back my identification card, but I lost my plane. I had to wait on the waiting list for the next plane and I was so angry and upset.
After that, I met my old Christian classmate. She was a Christian and I didn’t meet her almost for the last 10 years.
She asked me what happened, I cried, and she hugged me. She said, “Keep calm! God will help you!” But I replied to her angrily, “Which God? Who is God?”
I was so sure there was no God at that moment. She laughed and asked me to sit down. We talked more and more. She reminded me of how God brought back my brother’s life.
What happened was that my brother had an accident about 16 years ago and went into a coma. That day she came to our house with her pastor and prayed for my brother, the following week my brother came back to life. She reminded me that when I called her, she came and we prayed together to God for my brother.
Later she came back and asked me to pray to Jesus and told me that she would pray for him there and in their church and unbelievably he got better.
I was forgotten that God’s miracle for a while.
And I asked her if God exists why he let my life be like that? I talked to her about my ex-husband and what he had done to me and why he still threatened me, but I couldn’t do anything. We were talked more and more.
She gave me a book and asked me to read it. She mentioned that I would find all my answers there. I took the book and started to read it. It was the most beautiful, hopeful, and liberating book in the world, but I had also many questions.
After two weeks I called her with many questions, and she introduced me to her pastor and we talked together for finding some answers to my questions.
I talked to her pastor and he answered me. I had questioned about the trinity of God, and he explained.
For the next week I wanted to join them but because of their security process and Armenian situation in Iran they didn’t allow me to come again.
She said: “Don’t be upset!”
Later she found me a church that Islam background Christians belong to. She gave me a girl’s phone number. I called her and she told me on Friday at 2 o’clock she would pick me up.
On Friday, I went there with her and met Ester and Nathanial, that’s their home church, and after that every Friday I attended there. There were many lovely people, and the pastor – Nathanial, answered all my questions patiently.
After two months he told that the following Friday we would have communion we should forgive all the person in our lives. It was so hard for me to forgive my ex-husband. I told to the pastor and he said, “Pray to God and we’ll pray for you too. Surely God will help you.”
I prayed but nothing’s happened until the following Friday! We were in the church and someone was playing the guitar and we’re all together singing in the worship song YOU ARE THE CALMNESS OF MY HEART(PERSIAN WORSHIP SONG ‘ARAMIE DELHAIZE’) at that time something’s happened to me.
I prayed so loudly and asked God to help me that I could forgive my ex-husband. I cried and prayed and suddenly I became so calm. I cried and felt freedom and finally, I was able to forgive him.
Then the pastor asked if there was anyone who wanted to give his or her heart to God. I raised my hand and he read the salvation prayer and I repeated after him! Then Jesus Christ has touched my heart.
Since then I’ve been tried to learn more about Jesus and His way every day of my life. I also teach refugee students both in Iran and Turkey.
