This house is similar to the one which Zaafir lived in.

SOUTH ASIA (ANS) -- “No tribal can stay in the house,” the angry group of local villagers yelled while banging on the front door. Gospel for Asia-supported Bible college student Daiwik was in his room at the back of the house when he heard the commotion, and it frightened him.

This missionary in training was working with GFA-supported missionary Zaafir and living in his house. The people in the village where they worked view Christianity as a religion only fitting for poor, low-caste tribal people. Neither Christianity nor tribal people were welcome in that village and word had gotten out about Daiwik, who was from a tribal background.

That evening, Daiwik was all alone while his co-worker, Zaafir, was at the hospital visiting a sick friend. Daiwik was resting at home when he heard the angry knocking and yelling. He peeked out the front window and saw five men with sticks in their hands. Daiwik feared they had come to beat him to death.

Faced with a confrontation in which he was outnumberd, Daiwik quietly blew out his candle and slipped out the back window of the house.

He then walked 6 miles to another village to the home of Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries Raheem and Natua, who took him in.

When Zaafir got home and found the student missing, he asked his landlord to see if he knew where he was. The landlord told him about the angry mob that had come for Daiwak. Zaafir eventually found Daiwik and brought him back home. But there was another surprise waiting for the men when they got there. The landlord had kicked them out of their rented house.

Now the missionaries are staying with a believer from their small fellowship.

Despite the potential danger and the opposition of the people, Daiwak and Zaafir decided to stay in the village.

At present, their ministry has been put on hold, but their heart’s desire is to resume the work of sharing Jesus.

They are asking for prayer that the difficult situation would stabilize and that God would speak to the hearts of the people who are trying to harm them. Daiwak and Zaafir also ask for prayer for safety for all the missionaries working in this area.