Dear friends,
Another Iraqi child has just arrived in Amman, Jordan en route to heart surgery in the US. This little girl is named Rahma (“mercy”) and she is from Mosul (biblical Ninevah) in the north of Iraq. I’ve just snapped the picture below (right) of her father Taha attempting to let family back home know that they have arrived safely.
And a second Iraqi child is still due to arrive later tonight. We’re providing housing and food for the mothers and children while they await visas to continue their travel, which in this case is being handled by another non-governmental organization.
Would you like to offer hospitality to these families in Jesus’ name? I’ve just given $100 to Perjin, our volunteer hostess (herself Iraqi and the mother of a child with leukemia) for the coming week’s food, and this week we’ll also need to pay $560 for two months’ rent of the apartment they are using. We don’t have these funds on hand! But help can be sent instantly via our secure online giving at https://secure.shevet.org
Three days ago in Israel I got to see again the beautiful end result
of these surgeries (picture on the right):
This is seven-year-old Laven from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. She is due to return home in a few days with a bright future. She and her family have been nearly four months away from their home, and at times it has been frustrating. But when I saw them joy and thankfulness were written all over their faces.
In a few hours our Jordan coordinator Dirk and I are due to fly to the north of Iraq to build contacts there for further evacuations of children, and possibly to bring in medical teams from Israel, Germany, or the US in the future. Please cover us in prayer, that we will have the wisdom to see what God is doing and to know how to join in, and that air fare for this trip ($1200) will also be provided.
God bless you,
Jonathan Miles
International Coordinator, Shevet Achim
“Behold how good and how pleasant for brothers to dwell together
in unity” (Psalm 133:1).
