Hany from Egypt emailed SAT-7 to express his appreciation for the programme ‘Your Life is a Story’. “Thanks for this wonderful programme which has impacted my life. Last week I watched the testimony of “Romany”. It was such an influential testimony as I resemble him in many ways. I accepted Jesus Christ 3 years ago. Before that I had a shallow relationship with […]
On 30 May 2014, Dany, a 15-year-old SAT-7 viewer in Libya, went out with his school friends. But Dany never returned. His mother tells how God strengthened her after her son’s murder. For many Christians in the Middle East and North Africa, Jesus’ call to carry their cross can mean enduring discrimination, family rejection, suspicion or arrest. For some, it […]
In the last two years, Danial*, a UK-based Iranian has increasingly found himself visiting his home country. Originally the journeys were for his business, but he has had so many experiences of leading people to Christ, he has come to see that God is using them to “send a message of love to Iranian people”. As he reflects on his […]
“We deleted one channel after another until we only had one channel: SAT-7 KIDS – where your kids are safe!” In a moving letter to Rita Elmounayer, Executive Director for SAT-7’s Arabic channels and presenter of many programmes on SAT-7 KIDS, a Syrian father describes what SAT-7 KIDS means to his son, Andrew. “Medically my wife and I could not […]
Train up a child in the way he should go Fady and his wife Marian are so enthusiastic about the SAT-7 KIDS channel, they drove into Cairo from their home in Tanta, 100 km away, to tell us about it. The couple introduced SAT-7 KIDS to their two-and-a-half-year-old son, Fares when he was just 18 months old. Since then Fares […]
Two-and-a-half-year-old Sara* entered the world in an Iranian prison. Her mother is still being held there because of her drug addiction. Thankfully Sara is now being cared for by loving, Christian adoptive parents. Her new father wrote to share how SAT-7 programmes are bringing joy to Sara, and to request prayer as he and his wife seek to bring Sara […]
Former athlete Sam turned to drugs to numb the emptiness he felt. Until Bible quotes given to him during rehab set his life on a completely new course. Sam is a 33-year-old man living with his wife and young daughter in Iran. In his adolescent years and through most of his 20s he was an athlete and quite successful. He […]
A life-changing cab ride In an unusual series of events, the Lord has used SAT-7, a dream, and a cab ride to guide one man to a church in his hometown. Like millions across the globe, Ravi* was spending the evening at home in Iran watching satellite TV. He came across SAT-7 PARS while channel surfing. The programme talked about […]
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study released in December. In the second of three articles, Lindsay Shaw from SAT-7 UK, describes visiting refugees in Zahle, Lebanon, where he saw their precarious existence on the margins of a society where 1 in 4 people is now a refugee. […]