Entries by Sarah Rieger

GBC Christmas Program

Please enjoy these photos from the Grace Bible College Christmas Program on December 9th featuring singing, dancing, a play for the college and surrounding community. Several of the students sang Christmas carols in their own native dialect from different tribal areas. Thank you for your partnership that enables these students to attend GBC as they […]

Egypt Child Sponsorships – September 2018 Update

Because of our Egypt Child Sponsors, our time in Egypt in September was a great success! On September 15, 76 pairs of feet bounded into the upstairs meeting room at a conference center in Upper Nile, Egypt. Chatter, laughter, and clamor filled the air as the children rearranged the chairs to sit next to their […]

Middle East Child Sponsorship Programs

Egypt – On Sept 15, 76 pairs of feet bounded into a meeting room at a conference center in Upper Nile. Chatter, laughter, and clamor filled the air as children rearranged the chairs to sit next to their friends. I was filled with joy as I walked the room and personally met each child. Learning […]

Backpack Central

School started this month in Iraq and our team has been furiously assembling hundreds of backpacks and buying school uniforms for the kids in our Refugee Child Sponsorship Program. A very special thank you to all who donated so these kids can go to school! Since we have kids coming into the program all year, […]

Iraq Refugee Child Sponsorship Program Update

Last month was very busy for our team in Northern Iraq. They engaged in food distributions in refugee camps and held meetings with singing, games and Bible lessons for the kids. Also distributed were the Trauma Kits with a 18” plush animal (pictured, right, with one of the boys) with a solar powered player with […]

School Begins Soon!

Syrian & Iraqi Refugee Child Sponsorship Program: 160 Precious Children Sponsored! Yosif, Rita and their parents have moved back to their home village just east of Mosul. After living in a refugee camp for almost three years, they heard the government was closing their camp and packed up. Like the other kids in their neighborhood, […]

One Child’s Heart at a Time

Have you joined our growing team of child sponsors? You may have had a typical spring planting flowers or breaking out your bike, but here at IM, our spring has been…well, a bit crazy! And it’s really just begun. Last fall we began our Refugee Child Sponsorship Program helping Iraqi and Syrian Refugee kids with […]

Number of Refugee Children in Program Hits 225!

Early in the morning recently, the Indigenous Ministries Iraq team headed to a town previously occupied by ISIS, where families gathered in a large room waiting for the opportunity to enroll their children into IM’s program, which will help them as they re-settle. Hope is no small thing for these families caught in the post-war […]