Isata had never sewn before being enrolled in this Christian training program.
Isata had never sewn before being enrolled in this Christian training program.
Apr. 23, 2026 | Sierra Leone

Muslim Woman Beaten for Visiting Church

[179] prayers in [11] nations have been posted for Isata.


A Muslim woman was beaten for visiting a church but has now placed her faith in Christ. Isata is from a town where her father is an imam and her brother is a local muezzin (someone who calls Muslims to prayer). Despite being raised in a strict Muslim home, she began to have dreams in which Jesus Christ appeared. After having this dream three times, she decided to visit a church, which angered her husband. He felt she had brought shame upon his family and gathered some Muslim men, who tied her up and beat her. He then told Isata she could no longer enter her home and burned all her clothes. With nowhere to live, Isata fled to a pastor’s house. His family cared for her until they enrolled her in a Christian sewing center where she receives practical training and discipleship in God’s Word. The center was created to help Christian women like Isata start new lives after being rejected by their families for following Christ.

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  • Father God,I thank you that Isata has found a refuge in you through her faith in JesusChrist and I thank you that this kind Pastor and his family have provided for her and found her a place at the sewing center.I pray that her faith will continue to grow as well as her knowledge of your word.I also pray that her testimony will have an impact on others
    Julia F - USA
  • In the name of the Lamb of God, Jesus, our heavenly Father, Yeshua, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of Isata. We ask for deliverance, for provision, for healing, hedge of protection and heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, particularly all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, saving all Sierra Leone! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Thank you Lord for reaching her. Please keep her and the family that took her in safe. Please guide those who beat her to repent and come to You.
    Shawna W - USA
  • Our Father, keep Isata safe in the Christian community where she can be discipled and grow in her faith and life in Christ. Teach her that all she does at the sewing center is for the glory of God and her new life away from Islam. Enable her and others in Sierra Leone to see life in the Christian Church as giving meaning to their lives. Amen
    Paul M - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, bring salvation to Sierra Leone! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Jehovah Father God- the Creator of Humanity, entirely. I ask for Your love to continue to dwell inside the persecuted brothers and sisters around the entire Globe. Will you show the love of conviction and discipline to our enemies? I know it is impossible for anyone of them to be saved but nothing is impossible for You. Father, hear our prayers. Amen
    Kimberly L - USA
  • Jehovah Father God- the Creator of Humanity, entirely. I ask for Your love to continue to dwell inside the persecuted brothers and sisters around the entire Globe. Will you show the love of conviction and discipline to our enemies? I know it is impossible for anyone of them to be saved but nothing is impossible for You. Father, hear our prayers. Amen
    Kimberly L - USA
  • Jehovah Father God- the Creator of Humanity, entirely. I ask for Your love to continue to dwell inside the persecuted brothers and sisters around the entire Globe. Will you show the love of conviction and discipline to our enemies? I know it is impossible for anyone of them to be saved but nothing is impossible for You. Father, hear our prayers. Amen
    Kimberly L - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open these families' hearts to You, saving Sierra Leone! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Thank You Lord for Isata and her faith to follow You despite the cost. Thank You for the pastor who took her in and the training program she is in to provide for herself. Please help her to get work and to trust in You for all of her needs. Help her to be strengthened in the faith. Thank You for showing Yourself to her in dreams and help her family.
    Cynthia H - USA
  • God is opening the eyes of many Muslims; he is appearing to them in dreams and visions. I pray that God will continue to come into the dreams and visions of those that are Muslims and I pray that Isata will find peace and comfort and God will continue to be with her through his son Jesus Christ. May she become a great disciple and influencer on other
    Saundra G - USA
  • Father, thank You for my sister Isata!May Your perfect love cast out all fear and heal her of abusive trauma.Please help her replace her painful loss of family with a close,new family of believers she can always count on for support.Bring back laughter.Holy Spirit, show her You are closer than her tears and bring back the healing joy of feeling at home
    Danae V - USA
  • Lord I praise You for this place of worship and safety for Isata. I pray she grows deep roots of faith and trust in You. I pray she seeks You and finds You wholeheartedly. I pray that as she pours out her heart to You, You would meet her and provide for her as her Heavenly Father. I pray she would bring in others with her and share about You.
    Joy H - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, saving all of Sierra Leone! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, saving all of Sierra Leone! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, saving all Sierra Leone! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Almighty God, I thank You for rescuing Isata from the darkness of Islam, and drawing her to the Lord. I pray for complete healing from any physical injuries from her beatings, and emotional healing from the traumatic effects from the beatings, & rejection from her family. I pray the sewing training she is receiving will allow her to support herself.
    Curtis M - USA
  • Our Father, place Your arms around Isata and hold her close to You. Give her daily strength to find courage to live for You. Thank You for the opportunity she has to earn a living. May she grow in wisdom and love for You, and others. May her family come to know You as Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Elizabeth S - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially those facing family rejection, like Isata. Open their families' hearts to You, bringing peace & hope! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • In the name of the great Shepherd Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah Raah, Lord is our Shepherd, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we glorify You for faithfulness of Isata. We ask for provision, for hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Dear Jesus, thank you for giving Isata dreams if you and drawing her to yourself. Thank you for this sewing job and Christian friends to help her. Protect and enciurage them all.
    Pamela F - USA
  • Lord, Thank you for being with Isata and providing a place for her to work and continue to grow in her faith. Lord you know her needs. Please continue to provide for Isata and give her strength and wisdom as she moves forward. You are the great provider and healer. May she continue to lean into you for comfort and healing. Amen
    Carol W - USA
  • Father, please be with Isata, and thank you for rescuing her and giving her a place to live and gain some skills. Please be with this pastor and other believers who are giving of themselves to help the persecuted believers in this region. May your presence be strong with Isata, beyond just the initial dreams, but in her daily life.
    Mark R - USA
  • Father, thank You for drawing Isata to Yourself & for strengthening her to stand firm in such harsh conditions, facing rejection, & abandonment. Surround her with Your love & presence so she knows she has an eternal family who will never reject her. Grant her peace & forgiveness through the trauma she experienced.
    Craig R - USA
  • My heavenly Father, may you please be with my dear sister Isata. You know her struggles and pain, yet I do not believe for one second that you have abandoned her or forsaken her! You are faithful to your word and I ask that you please see to her needs and help her to forgive her husband and captives for what they did to her. In Jesus's name, amen!
    Cuan J - South Africa
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Sierra Leone: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Sustain them, especially all facing family rejection, like Isata. Open these families' hearts to You, bringing peace & hope to this land! Ame
    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear Heavenly Father I amen these previous prayers. You know how we pray for Sierra Leone. I lift up those prayers & I thank you that You are answering them! Continue working on their hearts & showing Yourself in their dreams that the Muslims may have the veil lifted from blinded eyes. Use her for Your glory & bless her. In Jesus' Gracious Name amen.
    Johnathan K - USA
  • Father God of never ending grace and mercy, please encourage Isata with the knowledge that she lost nothing of lasting value and gained the best relationship she could ever imagine. Thank You for Your grace in reaching out to our lost hearts.
    Jason R - USA
  • Lord Jesus, thank you so much for Isata and her witness, and the willingness for her suffer for her faith. Thank you for the opportunity you've given her to learn a new trade. I pray for healing for her physically, emotionally and continuing to grow spiritually, in Jesus name, amen.
    Jeanne R - USA
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