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Casting Bread
"Cast your bread upon the waters for after many days you will find it. Give a portion to seven or even to eight for you know not what...
Jan 32 min read


Helping People to Enter the Waiting Room
Thank you for journeying with us this week, in yet another week of kingdoms rising and falling, turbulence, wars and rumours of wars. We...
Jan 38 min read


It's Not About the Turkey
We celebrated a very Kurdish Thanksgiving. We are not American, I have celebrated a couple of times in the past thanks to American...
Jan 36 min read


The Garden That Gives More Than it Grows
Firstly, our thanks and appreciation to those who were able to love on Kajen through your gifts and your prayers. She deeply values...
Dec 3, 20247 min read


The Lord Takes
It is with great sorrow that we share with you that Kajen’s (our computer teacher) husband, Heval, was killed instantaneously in a tragic...
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Some Photos from Our Life
Lisa is traveling in the region this week so there will be no update. We'll see you again next week and in the meantime here are a few...
Nov 19, 20241 min read


There Was No Grass in ISIS
I love picnics. My ideal picnic would be a typically British one, on the banks of the Thames with checked tablecloths, wild flowers, a...
Nov 19, 202410 min read


Our Week in Pictures
It has been more than a full week so we won’t be sending our usual update due to time restraints. We have extended our equine program for...
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Garbage Dwellers
Life in the camp, in all of the refugee camps dotted across the Duhok province, has always been hard. At the moment, it is fair to say...
Nov 19, 202411 min read


Not a Life Sentence
Healing is a process, it has its own cadence and rhythm, it can not be pushed forward and will not be held back. A small but very close...
Oct 15, 20247 min read


It's Time To Go Home
“ Hello my friends, and my family. Today I will write my farewell message to you on this WhatsApp group, a farewell to you and to...
Oct 15, 20246 min read


Our Week in Pictures
Dear Friends, We’ve been head down all week, so will just share a few pics from our week.Back next week. Registration of a New Batch...
Oct 15, 20241 min read
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