Source: Global Christian Relief, January 20, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The afternoon sun beats down mercilessly on the abandoned schoolroom in Chad, where Zayd sits with the quiet confidence of a man who has counted the cost and found it worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 35, this Christian soldier in Chad carries himself with the bearing of someone accustomed to both military discipline and divine calling. His weathered hands rest calmly on the wooden desk as he prepares to share a story that began with childhood beatings and blossomed into unshakeable faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I was a little boy, I used to go to the Quranic school, but they hit me,\u201d he recalls, his voice steady despite the weight of memory. \u201cI got angry, frustrated, and I was asking myself, \u2018What kind of God can treat bad children like this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zayd\u2019s journey from questioning child to committed evangelist unfolded over decades. After years of attending Sunday school without truly understanding its meaning, he made his definitive choice in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI gave my life to Jesus Christ,\u201d he states simply, as if the magnitude of that decision speaks for itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The response from his family was swift and brutal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over 20 million people live in Chad, and more than half of them are unreached<\/a> (Joshua Project).<\/p>\n\n\n\n From another part of the world, we read this: Under fear and pressure, believers in Myanmar still say, \u201cCome, Lord Jesus\u201d<\/a> (Global Catalytic Ministries, via Mission Network News).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Global Christian Relief, January 20, 2026 The afternoon sun beats down mercilessly on the abandoned schoolroom in Chad, where Zayd sits with the quiet confidence of a man who has counted the cost and found it worthwhile. At 35, this Christian soldier in Chad carries himself with the bearing of someone accustomed to both … Continue reading Chad: The Christian Soldier Who Chose Love Over Legacy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14452,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14451\/revisions\/14452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}