They’ve escaped the battleground of Mosul, but their battle for survival has only just begun … I just returned from Iraq a few weeks ago. As the battle for Mosul began, our team was on the ground just 20 minutes away. Over the years, I’ve been to the Middle East...
I just returned from the bombed out streets of Hassan Sham, just outside of Mosul. Once a thriving home to more than 5,000 people, this village is little more than a ghost town now. Our jeep crept along the main road, swerving to avoid debris and the armored vehicles...
“I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.” — Isaiah 41:18 The day Raj’s* life changed forever began just like any other day. He started his morning...
As I’ve spent the past week with many of our brothers and sisters in Iraq, I’ve been constantly reminded of Paul’s words in Romans 8: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or...
Being sick is scary … being sick without access to medical help is terrifying. I still remember my fear when at 38 years old my life was changed by three fateful words: “You have cancer.” But I also remember the comfort of knowing my caring doctors would be beside me...