By Rev. Azeem Tariq
In the dusty plains of Pakistan, thousands of Christian families live in a cycle of debt that feels like modern-day slavery. They work from sunrise to sunset, molding clay into bricks, yet their faith remains stronger than the baked clay they produce.
Last week, I met ‘Saira’, a widow with three children working in the kilns. Her hands were rough, scarred by the mud, but her eyes held a light that poverty could not extinguish. When I asked her how she survives, she didn’t show me her money; she showed me her Bible.
‘Pastor,’ she said, ‘The fire of the kiln burns my skin, but the fire of the Holy Spirit warms my heart. God has not forgotten us.’
At Agape Light Network, we are launching the Sylvester School to bring education and dignity to families like Saira’s. We believe that while the world sees them as laborers, God sees them as Leaders.
We ask the global church to pray for the ‘Church in the Mud.’ We are not just surviving; through Christ, we are thriving.
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