Source: God Reports, February 2, 2016
Tyler Connell with the Ekballo Project has been touring college campuses around the U.S., sharing stories and video from his most recent trip to Middle East, where he documented a dramatic move of God among Muslims, particularly with refugees.
In the last few months, he and his team visited Harvard, MIT, Iowa State, Clemson, and the University of Georgia, among other campuses. “In every stop we saw the presence of Jesus break in to these college campuses and touch students, with bodies healed, people saved, and people giving their lives to serve in the mission field,” Connell exclaims.
College students are amazed to learn what God is doing in Iraq and the surrounding region. “Jesus is moving in these Middle East nations,” he says. “Many there are disillusioned and broken and just want to know the truth. Now more than ever there is a harvest among Muslims that has not been seen in history.”
[Ekballo’s] film [Life in the Desert] chronicles a young missionary from the Northeastern US. Two years ago he moved to the Middle East to work with Syrian refugees.
“They go house to house and visit these Muslim families and sit with them and talk with them and find out their names, their stories, and love them. As trust is built, they begin to open up about the Gospel,” [explains Connell].
One afternoon [the missionary] walked into a white tent with a family of eight people inside. [He introduced himself and announced] “I’m here to tell you about Jesus.”
He wasn’t quite prepared for their reaction…
» Read about what happened next and (though that particular story isn’t in the film!) watch Life in the Desert.