Somali translator moved to safety, renews outreach September 26, 2024

We give thanks that LHF’s Somali translator, Rev. Mohamed Gurhan, and his family have safely settled in their new home in Europe.

Prior to their escape, Rev. Gurhan had established a Lutheran outreach to the people of Somalia, a militantly Muslim country (Somalia and Ethiopia share a border). As LHF reported in earlier this year, the family was forced to flee from Ethiopia when Muslim leaders threatened them with violence and imprisonment.

Now, he will continue his ministry online and to Somali immigrants in Europe, which has already begun.

“We restarted the Somali prayer and Bible study fellowship last Saturday and distributed some literature, particularly the Somali translation of Koehler’s Light From Above,” writes Rev. Gurhan. “We need to reprint some of our Somali translated literature, especially ‘Jesus Never Fails,’ Good News About Jesus and Understanding Christian Faith, probably a thousand copies of each.

“Also, is there an Arabic translation of ‘Jesus Never Fails?’ We also need this version.”

Please pray that this Somali Gospel outreach will continue to thrive.

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