Pakistan · Family Reunion
After four years apart, my family is under one roof again
I came to faith in 2019. When my family found out, they disowned me. My wife was told to leave me or lose her family too. She chose to stay, and for that her brothers threatened her life.
We split apart for safety. She went to her sister in another city. I went into hiding. For four years we could only speak through coded messages.
ShephardAid helped us resettle together in a new city where no one knows us. We have a small apartment, and our son is in school. After four years, my family is under one roof again. We are not free to go back, but we are together, and for the first time in years, we are not afraid.
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