MIDDLE EAST: Praise Report on Eritrean Christian

Maintaining residency can be difficult for Christians who move to Arab nations.

An Eritrean Christian evangelist living in the Middle East has successfully received his residency permit.

In January 2025, VOM USA posted a request to iCommitToPray.com for Ishaq. His residency permit had expired, and he faced potential deportation to Eritrea, where Christians are regularly tortured and imprisoned, some for more than two decades without charge or trial.

Later in the year, he was arrested during a traffic stop and taken to jail. On the way, he sent a text asking Christians to immediately start praying for him. “[Ishaq] happened, by the providence of God, to know the manager of that police station,” said a Front-Line Worker, who added that if he had been taken to any other police station, no one could have helped him. He was released from jail and received his residency permit shortly afterwards. Praise the Lord for the work He did in Ishaq's life.