My name is Mary, and my story is about walking toward the truth and light found in Jesus. I was married at 16 and am a mother to three children. I came to know Christ in 2017.
My husband owned a carpet and furnishings store in an extremely crowded area of Alexandria near a main market. One day after work, I found a copy of the New Testament in the store. I have no idea how it came to be there; perhaps someone deliberately left it for me, or maybe it was God’s divine plan. I had many Christian friends. They were my neighbors at work and home, but I had never read the Bible.
Now, I read it for the first time, starting with the Gospel of Matthew. I began to know Christ from a Christian perspective, not from what Islam taught me about Him. When I took the Bible home, I was unaware of how upset my husband would be. That night, he was very harsh with me and threw the Bible away. I had only read about five pages, including the Sermon on the Mount. Those words deeply touched me. The same night, Christ visited me in a dream. I saw Him in the priestly robes, wearing a white garment. He asked me to come to Him, saying in a clear voice, “I am the Light of the World” and pointing to two paths, one dark and the other light. I didn’t understand what I saw, but He repeated, “I am the Light of the World.”
The next day, I spoke to one of my Christian acquaintances, telling him about the dream. He explained this was a special invitation from God to show me the right path. I felt God had set my foot on the right path. I obtained another copy of the Bible and began reading it secretly while at work. Every day I learned something new. It felt like scales were falling off my eyes. I met someone from the ministry in Egypt who answered my questions and discipled me.
My husband passed away in 2020, and I moved to Cairo in 2022. There, I was baptized, acknowledging Christ as my personal Savior. I left my old life behind and have become a new person in Christ. Today, I volunteer with a ministry in Egypt, working in women’s home groups and doing visitation.
Praise the Lord for a Bible found in a carpet store!
