When Adom* wakes up, it’s still dark outside. It is Sunday. If he was home, his wife would be preparing his favorite breakfast, ful: slow-cooked fava beans with a softly boiled egg, fresh parsley, and warm pita, just like he likes. And then they would walk to church together. But Adom is not at home and hasn’t seen the inside of a church in a long time. The seven other men that share this small apartment with him start to stir, whispering to each other in Arabic. He will wait his turn to use the singular bathroom and then head to work. His workday begins as the sun rises and he won’t return to the apartment until after it sets. Rain or shine. Seven days a week.
Adom is a Coptic Christian and Egyptian migrant.
The Bible Society in the Gulf (BSG) has been working with local Arabic churches in Kuwait to minister to this community of people. “It is so important to care for these migrant communities, wherever they are,” says Dr. Hrayr Jebejian, General Secretary of BSG. “The migrant workers come from so-called third world countries and usually from a community of extreme poverty.” This desperation can lead to a very low quality of life. The jobs of many Coptic Christian migrants, for example, do not leave them spare time to attend church gatherings.
So BSG and local churches started going to them: teaching and distributing Arabic
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