Intercultural Missions

The World Has Come to Denver

Posted Thu, 2011-06-30 09:56 by Heather Brown
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The World Has Come to Denver
By Joe Beckler
 
We were sipping Turkish coffee in the Al Basha restaurant in south Denver. Arabic sounds were in the background in a restaurant that made me feel as if I was in Turkey. Wisam, my friend, was sharing about his family. Two nights prior to our meeting, a thunderstorm rolled through Denver. He explained that the booming thunder reminded his children of home, back in Baghdad, Iraq.
 
“What do you mean?” I asked.
 
“The bombs,” Wisam explained, “The thunder sounded like the explosions we heard in Baghdad.”
 
Again, I was reminded of the hard journey that eventually brought Wisam and his family to Denver. They are refugees from Iraq, seeking asylum. My family, along with another family in our neighborhood, decided to mentor Wisam’s family as they adjust to their new life in Denver.
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Rising above repression

Posted Wed, 2007-03-14 09:41 by CBGC
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Soviet persecution couldn't stop Denver missionary's destiny

By Mickey Noah
SBC North American Mission Board

Denver-- Little Anatoliy Odnoralov often came home after school with a bloody nose, the result of just another day as a Christian at his school in the North Caucasus region of the old Soviet Union.

"Since early childhood, I knew the price for my convictions," he said.

Anatoliy was the third-born son o fan ordinary shoemaker. He and Anatoliy's mother were faithful believers in Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, they were believer living in a godless, atheistic nation dedicated to the persecution of Christians.

As the family grew to 13, Anatoliy's father faithfully drew them together and read stories from the Bible, urging his children to pray. With his meager cobbler's pay, he purchased a guitar and an accordion and taught himself and his children to play. He even formed a family band -- pretty easy to do with 13 children in the home. Read more

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