May 16
When a teenage girl told her family she’d become a Christian, they destroyed her Turkish Bible and forbade her from attending any church services. Refusing to renounce her beliefs, the girl marked a tree near her home with the sign of the cross and sits beneath it to read an English Bible, which her family cannot understand and therefore does not realize its value. From this tree, the girl can also hear hymns being sung from nearby, and ministry workers meet with her once a month in secret to encourage her in her faith. Donations support native ministries in such discipleship efforts. Pray for protection over new believers.