Some time ago, I started a home meeting in Bahij village – Assiut. I prayed much before beginning, and I personally went from house to house inviting people to attend the meeting. At first, things were simple. But there was a young woman in the village who, every time I invited her, refused strongly and spoke very harshly about us.

One day she told me plainly: “I don’t like you, and I don’t like your worship, because you are heretics.”

Her words were painful, but I decided to keep praying, loving and continuing the ministry without arguing.

The remarkable thing was, she lived next door to the house where we held the meeting. Each time, without coming inside, she heard our prayers, our worship and the Word of God proclaimed. Time passed … and the Word was quietly working in her heart.

Then one day, something unexpected happened. The woman walked into our meeting. At first, she just sat and watched. Then she began singing with us. After that, she started praying.

At one of the meetings, she stood in front of everyone and said:

I want to confess something to you all … I had a completely wrong idea about you. I didn’t like you. But when I came in and listened to you, I realized that everything I thought was wrong. I’m sorry … please forgive me. Pray that God would forgive me.

Her confession was deeply moving – not only because of her apology, but because we witnessed how God can change a person’s heart from rejection and hostility to love and surrender.

What is even more beautiful is that she eventually went beyond simply attending our meetings. She opened her home to begin a church house and started inviting others who may have once held the same misconceptions. What began as harsh rejection turned into a powerful testimony of God’s power to transform hearts!