Character Profile:

[MAL’ee] / derived from the name of the capital of Maldives, Male

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Malee loves living on an island! There are so many fun things to do, like building sandcastles, swimming in the ocean, hunting for seashells, and fishing with her friends. However, Malee also knows the dangers of living on an island. A few years ago a tsunami, a really big wave of water, hit her country, Maldives, and caused a lot of damage. Many people lost their homes and had nowhere to live.

It was after the tsunami hit that some Christian aid organizations helped people rebuild their homes. Because of this Malee heard about Jesus for the first time. She heard about how Jesus is the Son of God who came to earth and died so that everyone who believed in Him and asked Him into their hearts could be assured of salvation.

Malee is one of only a very few Christians in Maldives. She and her brothers and sisters in Christ have to be very careful about when they meet for church and even who they tell that they believe in Christ. Most of Malee’s neighbors don’t know that she has accepted Jesus into her heart, but they do see a difference in her since she stopped following the religious practices of Islam. Malee hopes that one day she will be able to share her faith openly with her neighbors.

Maldives

Maldives is an island nation consisting of multiple small islands in the Indian Ocean. It is located south of India and about 435 miles southwest of Sri Lanka. Roughly two hundred of the country’s 1,190 islands are inhabited by people. Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of population and is also the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world. Today, tourism is the country's main source of income.

Seagull

Seagulls are coastal or inland birds, rarely venturing far out to sea. They are medium to large in size, usually grey or white with black markings on the head or wings, and they have stout bills and webbed feet. Seagulls are resourceful and highly intelligent, demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure.

Islam

The people who follow the religion of Islam are called Muslims. They believe in one supreme God but don’t know that Isa, Jesus, is God’s Son who was sent to die for their sins. They follow the teachings of the prophet Mohammad. Mohammad taught that people are sinful and that they need to live a very strict religious life and do good works for God to forgive them. Muslims have no assurance that God will accept them and can only hope that their works will save them.

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