Hi!

My name is Mariam.

At the moment I live in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

I first moved with my family when I was only 10 days old! We lived in Kazakhstan, in Moscow, Russia, in Nalchik, Caucasus, and also in Uzbekistan!

I graduated school here in Tashkent, but I always wanted to leave here and when I had the opportunity, I went to St. Petersburg, Russia to study at the university there.

I faced some difficult circumstances there, and even though I was born into a Christian family, I realized that I could not live without Christ in there. I told my friend about my faith and we started reading the Bible together, which became the foundation of my faith because I realized how great God's grace was at that very moment.

I didn't plan to return to Uzbekistan, but God called me here and I realized that His plan is always better than mine and I moved back to Tashkent to team up with American students and serve here!

We started a Bible church in Tashkent just recently and since our church is very young now I help with a lot of things! From worship to leading bible study groups and personal meetings!

I think going to the Philippines will be a good experience for me to share the good news outside of my own culture! …and as the good book says "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit," :)

pray for The Philippines

• Pray for people to come to faith in Jesus in the Philippines

• Pray for students in the Philippines (over 2.5 million in 1,800 tertiary colleges and universities) and that they would be receptive of the Gospel

• Pray for the churches we are partnering with in the Philippines: United Evangelical Church in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro; Sampaloc Bible Christian Community in Manila, Luzon

• Pray for our team as we prepare and train

• Pray for safety as we travel