When
Jesus said, "In this world you'll have tribulation," He might have had Africa in
mind.
Imagine,
if you can, that you hear rumors of Muslim terrorists coming to take over your
hometown. You can't sleep. You can't eat. You don't even know whether to stay or
flee. Finally, someone you trust tells you they have started burning down
churches. Frantically, you gather up your family and a few meager possessions
and run as fast as you can in the other direction — praying they won't catch
you.
After
days of exhausting, harrowing effort, you and your children finally arrive at a
relief camp for the displaced and you get in a food line. But when you come to
the front, the man in charge says coldly, "This relief is not for Christians."
To the Muslims running this camp, you're a mere pagan. To add insult to injury,
you find out that Christians here are not even allowed to gather for
worship.
Christians
in Nigeria's Borno state have been living this scenario since 2009, when Boko
Haram began wreaking havoc.
