In Kuwait, over 70 per cent of the population of 4.3 million are foreign workers, who come from over 100 countries. Many migrant workers are exploited by their employers. They work long hours in poor conditions, live in labour camps, and are deprived of their wages. Unsurprisingly, there are high rates of depression and suicide among them.

In this context many migrant workers are turning to Christ. They attend their own churches which are led by other migrant workers. Because their leaders do not understand the basics of Christianity, the Bible Society in the Gulf (BSG) is teaching them by providing Bible-based seminars.

One church which has benefitted from the seminars is the Sharon Church, whose members are all poor Telugu labourers from India. They work on remote farms at Wafra, near the border with Saudi Arabia.

Davit is one of the members of the church. “I work on one of the biggest farms in Wafra. I work from five in the morning until five in the afternoon even when the weather is reaching 55 degrees Celsius. Our only chance for joy is when the church visits us and shares the good news with us. My friends and I wait patiently for such visits, as they give us hope and joy. I was the happiest man on earth when Bible Society gave me my first ever Bible in my mother language. You give me hope to carry on with my life here,” says Davit.