Afghanistan: Children ask “Where does Jesus live?”

Joel News International # 1236, November 15, 2021.

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In Afghanistan’s arena of fear, the children of Kabul are asking a remarkable question: “Is Jesus here now? Can we meet him?”

In their present tribulation, the children of this shell-shocked nation are looking for hope – and they’re turning to perhaps their only connection with the outside world: satellite television and social media that the Taliban and ISIS-K cannot stop or censor.

Media ministry SAT-7 is broadcasting live Christian programs into Afghanistan via a powerful satellite, free-of-charge 24/7. The signal covers the entire nation, including the mountains, rural areas, and isolated villages. Anywhere people have a satellite dish, they can – and do – tune into SAT-7’s message of Christian hope in the local languages of Dari and Farsi.

Although Christians have been forced into hiding, the children of Afghanistan are certainly not hiding their curiosity about Jesus. “Where is Jesus? Can we see him? Do you have him there in the studio?” These are sincere questions they ask, using their phone apps to call or message the SAT-7 team, ready to respond day or night. “It brings tears to my eyes when I hear these Afghan children quoting Jesus’ words by heart, creating their own worship songs, and using them to deal with the intense fear they’re going through,” says Dr. Rex Rogers, president of SAT-7 USA.

One viewer in Afghanistan recently called the team, asking “Where does this Jesus live? I really want to meet him!” A few days later, he called back with a friend. After a week, he called again – this time, with 25 young men crammed into his apartment, some having to stand in the bathroom because there was no other space, all eager to know more about “this Jesus.” After a team member counselled them, all 25 prayed in unison over the phone, asking Jesus to forgive them and come into their lives. The next week, there were 50 people jammed into the apartment – desperate to hear more and have their questions answered.

This could happen only because satellite television and internet-based social media are able to reach even the most difficult places – and bring the power of the gospel and the love of Jesus to people where they are, in their homes and on their phones, in real-time.

Source: Rex Rogers, SAT-7

UPDATE: Afghanistan is on the brink of a starvation crisis, with more than half its population – some 22.8 million people – projected to face acute food insecurity this winter, according to a report by the United Nations’ World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organisation. Children are a particular concern because the consequences of hunger can affect them the rest of their lives.

PRAYER FOCUS: Pray for a great harvest for the Kingdom of God in Afghanistan. Pray that international aid organisations can come back into the country to help in the developing humanitarian crisis. Pray for those who are displaced, homeless and hungry, that they will find shelter in the short term and be able to build lives and livelihoods in the longer term.