تجارب دردناک نسرین عزیز در از دست دادن عزیزانش و چگونگی دریافت کمکهای لازم

Nasrin came to know the Lord 18 years ago in a house church in Iran. She served at the house church for many years.Eight years ago she was arrested and tortured because of her Christian faith and ministries in Iran. As a result, she went through very difficult times. Nasrin and her family had to leave Iran for Turkey despite their desire to stay. They had to go through a very difficult time and leave their family and church friends behind. They were also facing lots of financial issues.

After 2 years, they went to the US. They faced other challenges in this new country such as learning the language, adapting to the culture, and finding jobs. alongside that, the effects of the traumas they had gone through in Iran and Turkey were still with them. They were eventually able to settle more in this new country having found some basic jobs.

Shortly after that, her Mum’s kidneys stopped functioning and she needed to receive dialysis treatment for it. It was very painful for Nasrin, she was hoping that things would improve with her mum’s health. Two weeks later, sadly her Mum passed away. It was very difficult time for Nasrin not to be able to attend her funeral and be alongside her other family members. Her husband and some other friends supported her a lot emotionally during those days until she started feeling better.

After this incident, Nasrin and her husband planned to have a child. they thought having a child would bring joy into their lives after all they had gone through. After she gave birth, she went through post-natal depression. However, she was trying to deal with it as best as she could.

One day when she was holding her child, her sister called from Iran and asked her to pray for their younger brother Hossein, who had a brain stroke and had gone into a coma. Nasrin was shocked hearing this news whilst she was holding her son. Her husband tried to comfort her by telling her that there is a possibility that her brother would recover. Unfortunately, a week later she found out that her brother had suffered brain death and it was not a stroke. They basically lost him at age 30. It was a big shock for Nasrin. During that time they had to decide whether they donate their body organs or not. As difficult as it was, As a family, they decided to donate his organs as to help other people.

Two months after losing her brother, her dad passed away too due to a brain disease that had progressively got worse and caused his death. When Nasrin faced all these traumas, she felt she could not handle all this. she got to a point in her life that she was hoping that her life would come to an end.

However, the thought of leaving her husband and son behind was bothering her much. So she was hoping that they would all die as a family. She realized that she was experiencing suicidal thoughts. she was very sad and even upset with God too.

After talking to her husband, they decided to get the help of a trustworthy Christian counselor. With the help of the counselor and two close friends and her husband, she was able to go through these difficult traumas. it took her a long time though.

She is encouraging other Christians not to deny the negative, even suicidal thoughts, but instead, we need to get help. She emphasizes that going through difficult life crises won’t necessarily make us lose our faith, instead our faith assists us to deal with difficult traumas and not to submit to the negative thoughts. it is two and a half years since she has gone through all these major losses in her life. she still has some difficult moments. However, she has set her hope in God and she is looking forward to the day she can meet up with her family in heaven.