Since taking the gospel of Jesus into Saudi Arabia is illegal, every summer a South African team stands on the streets of London handing out Bibles and Jesus films to Arabs in their own language. In 2011, the Greylings brought two of their children, Anika and Jurg-Henri, with them on this cross-cultural mission.
That same afternoon Frikkie got chatting about Jesus with a nearby street fundraiser and offered her a Bible. She staunchly refused, but later asked Frikkie why he wanted her to have it.
Frikkie told her, “I would like to see you in heaven with me some day.” After a long silence she accepted the Bible.
On the Tube on the way back to the hotel, Frikkie considered the two incidents: the angry rejection and the reluctant acceptance of the Scriptures. “We discussed it as a family and prayed for the British people.”
Rather than feeling angered or repelled by the events of the day, their shared experiences helped the Greylings see with clarity the deep spiritual needs of the UK. “We all agreed that it wouldn’t be a bad thing if we moved to the UK someday.”