Book review: In the Land of the Blue Burqas

In the Land of the Blue Burqas by Kate McCord
I was excited to read yet another book on the topic of reaching out to Muslims. This book focuses on Afghan Muslims; women in particular. The author (going by the name of Kate McCord) has a heart for the often abused females of Afghani villages and spent years devoting her time and strength, indeed her very safety to helping these women. By the grace of God she was able to talk with many women as well as men in different circumstances. 
As I read this book I was impressed by her love. Her humility. She really saw herself, her country (America) in the eyes of the people she was ministering to, and made haste to remove as many hindrances as possible. She dressed in a way befitting a woman in the Afghani culture (apart from the face scarf), and tried to adhere to as many innocent rules as possible. This is a must for a foreigner going into another culture. We cannot just barge into another country with our American ways, assuming we will be welcomed with open arms just because we're American. How arrogant.  Because this woman obviously cared about them and loved them, these Afghan people were more willing to listen to her explain the gospel! 
This book is very interesting; I was able to read it quite easily. It has many heart-touching stories. I wish it had more conversion stories, but I had to be content with hoping the people's hearts changed later on. 

I received this book from the publisher - Moody Press- in exchange for my review!

More about the book:
The author speaks the local language and has interviewed and conversed with hundreds of Afghans, both men and women. She listened to their stories and lived among them. And in the midst of all of that, she found Kingdom responses to the beliefs Afghani Muslims hold to be true.

Riveting and fast paced, In the Land of Blue Burqas depicts sharing the love and truth of Christ with women living in Afghanistan which has been called "the world's most dangerous country in which to be born a woman." These stories are honest and true. The harsh reality of their lives is not sugar-coated and that adds to the impact of the book. Through storytelling the author shows how people who don't know Christ come to see Him, His truth and His beauty. The stories provide insight into how a Jesus-follower brought Jesus' teachings of the Kingdom of God to Afghanistan. They reveal the splendor of Christ, the desire of human hearts, and that precious instance where the two meet.

This is a collection of vignettes tethered together by the real danger that muslim women face in Afghanistan. These are firsthand accounts from the authors experience drawn from living among these women. The reader will see just how revolutionary Christ's message is today, and how radical it was during Christ's lifetime - the present day Afghan cultural attitudes are not unlike they were 2000 years ago.  All of the names of those involved - including Kate's - plus the locations have been changed to protect the participants. Just take a few minutes and read the opening pages. You'll be hooked.