Witnessing to A Muslim at the Mall

Great and marvelous are the Lord's doings!

A few weeks ago, I went to the mall in New Jersey to get my eyebrows threaded, (a middle eastern technique of shaping the eyebrow). The technician was a friendly older woman from Bangladesh.

When she was done, I thanked her and gave her a gospel tract. I said, "Be sure to read the gospel message on the back." She looked at me and said "Your sister comes here too!" I said, "No, I just moved here and have no family here." She insisted that I had a sister that came to see her before. I was puzzled why she was so insistent, until she explained that a lady with my same face gave her the EXACT same gospel tract a few days ago!!

I asked if she had read the tract. She said "Yes, that is why I know it is the same tract!" We were both stunned. A customer was waiting, so I again thanked her and left.

When I got home, I told my husband about this incident and he mentioned that maybe she had a vision of our encounter. So, I began to pray for her and asked the Lord to help me share the gospel with her boldly next time I saw her.

Well, the Lord prepared me in every way!! When I saw her again, she made it easy for me as she began to talk about her religion and how she prays five times a day! I listened carefully and never interrupted. Then I simply said, "You know that I am Christian. Do you know what the Gospel message is?" She didn't understand. I asked again, if anyone had ever shared the Gospel with her? She still acted like she didn't understand what I meant. So I began to explain sin, the holiness of God, and why she needed a Savior.

I asked her if I gave her a Bible if she would read it? She said, "Yes!" So I gave her a Bible, and told her to read the book of John to start. She said, "I want to read all of it." (Praise God!!) I told her I would come back and visit.

Went home and began to pray for her and for her whole family, which are all in Bangladesh.

Two weeks later, I went back to see her and took her some food as a gift. When she saw me, she gave me a big hug and said she was thinking of me the night before. I said, "Good because I was thinking about you, too!" She opened her drawer and showed me the Bible, which was right next to the Koran. She said, "The words in this book are very powerful!" I agreed. She said she couldn't eat the food I brought until evening because she started Ramadan that day!

We talked for a long time. When I left, she told me she had a gift for me when I came back. Then, she walked me half way across the mall telling me all about how she couldn't get me out of her thoughts the night before. The Holy Spirit is at work.

When I returned again last week, she was very happy and gave me an outfit her daughter had made in her country! She is still reading the Bible and wants to meet me for tea when her fast is over.

Please pray that God gives me wisdom with these encounters, that He reveal Himself to her, and that she become born again.

All Glory to God!
Pearl