Songhai believers face incredible obstacles to live a life of faith since Islam is so prominent in Niger. This land-locked, sub-Saharan country of over 11 million people is four-fifths desert. Niger is frequently disrupted by extended droughts and locust infestations. Niger has the world's highest birth rate yet life expectancy is just 43 years and the literacy rate is an alarmingly low 17.6%.

Many Christians in Kuwait believe that the Lord has called them to be a lighthouse showing the way to God to the surrounding nations. Some pastors say the Lord reminds them to be a Bethlehem – where salvation came to the world.