Marie was punished on one occasion by her father for attending the missionary service at B'hamra on the Sabbath.

He forbade her to eat for a whole day, and she prayed that God would give her bread.

Soon after, on her way to the village fountain, she found part of a merkuk, loaf of bread, by the wayside, which she picked up and ate most gratefully, regarding it as a direct answer to her prayer.

Another Ghuzaleh, was brutally beaten because she would not swear and blaspheme, and all were threatened and insulted because they would not work on Sunday.
In November, 1871, seven of these girls, on their own application, were received into the membership of the Church.

It was an interesting sight to see that group of Nusairiyeh heathen girls standing to receive the ordinance of Christian baptism.