Kazakhstan One Team: 8 Members
Evangelism: 118 Shared - 50 Accepted
Ministry: English Camp, Friends Night, Turkestan Trip, Street Witnessing, and Hair Cutting
In Kazakhstan the law permits evangelism only to those over the age of 19. It is, however, one of the only few Muslim countries that allowed open Christian activity. Kazakhstan gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and remains a multi-ethnic nation. Since that time it has continued to search for a national identity its own.
Most young people there seek to follow in the ways of the western world while retaining the pride of their indigenous culture. They are eager to learn English and more about American culture as they share with us about their own language and way of life. Many ethnic Kazakhstan also descended from Koryo people (settlers from Korea who moved there long ago), making the eager to welcome distant relatives into their homes. Such culture connections have aided missions teams in guiding the Kazakh people to form a deeper relationship with God. |